NHTSA Complaint #11278250 — 2017 HONDA ACCORD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HONDA ACCORD EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES, SIZE: 235/40R1996V (NA). WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD EXPLODED. THE CONTACT PARKED AT A NEARBY FUEL STATION AND REPLACED THE FAULTY TIRE WITH A SPARE TIRE. ON OCTOBER 10, 2019, WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TPMS WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PARKED AT A FUEL STATION TO INSPECT THE TIRES. SHE DID NOT NOTICE A FAILURE AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HERITAGE HONDA (LOCATED AT 965 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY NE, ROME, GA 30161, (706) 291-2277) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,893. *LN*JB