NHTSA Complaint #10514716 — 2001 TOYOTA AVALON

CHECK TIRE PRESSURE USUALLY THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH AND NEVER HAD PROBLEM OF TIRES LOSING 60% OF AIR BETWEEN CHECKUPS. I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A PUNCTURE AND TOOK IT TO DISCOUNT TIRE IN ROMEOVILLE(WHERE I BOUGHT YOKOHAMA TIRES). CHECKED ALL THE FOUR TIRES AND FOUND NO NAILS OR OTHER. THEY HOWEVER FOUND TWO WHEELS WITH CORROSION(WHITE FLAKING) AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT I REPLACE THE WHEELS FOR THIS WEATHER DAMAGE WILL ONLY ACCELERATE. THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOY WHEELS AND HOW CAN THERE BE WEATHER DAMAGE. I HAD ALL THE FOUR WHEELS GROUND AND BUFFED. SIX MONTHS LATER, AIR LEAKAGE WAS BACK WITH VENGEANCE AND SINCE IT COST ME ONLY $19.00 A WHEEL TO GRIND AND BUFF - I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS INSTEAD OF SHELLING OVER $500.00 TO HAVE THE WHEELS REPLACED. THESE WHEELS ARE NOT GENUINE TOYOTA. I HAD CELICA ST BACK IN THE 70S AND 80S AND I HAD NONE OF THIS NONSENSE WITH ITS ALLOY WHEELS. *TR