NHTSA Complaint #10218850 — 2006 HEARTLAND LANDMARK

ENROUTE TO DISNEY WORLD ON 10/27/07 ON I-95 HAD BLOWOUT OF TRAIL AMERICA TIRES ON PASSENGER REAR OF TRAVEL TRAILER. DID MAJOR DAMAGE TO TRAILER. BOUGHT REPLACEMENT SPARE IN ORLANDO. ON RETURN TRIP ON 11/3/07 HAD SECOND BLOWOUT. PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE OF TRAVEL TRAILER. TRAIL AMERICA TIRES IMPORTED BY JCA CORPORATION. DID ADDITIONAL MAJOR DAMAGE TO TRAILER. OVER $4,000.00 TOTAL DAMAGE TO TRAILER. HAD TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT TIRES IN JACKSONVILLE, FL TO GET HOME AT COST IN EXCESS OF $1,400.00. NOTIFIED JCA CORPORATION. RETURNED ALL FIVE TIRES TO THEM FOR TESTING. THEY REQUESTED COST OF TIRES AND COST OF DAMAGE TO TRAILER. SUPPLIED TO THEM. THEY NOW REFUSE TO EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND HAVE, AFTER 4 SPECIFIC REQUESTS REFUSED TO RETURN MY TIRES. NUMEROUS OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD TRAIL AMERICA TIRES IMPORTED BY JCA CORPORATION HAVE HAD PROBLEMS. THERE IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT IN THESE TIRES AND I AM OF THE OPINION THAT SINCE TRAIL AMERICA TIRES WERE NOT LISTED IN YOUR LIST OF TIRES AND THEY HAD NO DOT NUMBER STAMPED ON THEM THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL. *TR