The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet HHR equipped with kumho solus TA71 tires, size: 215/55/R16 97V (na). While the vehicle was parked, the front passenger tire suffered a blowout without warning. The tire was taken back to the place of purchase, but no action was taken. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, took back the tire, stated that the tire failed due to an impact to the tire, and offered a partial reimbursement. The tire was not replaced. The tire was a replacement tire. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 236,079 and the approximate tire failure mileage was 10,000.

- Hutchinson, KS, USA

All auto tires have a six year shelf life. All auto tires should have an expiration date engraved in the tire as does a container of milk.

- Saten Island, NY, USA

**vehicle has a vibration at speeds over 35 mph, has been into four different Chevy dealers numerous times they can not find the problem(they have rotated tires many times, balanced tires many times, changed tires and replaced all four tires)..problem still not solved. ** brakes pulsate sometimes and smell like they are burning (they have cleaned and adjusted brakes at least 6 times, plus they have cut rotors twice (they said they are warped, they also cut the rear drums)..problem still not solved. ** vehicle has a klunking noise when you hit a bump (they have replaced steering column, the next time they replaced stablizer pins)..problem still not solved. ** other problems that most have been solved include :* : *: *: *clothes hanger replaced twice**rear wiper replaced never worked properly**leak in the fire wall puddles in car**weather stripping was defective puddles" inside" doors causing severe wet seatbelts* stuck in ignition replaced ignition**transmision jumping, gear shift replaced**locks not working had to update computer codes**

- Pittsburgh, PA, USA