Dangerous tires/recalled tires
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Coopers are the biggest POS tire I have ever experienced. I bought a new set for a '79 bronco in '91. It did'nt take long to have a tread seperation. I returned the tire to a different vender (three states away) and got a pro-rated warrenty. This happened again, and again and again. 4 out of the six Coopers that I had seperated at the tread. I did not use my last pro-rated warrenty blow outs, at this point I decided to never use Cooper again. Its too bad they make Pro Comps and so many other brands. I wont be using them either.
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Coopers are the biggest POS tire I have ever experienced. I bought a new set for a '79 bronco in '91. It did'nt take long to have a tread seperation. I returned the tire to a different vender (three states away) and got a pro-rated warrenty. This happened again, and again and again. 4 out of the six Coopers that I had seperated at the tread. I did not use my last pro-rated warrenty blow outs, at this point I decided to never use Cooper again. Its too bad they make Pro Comps and so many other brands. I wont be using them either.
These complaints have been copied from the Federal NHTSA database.
MAIN LINK: ODI - Office of Defects Investigation
Make : PRO COMP
Model : PRO COMP ALL TERRAIN
Year : All Years
Manufacturer : COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10242653
Number of Deaths: 0
Date of Failure: September 6, 2008
Component: TIRES
Summary:
I WENT TO PRIMM NEVADA FOR A OFF ROAD RACE AND NOTICE THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS THE TIRES DEVELOP A PULL TO ONE SIDE. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK ALIGNED AND NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PULL. THE TIRES ARE PRO COMP EXTREME ALL TERRAINS
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Make : PRO COMP
Model : PRO COMP ALL TERRAIN
Year : All Years
Manufacturer : COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10239710 Number of Deaths: 0
Date of Failure: August 21, 2008
Component: TIRES:SIDEWALL
Summary:
PROCOMP AT TIRES THAT I HAVE ON MY TRUCK AT THIS TIME HAVE TWO LARGE BULGES IN THE SIDE WHICH LOOK LIKE THE CORDS ARE COMING APART. I TOOK THE TIRES TO 4WHEEL PARTS AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY LOOKED FINE BUT WOULD REPLACED THEM BUT I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENTS. THEN I TOOK THE TIRES TO TWO OTHER SHOPS AND BOTH INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRES HAD SEPARATED CORDS AND WERE A DANGER. NOW I DO NOT EVEN HAVE 10000 MILES ON THESE TIRES AND THEY ARE COMING APART AND THE DEALER OWNER OF THESE TIRES WILL NOT DO A THING TO ASSIST ME BEFORE THEY BLOW. THIS TO ME IS POOR WORKMANSHIP AND SALES ALONG WITH NO REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY. PLEASE ASSIST ME AND OTHERS THAT SPENT OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO GET THESE TIRES EITHER TAKEN OFF MARKET OR REPLACED. *TR
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Make : PRO COMP
Model : PRO COMP ALL TERRAIN
Year : All Years
Manufacturer : COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 1
ODI ID Number : 10170263 Number of Deaths: 0
Date of Failure: September 19, 2006
Component: TIRES
Summary:
TRAVELING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 75 IN MANATEE COUNTY. PICK-UP TRUCK BEGAN TO FISH TAIL, CAUSING SEVERAL VEHICLES TO SWERVE TO AVOID ACCIDENT, FOLLOWED BY LOUD BANGING NOISES AT LEFT REAR OF TRUCK. PULLED OVER TO SKIRT OF INTERSTATE AND OBSERVED A GREAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL; AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEVOID OF ITS TREAD BUT STILL FULLY INFLATED. DROVE TRUCK WITH TIRE TREAD MISSING OF INTERSTATE (APPROX. 5 MILES) AND REPLACED TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION WITH SPARE TIRE. WAITING FOR RESPONSE FROM PRO COMP/COOPER TIRE COMPANY TO RECTIFY DAMAGE. *
WHAT 4WP IS TERRIFIED OF
Federal Trade Commission
Internet Fraud Complaint Center
Office of Defects Investigation
VEHICLE REPAIR ACT
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I also have the Pro Comp Xtreme A/T's. I do NOT recommend these either! These are the biggest POS tires that I have owned for sure! I have never taken them off road and I have tread separation and chunking. The problem I have is the place that I got them from went out of business! I will NEVER buy Cooper tires again!
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I checked with my tire shop since I jsut recently put the Dean Mud Terrain SXT's on my truck. The shop said this was a two year old recall and my tires were safe. Thanks for posting this.
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Not a truck tire, but i know some of you have cars too.
Commonly found on late model GM cars, the Goodyear Eagle LS series has been problematic. Mine faulted at 25k and some google searching shows many others. The tires had seperated, a couple had some indents in the sidewalls, would vibrate bad and not balance.
Called goodyear, and despite there being complaints on http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/complaints/ for them, they knew *nothing* about problems with these tires and one lady hung up when I asked to file a complaint.
Had to replace at my own expense.
Commonly found on late model GM cars, the Goodyear Eagle LS series has been problematic. Mine faulted at 25k and some google searching shows many others. The tires had seperated, a couple had some indents in the sidewalls, would vibrate bad and not balance.
Called goodyear, and despite there being complaints on http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/complaints/ for them, they knew *nothing* about problems with these tires and one lady hung up when I asked to file a complaint.
Had to replace at my own expense.