general problems of the 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier

I haven't had an incident yet. All 4 of my tires are cracked in the same area around the tire. Leading me to believe it is a manufactures defect.

The passenger's side rear tire lost air . As a result, consumer had to fill the tire with air every two days.

When I purchased my car last year ;they told me that they put new tires on my car,but when it rained my car tires would slide in puddles of water;I was frantic. My kids were in the car with me and was screaming and howling because we almost had a accident. So I stopped driving the car until I purchased new tires. I bought tires from wal mart automotive [that was in December]but in feburary I expericenced the same problem except these tires splitted open and I purchased two more tires from walmart and the guy that changed my tire said it's not awannder if I didn't kill myself. . . . But he told me that firestone was recalling these tires and told me about it. So what can I do now I have the tires at homeo.

Left tire bone broke in two while driving at 30mph. No previous incident caused excess stress in car structure. Control of the car was lost, but brought to stop in middle of street. Manufacturer contacted. They said this was due to wear and tear in par. However, tires had been inspected by a dealer 3 weeks before. No fisures reported then. Owner feels lucky this didn't happen in a highway. I also feel mad at the unresponsiveness of manufacturer, who apparently regards this part as disposable along with the security and the lives of its customers.