NHTSA Complaint #10733590 — 2015 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE

ONE OF THE TIRES ON MY NEW CHEVY TRAVERSE WENT FLAT AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WASN'T A PUNCTURE HOLE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS MORE OF A TEAR AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TIRE THE SPLIT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A CONTINUATION FROM THE PART OF THE TIRE THAT HAS THE TREAD LINE. I FIND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS TIRE AND EVEN THOUGH MY TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED A FEW MONTHS PAST THE RECALL DATE (13TH WEEK, 2015 YEAR), MY VEHICLE IS FROM THE SAME PLANT AND THE TIRE SIZE IS THE EXACT TIRE--GOODYEAR FORTERA P255/65R18 109S. I DO HAVE THE TIRE IN QUESTION AT MY HOUSE AND CAN TAKE PICTURES IF YOU NEED THEM. I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR AND ASKED HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN WITH BRAND NEW TIRES AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE(S). I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AFTER READING THE RECALL NOTICE BECAUSE I DRIVE ON A LOT OF SECONDARY HIGHWAYS THAT ARE VERY ISOLATED AND I DO NOT WANT TO BECOME STRANDING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I HAVE A CASE IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.