Viewing Consumer Complaints About Car Tires Online

How do you find out if other people are finding troubles with their car tires? Is there a larger problem than what you the single consumer are finding out? Is this an isolated incident or just bad luck?

Well one place to begin your sleuthing is with the people responsible for tire ratings and tire safety inside the US Government. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has a website designed just for reviewing complaints filed about specific products and it’s available online. You can go to their website and :

1. Select the type of search as “tire”
2. Select make or brand of tire
   
3. Select model and tire ratings
   

Then presto you have a listing of all filed consumer complaints about that tire. This way you can see if your tire troubles are part of a larger system. The website also allows you to enter your own compliant about tires online. If you check the “full summary button at the end it gives you a good listing and explanation of all complaints.

A sample summary looks like this:

“CONSUMER PURCHASE TIRE WAS DRIVING AND THE TREAD CAME OFF TOOK TIRE BACK SALE PERSON TOLD HER THIS TIRE IS THE WRONG SIZE FOR HER CARS TIRE RATINGS. “

Hope this give you another tool in researching. Here’s the link to the NHTSA complaint search website.