NHTSA Complaint #10205167 — 2004 PONTIAC GTO

PROBLEM WITH STEERING CONTROL AND SLOW AIR LEAK OUT OF FRONT RIGHT TIRE, LED ME TO BRING MY CAR TO JUST TIRES IN DECEMBER 2005. THE TECHNICIANS REMOVED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE AND FOUND THAT THE INNER WALL OF THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. I THEN TOOK MY CAR TO THE PONTIAC DEALER AND PAID OVER $700 FOR A FAULTY TIRE ROD ARM. ON OCTOBER 7, 2007 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN A BUSY INTERSTATE, THE STEERING BECAME UNSTEADY AS A LOUD RUMBLING NOISE COMMENCED. ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED AND I WAS DRIVING ON THE RIM WITH LIMITED CONTROL OF THE CAR, TRYING TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AS I PUT A SPARE TIRE ON THE CAR, THERE WAS SHREDDED RUBBER WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE AND BRAKE LINKAGE THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. WITH THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE, I SLOWLY DROVE 8-10 MILES TO MY LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER WHERE I PARKED MY CAR UNTIL THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, SO I COULD CANCEL MY LEASE EARLY. *TR