NHTSA Complaint #10197551 — 2006 ACURA RL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 ACURA RL. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A POTHOLE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. HE THEN DROVE OVER ANOTHER POTHOLE AND THE TIRE DEFLATED. THE CONTACT REFILLED THE TIRE WITH AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE COMPANY, WHICH NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE TIRE AND REFILLED IT WITH AIR. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIM WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TIRE AND RIM. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE BUBBLE IN THE TIRE AND THE CRACKED RIM MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY DEBRIS AND/OR POTHOLES. NO TIRE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,821 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,500.