WESTLAKE TRAILER TIRES (ST225/75R15 DATE CODE 7DLT1ET3811) WHILE PARKING THE TRAILER AND CHOCKING THE WHEELS, OBSERVED RUBBER TREAD PEELING OFF ONE TIRE. CHECKED A SECOND TIRE AND NOTICED CRACKING BETWEEN THE TREADS. IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE TIRES OFF THE TRAILER AND OBSERVED CRACKING IN A THIRD TIRE. THE FOURTH TIRE WAS A DIFFERENT BRAND AND WAS NOT AFFECTED (PLEASE NOTE THE FOURTH TIRE WAS SUBJECTED TO THE SAME WEIGHT, DRIVING AND ROAD CONDITIONS). THESE TIRES WERE PURCHASED 22 MONTHS PRIOR AND MILEAGE IS IN THE AREA OF 10,000 MILES. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF TIRES PROVIDED AT ALL TIMES. TIRES WERE NEVER OVERLOADED AND AVG. HIGHWAY SPEED 55 TO 60 MPH. THE TIRE DISTRIBUTOR AND UNITED TRAILER CAN NOT AND WOULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE TIRES WOULD FAIL AND DISPLAYED NO CONCERN FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A CRASH, INJURY OR DEATH. PHOTOS OF AFFECTED TIRES AVAILABLE.
2013 United UXT-8.524TA70
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 Jun 17, 201410,000 milesOH
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2013| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.