Tire Tread/belt Problems of Nissan Sentra

The contact owns a 1999 Nissan Sentra equipped with goodyear viva 2 tires, size 175/65r14 dot number (pj8jh6hr5011). The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, there was a roaring noise coming from the driver front tire. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic. While the tires were being rotated, the technician noticed that the inside of both tires were separated. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the tire warranty had to be redeemed at the location from which the tires were purchased. The tires were not exchanged. The failure mileage on the vehicle was 155,432. The failure tire mileage was 300. . . . . Updated 03/08/13.

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On 5-4-07 I noticed driver's side rear tire was flat. My boyfriend filled it with air and I thought nothing further of it. On 5-15-07 I picked him up from work and had a flat on the way out of the parking lot. We filled it with air, but could not make it home before it was totally flat again. Since it was after 11 pm and we were close to home I continued to drive. Once we arrived the tire had a chunk of tread missing, exposing metal barbs, on the outside of the tire. The boy friend changed it the next day so we could take it to discount tire. They informed us that 3 of the 4 tires were bad, the other 2 would end up having tread torn in the same wa, due to mechanical error in manufacturing of the tire. Although they were still under warranty per mileage, we still had to buy 4 new tires.

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: the contact stated while driving 30 mph on normal road conditions a noise was observed coming from the left front tire. The vehicle was taken to the dealership who replaced the tire. The tire presented tread separation. The warranty of the tire did not identify the mileage covered.

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Caller said that while driving at 65 mph passenger's side rear tire went flat. When he pulled off the road and looked at the tire it was in threads and completely pulled away from the rim. He had the tire for about a year. Dealer gave him a new tire. Manufacturer has not been contacted yet. Bridgestone tire, p185/65r14.

Tire equipment on 2002 Nissan Sentra gxe has suffered belt failures. All four treads on the vehicle's tires failed in the last eight months.

Rear tire blew out on highway. Found a lump starting in second rear tire. Previously I had replaced the two front tires on 3/24/04 due to lumps or bubbles forming. One of these tires started wearing in an odd way and caused very pronounced vibration. These were the oem tires and at that time had 37,486 miles. Several days prior to the failure I had noticed vibration and skirmyness while driving. I visually inspected the tires and noticed they seemed out of round and odd shaped. I planned to replace themm in a few days. I did not think at the time a failure was imminent. I was wrong as the failure occured two days before I planned to replace them.

While driving vehicle shook uncontrollably. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer. Driver's side and passenger's side tires were replaced due to bubbles located on the outer side of the tires. Dunlop, sp20fe, p185/65r12/85, dot db7jc11. All four tires were original equipment. All incidents occurred on the rear tire about 1000 miles apart of the previous incidents.

While driving 70 mph, the front end began to vibrate at 29k miles. As a result,the driver side tires tread separated. No impact reported. The vibration had become progressively worse. The consumer returned the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer advised the consumer that a tire was defective.

Vehicle suffered from tread separation while driving at 55 mph. The consumer was traveling on the highway when she heard a loud noise and discovered the rubber on the back tire had come loose and was flapping.

The car was equipped with the firestone firehawk gta-02 tires. It was fortunate that the tire when flat when I was parking. The tire exhibit the same problem with previous recall dated February 20, 2001. The belt was separating and air is leaking out.

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Consumer states tire on the front right pealing off. This process is happening on the outside tread. The tire has not gone flat yet, but is afraid that it will. Also, called manufacturer, and they have agreed to replace the tire, but have not done so. Continental conti sport contact tires, 215 45 r 17 with 253 miles on them. Eventhough there is no recall consumer thinks that tehre should be one.

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I was riding on the expressway when my tread separated from my tire. I had my 2 yr old daughter in the car. I crashed and my car was totaled. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive but we are hurt.

Factory tire on Nissan Sentra (dunlop) had multiple tread tears and appeared to be coming off tire.

While driving 70 mph on the highway both front tire treads separated from the wheel. The tires were dunlop.

Visible tire separation on firehawk gta 02 p195/55r16 86h m+s. The tires were replaced with michelin all weather here at dr. Tire, hwy 21, beaufort, SC,29906. These tires would not have made the trip to charleston 80 miles away at the firestone dealer. We did not keep the tires. I am only offering this info as a courtesy to the rest of the planet, who may have the same tires. Fortunately for my son and his family, he arrived for new year's without incident. I have photos of the faulty tire. All tires were replaced. The tire was split about 12 inches around where the tread interfaced with the sidewall and was separating. I did communicate with firestone consumer affairs, but since I didn't take it back to a firestone dealer, there was not much they could do for me. My husband followed him to the dr. Tire in the event there was a problem. We could not have driven the 80 miles to the firestone dealer. Ts.

Bridgestone, v381, p185/65r14, dot v67jp300210, original equipment on a 2001, Nissan, Sentra with 24000 miles. Rear passenger tire went flat while parked. Seam was coming apart where tread and sidewall meet. On January 26, 2002 while driving 25-30 mph, front passenger tire had a blowout due to seam separating. No injuries. Bridgestone has replaced the tires.

Consumer states steering wheel shakes at certain speeds and front end seems floaty, consumer was advised by technician everything was fine, consumer then went back to dealership to check the balancing of the tires, noting that the steering wheel is still shaking at certain speeds, excessive wear was then noticed of the front tires, the service technician stated that this was a tire failure and consumer should go to a dunlop outlet for a remedy, a local tire shop stated this was not the fault of the tires themselves, but rather the result of a balance/alignment problem, consumer purchased another set of dunlop tires to replace the excessively-worn front tires, consumer states despite the maintenance and replacement of tires and tire rotation, the suspension still feels floaty.

Car did not pass inspection due to front tires having low thread on inside part of tire. Car was at dealer's 9 month ago and reported no uneven wear and tear on any tires, recommended only balancing. Suspected problem to be alignment, but none was mentioned by dealer on 11/30/99. The car is only 2 years old, with 22500 miles and now need 2 new tires. ( dot number: tire size: 175/65r14 ).

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Pe00020,fr 360. Bought used on a 1996, Sentra, tire size p17570r13; rear passenger's tire tread separated which almost caused a crash. Firestone tire (p17570r13) dot#hyevr3a037. There was damage to the vehicle due to the tread separation.

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