NHTSA Complaint #10252874 — 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY

COOPER LIFELINER TIRES 225/60R-16 INSTALLED ON A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. MIXED FRONT/REAR USAGE BUT FAILURES HAPPENED WHILE INSTALLED ON REAR. TIRES PURCHASED 6/04 AND FAILED WITH APPROX 60K MILES, BUT CONSIDERABLE TREAD REMAINING. FIRST OCCURRENCE 8/08 WITH VEHICLE AT 70 MPH ON STRAIGHT ROAD. WITH NO WARNING OTHER THAN A SLIGHT RHYTHMIC NOISE AND WITH NO PRIOR VISUAL INDICATION OF DISTRESS, THE TIRE SUFFERED A NEAR COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION AND SUDDEN BLOWOUT. RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL AND DOOR PANEL, BUT NO ACCIDENT. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE OTHER REAR TIRE HAD A SIMILAR EVENT, THIS ONE PRECEDED BY SOME VIBRATION, BUT NO VISUAL DISTRESS (STOPPED VEHICLE TO CHECK). AGAIN, EVENT WAS A BLOWOUT, THIS TIME WITH PARTIAL TREAD SEPARATION. VEHICLE WAS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD AT 65 MPH AT TIME OF EVENT. TIRE PRESSURES WERE CORRECT PRIOR TO FAILURES. PHOTOS OF TIRE FROM 2ND EVENT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR