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Sidewall Tires

ODI ID: 706998 NHTSA Complaint ID: 183579

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1994 DIAMANTE 94

Component/Parts: Sidewall Tires

Failure Date: NA Complaint Date: May 30, 1999

City/State: BENSENVILLE, IL (Illinois)
Crash: NA Fire: No Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: in july 1997 i purchased a set (4) of goodrich comp t/a, vr4, 205g5r15 tires for approximately $505. 6 months later i had a blowout leaving a shopping center. i didn't think much of it and had it replaced with an identical tire at a local station for approximately $125. in december 1998 i had another blowout while driving to work and while i did not have an accident it was close. i had an identical replacement installed for around $110. in march of this year i noticed a golf ball size knot on one of the two remaining original tires. i've had it replaced (my station has saved the tire) for another $100. the remaining tire now has a small knot developing on the sidewall exactly where the other tire developed the knot. i will have to replace this tire also. in short i bought a set of tires thats had two blowouts and two knots requiring replacement. a $500 set of tires has cost approximately $900 in two years and i have the same type of tires that have failed. it appears they were constructed with inherent dangerous defects.( dot number: tire size: 205g5r15 ) .