NHTSA Complaint #10422738 — 2008 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXDB

THIS IS TO CORRECT FILE NUMBER 10421452 -- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON DYNA SERIES LOW RIDER. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR TIRE IS A DUNLOP K591 160/70V-17. THE CONTACT NOTICED IN EARLY JUNE 2011 A SPLIT IN THE CENTER RAIN GROVE. ON AUG. 19, 2011 FOUND ADDITIONAL CRACKS IN THE TIRE IN THESE CENTER RAIN GROVES. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MOTORCYCLE SHOP WHO STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE SPLITTING WAS ABNORMAL. THIS MOTORCYCLE SHOP SUGGESTED IT BE TAKEN TO KENTS HARLEY DAVIDSON WHERE EFFORT TO CONTACT ?DUNLOP MOTORCYCLE TIRE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT? WENT UN-RESPONDED TO, UNTIL THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. KENTS HARLEY DAVIDSON CAN PROVIDE PICTURES OF THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE TIRE IS AROUND 7000 MILES AND THE TIRE HAS 4/32 TREAD LEFT FROM A NEW 8/32 DEPTH. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND DUNLOP IS REFUSING TO RESPOND TO THE DEFECT. IT SHOULD BE FRUTHER NOTED DUNLOP IS WILLFULY , DELIBERTLY IGNORING THEIR WARRANTY ON MOTORCYCLE TIRES AND ARE THEREFORE WILLFULY DELIBERTLY INDANGERING CUSTOMERS AND HAVE FULL KOWLEDGE THEY ARE DOING SO. I HAVE ALL CORRESPONDANCE AND PHOTOS TO PROVE THIS IN A COURT OF LAW. THE GOV. SHOULD ACT ON THIS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THE FORM SAYS TIRE 407 -- IT IS A DUNLOP K591 160/70VB-17 --THIS GOV. FORM PROVIDES NO WAY TO PROPERLY GIVE THIS INFO EXCEPT HERE. BEFORE I HAD A [XXX] TO FILE THIS BY VOCAL AND HE DID NOT REPORT WHAT I SAID -- SO THIS FORM IS NOW NECESSARY IN THE MANNER BEST I CAN DO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TR