2004 NISSAN QUEST Tires Problems

SET OF 4 NEW GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES PURCHASED FROM WAL-MART. ONE TIRE FAILED DUE TO SIDEWALL SEPARATION AT 72 MPH. WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MOVE FROM MIDDLE LANE TO RIGHT SHOULDER. WAL-MART REPLACED THE TIRE. TIRES HAVE ABOUT 2,900 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN QUEST. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE TIRES WERE CHANGED AND NEW TIRES WERE INSTALLED BUT THE SHAKING PERSISTED. THE TIRE SENSOR AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT ATTEMPT TO REPAIR OR INSPECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

2004 NISSAN QUEST WITH FAULTY GOODYEAR TIRES. CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR OF HER TIRES DUE TO THEM SLIPPING. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE TIRES ON HER VEHICLE WERE SPORT TIRES WHICH WERE MADE FOR SPORT CARS AND THERE WAS NO GUARANTEED MILEAGE. *JB

NISSAN & GOODYEAR MONOPOLY ON 2004 QUEST TIRES. IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN CONTRACTED WITH GOODYEAR TO PRODUCE AN OEM PROPRIETARY 225/65/16 TIRE THAT ONLY GOODYEAR CARRIES AND ONLY IN ONE STYLE. WHEN REPLACING THE TIRES CONSUMERS HAVE LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO GO WITH THAT TIRE OR GO WITH A NON MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED SIZE LIKE 235/60/16 WHICH COULD CAUSE ISSUES SUCH AS SPEEDOMETER READINGS OFF... AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE ONLY NISSAN QUESTS USE THIS 225/65/16 TIRE. TREAD WEAR ON THE GOODYEAR OEM TIRE IS VERY POOR CAUSING AN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES. I HAVE FOUND NOKIAN A FINISH TIRE THAT IS SOLD IN THE USA ALSO PRODUCES THIS SIZE TIRE. THE PRICE IS THE SAME BUT THE TIRE IS A MUCH BETTER QUALITY. I'LL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN OR GOODYEAR PRODUCT. *JB

I HAVE 2004 NISSAN QUEST, IT CAME WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2, THE SIZE 225/6516. THERE IS ONLY ONE COMPANY WHICH MAKES THAT TIRE, GOODYEAR. I ROTATED TIRE AS SUGGESTED. THE TIRE TRACTION IS LOWEST ONE CAN GET. AFTER DRIVING 20,000 MILES ON THE TIRE STARTED SHOWING SEVERE WEAR. BUBBLE SHOWING ON THE OUTSIDE WALL. WROTE TO NISSAN 3 TIMES, THEY NEVER BOTHERED ME CONTACT ME BACK, CALLED ONCE AND TOLD ABOUT THE TIRE PROBLEM, THE ANSWER WAS WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO PUT SAME TIME I.E. GOODYEAR 225/6516. AND GOOD YEAR KNOWING THAT THEY ONLY MANUFACTURE THAT SIZE PRICED THAT TIRE IS $150+ EACH, BUT ACTUALLY IT IS WORTH $39.99. THE PROBLEM IS IT IS JUST THE MONOPOLY BETWEEN NISSAN AND GOODYEAR, THEY COULD HAVE CHOSEN DIFFERENT SIZE, WHICH WILL GIVE CONSUMER MORE CHOICE. *NM

ON 10/21/06, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER NISSAN QUEST ON THE FREEWAY WHEN SHE SUDDENLY HEARD THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE TIRE BLOWOUT. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE GOODYEAR DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE DID NOT RECEIVE A PUNCTURE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED ON THE OUTSIDE TIRE WALL, AND IT LOOKS AS IF IT WERE CUT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT CUT BY ANY SHARP OBJECT, MY WIFE CAN ATTEST TO THIS FACT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT SEE OR NOTICE ANY DAMAGE TO THE TIRE BEFORE SHE GOT INTO THE CAR A DROVE AWAY. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SAME SIZE USED TIRE UNTIL THIS MATTER IS RESOLVED. *NM

10/04 PURCHASED A NISSAN QUEST SL MINIVAN. TIRES ON IT ARE GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2 SIZE 225/65-HR16. LATE 12/04 OR EARLY 1/05 NOT ABLE TO NAVIGATE A 15 DEGREE GRADE IN 3 INCHES SNOW. CONTACTED DEALER TO NO AVAIL. CONTACTED NISSAN. TOLD TO CONTACT GOODYEAR. GOODYEAR SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TIRES WITH A BETTER TIRE, BUT IN A DIFFERENT SIZE, AS ONLY TIRE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL SIZE WAS AND IS A GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2. THIS ACTION HOWEVER HAD TO HAVE BLESSING OF NISSAN. NISSAN BALKED STATING IF I CHANGED TIRE SIZE AND ANYTHING HAPPENED THAT THEY DETERMINED WAS CAUSED BY TIRE SIZE CHANGE, THE "WARRANTY" WOULD BE VOID ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS NAIVE AND BOUGHT THIS. BUT ALL THE WHILE, THE DEALER, NISSAN AND GOODYEAR SAID THEY HAD NO SUCH PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE. NOW TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD I FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDS THIS ISSUE...

NISSAN & GOODYEAR MONOPOLY ON 2004 QUEST TIRES. IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN CONTRACTED WITH GOODYEAR TO PRODUCE AN OEM PROPRIETARY 225/65/16 TIRE THAT ONLY GOODYEAR CARRIES AND ONLY IN ONE STYLE. WHEN REPLACING THE TIRES CONSUMERS HAVE LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO GO WITH THAT TIRE OR GO WITH A NON MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED SIZE LIKE 235/60/16 WHICH COULD CAUSE ISSUES SUCH AS SPEEDOMETER READINGS OFF... AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE ONLY NISSAN QUESTS USE THIS 225/65/16 TIRE. TREAD WEAR ON THE GOODYEAR OEM TIRE IS VERY POOR CAUSING AN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES. *NM

THIS MAY NOT BE A NISSAN EXCLUSIVE STRATEGY. CONSIDER THIS TO BE A WAKE UP CALL AND A POTENTIAL FOR OTHER "FORD-TIRE SUPPLIER" POTENTIAL UPCOMING SCENARIO. THE GOODYEAR'S EAGLE LS2 225/60/17 ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE ARE OEM AND EVEN AFTER FOLLOWING NISSAN'S COMPUTERIZED REMINDING SCHEDULES FOR TIRE ROTATION EVERY 7500 MILES, THESE TIRES (I HAVE NOT MET AN EXCEPTION YET, GO TO TIRERACK.COM TO MENTION ONE SOURCE FOR INSTANCE AND READ THESE TIRES' REVIEWS.... NOT COINCIDENTALLY, MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS YOU'LL READ ARE QUEST MINIVAN OWNERS) ARE WEARING FAST AND NOT AT SAME RATE (WHEN COMPARED FR TO RR..LIKE I SAID EVEN AFTER PROPER P.M AND TOO FAST FOR AVERAGE DRIVERS LIKE MOMS) THE LAUGHABLE MATTER ON ALL THIS IS THAT : A) THESE MINIVANS ARE DRIVEN BY MOMS. B) THESE MINIVANS PER DESIGN HAVE ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES (LIKE MOMS ARE A BUNCH OF STREET TEENS OR DRAG RACERS). C)...

NISSAN QUEST WITH NUMEROUS RATTLES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED AND GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2 ARE WORN OUT AT 28,000. EXTREME VIBRATION AT 50 MPH OR ABOVE FROM THE TIRES. DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT RATTLES BY ADJUSTMENTS HOWEVER, THIS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. DEALERSHIP DENIED ANY PROBLEMS WITH OEM TIRES BUT WILLING TO INSTALL MY OWN CHOICE IN TIRES. *JB

THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL OF THIS VEHICLE, IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN MAKING A TURN AND THE WHEEL IS RETURNING BETWEEN THE 11:00 AND 1:00 POSITION. ALSO WHEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN, SPEEDS NO MORE THAN 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE. DEALER HAS ROTATED AND BALANCED TIRES, AND MATCH MOUNTED. I WENT TO GOODYEAR AND PAID FOR THEM TO DO THE SAME. THE VIBRATION STILL EXIST. I JUST PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALER TODAY,10/21/05, AND THE VIBRATION IS STILL THERE AND I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE AND THE INTERIOR WAS FULL OF GREASE, ON THE DOOR AND DRIVERS SIDE RUG. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN THE DOORS WERE SHUT, THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AS IF THE DOOR WERE OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REPORTED IT WAS FIXED. THE PROBLEM RETURNED WHEN CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME THAT DAY. THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HATCHBACK DOOR LOCK. WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR, THE CONSUMER HAD TO BANG IT HARD TO GET IT CLOSED. THE SLIDING DOOR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AS WELL, IT MUST BE SLAMMED IN ORDER TO CLOSE IT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS. THE TIRE PROBLEMS BEGAN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. TIRE LIGHTS ARE COMING ON, INDICATING THAT THE TIRES ARE LOOSING AIR. OWNER ADVISES THAT ONE TIME THE TIRE LIGHT WOULD COME ON ABOUT EVERY BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THIS. THE TIRE HAD A NAIL IN IT. THERE...

NISSAN QUEST 2004 HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 5 TIMES. TIRE PROBLEMS, CONSOLE LIGHTS (POSSIBLE SHORT) AND REAR INTERIOR LIGHTS. *BF THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED, THE DOOR HANDLE FELL OFF, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS CONTINUOUSLY LOSING AIR. *JB

A NEWLY PURCHASED 2004 NISSAN QUEST WITH CURRENT MILEAGE OF AROUND 4,800 MILES WHEN INCIDENT HAPPENED. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE SUDDENLY BENT AND SMOKE CAME OUT. VAN WAS THEN TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THAT THE CROSS MEMBER WAS BROKEN OFF. DEALERSHIP DENIED WARRANTY COVERAGE BECAUSE SERVICE MANAGER THOUGHT THAT SUCH DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A COLLISION, BECAUSE HE SAW A FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES AND A SMALLER THAN 2CM MARK ON THE RIM. I AM SURE THAT THE VAN WAS NOT HIT BY ANYTHING WHEN THE TIRE WAS BENT. THE SCRATCHES AND LITTLE MARK COULD BE CAUSED BY PULLING OVER TO SHOULDER WITH A BENT TIRE. I POINTED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE JOINT OF THE BROKEN CROSS MEMBER WAS FULL OF RUST, A SIGN OF INCOMPLETE SEALED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, OBVIOUSLY NOT A NEW DAMAGE CAUSED BY AN...