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.
Driving a Jeep 2003 mich LX tire 235/65/R17 sidewall dry rot, reported to mich they said it was the ozone, as a scientist and an ndt level 4 inspector I was surprised that the person they sent me to address the issue spent less than 10 minutes looking at the remaining 3 tires. The person refused to give me any written report the tires only have 15K on them. Michelin will not give me a voucher for 4 free tires I am afraid others will have the same issue the dry rot side wall will blow out and cause a death or several. Michelin recalled 1,3 million tires voluntarily but refuses to recall mine. Beware of Michelin tires.
The contact owns a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 15V054000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 7/21/15 the consumer experienced a problem with the radiator, heat sensor, brakes and tires. Updated 07/28/15
Blend door went out on passenger side approx 5 months ago then today the drivers side went. Unable to defrost window. No heat/ no ac. Tire pressure light kept going off. Until the center top display went out, engine light wont shut off.
I just had the valve stems replaced (due to cracking) on my Jeep. They were coded as TR413 (obviously the same dill number covered in the recall. However, these tires and valve stems were installed on my car in December of 2005 - clearly not manufactured during the August-December 2006 time frame of the recall. This raises the question about the dill/chinese valve stem problem being much larger than has been claimed. I am a retired former rubber chemist, and have run hundreds of ozone resistance tests on rubber compounds, so I am fairly familiar with what to look for. NHTSA should expand its investigation of this problem. I kept the old valve stems which were removed, and will make them available upon request.
2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The consumer stated driver's side rear tire sidewall disintegrated. There is only 31,000 miles on the vehicle. The rest of the tires were weather rotted. These tires have never been repaired. They were the original tires on the vehicle. Goodyear, P255/75R16. The tire was taken to the dealership. Instead, it should have been taken to Goodyear. There was no wreck when this happened. The tires were properly maintained. It is a leased vehicle.
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