N fera AU7 205/45R17

PURCHASED 4 NEW NEXEN N5000 (225/45R17) TIRES AND HAD THEM INSTALLED ON 10/21/13. APPROX. 2K MILES ON THE TIRES, AND WE NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WHERE THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL MEET. NO SIGNS OF SCRATCHES ON THE SIDEWALL, AND WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY IMPACT WITH POTHOLES OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED IT.

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA FORTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 74 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE SPONTANEOUSLY BLEW. THE CONTACT ALERTED BOTH THE MANUFACTURE AND DEALER ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO FAIL. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED HOWEVER SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST TIRE FAILURE THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE SPONTANEOUSLY BLEW. THE CONTACT AGAIN ALERTED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER ABOUT THE FAILURE HOWEVER, DECLINED TO HELP THE CONTACT WITH THE REPAIR COSTS. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND VEHICLE WAS 34,900.

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 KIA FORTE COUPE EQUIPPED WITH NEXEN N5000 TIRES, SIZES P215/45/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOTISIC REVIEW AND THEY COULD NOT INDICATE THE CAUSE FOR THE BLOW OUT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,900. PAM

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA FORTE EQUIPPED WITH NEXEN TIRES, TIRE LINE: CP671, TIRE SIZE P215/45/17, AND DOT NUMBER: 8E0KAEHL3913. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED AS THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE EXHIBITED A MEDIUM SIZE BUBBLE ON THE TIRE SIDEWALL. THE TWO DEFECTIVE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.