1994 ACURA INTEGRA Tires Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 ACURA INTEGRA. THE VEHICLE HAS KELLY SPRINGFIELD TIRES, SIZE 195-60R14H (NA). THE CONTACT PURCHASED A SET OF FOUR TIRES ON DECEMBER 29, 2006. HE STATED THAT BOTH PASSENGER SIDE TIRES AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAVE SINCE DEVELOPED A SIDEWALL STRESS LEAK (SMALL HOLES IN THE TIRES). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A HISSING NOISE. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED LARGER HOLES AND SLITS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE TIRE TO LOSE ALL AIR AND PRESSURE. HE HAS NOT CALLED THE PLACE FROM WHERE THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED. HE BELIEVES THE TIRES SHOULD LAST MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF. THE TIRES HAD 116,000 MILES WHEN THEY WERE PURCHASED. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 139,000.

THERE WERE SOME CRACKS ON THE SIDE OF FRONT TIRE, THERE IS AIR LEAKING FROM THAT TIRE. P195/65/14, REPLACEMENT TIRES, 25000 MILES, MOUNTED ON A 1994, ACURA, INTEGERA.*AK TWO OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BY THE TIRE CENTER DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. THE DEFECTS WERE DISCOVERED SEPTEMBER 2000 AT 25000 MILES. THE DEALER THEN STATED THEY WEREN'T DEFECTIVE. NOW AFTER THEY HAVE FAILED, THE TIRE RETAILER AGREED THAT THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. THE TIRES FAILED WITH LESS THAN 35000 MILES ON THEM. THE DEFECTIVE TIRES ARE YOKOHAMA MODEL A378 DOT CCDF 8BV116 P195/60R14 85H *JG

VEHICLES LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF. (OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT).

WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED EXPERIENCE FLAT TIRE ON EACH WHEEL REPLACEMENT 6 TIMES, NO WEAR ON TIRES. TT