Continental Tires

Terry of Burton, MI October 12, 2009

Vehicle has 31K miles. A flat tire occurred and the vehicle was taken for repair. The repair facility indicated that they could not repair the tire since the tread had reached thew wear bars. This vehicle has been properly maintained with correct tire pressure and tire rotations. No accident or injuries were sustained as a result of the incident but the tire wear was not an issue at the last service, and if it were not for the flat tire, would not have been noticed until the next service which would have occurred after the start of the snow & ice season. Tire was on the right rear. Left rear tire also showing considerable wear, just short of the wear bars

Tracy of Laconia, NH October 1, 2009

I just purchased a new 2009 Nissan altima, which comes standard with Continental pro Contact Tires and last year purchased a 2006 Nissan altima, again with the same type of tires. Both cars I have had to take to the shop to get the wheels balanced, and yet they still vibrate after you reach a speed of 65-75 mph. I know it is the tires, because when I install winter tires on the older Altima, the anoying vibration is gone. I am planning on contacting my dealer about filing a complaint about these tires. All the out of balance things do is vibrate your car, and I am sure, wear out the front end prematurely. Nissan should never have made an agreement with this tire company for their tires. NEVER BUY THESE TIRES!!!! I am very upset that I have had to take my new car, less than a month old, and get the wheels balanced, and yet the vibration continues.

Keisha of Hartford, CT September 24, 2009

I purchased a new Toyota Matrix in 2002 and it came with Continental tires. I had to replace them 4 yrs and 32,000 miles later. The tires were bare and had been hydro-planing. I purchased 4 brand new ContiTouring Contact tires in November 2006, now 3 yrs/20,000 miles later, the tires are completely bare in the front and the rears are worn on the inside and have all sorts of cracks on the sidewalls. I service my vehicle at the Toyota dealership per the recommended service schedule and rotate my tires every 5000 miles.

I called the dealership and they told me there is nothing to be done. I contacted Continental and was rudely told that if my tires were worn I needed to replace them because they are not responsible for the tires once they wear out. That argument is very circular. These are pieces of crap and I will never buy this or the General brand also owned by Continental again. 700 for 4 new tires and a 4 wheel alignment and now another 700 needed

Ashwin of Dallas, TX September 16, 2009

I have bought a new Mercedes Benz C 300 Sport in June 2008,have around 16,100 Miles and have Continental tires on my car which was given to me when i got the car. All was well until i took it firestone and they said my Both Rear tires are worn out completely and also there is a Flat Spot in Both the front Tires and because of this my Wheel has been vibrating.The front tires are pretty much new and one of the tire is having around 8' of tread and the other 6. I took it to the Mecrcedes dealer and they said they cannot do anything about this and have suggested to get a new set of tires.

They have suggested that first i change the rear and than see if i still see any vibration if i do i still need to change the front tires. But what i am not sure is why would a tire which is almost brand new have some kinda of Flat spot. Is the life of the tire so Bad if so why is Mercedes not doing anythign about it and still offerring this bad tires to the customers. Is there any way we can put a law suit against the Mercedes for offering such bad tires and also continental for making those tires.

Lynette of Brattleboro, VT September 10, 2009

Continental tires should be taken off the market. Bought my car in 0ct 2005 and have been through 5 tires plus the tires on it when I bought it. I am retired and at at least 125 per tire it is NOT FUn.

Christy of Galloway, OH September 9, 2009

My husband and I purchased a 2008 Honda CRV at the end of Sept. 2008. We are the original owners of the car and I use the car to mainly drive back and forth from home and work, which is about 15-20 miles. We have maintained the car as directed with scheduled rotations, balance, etc. We have had a lot of issues with the TPMS light coming on and would check the air pressure to find it was fine.

We started hearing road noise and took the car to Honda. The Honda dealership noted cupping on the tires and noted on our paperwork that this is a known problem on the 2008 CRV's with these tires. Honda would not honor the warranty for free replacment and said we had to go through a distributor for the tires. We went to Discount Tire and they just called Continental.

They are also not honoring our warranty for free replacements. We plan to keep calling, but I find it convenient for them to keep pushing us in all different directions, wasting more time for us to hit our year point with having the tires. I keep getting documentation along the way so we can argue also that we started this process before the year was up.

I also noticed that there was a few other postings on this website complaining of these tires. Seems to be a wide-spread issue. I'd like to know why no company is standing behind the product, and why Honda isn't helping their customers. I would have bought a cheap car if I would have known Honda was going to treat their customers this way.

Kristyn of reading, PA September 1, 2009

I will never buy Continental tires again! Or reccommend them to anyone. I bought a 2006 Dodge magnum/Hemi with contitour tires on them. It came with 2,ooo miles and I have put on about 26,000. All four tires were recalled. And I discovered when they checked the tires, The mechanics were appaled by how bald they were. No wonder I got stuck everywhere in the snow, and hydraplained on water. I got four replacement tires, ( which I havent been reimbursed for yet) Just the other week I was driving down the highway and I heard a big bang! One of the NEW tires had just blown! Luckily my baby wasn't in the car! This is ridiculous, now I'm scared to death to drive on the other three! However to top this story off, Continental only covered 89% of the second replacement tire! My father is in the car business and has never seen anything so discouraging before. I will never buy a car with Continental Tires again. And supposedly they are suppose to be a great company!

KATHY of MACCLESFIELD, NC August 21, 2009

I purchased new tires from them through Team Ford in Tarboro, NC in January of 2008. I just had to replace them because they roared so bad that it was embarrassing to ride around with them on my car. I wrote the company and recieved one call from them for me to call back and everytime I called got no where. Finally on 08-20-09 I spoke with a Carmen and she as good as told me that since I had replaced them that they would do nothing to satidfy the customer.

These tires had less than 40,000 miles on them. I still have the tires. She said that they have a brand call general also. Well I think they should still give me a set of tires or compensate me what I had to spend to correct their problems. When I was calling around trying to find me some tires and told the rep that what I had they said go no further we already know about Continental Tires. That right there should say something. Any way I'm not letting it drop....

Beth of Myrtle Beach, SC August 20, 2009

I had purchased a new 2007 Nissan Altima that came with the Continental ContiPro Contact 16 inch tires. I have 33,000 miles on my vehicle, the car is still under warranty and these tires are down to the thread bar. I rotated the tires every other oil change.

I pulled up information on these tires and they are supposed to have an 80,000 mile guarantee. Don't ever purchase these tires. I find it disgraceful that Nissan would even put this junk on a new vehicle. The auto companies wonder why they have difficulties? Things like this. I have to purchase new tires for a vehicle under warranty.

Larry of La Vergne, TN August 15, 2009

Beware of Continental tires.... The thread on all 4 of my tires have separated. I was taking my wife to work and noticed a roaring sound coming from the rear of the car .The care was rocking back and forth. I took the car in to the shop only thinking an alignment problem. I watched the Mechanic as he raised the car up- Suddenly his mouth opened and he moved back. He quickly came in to get me but at this time I had already started out the waiting area and to the bay. He took me to the car and there he shown me something I won’t forget. All 4 of my tires (Continental 216r60 that Ford recommended for this make and model with only about 40 thousand miles) tread had separated. One tire had the metal wiring sticking out.

Why didn't I notice this before you may ask? Well, because the wear is from the inside of the tire and unless you climb under the car or rise it up you will never see it until it is to late. The threading around the tire looks perfectly new. I just had the tires rotated about 2 month ago and the dealership only stated it was a little wear on the tires. If I had went on the highway, I seriously believe I would have been in an accident. These tires are less then 2years old with only 40 thousand miles. They are rated for 75,000 so How could all 4 wear out like that at the same time? I guess when enough people are killed then Ford and Continental will decide to do a major recall. I decided to go with another brand.

PS Wal-Mart does not carry that brand anymore and sent the last ones they had back to the manufacturer instead of trying to profit off them. That should serve as a warning for all of us when Wal-mart is scared to make a profit.

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