IN JUNE OF 2014 WE PURCHASED 8 235/85R 16 TRAILER TIRES FROM LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER-FIFE, WA. (SHAUB-ELLISON CO. DBA LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER OF FIFE, WA. WE WERE "UPGRADED AND UP-SOLD" TO THE TOXMAX BRAND TRAILER TIRE AT 235/85R 16; 8 TIRES FOR $1298.00. WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES WE HAD A CATASTROPHIC TREAD SEPARATION AS WE RETURNED EMPTY TO OREGON TO MOVE. WE TOOK IT AS A ROAD HAZARD REPLACED THE TIRE IN TEXAS AND RETURNED THE BLOWN CASING TO LES SCHWAB MADRAS OREGON FOR ANY CREDIT. IN FEBRUARY 2015 WE TRAVELED TO TEXAS FROM OREGON WITH SOME HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND AN EMPTY CONTAINER. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES WAS 6000 MILES. WITH IN 500 MILES OF OUR DESTINATION WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL TIRE FAILURES FOR AN END RESULT OF 3 TIRES CATASTROPHICALLY FAILING AND ONE TIRE NEARLY HITTING A MERCEDES SUV UPON THE FAILURE. UPON ONE TIRE FAILING THE TIRE ADJACENT ON THE AXLE BEGAN TO DO THE SAME AND SHOWED IRREGULAR TIRE WEAR AND TREAD/SIDEWALL BLISTERING. WHEN WE FINALLY ARRIVED HOME WE FOUND TO HAVE 6 TIRES OF THE PURCHASED SET UN-SERVICEABLE AND/OR HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. LES SCHWAB HAS STOOD ON "IF WE CANT GUARANTEE IT WE WONT SELL IT" A NO FAULT TIRE WARRANTY AND THE TOWMAX TIRE WARRANTY. THE REMAINING TIRE HAS 6/32 OF THE ORIGINAL 10/32 TREAD DEPTH. TOWMAX WARRANTS THE TIRES UP TO 2/32. I HAVE TRIED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE WHICH I BELIEVE ARE INFERIOR AND/OR DEFECTIVE TIRES SOLD BY LES SCHWAB. ON THURSDAY MARCH 5TH, 2015 I ASKED BY REGISTERED EMAIL A MEDIATED REMEDY
1994 Trailers Flats
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTires
Filed Mar 9, 2015TX
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2011Reading 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.