NHTSA Complaint #10676637 — 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

TIRES PUT ON THE 2014 VW JETTA GLI (DUNLOP SPORT) FROM FACTORY ARE OF VERY POOR QUALITY AND COULD CAUSE A BLOW-OUT AND AN ACCIDENT. FIRST INCIDENT WITH POTHOLE CAUSED A TIRE BLOW-OUT ON FRONT PASSENGER TIRE, BUT EXECUTED A CONTROLLED MANEUVER TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER. SECOND INCIDENT INVOLVED NO POTHOLE OR ABNORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES BUT RESULTED IN A BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF ANOTHER TIRE. BUBBLE WAS CAUGHT BEFORE BLOW-OUT INCIDENT COULD OCCUR. THESE TIRES ARE UNSAFE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS DUNLOP SPORT TIRE SCATTERED ACROSS THE INTERNET. NHTSA NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION BY REQUIRING VOLKSWAGEN TO REPLACE THESE TIRES WITH TIRES OF BETTER QUALITY THAT WILL NOT DEVELOP COMPROMISED SIDEWALLS OR ARE AT RISK TO BLOW-OUTS. THIS SHOULD BE DONE AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER AS VW MADE THE DECISION TO EQUIP THE VEHICLES WITH THESE POOR QUALITY UNSAFE TIRES. *TR