N743

THE CONTACT OWNS A 1985 (NA) EZ LOADER BOAT TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH NANCO TIRES, SIZE: ST205/75D-14 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDEWALLS ON ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SPLITTING WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WITH LESS THAN 500 MILES ON THE TIRES NOTICED CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL ALL THE WAY AROUND ALL THE TIRES. HE REPLACED THEM. ALSO, THE DOOR LOCKED AND HE COULD NOT GET IN OR OUT OF THE TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS DAMAGED WHEN THEY CRACKED THE DOOR TO GET OUT. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY STATED HE NEEDED TO CONTACT THE LOCK MANUFACTURER. THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIRS OF THE DOOR OR THE LOCK.

I PURCHASED 3 NANCO ST-215/75/14 TIRES FOR MY BOAT TRAILER. AFTER 500 MILES I HAD A MAJOR BLOWOUT OF THE SIDEWALL, ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION. I FEEL THESE TIRES NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE AND WENT ON THE NET, AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH UNDER 1000 MILES ON THEIR TIRES.

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUNNYBROOK 36BWKS. THE VEHICLE HAS NANCO TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE SIDEWALLS ON THE TIRES HAVE DRY ROTTED. THE SPARE, WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN USED, WAS ALSO CRACKED. THE ORIGINAL TIRES HAD THE SAME FAILURE. THE TIRE COMPANY SENT FOUR NEW TIRES, BUT THEY FAILED WORSE THAN THE OTHERS. THE TIRE COMPANY OFFERED ANOTHER SET OF TIRES, BUT THE CONTACT REFUSED. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD PURCHASE TIRES OF THE SAME STYLE AND WOULD BE REIMBURSED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE TIRES. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE TIRE LINE, SIZE, AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN.