NHTSA Complaint #10278442 — 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE VEHICLE HAS UNIROYAL TIGER PAW RADIAL TIRES. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE TIRES IN 2007. IN MAY OF 2009, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRE TO A SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE TIRE. SHE WAS GIVEN ANOTHER TIRE AT A PRORATED COST. THE TIRE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD. TWO MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TIRE BLEW OUT AGAIN. AAA TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE TIRE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD AGAIN AT 24,000 MILES. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED OTHER TIRES OF THE SAME BRAND THAT FAILED AT LOW MILEAGES. THE CONTACT WILL FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE TIRE SHOP AND BOUGHT NEW TIRES OF A DIFFERENT BRAND. THE TIRE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000. UPDATED 08/21/09. *LJ UPDATED 08/26/09.*JB