Tire Sidewall Problems of Volkswagen Tiguan

Tires had 17,000 miles on them. Tire pressure was checked 6 days prior to tire failure. Tire failure occurred on 3/11/23. My 19 year old daughter and two friends were driving on I-26 just east of columbia, SC, when the tire sidewalls spontaneously failed. The tpms is functional and never alerted the driver to low tire pressure. I contacted continental tire and provided them photos, and they have brushed it off saying that the tire was driven with low tire pressure. Continental tire recalled 94,000 tires during the same time frame that these tires were manufactured due to sidewall failures. As noted in my correspondence with continental tire, there was a hairline crack in the rim which discount tire said may have caused the low tire pressure. The tpms did not go off - the crack in the rim was a result of my 19 year old daughter trying to get to safety while driving at 70 mph on I-26.

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Driving approximately 30-35 mph on dry, flat pavement. . . No potholes or road hazards. Heard thump from rear tire on passenger side (thought something fell over in trunk). Drove approximately 1/2 mile to home and when exiting vehicle heard hissing noise from tire. The tire has a slit in the tread/sidewall of approximately one-inch in length.

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