1996 Nu Wa Hitch Hiker

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt2
000
Tires1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Mar 22, 2001AZ

WHILE TRAVELING, CONSUMER FELT VIBRATION AND PULLED OVER, GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE'S SIDE HAD SEPARATED, ALSO VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED 12 FLAT TIRES IN 5 YEARS/45000 MILES, CONSUMER STATES THAT GOODYEAR REIMBURSED FOR ALMOST ALL OF FAILED TIRES. *SLC

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Nov 20, 2000SD

2 GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES DELAMINATED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DEFECTIVE TIRES AND FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE DUE TO THE FAULTY TIRES. *SLC

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Nov 13, 2000TX

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING IT TO BLOWOUT (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S LT225/75R16 M.S). NLM

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
19981000Routine
19973000Routine
1996 — this page3000Routine
19942000Routine
19931000Routine

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Reading this record

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.