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2003 General Tire 295/75R22.5 Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 20, 2004
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2003 General Tire 295/75R22.5, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

THE TREAD ON A GENERAL TIRE TYPE 245 75 R16 AMERI LRE FLEW OFF WHILE ON I-5 EAST OF GRANTS PASS, OR. MUST SOMEONE GET KILLED BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN TO FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO RECALL THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES? WE HAVE REPORTS FROM MANY RV'ERS HAVING HAD THIS HAPPEN. THE COMPANY HAS NOT RESPONDED TO MY INQUIRY OF 3/29/04 REGARDING THIS INCIDENT..

NHTSA ID 10066564 · filed Apr 20, 2004

SALE OF UNSAFE CARS FROM USEDPOLICECARS.COM. *LA

NHTSA ID 10041536 · filed Oct 9, 2003
All 8 reports naming tires & wheels →

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

1
report

From owner reports, verbatim

SALE OF UNSAFE CARS FROM USEDPOLICECARS.COM. *LA

NHTSA ID 10041536 · filed Oct 9, 2003

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

SEVERAL TIMES SINCE OWNING THE XTERRA WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN OR SNOW, THE BACK TIRES SLIDE CONSTANTLY AND THE REAR GOES OUT OF CONTROL. I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO MY VEHICLE LOSING CONTROL ALSO WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VERY LITTLE RAIN ON A CURVING ROAD MY VEHICLE'S REAR STARTED SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL ALMOST KILLING MY 4 PASSENGERS AND I. THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. "NISSAN" OWN UP TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES!!! *NLM

NHTSA ID 10014237 · filed Apr 10, 2003

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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