Tire Tread/belt Problems of Dodge Intrepid

The contact owns a 1996 Dodge Intrepid. The vehicle has cooper lifeliner touring sle tires, size 205/60r15. The contact stated that the tread separated from the front driver and passenger side tires, which caused them to blow out. The failures caused the fender to detach from the vehicle. He notified the manufacturer, but they have not responded. The speed, VIN, and dot number were unavailable. The tire failure mileage was 10,000 and the current and failure mileages were 236,000.

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Subject: mastercraft tire tread separation comments: in March, 2003, I purchased a 2002 Dodge Intrepid using ebay. The car had 8,000 miles and carfax showed no accidents. When the car arrived, I noticed it had two new mastercraft sensy tires on the front, unusual for that low mileage. Upon inspection, I found that the right tie rod end had been bent and not repaired, the likely cause of the new tires. I then replaced the right tie rod end and had all four wheels aligned. As the tires had a tread wear rating of 620, I figured there were good for many miles. In late July, 2006, the car had 32k miles. I was hearing a loud "slapping" sound on the front end. Taking the car to a costco car center, they determined that both tires had tread separation, requiring immediate replacement. The tires had less than 25k miles on them. The car has a lifetime four-wheel alignment policy from firestone ever since I purchased it, and the front end alignment has been checked about every 3-4k miles. These tires apparently had a manufacturing defect. Their identification is mastercraft sensy 01, 225 60 r16 m&s 98t, dot 3dx3 fmw 3302, not as described by your form below which has incomplete info use only the info in this paragraph to describe model, size and dot number. I suggest this defect should be investigated. The tires were left at costco and are no longer available, but I have their written statement of the problem. Your comments please. Thank you.

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