2006 Pontiac G6 Tires & Wheels Problems

POT HOLE ON CRATER ROAD PETERSBURG, VA MESSED UP RIM AND TIRE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6 EQUIPPED WITH SUMITOMO TOURING LST TIRES, SIZE P215/60 TR16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BULGING AND CUPPING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

2006 PONTIAC G6, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF. UNIT 1 PULLED OVER ONTO THE RIGHT BERM WHERE IT BECAME DISABLED. *BF ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE LUG NUTS BECAME LOOSE AND FELL OUT DUE TO THE SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT #10-0461-90)*JB UPDATED 09/13/10*BF

I BOUGHT 4 COOPER TIRES IN JANUARY 09 AT THE COST OF $702.00. I WENT IN ON 08/12/09 TO HAVE THEM ROTATED. I WAS INFORMED THAT 2 OF THE TIRES WERE FINE, BUT THAT 2 OF THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THESE ARE 60K TIRES AND I HAVE PUT 7K ON THEM. COOPER STATES THAT TO REPLACE THEM I WILL HAVE TO PAY 18% ON ONE TIRE AND 15% ON THE OTHER. MY CONTENTION IS THAT THESE WERE EVIDENTLY DEFECTIVE TIRES TO BEGIN WITH THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE. I HAD NOTICED MY CAR WAS HYDROPLANING BUT COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT SINCE THEY WERE RELATIVELY NEW.I TALKED WITH COOPER TIRES AND THEY SAY I STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TREAD I USED AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS WRONG. HAD SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME I CAN GUARANTEE THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO TAKE NOTICE THEN.. A STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT BY A REP FROM COOPER THAT I MUST BE AN IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVER. I AM 62 AND I AM NOT HARD ON MY CAR.IT IS A 2006 G6 PONTIAC AND IT ONLY HAS 47,000 MILES ON IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN SO THAT HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. I WILL REPLACE THE TIRES THIS WEEKEND BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE AT MY EXPENSE. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEONE LETTING ME KNOW THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN REVIEWED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME I NOTICED MY CAR WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT,AND I HEAR A THUMPING SOUND , THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WAS FLAT. IT WAS SPLIT AT THE SIDES 3 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE TIRE. AFTER TAKING THE TIRE TO THE DEALER IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE SINCE THE TIRE ONLY HAD 192332 MILES IN IT. MY CONCERN IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE OTHER TIRES. THANKFULLY I WAS ONLY DRIVING AT 30MPH, WHAT IF I HAD BEEN GOING FASTER AND THE TIRE BLEWOUT?I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT NOT ONLY WAS THE TIRE SPLIT ON THE OUTSIDE BUT ON THE INSIDE AS WELL.IWANTED THE DEALER TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES BUT THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ONE. I ALSO CALLED THE PONTIAC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE LINE AND ASKED THEM TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES.THEY SAID NO I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING ON THESE TIRES. P216/60R16 UNIROYAL TIGER PAW TOURING (5R)*CN

I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR VIBRATING IN AUGUST 2006. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THIS TIME I RODE WITH THE MECHANIC. HE SAID IT WAS VIBRATING BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF BALANCE. I HAD THE CAR BALANCED AND THEN IT BEGAN PULLING TO THE LEFT AND CONTINUED TO VIBRATE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY SAID IT NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED. I HAD THE CAR ALIGNED. THE CARE STILL PULLED TO THE LEFT. AT THAT TIME THEY SAID THEY WOULD NEED TO TALK WITH A MANAGER. THEY THEN DIAGNOSED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE. THEY SAID IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO BRING IT IN SO THEY COULD GET THE NUMBERS OFF THE TIRE FOR THEM TO ORDER A NEW TIRE. THAT WAS 2.5 MONTHS AGO. I HAVE SINCE ASKED THAT ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRE BE PUT ON THE CAR, BUT THEY WILL NOT DO THAT BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. I HAVE A LETTER FROM A MECHANIC AT AN AGENCY THAT SPECIALIZES IN TIRES/WHEELS. THEY FEEL IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND HAVE ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS FIXED. *NM