2004 BUICK LESABRE Tires Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BUICK LESABRE EQUIPPED WITH COPPER MASTERCRAFT MC440 TIRES, SIZE: 225/60/R16 (NA). UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE WAS SENT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO INDICATED THAT THE BUBBLE WAS CAUSED BY AN IMPACT. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE TIRE THAT WOULD CONFIRM THE BUBBLE WAS CAUSED BY AN IMPACT. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

THREE OF FOUR TIRES PURCHASED HAD A BELT SEPARATION - ONE LOST A SIZEABLE PIECE OF TREAD. THIS OCCURRED OVER A SPAN OF THREE MONTHS.

TRAVELING FROM BUFFALO, N.Y. TO GREENSBORO, GA. ON ROUTE 77, JUST PAST BECKLEY, W. VA., I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE CAR AND THOUGHT IT WAS A PATCH OF ROUGH ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS A LOAD BANG AND AS I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR, I NOTICED BLACK STRIPS FLYING BEHIND ME. THE CAR BECAME SLUGGISH AND WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED UNTO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. I CHECKED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND SAW ALL THE THREAD WAS GONE AND ONLY THE BELT REMAINED AND THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. I CALLED FOR A TOW COMPANY AND THE DRIVER SHOWED ME THAT ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND THE REAR BUMPER AND TIRE WELL WERE DESTROYED. I WAS TOWED TO A GM DEALER IN BECKLEY AND THEY SPLICED THE WIRES FOR A TEMPORARY FIX AND REPLACED THE TIRES SO I COULD GET HOME. ONCE HOME,...

DT: THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 5 TIRES ALREADY ON THIS VEHICLE, AND 2 MORE TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHILE ACCELERATING. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER IS GENERAL. THE TIRE SIZE IS P215/70R15.*AK *SB

GENERAL TIRES, 215/70R15. CONSUMER DISCARDED THE TIRES COMPLETELY. AND THE DOT# WAS NOT AVAILABLE. WHEN DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BOUNCED ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE TIRES BALANCED. BUT WHEN THE TIRES WERE COMPLETELY REMOVED CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED 100% BETTER WHEN THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRES. *AK THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AS A RESULT WHILE GOING 65 MPH. TWO TIRES WERE REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, ONE OF THE NEW TIRES WERE BAD PLUS ONE OF THE GOOD TIRES HAD GONE BAD. *SC *JB

SEPT.3,2004 MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2004 BUICK LASABRE NEW,.WITH ABOUT 90 MILES ON THE CAR AT INTERSTATE SPEED I NOTICED THE CAR HAD A SLIGHT VIBERATION AND A SLIGHT PULLING TO THE RIGHT,THE DRIVERS SEAT AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER SEAT ALSO BECAME VARY UNCOMFORTABLE,I FELT LIKE I WAS FIGHTING THE CAR THE WHOLE TRIP TO FLA.THE FUTHER WE DROVE THE WORSE ALL PROBLEMS GOT,WE GOT AS FAR AS DAYTONA BEACH,FL. WHEN THESE CONDITIONS GOT SO BAD I STOPPED THE TRIP AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASST.AFTER TALKING TO THE DEALERIN FLORIDA (NOT THE SELLING DEALER) I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES WHERE OUT OF SPEC, AND ALL TIRES WHERE OUT OF BALANCE,WHEN I AS IF THE TIRES WHERE REPLACED THEY SAID NO,REASON WAS THEY CLAIMED THAT THE TIRE MAKER WAS ON STRIKE AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES BUT SAID THEY DID BALANCE...

I PURCHASED A USED 2004 BUICK LESABRE WITH 18000 MILES. I CAN FEEL A VIBRATION IN MY FEET, SEAT, AND THE STEERING WHEEL AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60MPH. THE DEALER CHECKED THE TIRES AND REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SAYING IT WAS OUT OF ROUND AND THAT ALL THE OTHER TIRES WERE IN BALANCE AND WITHIN SPEC.S. I HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR SEVERALS DAY NOW AND I CAN'T DISCERN ANY IMPROVEMENT. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT. BACK THIS MORNING AND THEY RECOMMENDED I PURCHASE A $566 SET OF NEW TIRES! I THINK THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DRIVETRAIN BUT THEY WON'T EVEN DISCUSS THAT POSSIBILITY.*AK