NHTSA Complaint #10232658 — 2007 KIA RONDO

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 KIA RONDO ON NOV.13,2006. BEFORE THE CAR HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT, I HAD TO REPLACE 2 KUMHO TIRES(ORIGINAL ON CAR) BECAUSE METAL WIRES WERE SHOWING THROUGH. I CONTACTED KUMHO ABOUT THEIR WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO THE WAY I DROVE AND IT WAS NOT COVERED. THEY DID NOT SEE THE TIRES AND YET MADE THIS DECISION! NOW I JUST HAD 2 MORE TIRES PUT ON THE CAR 2 DAYS AGO. THE TIRE I INTENDED TO REPLACE HAD METAL WIRES SHOWING THROUGH. WHEN MY HUSBAND BROUGHT THE TWO KUMHO TIRES HOME THAT THE DEALER TOOK OFF-WE NOTICED THE TIRE THAT SHOWED NO VISIBLE WEAR ON THE OUTSIDE HAD A LARGE PILE OF RUBBER FRAGMENTS INSIDE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION WE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS WORN ON THE INSIDE AND THAT METAL WIRES WERE SHOWING THROUGH. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER TOMORROW MORNING BUT EXPECT A RUN AROUND LIKE LAST TIME. ACCORDING TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO CHANGED OUT MY TIRES-KUMHO TIRES ARE CHEAP, CRAPPY TIRES. *TR