I WAS TOWING MY BOAT AND TRAILER AT 55MPH ON THE 202N FREEWAY WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY BOAT TRAILER BLEW OUT. IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TIRE AS IT SPLIT IN TWO AND THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CASING CAUSING $575 IN DAMAGE TO MY TRAILER. THE TIRES ARE 2 YEAR OLD CARLISLE ST205/75R15 RADIAL TRAIL RH LR D WITH LESS THAN 2000 MILES ON THEM. THEY ARE TWO MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. CARLISLE REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRE OR PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO MY TRAILER. I STORE THE BOAT AND TRAILER IN MY CLIMATE CONTROLLED GARAGE AND CHECK THE INFLATION WEEKLY. THE TIRES WERE CORRECTLY INFLATED TO 65PSI (COLD) AS I HAD A LOCAL TIRE STORE CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURE THE DAY THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. MY BOAT AND TRAILER WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 3400 LBS. THE TIRES HAVE A COMBINED LOAD RATING OF 4300LBS SO THERE WAS PLENTY OF LOAD MARGIN. TO SUMMARIZE, I WAS OPERATING THE TIRES WITHIN THE SPECIFIED SPEED, LOAD, AND TIRE PRESSURE SPECIFICATION FOR THESE TIRES WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. I FEEL THAT THE TIRE THAT HAD THE BLOWOUT IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE.
1997 Ez Loader Ezc 17-20
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWheels
Filed Jul 26, 20172,000 milesAZ
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.