1997 Honda Civic Tires Problems

“I was driving on interstate 85, and there was a large truck tire laying in the middle of a 4 lane highway, thus causing multiple accidents. My car hit the tire and almost caused a few accidents, almost causing other people as well as myself to be injured fatally. The DOT should have cleaned it up, and since I do not have collision on my insurance policy they are not covering any damages. We pay taxes to the state and government to have safe motor ways, and I feel these accidents could have been prevented in advance.”

“I was driving on the highway at a speed ranging between 75-80 MPH when I heard a loud sound from the back end of my car. It started to pull so I tried to carefully move from the left lane of the highway to the emergency lane at the right when my car did a 360 and after narrowly avoiding a head on collision with a semi, ended up in the ditch on the left side of the road. The tread had separated from the tire and damaged the frame as well as paint on the back bumper of my car. …”

“On 5/30/02, I drove my Civic home from austin, tx on hwy 71 at 60mph. On approaching hwy I-10 vibrations at the right rear wheel were felt. When I got on hwy I-10 at 2pm that wheel became bumpy, followed by a loud bang from its cover/fender, shaking so strongly that I had to pull over. I found the tire's treated portion peeled off and lost, and the lower forward corner of the wheel cover broken loose, dangling outwards. I managed to drive home using the spare tire, although the car seemed no longer road-worthy. Dt”

“The contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic with a set of bf goodrich touring t/a tires, line size p185/65/r14. The contact noticed that the front passenger tire was flat and upon further inspection, he found that there were several fractures along the inner sidewall. The tires were not replaced. The VIN and DOT number was not available. The current and failure mileage of the tires was 49,000. The vehicle failure mileage was 199,000.”

“Driving at 70 miles an hour on I-95, the tire tread peeled off and exploded on the front left tire, damaging the car, and causing loss of control and winding up on the side of the road in a shallow ditch. Firestone refused any responsibility. After replacing the front tires, leaving the original rear tires, 2 months later, leaving an on ramp to I-4 at approximately 37 miles an hour, the rear right tire tread peeled off too. No damage was done this time, but all firestone tires were removed and replaced with goodyears. Firestone has refused any responsibility. …”