Tire Sidewall Problems of Kia Motor Optima

On November 7 while driving on a freeway in SC I had a catostrophic failure in my front left tire at 55 miles per hour. Fortunately I was able to exit safely and get my vehicle off the road. The tire was filled to manufacturer psi and was driven only 13,151 miles. The sidewall was blown out. I did not hit anything to cause this failure the tire is a kumho 215 r17 94 v. My vehicle is a 2018 kia Optima s. I believe I should have a full replacement for this failure.

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The contact leased a 2015 kia Optima equipped with hankook optimo h724 tires, size: 225/45r/18 (na). While the vehicle was parked, the contact became aware of a bubble in the sidewall of the front passenger and rear driver side tires. The vehicle was taken to five star tires on meridian road in youngstown, ohio to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that there was nothing abnormal with the tires and that there was no sign of road damage. The tires were not replaced. The manufacturer was notified and offered no assistance. The vehicle failure mileage was 22,000 and the tire failure mileage was 22,310.

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I stopped to have my tire pressure checked and the mechanics were very concerned with the passenger tire's sidewall separating from the body of the tire. They highly suggested they replace the tire with the doughnut spare even though I was onlyb10 miles from home. After inspection of the other tires the back passenger tire was also beginning to separate. These tires only have 20,000 miles.

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First of 2 sidewall blow outs no external cause.

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