NHTSA Complaint #10390255 — 2001 CADILLAC DEVILLE

TIRE HAS SEVERE TREAD SEPARATION IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND TIRE. THE LARGEST SEPARATION INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE TREAD ON ONE SIDE OF TIRE. TREAD SEPARATED ON DOT SERIAL SIDE OF TIRE. THE TIRE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MY MOTHER'S 2001 CADILLAC DEVILLE. NOT SURE OF DATE TREAD SEPARATION COMMENCED BUT I DISCOVERED THE TREAD SEPARATION IN DECEMBER 2010. THE VEHICLE BELONGED TO MY FATHER WHEN THE TIRE WAS INSTALLED IN 2007. HE BECAME ILL IN 2008 BEFORE EVENTUALLY DYING IN 2009. SO VERY FEW MILES WERE PUT ON THE CAR/TIRE BY DECEMBER 2010. THE TIRE HAD APPROXIMATELY 14000 MILES ON IT IN DECEMBER 2010. *TR