ContinentalContiTrac AW
Continental ContiTrac AW; UTQG, warranty, prices, and OEM vehicle fitments.
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NHTSA-reported issues for continental ContiTrac AW
Top issue category: Tread / Belt
Most reported: Tread / Belt (9) · Tires (General) (3)
What owners described
Blowout or sudden deflation is the most common description, in 20% of these reports. Percentages are shares of the 10 reports filed against the Continental ContiTrac AW across every vehicle it was fitted to that include a written account; a single report can describe more than one problem, so they do not total 100%.
| Reported problem | This subject | All tire complaints | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 20% | 20% | 1.0× |
| Tread or belt separation | 10% | 13% | 0.7× |
Mileage at failure
5 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 11,650 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 11,000 and 85,239 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Continental ContiTrac AW. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
NAR 06-10-2003. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS CONTACTED BY CONTINENTAL CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT ABOUT HER TIRES BEING APART OF A REFERENCE RECALL PROGRAM, DESPITE THE CONFIRMATIONS AND THE CONSISTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND THE ONLY ACCOMMODATIONS OFFERED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTINENTAL WAS 20% OFF A SET OF REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE CONSUMER WAS VERY OUTRAGED AND DISAPPOINTED HOW CONTINENTAL HAS HANDLED MATTERS AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SWIFTLY RESOLVING THE SITUATION. (DAUGHTER MARINA SHEAR ON BEHALF OF HER MOTHER ELLIE HICKS.) *CB ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING HER VEHICLE SERVICED, SHE WAS ASSURED THE TIRES WERE OK. FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE RECALL WAS RECEIVED, ONE OF THE TIRES FELT SPONGY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE TIRE WAS LOW AND ON A SECOND OCCASION ONE OF THE TIRES EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT
2000 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR SUFFERING TIRE BLOW OUTS. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THEY HAD 2 BLOW OUTS WITH CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC AW TIRES AND ONE WITH CONTINENTAL SPORT LT/SUV. *KB WHEN THE THIRD BLOWOUT OCCURRED, THE RUBBER SEPARATED AND CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE VEHICLE.
Complaints are voluntarily submitted to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation and are not verified by NHTSA; they represent owner-reported problems, not proven defects. Counts can be useful as a relative quality signal across comparable tires or vehicles.
Specs
| Brand | Continental |
|---|---|
| Model | ContiTrac AW |
| Season | N/A |
| Type | N/A |
| UTQG treadwear | N/A |
| UTQG traction | N/A |
| UTQG temperature | N/A |
| Mileage warranty | N/A |
| Noise (dB) | N/A |
| Introduced | N/A |
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Continental ContiTrac AW: what the numbers tell you
Manufacturer treadwear data for the ContiTrac AW is not publicly listed. This is common for OEM-only or track-day tires that don't carry a US treadwear warranty. No mileage warranty is published for this tire, which is typical for performance summer and track-day rubber where the manufacturer doesn't make wear-life claims.
Cabin noise data for this tire is not published by the manufacturer. As a general tire built for the passenger segment, the ContiTrac AW is positioned against direct rivals within the same category. Comparing it to a tire in a different category (e.g. summer vs all-season) makes the spec sheet misleading because the design targets are not the same.
The Continental ContiTrac AW has been part of Continental's catalog since its introduction, and remains a current-production model.
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Last verified 2026-10-07.