5,884 complaints across 840 vehicles in the tires category. Most tire complaints in NHTSA's database aren't about tire failure exactly — they're about tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) failures, premature wear patterns suggesting suspension or alignment problems, and the occasional tire that delaminates or fails catastrophically. Some specific vehicles show up here because of original-equipment tire problems where the manufacturer specified a tire that didn't match the vehicle's needs. Honda Pilot original tires, Subaru Outback original tires, Tesla Model 3 original tires — all have well-documented "the OE rubber is junk" complaint patterns. Doesn't mean the cars are bad. Means the tire spec was wrong and most owners replace them earlier than expected. TPMS sensor failures are increasingly common too. The sensors have a battery life of about 5-7 years, then they die and the dash light comes on. Replacement is $50-$120 per sensor plus mount-and-balance. Annoying but not a vehicle problem.
Tires problems
5,884 owner complaints filed with NHTSA. 98 active recall campaigns.
Tires problems by manufacturer 19 makes with aggregated detail
Drill into a single manufacturer's tires record across all model years. Each page below carries data on the worst-affected year-models, active recalls, and editorial commentary from one of our contributors.
Worst-affected vehicles Top 25 by complaint volume
Most-recalled vehicles For tires components
Recent owner reports 12 most recent in this category
The original equipment (OE) tires (Size: 225/40R18) on a 2023 vehicle exhibited severe, deep concentric cracking on the outer sidewalls and near the bead/rim line of all four tires at approximately 30,000 miles. The safety of the driver and passengers was put at extreme risk as the structural integrity of the tires was compromised, posing an…
Tire completely blew out under normal driving conditions on [XXX] between [XXX] in Roseville California. The tire was size 205 /45 r17 one of a matching installed set from America's Tires in Antelope California. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
I bought a set of continental procontact tires 205/55/16 for a Honda civic. On 12-12-13 and drove to harrisonburg va about 200 miles on 12-17-13. That night the tire pressure indicator lit up since it was late we waited until morning to check the tire at which time it was flat. Embedded in the tire was a wire going from near the wheel along the…
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet sonic equipped with hankook optimo tires, size: 195/65/r15 (n/a). The contact stated that she took the vehicle to the dealer for an oil change and noticed that there were bubbles in the front driver's side tire. The contact stated that she contacted the dealer and but they provided no assistance. The vehicle…
2009 Dodge Ram. Consumer writes in regards to tire pressure problems and requests reimbursement. *smd the consumer stated two of the four valve stems came apart and broke. The first valve stem came apart while using only hand pressure, and the second came apart using a socket and ratchet, due to severe corrosion.
Bought a 2009 Nissan maxima on 4/21/2011, it had 25206 miles on it, I currently have 37000 miles on it. I have had to add air to my tires at least once a week, on christmas day I came out to a flat tire, removed wheel and noticed the inside wall had several "spider web" cracks on it, one was bad enough to leak air. I would like to now if anyone…
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 Nissan maxima. The contact stated that there was a malfunction with the tire pressure warning system. He noticed that the indicator continued to illuminate and took the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer found no failures and stated that the tires needed air. The failure occurred four times. The dealer also stated…
Complaint for tires on a 2007 Honda odyssey touring. Consumer states that the tires are special and can only be fixed by certain authorized dealers and maintenance people. *kb the consumer had a flat tire and had difficulty obtaining a tire. The consumer was informed because of the cost of the equipment, low incidence of the pac tires use and…
Most tire complaints aren't really "tire" problems — they're original-equipment spec problems or TPMS sensor end-of-life. Replace the OE tires with something better when they wear out and most of these patterns disappear.