Problems with 2013 Chevrolet Volt TIRES

This note is supplemental to nhtsa #10940031 of 1/1/17. the tire that had just replaced the second failed tire also sustained damage deemed to be unacceptable to repair only about 200 miles after it was installed. given 3 of these tires failed very prematurely over 7.5k miles, never mind 2 in 200 miles, this suggested to me a possible atypical weakness in the design of these tires so i scrapped all 4 fuel max tires and replaced them with the far superior goodyear assurance tripletred tires. having put 70k+/- miles on a set of previously owned tripletred tires without a single failure under virtually identical conditions to those i used the fuel max tires under i can state with confidence that they are much more damage resistant tires than the fuel max version of the assurance line in addition to having noticeably greater/safer traction in rain and snow. *tr

These tires are shown as being the original equipment tires gm put on their volts. in my experience they are severely below normal durability. my volt's fl tire was replaced at 17k miles (slow sidewall leak) followed by the rr failing at 24k miles (catastrophic). despite the usual pothole and road debris encounters my previous set of pirelli p4 tires ran 115k+ miles failure free and the michelins i had before them lasted 64k miles without a failure. additionally, i see my two remaining factory tires are down to 6/32 to 7/32 of an inch tread after only 24k miles which might explain their distressingly poor grip in rain and snow. to put that wear in perspective, the pirelli tires still had from 5/32 to 7/32 of an inch tread left when at 115k miles. that these tires seemingly need replacing at the rate of one tire roughly every 6k to 12k miles suggests they suffer from a fundamental design deficiency. i gather my experience is not a fluke. a visit to a volt owners' site found complaints of 5 flats in 36k miles, 2 flats in under a year, 3 flats in 3 months, 2 flats in one year, 4 flats in a year and a half, 2 flats in 10 months and 2 flats in 22k miles. such dismal reliability and apparent dangerous fragility suggests a recall, or at least an investigation, might be justified for safety. referenced site: http://www.mychevroletvolt.com/chevy-volt-flat-tire-no-spare-tire-woes#comment-873011

Oct 24th morning murrieta, ca , it was raining and big thunders and lighting. my wife started for work , the car was fully charged. she made her usual right turn from " murrietta hotsprings rd " to " butterfield stage road" in city of murrieta / temecula ca. she put the car in "regeneration mode" as the road was down hill. there was a big lighting and followed by a big thunder sounds. she saw white light and was blinded for fraction of second, it was raining heavy, immediately she felt the car was floated/drifting to left , hit the center raod divider and all air bags were already deployed. she tried her best to pull the car to right (she could not see due to airbags deployed all except passenger side airbag) but could not do so , she also stated the steering was struck. the car came to stop after jumping into other side of the street. no other car was involved. most of the damage to the car was to the front wheels, front under body due to impact with the center road divider. all airbags were deployed except for the passenger. she was alone in the car. the police and emd were at the scene after 10 -15 mins as someone had already called 911. i was at the sceen as the location was 10 mins from my home. the police report is still due as i notify you. insurance declared total loss. my wife had minor injuries due to air bags. we hope someone can find answers for the following questions. 1) did lighting cause any electrical interference with vehicle electronics which may have contributed to the accident ? 2) why did air bags deploy if the wheels hit the center divider . or what was the cause of airbags deployment ?

I've leased my 2013 volt for 1 1/2 years. july 3rd i got 2 flat tires (both driver side, rear and front). i bought 2 new tires and the service at chevy put them on the 2 front wheels. exactly 2 months later, i got 2 more flat tires (passenger side, front and rear). i find it incredibly hard to believe that 4 new tires are now flat. i've been driving for 40 years and have owned many different new cars, and this has never happened! i feel there is something either about the car being electric or the type of tires that is causing flats. besides being very expensive, it is also very unsafe to drive on flat tires. *tr

Goodyear assurance tires. 2nd flat at low speeds in two months. car tire just blows out immediately going flat. no known object was driven over, flattens out instantly. second time in two months this scenario plays out. should this have been at a greater speed, the scenario would have been far worst. *tr