NHTSA Complaint #10292755 — 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

GREETINGS NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS ANTHONY HORSLEY, SR. ON TUESDAY MORNING AT 5:30AM, MY COOPER MADE TIRES BROKE DOWN ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF THE OF MY VEHICLE, WHICH IS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND EXIT SAFELY. I PULLED OVER AT A PARKING LOT TO DISCOVER THAT THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND THE LOOSE RUBBER HAD RIPPED A HOLE IN MY BUMPER. THE COOPER TIRE IS A DOMINATOR CLASS 255 - 70 - R16, ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THROUGH DISCOUNT TIRE, WITH FULL WARRANTY. IN FEBRUARY OF 2008 I WAS ALERTED WHEN I BROUGHT IN THE TRAILBLAZER FOR AN ALIGNMENT CHECK THAT THE TIRES WERE BEING RECALLED AND THEY SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES WITH MICHELIN LTX TIRES. I ASKED THEM WHY THEY HAD NOT REPLACED THE REAR TIRES AS WELL AS THEY WERE THE SAME TYPE. DISCOUNT STATED THAT THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO REPLACE THE FRONT TIRES. AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE THAT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SHOULD LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS MATTER. I HOPE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BY HAVING COOPER TIRE PROVIDING ME A RIGHT REAR TIRE TO MATCH THE THREE TIRES . I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MR. ALEX PENDELTON, MANAGER AT DISCOUNT TIRE, 702.435.1533. THANK YOU *TR