NHTSA Complaint #730743 — 1995 SATURN SL

WHILE DRIVING FROM NC TO NY MY TIRE BLEW APART ON INTERSTATE 95 IN RICHMOND, VA. WITH A LARGE HOLE AND A RIP, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE. A TOW TRUCK CAME ALONG AND PUT ON MY SPARE AND I DROVE TO BALTIMORE. THE NEXT MORNING A GAS STATION PUT ON A USED TIRE SO I COULD MAKE IT TO NY (IT WAS ALL THEY HAD IN MY TIRE SIZE). WHILE IN NY I TRIED TO REPLACE THE USED TIRE WITH A NEW TIRE BUT THEY COULD NOT GET ONE TO HOLD TO THE WHEEL BECAUSE THE WHEEL WAS BENT. THEY SAID THE USED ONE ADHERED BECAUSE IT WAS SOFTER AND MORE PLIABLE. MY BROTHER TOOK ME TO THE SATURN DEALERSHIP IN LARCHMONT, NY, TO PURCHASE A NEW ALLOY WHEEL, WHICH COST ABOUT $250. I THEN HAD TO HAVE THE WHEEL AND NEW TIRE INSTALLED. I SAVED THE TIRE AND THE OLD WHEEL AND HAVE TAKEN PICTURES. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I WILL SEND THEM.( DOT NUMBER: 87T M&S TIRE SIZE: P195/60R15 )