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7.9
pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
5,450 miles
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Insured stated while traveling on the hwy her rt rear tire blew and caused her to lose control of iv. The tire shreds hit the rear bumper and tore it off or partially off. The iv then spun across traffic and hit the median with left rear end. Claims adjuster looked at the photos of the tire, and it does not seem like a normal blow out. The tread appears to have just fallen off the tire. What tread was left on tire is in good shape. So we are not looking at lack of care on insured's part. Insd has the physical tire in her possession.
Left front tire tread separtated causing car to swerve, tread damaged left front fender, hood, light assembly, and knocked off lower body panel. (dot number: W27J tiresize: P185/65/14)
While driving about 65 mph tire on the rear passenger's side busted. On 9/11/00, driver experienced the same problem with tire on the front passenger's side, however this one did not blowout while driving, right rear tire blewout while driving on 9/13. Dunlop has been contacted about the tires. Dunlop was willing to replace the tires at half price.
Consumer was traveling about 65mph on freeway and heard a loud banging noise. She almost lost control of vehicle. The right front tire's tread separated. Tires were dunlop db7C1199. She contacted dunlop, and attendant told her that they would pro rate her tires. It was noticed that the other front tire was beginning to separate also. 2 days later, the right rear tire experienced a blowout, dunlop representative stated that the tires only last 20000 to 30000 miles and consumer's tires had 29784 miles on them.
- Beena Park, CA, USA
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- Ventura, CA, USA