2005 Nissan Maxima Tires & Wheels Problems

I'M WAS DRIVING WHEN MY TIRE POPPED AND MY CAR WENT ACROSS ALL THREE LANES, ACROSS THE MEDIAN, THEN ACROSS THREE LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC INTO SOME WOODS AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. ALL SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE FRONT ON DIDN'T, WHICH CONCERNS ME SINCE I HIT A TREE HEAD ON. THE SIDE AIRBAGS LEFT BRUISES ON MY FACE AND NECK INJURIES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH B.F. GOODRICH TIRES, SIZE 225/55/R17, DOT #VE00AE111109. WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY EXPLODED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE MEDIAN AND ROLLOVER. THE CONTACT INJURED HER RIBS, BACK , AND FINGERS DURING THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE TIRE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. UPDATED 12/23/10*LJ THE PASSENGER WAS ALSO INJURED. UPDATED 04/04/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH THE VEHICLES ROAD PERFORMANCE WAS VERY POOR DUE THE EXTREMELY LOW TIRE PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE STATION TO INFLATE THE LOW PRESSURED TIRES. IDENTICAL FAILURES OCCURRED ON SEVERAL SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURES WAS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE CHROME WITHIN THE INNER WHEELS. THE DEFECT CAUSED LOW TIRE PRESSURE, IN WHICH ALL FOUR TIRES HAD DEEP CRACKS. THE FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,00. THE VIN NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA: IN JANUARY ,2009 MY SON WAS DRIVING BACK FROM LUBBOCK TEXAS TO PORTALES NM. THIS IS 110 MILES. MY TIRE A GOODYEAR RS-A 245/45 R18 TIRE WENT FLAT MY SON GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND CHANGED IT IN PITCH DARK. NOT TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE TIRE IN DEPTH. HE DROVE HOME TO FIND IN THE LATER PART OF HIS TRIP HE DID NOT HAVE ANY BREAKS. HE WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE'S BEADING CAME COMPLETELY OUT. IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD 45 WIRES HANGING OUT OF THE TIRE. THESE WIRES WERE IN AND OUT OF THE TIRE AND I COULD LITERALLY PICK IT UP BY THE WIRES. THE WIRES (BEADING) WRAPPED AROUND MY BREAK LINES AND CUT THEM COMPLETELY IN HALF, IN ADDITION PULLING THE STEAL MOUNT FOR THE BREAK LINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CARS MOUNT. THIS COULD HAVE KILLED MY SON, PASSENGERS, AS WELL AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS SAME SITUATION HAPPENED TO ME THREE WEEKS PRIOR. THIS TIME THE TIRE CAME APART FROM THE INSIDE WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT THE BEADING DID NOT COME OUT. WHEN MY SON'S SITUATION HAPPENED, IT TOOK (MY TIRE, $266.00), (WHEEL $800.00) (BREAK LINES $???.00) DAMAGE TO THE INTERNAL MOUNT AND VESSEL $ ???.00 OF MY CAR'.ALL OUT! THIS TIRE IS DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. THERE ARE SO MANY INCIDENCES WITH THIS PARTICULAR TIRE AND IT IS EXTREMELY DEADLY! I AM PLEADING WITH NHTSA TO STOP PRODUCTION OF THIS TIRE AND HAVE A FULL RECALL ON IT. ONE PERSON'S LIFE IS NOT WORTH THIS DANGEROUS TIRE! *TR

GOODYEAR RS-A 245/45-R18 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA: SON DRIVING HOME FROM LUBBOCK TEXAS TO PORTALES NM, BACK TIRE HAD FLAT HE CHANGED TIRE AND INSIDE SIDE WALL WAS TORN UP! IT WAS AT NIGHT SO HE DROVE HOME. HE COULD NOT SEE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE BASED ON LACK OF LIGHT. NEXT MORNING I GOT IN CAR AND I COULD NOT BRAKE. I WAS LUCKY AND MANAGED TO STOP MY CAR. I LOOKED UNDER CAR AND FOUND MOISTURE SLAPPED ALL UP UNDER THE TIRE AREA OF VEHICLE. JACKED CAR BACK UP AND FOUND BRAKE LINE CUT IN HALF. LOOKED IN TRUNK AND FOUND TIRE BLOWN OUT WITH WIRES (RESEMBLING HOT WIRE STICKING OUT OF TIRE SIDEWALL. WIRE WAS COMING OUT. THEY LOOKED LIKE STRINGS... BUT METAL AND LOTS OF THEM! THIS IS THE RADIAL PART OF TIRE? IT WRAPPED AROUND MY AXEL AND AROUND THE BRAKE LINE. IT ALSO PULLED THE SOLID STEAL BRACKET THE BRAKE LINE WAS MOUNTED TO OUT OF PLACE. THE MOUNT WAS PULLED DOWN AND CUT THROUGH THE METAL OF MY CAR BASED ON TENSION OF THE WIRES FROM TIRES PULLING IT DOWN. MY SON COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!!!!! OR SOMEONE ELSE. BRAKE LINE, RIM. TIRE ALL RUINED. WHAT WAS THE SCARIEST PART IS SOMEONE COULD HAVE DIED. THIS TIRE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAVE 63K ON THIS VEHICLE. HAVE REPLACED ALL TIRES 2 TIMES WHICH MEANS I HAVE GONE THROUGH 12 TIRES. ALMOST ALL TIRES REPLACED DUE TO SIDEWALL FAILURE. TWO MONTHS AGO I REPLACED ANOTHER TIRE BASED ON TREAD FALLING OFF AND WRAPPING AROUND THE AXEL. THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED THEY ARE GOING TO KILL PEOPLE!!!!! ALSO EACH TIRE COST 266.00 I HAVE PAID DEARLY FOR THE TIRES THAT COULD HAVE KILLED PEOPLE!!!! PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I HAVE PICTURES THAT WOULD FRIGHTEN YOU! MARLA SEGOVIA PORTALES NM I WILL HELP TO SUPPORT YOUR CLAIM. THIS COULD KILL YOUR FAMILY OR SOMEONE ELSE. IF HE WAS ONLY FARTHER AWAY FROM HOME HIS BRAKE FLUID WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY GONE AND HE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!!! PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TIRE!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACTS OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES, SIZE P195/60R15. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SIDEWALLS WERE SEPARATING ON THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE COMPANY AND THEY STATED THAT ALL FOUR SIDEWALLS ON THE TIRES WERE SEPARATING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE FILED CLAIM NUMBER 1006415 WITH GOODYEAR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,366 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,360. UPDATED 11/17/08 *BF UPDATED 11/18/08. *JB

I HAVE 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WHERE THE STEEL WHEELS ARE CORRODING CAUSING SLOW LEAKS WHEN TIRES ARE SEALED TO THE WHEEL. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HITTING POTHOLES AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND SEAL BREAKING CAUSING CAR TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. CAR HAS 51,000 MILES ON IT. NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED ADVISES CORROSION WARRANTY LAPSED AS OF 3/25/2010.THIS PROBLEM FIRST STARTED IN 3/2008. *TR

FACTORY TIRES FOR A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA 3.5 SE GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A P245/45R18 96V CRACKING ON SIDEWALLS M6A9 CMWR 0505. *TR

TIRES ON MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA KEEP LOOSING AIR. THE RIMS ARE CHROME (FACTORY) RIMS. I HAVE LOST 2 TIRES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD 4 OCCURRENCES OF THE LEAKING TIRES. THE CHROME PLATING IS SEPARATING FROM THE RIM AND THE TIRE BEAD STARTS TO LEAK AIR. 2 OF THE 4 OCCURRENCES WERE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE REPAIR SHOPS I HAVE TAKEN THE TIRES/RIMS TO ALL TELL ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THEY HAVE SEEN. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING THE PROBLEM WITH NISSAN TO TRY TO GET THEM TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE RIMS. I HAVE TO DATE SPENT APPROX. $750 FOR TIRES REPAIRS. IS THERE A RECORD OF FAILURES OF THIS KIND ON FILE? IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED BY NISSAN WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I DO NEXT? I FIND IT VERY SCARY TRYING TO CHANGE A TIRE ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AND FEAR BEING HIT. I CHECK ALL 4 TIRES WEEKLY NOW BUT TWO OF THE LEAKS OCCURRED ON THE HIGH SPEED HIGHWAYS EVEN THOUGH I CHECK THE AIR PRESSURE. *TR

TIRES DEFECTIVE POOR WORKMANSHIP.*JB

CAR HAS 41K MILES. WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR A SHIMMY AND VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING OVER 55 MPH. 3 TIMES BALANCED AND ALIGNED TIRES. 4TH TIME WAS TOLD ALL 4 RIMS ARE BENT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. UNABLE TO GET ACCURATE INFORMATION ON WARRANTY FROM DEALER NOR NISSAN. *TR

NOTICED CIRCULAR TEARING OF ALL FOUR TIRES BEGINNING AT 16,000 MILES. LATER, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW AND TORE APART. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED AND I FOUND A SMALL EDGE OF THE FREEWAY TO CHANGE THE TIRE, WHICH WAS VERY NERVE RACKING WHEN CHANGING THE TIRE. THIS OCCURRED AT 18,000 MILES, 18 MONTHS OF OWNING THE CAR. THIS WAS A WEEK AFTER I TOLD NISSAN TO LOOK AT MY TIRES AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THEM, DESPITE THE CIRCULAR BREAKAGE BEGINNING TO OCCUR. I TOLD THEM TO CHECK FOR LEAKS AS WELL. THEY SAID NO LEAKS. THEY WERE GOODYEAR TIRES 245/45/18 EAGLE RSA TIRES. I HAD TO BUY FOUR NEW TIRES DUE TO SAFETY REASONS AT $575. *TR

AFTER 24,000 MILES THE GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRES ON MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA DEVELOPED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT ON BOTH TIRES. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE GOODYEAR DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED AND THEY SAID THE TIRES HAD AN "IMPACT BREAK." THEY SAID THIS WAS NOT UNCOMMON IN THIS TIRE AND THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY AT 40 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS ROAD HAZARDS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE REMAINING THREE TIRES WERE CRACKED ALONG THE INSIDE WALL AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE TIRES WERE WAHL, SIZE 245/35R20.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, ONE OF THE GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES FLATTENED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS TREAD SEPARATION. THE CONTACT HAS SINCE CHANGED THE VEHICLES TIRES THREE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST FAILURE. THE # OF CYLINDERS AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 32,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,436.

CONSUMER GOODYEAR TIRES HAD A CRACK ALONG THE INSIDE AREA. *TS ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER FELT VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED CRACK ON THE INSIDE OF ALL FOUR TIRES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AT A PRORATED RATE. *NM

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A P245-45R18 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS MAKING AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE. SHE BELIEVED THAT THERE MAY BE A BUBBLE IN THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES HAD SLITS IN THEM AND WOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 40,000. THE CONSUMER STATED PERFORMED ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE FOR VEHICLE AND COMPLAINED @ 37,000 ABOUT NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND THE DEALER INFORMED CUSTOMER TIRES WOULD WEAR IN. THE CONSUMER STATED FEELS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR 4 NEW TIRES AT $300 A PIECE. THE CONSUMER STATED GOODYEAR PRORATED THE REAR TIRES BUT CONSUMER FEELS THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT. UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR

245-45-18 GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRE ON 2005 MAXIMA CAME APART. *NM

I WENT TO DO THE MONTHLY CHECK OF TIRE AIR PRESSURE AND FOUND THAT THE LABEL ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR POST DOES NOT LIST THE RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURE. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE AT 40 PSI COLD AND I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS DANGEROUS.

STEEL BELT WIDEWALLS FAILED, ALL FOUR TIRES SIDEWALLS CRACK, SOME TO OPENING OF 3/8 INCHE. SOME ON INSIDE, SOME ON OUTSIDE , ONLY 28645 MILES ON TIRES WHEN NOTICED DUE TO HIGH SPEED WOBBEL