Problems with 2004 Volkswagen Passat TIRES

Tire bubble, 2" wide, 2" long, 1/2" high

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 volkswagen passat. the vehicle has spector z100 tires, tire size p225/40/18(na). the vehicle was parked when the contact observed that the rear driver side tire was flat and exhibited excessive cracking. the tire was changed and replaced with a spare tire. the other three tires on the vehicle also exhibited severe cracks. the four defective tires were purchased four months prior to the failure. the tire manufacturer was notified. the contact has photographs of the defective tires. there were concerns of the safety risks involved. the vin and dot number were unavailable. the failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was unavailable.

Incident description = 2004 vw passat had been previously report several fuel consumptions problems at hoy fox vw and gas ended up leaking out of fuel tank and cause a spill in my garage and drive. hazard was inhalation gas in a closed in area caused head aches/ nausea/dizziness/ for my family and i i have had mutiple problems with vehicle since then has broke down on me twice in less than 1 day's time. on 01 sep 08 my wife noticed and oil spot in driveway after i left to go out of town granted we have brand new home and the vw was only vehicle parked in that spot she could reach me because no service with my cell phone but i ended up broke down outside big spring ,tx the care was sluggish and leaking oil this time and on 03 sep08 in /texarkana after being in shop allday 2sep08 it broke down for a previous condition with ignition coils. hoy foxvw not admitting that may have put the new oil filter to tight to cause to breakdown after having the oil change on 28aug08/29aug08 for other neglected maintenance. please look into this matter i'm sure it's not just my vehicle they trying to assume because it just had went out warranty. the engine oil cooler was damaged and bursted when put on at hoy-fox vw by a vw technician after putting the oil filter on entirely to tight. leaked in yard and i was not aware of it and the spilled out all over the ground at a high temperature vehicle (overheated) which make it hard for me stop while drive because of the slickness of mixture between the coolant and oil. almost ran off the road but ended up shifting to neutral and letting coast over to median. *tr

Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the steering wheel vibrated. this occurred on three occasions. the vehicle was driven to the dealer each time, who determined the passenger front and both rear tires experienced tread separation. the tires were replaced. the tires were cooper dominator p195/65r15.

[xxx] this is filed on behalf of my fiancee [xxx] (same address,evening phone) owner of the vehicle. we noticed a bubble on the side of the right front tire a p205/55r16 continental touring contact ch95 tire on her 2004 vw passat (which had only 3,087 miles on it) on the evening of 7-10-5 . i brought it to three county volkswagen, lyndhurst, nj on the morning of 7-11-05 at approx. 9:50 am. they replaced the tire at a cost to me of $126.28 saying it was not covered by vw and that the matter had to be taken up with continental tire. they sent the tire to continental the next day for testing. after repeated calls to continental, i finally received their response on 9-1-05 claiming the bubble was due to a road hazard. [xxx] this car & tire were driven predominantly local! i simply do not believe their explanation especially since my cousin, three county's former sales manager,(who by the way has been in the business for decades) didn't buy it either! if the bubble was not detected, it could have burst while driving causing serious injury or death to one or both of us! *nm updated 07/18/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)

A loud noise was heard coming from the rear of the vehicle. consumer pulled over, and noticed that the rear passenger's side tire blew out. consumer changed the tire, and drove vehicle to the dealer for inspection. mechanic determined that the valve stems needed to be replaced. *ak

On two separate occasions while driving 30 mph the tire failed. driver was able to pull over and inspected the vehicle. noticed that the tread separated from the sidewall. vehicle was taken to a tire dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the tires needed to be replaced, and replaced them. however, problem recurred. *ak the consumer stated that he had two tire failures in less than 13000 miles.

While driving 75 mph, the front driver side tire tread separated without warning. *jb