2011 Subaru Outback Tires Problems

“I have a Subaru Outback 2011 with 16,000 miles on it. The non driver-side tires have bubbles on them. I detected this saturday, august 20, 2011. There has been no accident or mishap, yet. However, since I had to order 2 identical tires to use with the 2 good tires, I noticed that these particular tires are on back order from the manufacturer and wondered if there is any record of any significant amount of tire failures with this tire? The tires are continental 225/60r17 contipro contact tires.”

“My 2011 Subaru Outback came with oe contiprocontact p225/60r17. This is a tire of continental that has an 80000 mile warranty. These tires on my car wore down to the tire replacement indicator at 36750 miles. . I call continental and was told that oe tires on new cars are for defect only, not mileage. I feel this is a total ripoff on the part of continental tires and a total misrepresentation of matter. When the retail tire has the 80k warranty. I feel continental should reimburse me the pro rated amount on the $724 spent on the exact replacement tires I purchased.”

“Purchased my 2011 Outback in july if last year. I have taken it to the dealer on several occasions due to a vibration in the steering and thumping in the tires...almost like there was flat spots in the tires. They first told me it was flat spots and it may take up to 3000 miles before it would quit, however it never did and got worse. I took it back 2 more times and they finally did a force balance and put a vibration kit on the steering. My steering wheel does not vibrate/shimmy any longer, however the rest of the car still does. …”

“Recently purchased 2011 Outback suburu, brand new. With 1500 miles, the dealer inspected our tires and found 3 out of 4 tires to have side wall bulges. The tires are continental tires. The call back this morning from the dealers service manager said that they inspected the new cars on their lot and found sidewall bulges also showing on the tires of new inventory. The service manager said this was a result of extra material. …”

“The front passenger side tire started to deflate, whether in motion or when parked. This was a slow leak. The tires had 6/32 tread remaining. The problematic tire would hold pressure for about 40 miles of highway driving, or several hours when parked, before the low tire pressure sensor light would come one. The tire was repeatedly filled with air during the course of the road trip. Upon arrival an appointment was made for it to be checked and repaired at a local shop. Turns out the belt was partially separated. Given the car is all wheel drive I needed to replace all four tires.”