2000 Lincoln Navigator Tires & Wheels Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC AW, SIZE P275/60/R17 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY ITS FRONT END. THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES SUFFERED FROM TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRES WERE ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIRES SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT IN THAT MANNER DUE TO THEIR AGE. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. THE VEHICLE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 88,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAS CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC AW TIRES (P275/60 R17) ON HER VEHICLE. SHE STATED THAT THE TIRES WENT BAD TOO QUICKLY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 80,000. UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB

OEM CONTINENTAL AT 255/75-R17 TIRE SEPARATION ON 2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR 4X4. TIRE BULGED ON TREAD (NOT SIDEWALL) AND STEEL BELTS WERE BROKEN SHOWING THROUGH THE TREAD. VEHICLE HAD 36895 MILES. *NM

TIRE HAS UNUSUAL WEAR CAUSING TIRE TO FAIL AND LOSE AIR PRESSURE. ALL 4 VEHICLE TIRES HAVE SAME UNUSUAL WEAR. IT IS NOT CONSISTENT AROUND TREAD OR GROUND CONTACT AREA. EXISTS IN SMALL OVAL PATTERN ON SECTIONS OF TIRE. SEVERELY WEARING DOWN IN ONLY THOSE AREAS. IT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED UNTIL VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TIRE SHOP AND THEY INDICATED OTHER CONTINENTAL TIRES HAVE BEEN RECALLED DUE TO FAILURES FOR SAME MODEL YEAR AND MANUFACTURER OF VEHICLE. *NM

ON 2/26/06 AT 12:40PM, MY 2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR REAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE BADLY AND THEN A LOUD NOISE OCCURRED. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED & DAMAGED MY REAR BUMPER WHEEL WELL AND BRACKET. THE TYPE OF TIRES WERE CONTINENTAL GENERAL AW P275/60R17. THE DOT NUMBER FOR THE BAD TIRE WAS ADTO 44T 3802. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO A LOCAL BATON ROUGE TIRE DEALER (TIRE KINGDOM) WITH THE TIRE AND THE MANAGER STATED THAT THE TIRE HAD A DEFECT AND HE COULD AUTHORIZE INSTALLING A NEW CONTINENTAL REPLACEMENT TIRE. THE TIRE STILL HAD VERY GOOD TREAD LIFE REMAINING. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE OTHER TIRES AND HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR. SINCE I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH LEAVING THE OTHER TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND HE DID NOT HAVE A LIKE REPLACEMENT, I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND FILED A CLAIM WITH CONTINENTAL (CLAIM #6059007). CONTINENTAL REPLIED AND STATED THAT THE TIRE HAD BEEN REPAIRED (FUNNY THAT THE TIRE MAINTAINED AIR PRESSURE EVEN WHEN THE ENTIRE TREAD HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF). THIS IS NOT A FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT. I SENT CONTINENTAL THE INVOICE FOR THE COST OF ALL FOUR TIRES ($445.12) AND TWO AUTO REPAIR ESTIMATES FOR THE DAMAGE (~$800.00 AVERAGED). I NOTICED THAT THESE TIRES HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD A RECALL ON THE EXACT TIRE (ID #02T012000) AND CONTINENTAL DID NOT MENTION THIS OR ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. I AM FORTUNATE THAT NEITHER ME NOR MY SON WERE KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT WHICH FAILED WHILE WE WERE TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH. I DO NOT NORMALLY FILE THESE TYPES OF CLAIMS. IN FACT, I CAN'T EVER RECALL EVER FILING ONE PREVIOUSLY. PLEASE HELP WITH THIS CLAIM AND HOLD CONTINENTAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FAULTY PRODUCT BEFORE ANY OTHER TIRES FAILA DN POSSIBLY HURT OR KILL SOMEONE. *JB

I EXPERIENCED A CONTINENTAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH TODAY. THE TIRE TREAD CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE SIDE FENDER/BUMPER AND SIDE STEP PANEL AFTER THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE CAR IS A 2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR ID # [XXX] WHICH I JUST PURCHASED ON JULY 6, 2003. THE TIRE WAS A CONTINENTAL SUV P265/70R17 113S THAT APPEARS TO BE THE REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR A CONTINENTAL TIRE RECALL IN AUGUST 2002 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02T012000) DEALING WITH THE CONTITRAC AW AND GRABBER AW TIRES SIZE P275/60R17 FOR USE AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON CERTAIN 2000-2001 BY TWO-WHEEL-DRIVE FORD EXPEDITION AND TWO-WHEEL-DRIVE LINCOLN NAVIGATOR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE SPARE TIRE THAT WAS THEN PUT ON THE CAR LOOKS TO BE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SPARE TIRE. IT IS A CONTINENTAL AW TIRE, P275/60R17 100S THAT APPEARS TO BE THE TIRE THAT WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I WOULD LIKE KNOW HOW TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE SPARE TIRE I AM NOW RIDING ON AS TO WHETHER IT IS THE TIRE THAT WAS RECALLED AND IF SO AS TO HOW I CAN GET IT REPLACED. ALSO, AS TO WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES THAT THE TIRE HAS CAUSED AND AS TO HOW I CAN GET THE TIRE REPLACED BECAUSE OF APPARENT MANUFACTURE DEFECT. ALSO, IF THE SPARE IS ONE COVERED BY THE RECALL HOW IS IT THAT THE CAR DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO DID NOT HAVE IT REPLACED OR AT LEAST NOTIFIED ME OF THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT WOULD / COULD PROVE FATAL TO MYSELF OR OTHERS? *PH INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED NEW. THEY WERE MANUFACTURED IN 1997 AND DRY ROTTED. *AK *TT *JB

THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE LUG SEPARATING FROM THE NUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH AT TIME OF MANUFACTURING.*AK AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER OBSERVED THE LUG NUTS ON THE VEHICLE AND REPORTED THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL AS NO THREADS ON THE STUDS CAME THROUGH THE NUT. SHE STATED THAT THE FAILURE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. WHEN THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING A STUD CHANGE FROM 12MM TO 14MM TWO MONTHS AFTER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID PAY FOR THE WORK TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *PH *JB

2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR SUFFERING TIRE BLOW OUTS. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THEY HAD 2 BLOW OUTS WITH CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC AW TIRES AND ONE WITH CONTINENTAL SPORT LT/SUV. *KB WHEN THE THIRD BLOWOUT OCCURRED, THE RUBBER SEPARATED AND CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE VEHICLE. *JB

THE CONTINENTAL TIRES VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE STEEL TIRE BELT CAME APART. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE RECALLED BUT HE CONSUMER WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FRO THE RECALL BECAUSE IT EXPIRED 2 DAYS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. *MR *SCC *NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE CONTINENTAL TIRES, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT, BECAUSE THE RECEIPT WAS OUT OF DATE.*JB

REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR 4 NEW TIRES.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY, CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. CONTINENTIAL, CONTRAC, P275/60R17. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *JB

NEW TIRE ON 2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR DELAMINATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. *AK

CONSUMER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR DEFECTIVE TIRES. NAR 1-22-03 THE CONSUMER HEARD A THUMPING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 3 BULDGES WERE FOUND IN THE TIRES AND WERE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. *JB

I HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 BLOWOUTS ON THIS SET OF TIRES. ON INSPECTION, THE SERVICE REP (FOR THE AUTO DEALER, MARSHALL BROS.) FOUND A THIRD TIRE THAT WAS ABOUT TO SEPARATE IN MUCH THE SAME WAY. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO BUY NEW TIRES. I WENT TO MY LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER TO REPLACE THE OLD TIRES. HE TOLD ME THEY WERE STILL IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, I DID NOT NEED NEW TIRES. HE BELIEVED THAT THE ONE THAT HAD BLOWN OUT WAS DEFECTIVE. WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST WERE THE COMMENTS MADE BY BOTH THE LINCOLN SERVICE REP & THE INDEPENDENT GOODYEAR DEALER. THAY BOTH STATED THAT THE EXPEDITIONS, NAVIGATORS & EXPLORERS ARE EXTREMELY ROUGH ON TIRES. THE LINCOLN SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SHOWED ME AN EXPEDITION THAT HE WAS CHANGING OUT ALL THE TIRES- IT WAS A 2001 EXPEDITION WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. THIS CONCERNS ME...IN ADDITION, MARSHALL BROS. LINCOLN-MERCURY WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THE TIRES. I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTINENTAL MFR. IS VERY HARD TO LOCATE. I'M STILL TRYING. I HAVE POSSESSION OF THE MOST RECENT 2 FAILED TIRES @ HOME. THE FIRST BLOW-OUT WAS @ APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WHEN THE CAR HAD 12,000 MILES ON IT. THANK YOU. P.S. THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IS MY FATHER. HE GAVE ME THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE THIS PAST DECEMBER. HE WILL VERIFY OR SIGN THIS REPORT IF NEEDED.*AK

CONTINENTAL, CONTITRAC, P275/60R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, LINCOLN, NAVIGATOR WITH 16000 MILES. RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AT 60-65 MPH, STEELBELT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK *YH

NAR 06-10-2003. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS CONTACTED BY CONTINENTAL CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT ABOUT HER TIRES BEING APART OF A REFERENCE RECALL PROGRAM , DESPITE THE CONFIRMATIONS AND THE CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND THE ONLY ACCOMMODATIONS OFFERED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTINENTAL WAS 20% OFF A SET OF REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE CONSUMER WAS VERY OUTRAGED AND DISAPPOINTED HOW CONTINENTAL HAS HANDLED MATTERS AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SWIFTLY RESOLVING THE SITUATION. (DAUGHTER MARINA SHEAR ON BEHALF OF HER MOTHER ELLIE HICKS.) *CB ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING HER VEHICLE SERVICED, SHE WAS ASSURED THE TIRES WERE OK. FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE RECALL WAS RECEIVED, ONE OF THE TIRES FELT SPONGY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE TIRE WAS LOW AND ON A SECOND OCCASION ONE OF THE TIRES EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT

CONTINENTAL TIRES, LT/275/70R17 SIZE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, NAVIGATOR. TREAD ON LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL AT 60MPH.*AK THE TIRE SIZE IS 255/75/17 NOT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED.*JB

CONSUMER IS REQUESTING FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL 4 TIRES. MR