NHTSA Complaint #10151672 — 2006 HONDA PILOT

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2006 HONDA PILOT IN DEC 2005. FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES WERE GOODYEAR INTEGRITY. THE VEHICLE DAILY LOOSES TRACTION AND SEVERAL TIMES AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TRACTION IS BAD ON WET AND DRY CONDITIONS. WHEN CONTACTING HONDA CORPORATE, THEY SAY IT IS THE TIRE AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. GOODYEAR SAYS THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH HONDA. CLASSIC RUNAROUND. HOWEVER, WHEN I REVIEW THE GOODYEAR WEB SITE, IT PROVIDES TIRE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VARIOUS VEHICLE TYPES. WHEN I REVIEW THE HONDA PILOT RECOMMENDATION (WITH AN SUV CLASSIFICATION-WHICH IS APPROPRIATE ACCORDING TO THE HONDA WEB SITE, WHICH LABELS THE PILOT A SUV), THE GOODYEAR WEB SITE DOES NOT RECOMMEND THE GOODYEAR INTEGRITY. HOWEVER, IT YOU LABEL THE SUV A PASSENGER CAR (WHICH IT IS PATENTLY NOT), THEN THE INTEGRITY COMES UP AS THE RECOMMENDED TIRE. I HAVE ALMOST EXHAUSTED ALL MY OPTIONS AND AM LEFT WITH FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN. MY WIFE OR I WILL IMMANENTLY BE IN AN ACCIDENT, AND I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT HONDA WILL BE CULPABLE. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BY OFFERING TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE (WHICH IS 2X THE PRICE TO THE INTEGGRITY TIRES-WHICH IS WHY I SUSPECT THEY ARE SELLING THE VEHICLE WITH THE SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER INTEGRITY TIRES) FOR THE RECOMMENDED TIRES, HONDA AND GOODYEAR ARE NOT LISTENING. *JB