NHTSA Complaint #10566192 — 2008 LEXUS IS 250

I HIT A POTHOLE ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 4:55PM ON MONDAY FEB.24,2014. THE POTHOLE WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CUMBERLAND AVE AND HIGGINS AVE.I WAS GOING NORTH ON CUMBERLAND TOWARDS TALCOTT AVE, PARK RIDGE. AS I APPROACHED HIGGINS AVE, RED LIGHT TURNED ON. I WAS BEHIND ONE CAR WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT TURNED ON. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE POTHOLE, BUT SINCE I WAS RIGHT BEHIND, I DID NOT. THE MOMENT I HIT THIS POTHOLE WITH MY FRONT, LEFT TIRE MY DASHBOARD DISPLAYED A MESSAGE THAT I HAVE LOW PRESSURE IN THE TIRE. AUTOMATICALLY MY WHEEL STARTED PULLING ME TO THE SIDE. I DROVE UP CUMBERLAND AVE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 BLOCK AND PULLED TO THE NEAREST SIDE STREET THAT WAS ON MY RIGHT: GLENLAKE AVE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO FIND A FLAT TIRE. BY THE TIME I GOT HELP, IT WAS 5:45PM. I CALLED PARK RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT ASKING WHAT I SHOULD DO AND I WAS DIRECTED TO FILE A CLAIM TOWARDS MY INSURANCE. I WANTED TO MAKE A PICTURE OF THE POT HOLE BUT CONSIDERING HIGGINS AVE AND CUMBERLAND AVE IS A LARGE,BUSY INTERSECTION, I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP AND TAKE A PICTURE. TODAY, FEB.26,2014, I WAS GOING THE SAME WAY TO WORK AND I FOUND THE POTHOLE TO BE PATCHED UP. I WANT TO KNOW WHO WILL PAY FOR MY DAMAGED TIRE? THE POTHOLE MUST HAVE BEEN VERY DEEP SINCE UPON IMPACT, I AUTOMATICALLY GOT A FLAT. I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT I WAS STARTING OFF FROM A FULL STOP. I DID NOT DRIVE MORE THAN 15 MPH. ALL IN ALL, THIS SITUATION IS CAUSING ME A LOT OF INCONVENIENCE AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THE CITY OF CHICAGO WILL REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COSTS THAT I NOW HAVE. *TR