NHTSA Complaint #10838390 — 2012 FORD F-250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: LTX/AT, (NA) TIRE SIZE: LT275/65/R20, AND DOT NUMBER: B70T003X3011. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT COULD FEEL SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE TIRES, WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS REPLACED. MOST RECENT THE FAILURE RECURRED HOWEVER, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE ABD TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.