2000 Subaru Outback Sidewall Problems

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Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

August 22, 2005
Sidewall
Dt: the caller used spare tire and the sidewall blew out. Tire had 110 miles on it at the time. The caller was going between 60 and 65 mph. The tire was full of black powder and the rubber was crumbling. The caller heard a rumble, and when he was trying to pull over to see what it was ,the tire blew out. Tire was only on vehicle for a week. Manufacturer told the caller to go to dealer and they would take care of the…
ODI 10133896
April 1, 2002
Sidewall
My subaru came stock with firestone wilderness tires. When the ford/firestone incident was happening, the subaru website posted a message that the tires used on the subaru's were not in the recall. This morning, i had a blow out that caused me to swerve violently into the #3 lane causing the traffic to swerve. When i pulled over and inspected the tire, i noticed that the sidewall of the tire has delaminated from the…
ODI 760068
August 10, 2000
Sidewall
Right rear tire had sudden and catostrophic disintegration of sidewall at highway speed without hitting any debri. No loss of control but total loss of tire. *ak( dot number: tire size: 225/60/16 )
ODI 732636