Owner-reported complaints naming the tire or wheel system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Buick Lesabre submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
CONSUMER STATES WHILE LOOKING VEHICLE OVER, SHE NOTICED CRACKS BETWEEN THE TREADS OF ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE CRACKS THAT WERE IN THE TREAD. SEARS FINALLY REPLACED THE ALL MICHELIN WEATHERWISE DOT HDH3E2PX503, BUT THEY WERE STILL INSISTING THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEATHERING EVEN THOUGH AN EMPLOYEE STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. *SCC *JB
THE TOP PART OF THE STEERING WHEEL LIFTED UP (DAUGHTER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF HER MOTHER). THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER HAD A NEW STARTER INSTALLED. *YD *NM
GENERAL TIRES, P205/70R15 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC
RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING, THIS FIRESTONE TIRE IS NOT UNDER RECALL. NLM
GENERAL TIRE P205 70 R15 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC
WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOUD THUMPING NOISE WHICH CAUSED RIGHT FRONT END TO JUMP UP OFF THE ROAD. PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICE TREAD PEELEDS OFF CASING OF THE TIRE WHILE THE TIRE STILL REMAED INFLATED, ON A 1994, BUICK, LESABRE; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P205/70R15, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. GENERAL NOTIFIED AND TIRE REPLACEMENT WAS DONE AT CONSUMER COST. *AK THE TIRE TREAD WAS THROWN BACK OF THE VEHICLE ON TO THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A DRAG FROM THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE REPLACEMENT GENERAL DISTRIBUTOR TIRE ALSO HAD THE TREAD SEPARATED. *YH
BOUGHT USED 1994 BUICK LESABRE, TIRE SIZE P20570R15, DOT A3MOFFA034. REAR DRIVER'S TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER NOT YET CONTACTED. .*AK GENERAL AMERI TECH ST TIRE DOT # A3M0FFA034. *SLC
TIRE CAUSED A THUMPING SOUND AND SENSATION AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH. TIRE DEALER SAID THAT THE TIRE HAD A "SLIPPED BELT" AND SHOWED ME A DISTORTION IN THE TIRE WALL. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIRE, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS THE OEM TIRE, TO HAVE THIS FAILURE.( DOT NUMBER: A3MO FFA 0 TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )
TREAD FAILURE OCCURRED ON ALL 4 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT GENERAL TIRES. THE FIRST AT 26,000 MILES AND THE LAST AT 38,500 MILES. THE BUICK LE SABRE IS A VERY POPULAR SENIOR CITIZEN CAR AND I HAVE TALKED TO TOTHERS THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR. ALL HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES SUPPLIED BY GM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205 70 15 )
THIS IS THE SECOND FIRESTONE FR410 TIRE WE HAD THAT HAS HAD A TREAD SEPARATION WITHIN 4 MONTHS. I HAD TO PAY PRO-RATED ON THE FIRST TIRE AND I HAD TO BUY A NEW TIRE BECAUSE WE WERE ON A RETURN TRIP FROM OHIO WHEN THE SECOND TIRE BLEW. FIRESTONE WILL NOT REPLACE SINCE IT IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST OF TIRES. IT SEEMS ODD TO HAVE 2 TIRES WITHIN 4 MONTHS WITH A TREAD SEPARATION.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 20570R15 )
WHEELS CAP: COVER:HUB LOCK WRENCH IS MADE OF PLASTIC, THE PLASTIC GOES INTO THE WHEEL, IT IS SUPPOSE TO HOLD THE RIMS ON, BUT IF IT STRIPS. CANNOT GET THE WHEEL COVER OFF, IT HAS TO BE CUT OFF IN ORDER TO REMOVED. *AK
TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. (GENERAL TIRE P205/10R15)
THE TIRES (GENERAL TPC SPEC 1072 MS, P205/70R15 95S, AMER * TECH ST AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, SEPARATED AT 22,000 MILES.
UNEVEN TIRE TREADS/TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING VIBRATION.
INSUFFICIENT INSULATION INSTALLED IN ROOF, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HEAR IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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