This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
My daughter noticed that she was not able to keep air in one mastercraft A/S iv tires. As we looked at the tire together she heard air escaping, and when we touched the area of the leak, the leak got louder. I took it to the local farm & fleet (where the tires were purchased & installed as I have been told they are good at keeping up with warranties) to have it checked out. I was told that it has "dry rot", and I would have to buy another brand as the mastercraft A/S iv have been "discontinued", and I have no other recourse. I asked if they or I could file a complaint with the manufacturer, and was told no as the tires have been discontinued and are no longer manufactured. Further, I was told that only 25% of the tread remains. The tires were purchased 9/08/08 & only have approximately, 20,806 miles on them, but the manufacturer rates them at 50,000 miles. The low miles makes sense as we rarely put on more than 7K miles on any of our vehicles. I am concerned that this may be a manufacturing defect in the material of the tire(s).
While filling vehicle with gas noticed gas smell inside vehicle. Also, found a gas puddle under vehicle. Dealer has been contacted. Consumer states vehicle has always been hard to start, also while drving the right rear tire caught fire, and the gas guage was not working properly, front windshield was cracking, also the check engine light was coming on, as well as the engine oil light, and a cracked gas tank.
We were on the freeway driving at the speedlimit of 70mph my dad said, he heard a funny sound so he attempted to pull over off the freeway there was many cars and longhaul truck approaching when the car just like it dropped and pulled us over almost causing us to get into an accident my dad got us safely to the side of the road, and my husband and my dad got out to find the tires outside side wall had completely come out from the tire, this was the second time that this has happened to these tires, the first tire that this happened to the inside wall of the tire came out.this happened within a month of eachother.I am afraid to drive my van on the freeway, I feel these tires are very unsafe, the last time it happened we almost had an accident, the van could have easily flipped over and we could have been killed.the tire dealerships that seen the tires said they had never seen anything like it before, the tires just came apart, the whole sides are just like someone ripped them right out. This should not happen to new tires, something is very wrong, when two tires do the same exact thing within a month of eachother, I think this says the tires are defective and unsafe. (dot number: Acm3bli279 tiresize: P215)
Tire blew out. Took to dealership to be examined. They could not find any road hazard signs. Dealership contacted manufacturer and they refused warranty. The tire was only 4 months old when this happened.( dot number: W2M3bcb259 tire size: P215/70R15 )
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- Monroe, WI, USA