Continental Tires Reviews

I am 45 years old and have had many cars and tires so I was extremely surprised and disappointed to have two of the four tires on my Mercedes Benz develop sidewall bubbles. I will never buy Continental tires as I can see that many have experienced this defect.

Purchased my 2016 Honda Accord 5 days ago 300 miles. It has Continentals. I Hit pot hole & Tire blew the side out of the front drivers tire and messed up back one. New experience. Never owned continental tires. Scared now. Buying 4 Michelins.

3100 miles on my new, brand new, beautiful, red Nissan Sentra and I have a sidewall blowout on the freeway on my way to work yesterday. Luckily, the car handled well and I was able to move out of the third lane of traffic smoothly but Geez... only 3000 miles? Not good. Tow truck driver says it is a blow out when he came to change it. Sidewalls don't run over things in the middle of the freeway, he says. Nissan Dealer takes no responsibility for tires and says there is no way this is a blowout??? I didn't run over anything, there was an odd "whirrr" noise, and then poof, then flat. Husband out at Continental dealer now, seeing if they will replace but I am not feeling too confident about the other 3...

I have a sprinter van and at less than 27,000 miles. All 4 tires are close to being bald. Very very poor wear mileage. I was expecting at least 50 to 60,000 minimum!!

Continental contiprocontacts on 2013 Jetta - These tires are so damn awful! My car that my dad is leasing is 2 years old. At 22 thousand miles these tires are legally bald and it's **. I'm pissed. The wear these tires get so fast is ridiculous.

I purchased a Mercedes Benz with barely 18000 miles on it. After only a few weeks, the tire began thumping. My dealer said it was a wave on the inside of the tire that often happens with Continental tires. There is plenty of wear left on the tire. The sound, however, makes me feel like I'm riding in a broken down truck instead of a MB. The Continental customer service person said only original purchaser's tires were warrantied. It didn't matter that the tires had only 18000 miles on them or that there was still plenty of tread life left on them. What poor tires and what poor customer service. I will be replacing my tire... and it will not be with Continental!

I have had my Ford Escape less than 2 years and only have just over 10,000 miles on the car. Do not do a lot of highway driving and commute to work is under 10 miles one way. Yesterday on the way home, stopped at a traffic light. Pulled forward when light changed and the front right tire blew right out. Blew the entire sidewall out. Went to pull over and the rear right tire proceeded to blow out. Hole in the side wall. Obviously both tires and rims are trashed. Lucky I wasn't on the highway as the entire vehicle pulled severely to the right when the first tire blew out. Lucky I didn't hit someone in the other lane. Will definitely be looking to replace all 4 tires with a better brand. When I called the dealer - they played ignorant as to the tires on the car and kept suggesting Dunlop's or Goodyear. Hhmm it's like they already knew. And I bet they did. Future car purchases will very much be dependent on the tires.

I recently purchased a 2015 Nissan Sentra and it came with Continental Tires. The front Tire has a ball on it. When Nissan contacted continental they automatically said it was not a defect and that I hit a pothole really hard. Poor quality, bad traction and I will never do business with Continental for providing poor quality tires and bad business practices. First you check the tire out. Don't make assumptions or false accusations. I never hit a pothole or bump or anything for that matter.

My daughter purchased a 2015 Ford Focus hatchback with Continental tires 4 months ago and had to have a rear one replaced last weekend due to "bulging." Dealer told her she must have hit a curb or pothole so warranty would not cover the new tire. She doesn't recall hitting anything to cause this damage and after many calls with the Ford Dealership, she will not have to pay for this new tire, but they tell us they will not get reimbursed from Continental. After reading many reviews I am worried about her other three tires and my new Ford Focus. How many damaged tires have to blow before there will be a recall.

I bought Continental ContiProContact Tyres GxP 195/65 R15 from Discount Tyres blue area Islamabad, Pakistan for my Honda City on 30th June 2015. On 29 Sept., just after driving 3000 km, driving side wheel side wall leaked and when I took it to Mr. ** who is brother of Mr. **, they said it can't be taken in warranty as we brought these tyres as non custom paid through Afghanistan, and secondly it's because of some nail where as there was no such indication. I have come to the conclusion that these tyres are the most pathetic tyres with weakest side walls and price is high. I was charged Rs.30000/- pkr for 4 tyres along with 4 under use tyres of Euro Star which is very expensive, and this Discount Tyres is a fraud who gives his own warranty just to satisfy customers and when someone comes for claim, they simply say it's damaged due to some nail etc.

I have a 2015 VW Jetta I bought in July and I hit a bump in the road... and people do on occasion without anything happening. Well, it scratched the inside of the rim of the tire but NOT THERE was the hole that blew out the tire, the outside of the tire ripped completely away around the perimeter of the tire and you and the dealer say it is my fault because I hit a bump?? That is NOT what a blow out looks like. You don't hit a bump and an area not touched by the ditch rip apart and I had to buy another BS tire, because I don't want 3 tires of one brand and a different 4th. BUT next time, I WILL not be buying Continental.

Last night my son was pulling up in front of our house (I was outside with our dog) and the front passenger side tire blew out. BAM! - blew the side wall right out - unbelievable. The car is 3 months old with 1600 miles, Ford Focus 2015 Hatchback. Ford Roadside service changed it to the donut. The service guy said this was the 3rd Continental sidewall blowout he has seen in the past few months. I am thankful this did not happen on the highway! I do not think we should have to pay for a new tire. We'll see.

I just purchased a 2015 Honda CR-V. At 3,000 miles I noticed that the tires were getting bubbles in the sidewalls. I went to the Honda dealership that I bought the car from and was told that is not a problem, they all have that because of the way they are made. When I told them I have never seen this before in all of my years of owning cars and will take pictures and send letters to both Honda and Continental, they assured me there is nothing wrong with them. I said "I do not feel safe and have a long drive to work." Now I am reading about all of these tires blowing out, which is exactly what I am scared of! I want these tires replaced immediately with Michelins, which have never given me a problem. No satisfaction, writing this for the record, just in case, will have proof of complaint. I am also calling Honda and Continental first thing Monday morning. I cannot afford to get into an accident on the busy highways I drive!

I leased a 2014 Nissan Altima that came with Continental ContiPro Contact tires P215/60/R16. While making a left turn in an intersection, my right rear tire blew out through the side wall. I was traveling less than 15 miles per hour and had less than 6000 miles on the car! Brought it back to Nissan and they said there was no defect and it was not under warranty. So I had to buy a new tire. Now today my wife grazed a curb while parallel parking and AGAIN another blowout through the sidewall! And only 16,000 miles on the car. Clearly these tires are inferior and should be avoided at all cost.

Factory tires offered on 2014 Passat. Have replaced 3 with less than 20k miles. All side all damage on bead seal. Ride is noisy and will never buy another Continental tire.

Just sat on the expressway for 2 hours this afternoon waiting for help after one of the Continental brand tire literally blew up while I was driving my 2015 Honda Civic with less than 10,000 miles on the car! When the tow truck driver came to my rescue, he informed me that I was lucky that it was a rear tire and not a front tire. Otherwise the car would have caused a terrible accident. The sides of the tire literally "blew out". Never saw anything like it! Car and tire are going to the Honda dealership tomorrow. I am indeed very afraid to drive my new car with these horrible tires that could blow anytime. Please someone help us before someone gets killed! I am a very dissatisfied customer!!!!!

We purchased a 2013 Honda Odyssey (new) with new Continental Tires on it. Within 500 miles one tire blew out! At 13,000 miles another one blew out! 1,000 miles later the third tire blew out!!! ALL three were sidewall defects! In all my driving years of owning vehicles, I have NEVER had this much trouble with any tire! Do not under any circumstances buy Continental Tires! We have replaced all the tires on our Honda with Michelin tires.

Two months ago I barely tapped a curb and my tire blew out. I've bumped curves before without having a blowout! Last week I noticed a bubble in my other front tire, took it to the dealer who said I must have hit a pothole. I only have 7,000 miles on this car. The tires are ContiProContact 245/40/R18 97V.

It was 26 degrees here in the UK the other day and whilst checking my car over, (2014 Volvo XC70) I discovered the front near side tyre had developed a bubble in the sidewall which concerned me somewhat. Upon further investigation I then discovered that the rear near side tyre and the rear offside tyre had the same issue (all Continental!). The front offside tyre has already been changed for a Pirelli Scorpion and unsurprisingly had no bubble. All three Continental tyres have about 5mm + of tread so there is clearly a major problem with this particular tyre. The Volvo main dealer, (Dinnages, Brighton) have been contacted and as you might expect merely tried to suggest that the issue has come about as a result of hitting potholes, (this has NOT happened) and then fobbed us off with suggesting we contact Continental UK to discuss our concerns.

I purchased a new Mercedes ML 350 that came equipped with Continental Cross Contact LX Sport tires; the tires now have 4000 miles on them. While exiting a drive-thru lane at a Wendy's, my front right tire hit the six-inch asphalt curb and blew out the sidewall. I was only going 6-7 MPH and was amazed that this could happen so easily - I could barely feel the tire hit the curb. Upon investigation, I discovered that these tires have only a SINGLE-PLY sidewall!! In going online, I have discovered that there are numerous other similar experiences and a whole host of bubbled sidewalls that have blown out.

I have purchased two complete sets of Continental tires for my car and my wife's car. I so far have had to replace two tires on mine. Both with sidewall punctures... one a little screw and the other who knows. My wife just had a tire that was less than 4 months have a hole on the tread and a bubble on the side. I purchased these tires because I was told that they are awesome in the winter. Indeed they ARE awesome in the winter. But one of the reasons is that the sides are made so thinly that they flatten and adhere to the road during cold conditions... In the summer the tires sidewalls are toilet paper thin and a dirty look can make them blow out!

Purchased a set of four DWS in October 2013... 22 months later and 19300 miles, they are already to the wear bars. Even wear across all four treads and have been rotated every 5000+/- miles. Called Continental Customer Service (twice) and got two different responses. The first was that upon inspection of the dealer, Continental would determine warranty %. Second was return to dealer, BUY a new set of Continental or General at FULL PRICE then the dealer would return tires to mfr for determination of warranty %. Since I am really skeptical of their responses, I think I will stay away from BOTH of these brands.

I own a MB C300 2014 with 10K miles. Bubbled developed on front right tire. No speeding, rim damage or curb hugging. Pothole damaged unlikely. I contacted Continental USA & was brushed away - maybe when I said I am from Quebec, Canada. I had to buy a new tire $250$. Continental? Never again!

I have had to replace two front tires due to sidewall failures (2015 Buick Verano < 13K km). First probably from curbing tire?? Second, 6 weeks later, one-inch bulge on the driver side front sidewall. Explanation: pot hole. Over 40 years no sidewall failures. Two failures in nine months!!! No warranty. No replacements in Canada according to Continental head office.

I have a brand new Ford Focus 2014 with 2700 miles on it. My boyfriend had just taken it to work over 110 miles away and made it 20 mins from home and blew left rear tire for no reason.. no potholes, nothing in road. Damaged my rim. So unhappy especially after reading these reviews that there's no recall on Ford's behalf or continental. I thank god my car didn't get totaled and no one got hurt. Ford doesn't wanna fix it, says operator error... I'm appealing it and fighting it all the way. I hope no one dies from these unsafe tires.

I have a 2014 Subaru Outback that came with Continental tires. Similar to others, I have suffered 2 sidewall blowouts supposedly from road hazards. Continental refused to honor warranty. Subaru partially covered tires with extended warranty. These tires are defective and dangerous. Never had blow outs from the side walls in 30 yrs of driving. Glad I was not going at highway speeds when it happened. Replacing all tires with Goodyear.

New Audi Q3, got the special 19 inches wheels, supposed to be "off-road". Went over a curb at less than 20 mph, and the front tire was gone... Sidewall just opened up... After reading all these reviews I had no option than replace all four tires at 1,480 miles, about $1,350 cost. Not to mention that I was on my way to a hospital and my wife's surgery has been delayed. Never experienced anything like that in my 50 years of driving...

I bought my Nissan Sentra in 2013 with 6 miles on it. I have 26,000 miles on the car and I have had to repair one tire, replace another and have had to fill them countless times. In the past 20 years of driving cars I have never had this many issues. The one tire I had replaced in May 2015 is one of the ones leaking. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS BRAND!!

My 2014 Subaru Outback 3.6R came with Continental Pro Contact Gx P225/60 R17 tires and within 1st few months of purchase and only 3000 mi, front driver's side tire was significantly deflated. Took to dealer and I was told that there was a nail. However, I inspected the tire for that and there was no nail. Now my passenger side rear tire has a side wall bubble. I took to Subaru Dealer who did nothing and told me to call Continental Tires about warranty (didn't even warn me of the danger nor did they put the spare tire on).

These are the worst tires I have ever come across! Picked up a Chevrolet Malibu on Tuesday, certified Grime the local Chevrolet dealer. Before we pulled out of the lot had a flat tire, huge bubble in sidewall, no hole. They replaced the tire on Saturday, had a second flat, huge bubble in sidewall. These tires need to be recalled before someone gets killed! Firestone recalled their tires after people go killed a little too late! Is Continental going to wait for same problem?

8,700 miles hit a small curb going into 7/11 parking lot and tire blows! Never had this happen with any other tire. Concerns me to be driving on these tires! Would be interested in a class action suit as well, brand new Ford focus!

Purchased 2013 Fiat 500. Tires are making loud road noises like clapping and flapping. Mileage is 30,000 miles. What are my options against this company or Fiat? American consumers seem to have very little protection these days. I am personally tired of being ripped off. Cars that do not hold value such as the Fiat 500. I owe $15,000 and the car is only worth $7,500 to $8,000. What a joke and a rip off. The only winner in this deal is the dealership and the credit union. Cannot wait to get rid of it.

ContiProContact tires are horrible. This is the 2nd time in 2 years that I am having to purchase new tires, having only driven 12,000 miles on a 60,000 mile guarantee. I have a Mercedes S550 and purchased the Contiprocontact 255/45R18 tires and have had flats, bulges and now my Mercedes rep is telling me I have 0 tread on 2 tires I purchased 2 years ago and only 2000 miles left on 2 tires I purchased 1 year ago. I rotated and balanced them as directed but the hassle of having to drive back to the place where I bought them so they can "evaluate" and to save a few dollars is too inconvenient. I am so disappointed that a $300 tire has held up in this poor manner. It's not even emotionally driven because I try to control letting things make me angry but I feel totally ripped off. What can we do? The sheer number of people having these issues with this brand is staggering.

I'm at Sam's as I write this. Getting tires replaced. All 4 were funny and tires started making loud noise before 30,000. Rotated and it didn't change, sounded worse. They were on Honda Civic new in 2012.

Purchased and installed a set of Conti Cross ECO tires. Literally 1 month in, my pregnant wife has a highway blowout with our twins in the back. The sidewall was completely shredded and there was no puncture found in the tread at all. Despite a free replacement tire from the dealer, I'm a bit apprehensive driving with these tires but hoping there will be no further issue with them.

Mb e350 low profile tires - I had a blowout after 3 days and then 2 months later I had to replace 2 more tires due to bubbles on sidewall. Ridiculous at 350.00 a tire. Is there a class action suit on these tires? Do not recommend low profile tires at all unless you live where there are zero potholes - maybe Arizona or Florida.

I bought a brand new Nissan Altima a month ago. It now has 400 miles and yesterday I noticed a LARGE dent had developed in the front passenger side of this Continentals. (It looked quite unusual. I've been driving and buying cars for the past 30 years.) I had discussed these tires with the dealership at the time of purchase and they are not under any sort of warranty. I was expecting to replace them in September before winter. But not at 400 miles. Went to Costco and dropped 460.00 for new Michelins (on sale) and I think my life and my passengers lives are worth way more than that. I understand that the car manufacturers need to make as much as possible, but please. This is ridiculous.

Well, I guess I'm joining this party late after reading many pages of posts about cars tire blowouts. But I'll add my tale of woes. At first, I thought the tire blowouts were just on Mercedes Benz, but now see it is happening with many other car makes with the common denominator being the tire manufacturer, Continental. I previously owned a 2010 MB E550 and leased another new one in 2013. On the 2010 MB, I had less than 20,000 miles on it when I turned it in and never had a tire blowout. I don't know if it had Continental tires on it. On the 2013, I've had 3 OEM Continental tire blowouts on 2 separate occasions on my 2013 E550 Benz. The first time both tires on the left (driver's side) blew out after hitting a pothole. Only had about 5,000 miles on the car. The second time the right front tire blew out after hitting a pothole. Only had about 12,000 miles on it.

Three weeks ago I purchased a new 2015 F450 with Continental 19.5" tires. Here we are with only 2500 miles on the truck and it shakes so violently you can steer or stop it. I take it to a local tire dealer that I have known for 19 years and they immediately find two massively unbalanced front tires. Then the right rear dual is not even properly beaded on the rear causing the tire to wobble. If that was enough the two left side duals are chunking. Meaning chunks of rubber or coming off. Everybody is pointing a finger and I am stuck having to pay for new tires. I am NEVER buying another FORD and there will NEVER be Continental Tires on anything I ever drive again. Total cost to replace with Michelin's $3050. After 2500 miles! As usual the customer takes in the ass.

After 2k miles on a brand new Audi, my front driver side tire formed a bubble on the sidewall. Dealership said this was something not covered by Audi and Audi customer service said the same. I never had a problem with a tire before and to have a bubble form in 2k miles with no responsibility taken from the dealership or manufacturer is unacceptable. I will never pay for a car that comes with Continental Tires again.

Paid for brand new tires from Continental and today they are worn and this is unacceptable. I haven't even driven 40k miles to come close to the actual tire time frame stated for these tires. I only came to 25K miles and these tires are no good. I'm angry!!!

On November 28, 2014 I purchased and had installed 4 new ContiProContact tires. Today, while adding air to my tires, I noticed a bulge on the sidewall of the right front one. The new tires have a total of 8277 miles on them. I contacted Flagship Motorcars in Lynnfield, MA and was told that they would honor the 1 year tire hazard policy and replace the tire with a new one. However, I have to pay for the mounting and alignment. Cost to me will be about $45 plus taking up half a day getting the work done. The next time I get tires they will not be Continental.

Continental ContiProContact - These tires came on my new car purchased in July 2011. I only have 23,000 miles on the car and was informed by Honda that all four tires need replacing! The worst tire (3/32), two are 4/32, one is 5/32. I got a second opinion, and he agreed with Honda. All four are going bad. I do have a warranty for 70 months but not sure how it works. Will have to find out. I'm very dissatisfied with the life received out of these tires. This is my sixth vehicle (driver since 1974), and I have never had tires wear this quickly. Honda is recommending another set of Continentals... I don't think so!

I recently purchased 4 Continental tires from Pep Boys. Since, three tires have had to be replaced due to sidewall problems. I currently have a bubble rising on one of these. Heaven knows what's going on with the inside sides where I can't see. Reading the experiences of many hundreds of other who have complained to your site, it seems clear there is a sidewall defect problem and these tires should be recalled before people start dying from blow-outs, etc. Of course we all get the same song and dance from the dealer about road hazard damage.

22,000 miles on my VW Cc. Just found out that my Continental tires are cupping and causing horrible noise and shuddering sensations while driving. The tires have been rotated twice by the dealer. I believe that this problem is a manufacturer's defect and the tires should be replaced by Continental. I am just beginning the complaint process.

2014 AUDI A4 Continental Tires - Horrible tires. Vehicle was purchased brand new and at 10k miles the tires are legally bald. Continental is saying that because they are sport tires they will not cover it even though they don't specify that in their warranty booklet.

150 miles on brand new VW, and a stick about the size of a pencil pierced the sidewall while travelling about 3 mph down my driveway. $800 later, I'm much safer driving on Toyo's. VW should be embarrassed to put such garbage on their new cars.

I have had this car for 2 years. Last year I hit a pot hole and blew a tire. Just this weekend it happened again! What makes it worse is no one in the entire city of Houston had a tire in stock my size!!! I think there is something wrong with these tires after looking. There are not thick enough and dangerous! I've never had this kind of trouble before!

I purchased and leased a new Maserati Quattroporte Oct 2014. I have 7500 miles on vehicle and the tires are bald inside and outside tread. Maserati and Continental both are aware of this problem. With a 15k a year lease I will buy 2 sets of tires a year. The tires are over 300 apiece with mounting and balancing almost 400 per tire. That's 1600 x 6 or almost 10K. Maserati says they're willing to discount the tires and am trying to contact Continental for additional help. In my opinion this problem should be brought to the consumer's attention. Buyer Beware!!!

New crv purchased with Continental Cross Contact LX tires. With 16000 miles I have 3 tire failures. Two sidewalls and one blowout. These tires are dangerous and should be recalled.

I bought a new 2014 Mercedes and it had Continental tires on it. Within 14 months I've had 2 flat tires and had to replace 1 tire with a bulge in the sidewall. These are dangerous tires, BEWARE and avoid if at all possible... I will join any Class Action Suits that are in process.

Just purchased a 2015 Ford Fusion in 01/15 that came with Continental Tires. I only have 2,500 miles on my car. This past Saturday I notice a bump on the side wall of the front driver side tire. I took it to the dealership & was told it was caused by a pothole. I'm a very cautious driver and find it hard to believe since I don't recall hitting a pothole that large that would cause any damage to a tire and no other damage was done to my car (no rim damage, front end alignment is good, etc.).

I purchased a 2015 Nissan Altima. Great car, but lousy continental tires. If it is slightly windy, I have to fight to keep the car in it's lane. If you hit the smallest puddle, you get pulled off the side of the road. Have almost had two accidents now, and I've only put 3,400 miles on car. I am a great driver, have owned over 20 vehicles so far. My van tires from Walmart are better than these dangerous continental tires. Why would any manufacturer put these on a new vehicle? I am calling Nissan and complaining about the safety issue. They probably won't do anything, but at least i will have it on record if anything happens.

I bought a new 2014 Nissan Sentra that was equipped with Continental 205/50R17 tires. Tires are having excessive tread wear. They are very bad in raining weather. Experience hydroplaning even at slow speeds. I consider these tires a safety hazard.

I leased an Audi A3 2015 equipped with Continental Tires. In 3 months 3 tires were replaced for the same reasons stated in the complaints I read. For the 30 years I have been driven, 4 Michelin replaced 4 Michelin. Just imagine if I had to pay out of my wallet for 3 tires at over $400.00 each within 3 months. I understand the reason to buy a coverage for the Continental Tires. To that was unheard of. The tires company and car dealers scratch each other's hands.

Leased a new Mercedes E350 in September. My third Mercedes lease in a row. Three of continental tires developed side all bulges after 10k miles. Has to replace them. Was told the these are poor quality tires. Why does MB use them as OEM tires?

I have 2013 Volvo S60 and I have only 15,000 miles on this car. I had to BUY tires 2 times in last 3 months due to bubbles appearing on tires. I have contacted Volvo and they said they cannot do anything, its Continental tires and Continental tires never reply back to any issues. I can't wait for my lease to be over and I AM NOT BUYING OR LEASING A VOLVO AGAIN. I have other cars and this has never ever happened to me. I have wasted $400 on tires and Volvo gave a discount coupon for merchandise for their products. STOP USING THESE LOW QUALITY TIRES. If I get into any accident due to tire issue, they both will be responsible for this. I called and spoke to both Volvo and Continental about this.

I have a 2013 Mercedes ML-350 which came with Continental tires. I only have 13,500 miles on the car. Yesterday, I visited the dealership and showed them a bubble on my right rear tire. The rep at the dealership was very quick to blame all of the potholes in our area and would not even consider the possibility of the tire being defective. They replaced the tire for $410. When I replace all four tires, they definitely will not be Continentals. I have had much better tires for half the price of the tires currently on my car. Mercedes needs to stop using Continental tires.

I bought a 2014 Mercedes E350 and it was unfortunately equipped with Continental Tires. I went over a normal pothole and got a bubbles on the sidewall so I replaced it. It costs me $300+ at Town Fair Tire. 7 Months later I went over another may 1-inch deep pothole and again another sidewall bubble that I had to replace. Then tonight I went over another pothole on the highway going 70 miles per hour and the left front and the left rear tire blow out. I had AAA but come on 2 tires with bubbles on the side walls and two almost deadly blow outs. These Continental Tires SUCK. I have been driving for 41 years and have NEVER had suck crappy tires and they are expensive as well because they are deadly and a waste of money and almost a life. Avoid Continental Tires at all cost.

The Continental ContiPro Contact tires (235/r40-18) are terrible tires. Although rotated frequently and the alignment is good, these tires are terribly cupped and the road noise is unbearable. My first visit to the VW dealer was at 17k miles. Another visit was at 26k miles, another at 29k miles. The noise is so unbearable that I do not enjoy driving the car. A phone call to ** at Continental customer service was a waste of time; he was very defensive and was "defending" Continentals tire history before I could completely explain the steps that I have done for rotation and alignment. From his perspective, it is my fault that the tires have excessive road noise. I am very disappointed that Continental will not stand behind their warranty.

I owned a 2002 Mercedes C240 and drove it for almost 10 years (with Michelin Tires). I never had a problem with the tires on that car ever!!! November 2013 I bought a new Mercedes that came with Continental Tires. After almost a year of owning this car, I had to replace the 2 rear tires within 3 weeks of each other. They each had big gashes on the inside of the tires. I've never seen that before. I was told I must have hit something that bounced between the tires. If that's the case, why did it take 3 weeks for the other tire to lose air.

I have a 2009 NISSAN Maxima that I fitted with four Continental Tires since they were recommended by the shop I use. I am a very careful driver who avoids any bumps in the road when possible. I keep my tires inflated and rotate the as per manufacturer instruction. I have replaced 3 tires as of today after less than 9000 miles due to bubbles on the sidewalks. When asked about a warranty, I was told they weren't covered. Now at 205.00 a tire this becomes a problem. Please be aware of this product, there is a defect and as you have read here. I am not the only one who is complaining.

Have a 2013 Honda Odyssey with 14500 miles on Continental tires. Front tires had to be replaced due to excessive tread wear after only 14500 miles on them. One rear tire had a bulge in the sidewall as well. These tires are garbage and would not recommend them to anyone.

I purchased a new Honda Civic in July 2014. It isn't driven much, and has 3,770 miles on it. I noticed a bulge in the sidewall and took it to Honda only to be told "not covered" and to take it to Discount Tire. I heard the same thing there! They said I had been driving through potholes. I've never had this problem in my 50 years of driving. I read on tirerack.com that separation/bubbles that occur early in the life of tire are usually associated with a manufacturing defect, and a single impact with a pothole or curb can cause a new tire to be damaged.

My wife has a 2015 Hyundai with the contipro contact p215/45 r17 tires on it. The car has 9000 miles on it. We just discovered two bubbles on the outside sidewall. I had to replace the one tire as I had to use the car for work. Then I read the reviews... scary to say the least. After reading the reviews it seems like going back to the dealer or Continental is a waste of time. If someone starts a class action suit count me in. I would like only four new tires of a different brand, local tire dealers told me that the brands they carry do not match tread profile and they would not put a different brand tire on unless I went with all four.

Bought these tires for my 2001 Corvette Zo6. Put them on late last fall, so they only had 400 miles on them when I took the car out for the first time this spring. Put on about 100 miles yesterday 3/29/15 when suddenly I heard a loud pop from the left rear tire. I pulled off the highway as quickly as I could, only to find the sidewall blown out. This all happened on a smooth stretch without pot holes or other issues. Ended up loading the car on a flatbed to get it back home. Now waiting on Tire Rack to provide replacement. The replacement will be sold along with the other three tires, as I have lost all trust in these tires. Things could have been a lot worse. I was lucky!

On 03/14/2015 on the Pennsylvania Highway 81, around 2:00 AM with 39 degree, two tires blew - Initially I blamed the potholes but later I discovered a small side damage on both tires. I am 52 years old and I have been driving since I was 16, I had all kind of cars and trucks but this is the first time when something like that happened to me. The nearest VW dealer was 32 miles away but the dealer was closed on Sunday and Wal-Mart didn't carry the 235/40R18 from any brand so I had to sleep on a $10 hotel in St Clair, PA that cost me $70 because the life is like that. 32 miles destroyed the supposed run-on-flat tires and voided the warranty.

I am writing to follow up on a complaint I published on this site about defective Continental ContiTrac Pro tires. I contacted the company about my concern and they have compensated me for the amount tread life still on the tires. This is a satisfactory resolution and one they were not obligated to offer.

Today my daughter had her second tire fail on her new Hyundai Elantra (2015) car with less than 6000 miles on it. At less than 30 miles per hour she hit a small pot hole and popped her tire. As this is the second time in less than 2 months, I seriously question the quality of product Continental tires is providing to their customer base, or for that matter the quality tire Hyundai is using in their new car inventory. At a cost of $200 for replacement I have come to the conclusion that I need to change all 4 tires and switch to a new brand tire. Having driven for over 45 years, I have never seen this problem and believe a legal investigation should be initiated by Consumer Affairs and safety type organizations. Very frustrating that these unscrupulous type companies can exist in today's market place.

Potholes were bad this winter, but never have I blown out 3 tires. In fact, I have never blown out one and I have been driving for 32 years. First front tire went from 33 pounds of pressure to 1 in a matter of a minute. Then the back tire developed a large bubble. A wk later the cords in the middle of the left front tire went and that tire also had to be changed immediately. I have never had Continental tires before and I truly wish I would have read the reviews prior to purchasing. As each tire developed a problem I replaced it with the same tire. To the total cost of $661.32.

I had a 2006 Dodge Charger that came with Continental tires on it. They started wearing strange, so I had them rotated every 3 months. Then, one day, I was at my Dodge dealer and they gave me the paperwork to take part in a class action lawsuit against Continental Tires. Total junk tires! If I ever buy a new car and it has Continental Tires on it, I'd demand that the dealer swap them for another brand, or no sale. These court cases were 3 years apart. This tells me that Continental Tires know they sell crappy tires.

I bought a new 2014 Ford Focus from John Kennedy Ford in Pottstown. It was 3 months after I bought the vehicle that I started having problems with the tires. I was sitting in Wawa parking lot drinking my morning coffee and I heard a loud bang from under my car. My tire popped, split along the seam of the sidewall and the tread. I was evaluating the situation when I noticed a large bubble in the side of another tire. I replaced the 2 tires at Pep Boys and drove to the dealership to show them what happened. They took pictures, put the car on the lift to look for damage to my vehicle to see if I hit something. They found no evidence of careless or reckless driving - the car still looked brand new. They said they would forward everything to Continental Tires.

I bought a Mercedes 550 4Matic last July. I asked at purchase time if I could choose the tires and was told no. The car came with Continental ContiSportContact 5-18 (245/40R18 97 Y) tires. Before the car had even 4000 miles on it, the right front tire had a bulge. This happened when I was driving in Calgary, Canada, where there were no pot holes. I took my car to a tire dealer whose first opinion was that I had hit a pot hole. After removing the tire and checking it, both the tech and the supervisor opined that it must have been defective. The Mercedes dealer was of no help and neither was Continental.

I hit a pothole going at a low speed since I was through an intersection and I was accelerating from being at a stop light. It was night time so I couldn't see the pothole. I have had these tires and rotate them and maintain them with the 13th of March making it a full year since I have had these tires on my Mazda 3. Tire Rack's old warranty is similar to Continental's, which is 2 yrs. or the first 2/32 wear of the tire. Hoping that the tires were under a year of use, the dealer said the tires were at 5/32 wear already and there was nothing that Tire Rack or Continental could do.

ProContacts 235/45/r18 on 2015 VW Passat TDI - In the past year of owning this car, I had 3 blown tires and 2 bent rims. The choices auto-makers use for tires on their vehicles is not right for the consumer. Also the tire companies makes plenty of money when one has to replace these tires even when hitting potholes that aren't really that big.

I purchased a new Audi A3 in July 2014 that was equipped with Continental 225/40 R18 low profile tires. I did not purchase the road hazard warranty from the dealer (it was VERY expensive) and because I never had issues with 30+ years of driving with tire problems before. That changed with these tires... 3 blow-outs in less than 7 months. All due from potholes, all hit at speeds less than 30 mph. At first I was blaming the potholes, but at the speeds I was going, and the type of damage to the tire (all three tires had sidewall blowouts) I am now suspecting defective tires.

Never knew anything was wrong until I happened to glance at left front tire and noticed a bulge in sidewall. Read a lot of reviews and seems to be a common problem with this tire. I've never had a tire to do this before. I called Hyundai but got nowhere. I will call the dealership tomorrow since I bought the extended warranty, hoping they will work with me. Car only has 7000 miles on it. :(

I have been driving for 30 years on different cars with different tires. It has never happened that during the first three months of driving Mercedes benz, three tires are destroyed completely. I probably need to find the lawyer to make the claim about the safety of the tires and the outrageous quality of the product. I cannot imagine how the producers of such an expensive car could agree to install poor quality tires.

I wanted to write in and report what appear to be faulty tires manufactured by Continental. In my 15 years, and well over 800,000 miles of driving in NJ, I have never before experienced a blow-out until this year, my first harsh winter on the Continental PureContact with EcoPlus Technology tires on all 4 corners. This occurred not once, but twice this winter so far, once due to a pothole, the other is to-this-day unknown. And when I say blow-out, I mean in such a spectacular fashion that I wouldn't expect from the cheapest pep-boy specials. The first incident that happened roughly a month ago ripped a 12" gash from the center of the tread all the way up to the rim at over 50 MPH. The second one failed last night and ripped a 8" u-shaped hole in the sidewall of the tire.

Just got E350 2014 3 months back and in the last 1 month I had to replace 4 tires. I have had E350 2012 for 3 years before this car and only changed one tire. There is a major quality issue with the tires!!!!

Own 2008 VW Passat Lux, Contiprocontact 245/40/18 almost new two have bulges in the side wall. Two of the tires make so much road noise you cannot stand driving the car. Tires have wore very poorly. Would not recommend anybody purchase Continental tires and there should be a recall for the side wall problems with their tires. Very poor quality.

In 2012 I purchased a Honda Odyssey. It came with Continental tires OEM. From the very beginning inflation warning alarm would sound about every two weeks. I would take the vehicle to have the tires inflated and one of them or more would be low. Eventually the dealer changed the tire pressure warning sending units. They unmounted and remounted the tires. Nothing helped. At about 30,000 miles after a tire went flat in my garage, I replaced the Continental tires with Michelins. Since that time I have put an additional 12,000 miles on the vehicle and have not had a low pressure warning alarm since. As far as I'm concerned, Continental tires are crap. I will never purchase a vehicle with an installed nor will I ever buy another set of them.

Bought an expensive Mercedes E class sedan 6/2013. Discovered 4th bubble in Continental tire 2/18/15. Experienced 4 bubbles & 1 flat in 20 months. Have driven Volvo & Oldsmobile for 18 years, experienced 1 bubble & 4 flats. Same house, job, driving habits, road hazards in past 30 years. Have to conclude Continental Tires are defective. Continental website "ensures quality & performance". They want nothing to do with their tires that are attached to my car.

Tire # 235/40-R19-96V continental extra load. Will not buy a car with continental tires again.

If I could mark this with negative stars I would. These tires are terrible and dangerous. My wife (who does not drive like a crazy person) has already suffered two complete catastrophic tire blowouts on her 2014 Fiat 500 riding on ContiProContact tires in under 6000 miles. Of course there is no spare so Fiat has had to arrange flat-bed towing to the dealer. The dealer has done nothing other than charge me for two new tires, mounting and balancing. These failures were both front tires which can be extremely dangerous at highway speeds. I could buy an optional spare tire kit instead of the can of goopy air supplied by Fiat, but this certainly does not solve the problem of poor quality dangerous tires.

Purchased new 2014 Subaru Outback with Continental tires. Not too long after we seemed to be getting low pressure indicator and filling tires frequently..... then started to realize that the tires were wearing extremely fast, now at 22,000 mi. there is almost nothing left on all 4... No uneven wear just no tread, so new tires all the way around! Not sure Subaru knows the problem but have been extremely happy with all my past Subaru's... They need to take a look at this as it does reflect on them and other manufacturers that use questionable tires.

On my brand new car I've had 6 sidewall blowouts in 14 months. These tires are garbage and I would never recommend them or use them again. For VW to use these as factory equipment is absurd. It's a ripoff and Continental knows it and refuses to do anything about it.

2014 Mercedes E350 with 4000 miles. I hit a pothole traveling at 35 mph. Both right side tires blew. I have driven cars 50,000 per year for over 30 years and have never experienced anything close to this. Of course the tires were not Continental.

My wife could have been killed - her 2013 VW Jetta has had two tires blow out. Picture here is of the second time it happened, just a few days ago. The first tire blew at 10K miles after hitting a curb. This Continental tire literally shredded on the rim as she drove. Her car has just 12,000 miles on it. These were new tires, the car was brand new when we bought it. I will never buy Continental ever!!!

I had tiger paws on my 06 Mercury Milan Premier. It was great in the Michigan winters. I loved my car after... until blowing a tire one night and only one shop was still open, they said I needed tires all the way around and ended up replacing my tires with 225 50 17 Continental contitouring contacts as they were all they had in stock for 17s. These tires are horrible.

I bought a Nissan Altima 2015 3 months ago that came with Continental Tires 215 55 17 93V. Last week I was driving on the highway and drove over a regular pothole that everyone else also drove over and the next thing I know my car is spinning out of control and my front left tire goes flat. I went to Mavis discount tire to see what happened and how much it would be to replace it, and it turns out it's gonna cost me 175$ to replace. I could've been severely injured. No tire should rapture as easily, especially after only 1700 miles of use. I can't believe nissan put this worthless product on my altima. My last altima had michelins on it and I drove over some serious potholes in NYC and NEVER had a problem. This is extremely awful. I called continental to see if I couldn't be reimbursed and it said that mailbox is full. I couldn't even speak to anyone. I am considering suing this company soon as I find a lawyer. Absolutely disgusted.

18" sport rims and tires Mercedes Benz e350 4 matic sport 4dr sd - I have replaced 8 tires from hitting potholes in 2 years. Never before have I had a problem with an E350 or Audi A6. This is the first car with 18" rims. My driving characteristics haven't changed, the roads are the same - what is the problem? The tires are Conti Pro Contact 245/40/18. Is it the car, the tire, or the nut behind the wheel?

We have a 2014 Mercedes E-class sport sedan. We just found bubbles in 2 tires. That's 8 failed tires in 14 months - 3 with bubbles and 5 flats! I can't remember having more than a flat every few years before that, even with a sports car! Tires are junk or completely mismatched to car. Getting crazy.

Continental Tires blow out at 4500 miles at 25 miles per hour. Not too happy with them. Less than 5 months old side walls look thin to me. Their 60,000 mile tires never have had blow before this one, I did hit smaller pot hole at 25mph. Could not believe it. Then it blow out. If I had been doing 55 or 60 mph I could see having it blow out then but not at 25.

Purchased a new Ford Escape 6 months ago. I have been in sales for 27 years and driven nearly 1 million miles without ever having a flat tire. As previous complaints said, my Continental tires have been signaling low tire pressure frequently requiring fill ups. At 4,300 miles on my vehicle my left rear tire blew, sidewall has a jagged rip, and I have never so much as hit a curb or gone over a pothole. Luckily I was safely able to pull to the side of the highway. After reading these complaints, I will cancel the replacement tire I ordered and get 2 new back tires and as soon as financially able, 2 front tires to replace those Continental tires. Finally, after having purchased many new cars, this is the first time I had a car without road hazard insurance included on my tires.

I just dropped off my 2014 E-Class (Sport) for service and was pointed to a blister on the sidewall. This is the 3rd such blister of these tires in a year. At $350 a pop to replace, I am annoyed to say the least. I previously had a 2011 E-Class Coupe with Michelins and no such problems for 3 years. I wish I had accepted the Dealer's offer for insurance. At $1200 I would have been even now with more years ahead. Never, in 40+ years, have I had this experience. Can you spell "class action"?

My new Nissan Altima came with Continental tires and 2 of them have failed in the first year. The second tire blew when I was driving on the freeway and almost killed me. It's a shame that Nissan is using the garbage tires on their vehicles. Disappointing!!!

I was driving in the city less than 25 mph and heard a loud BANG then I got warnings that I had no air in one tire. It was completely FLAT! I then had to wait 35 minutes for roadside assistance and then had the tire replaced the next day. $225 for one tire that is not warranted by Buick, the tire company, no one. I'm over 50, never had a tire blow out nor one that lasted only 1,000. After talking to several people, seems this is a KNOWN issue with these Continental Tires. And supposed it's due to anything like a chuck hole, bumping a curve. Have they not seen the roads in the US. They are taking advantage of the consumer and running up the costs on the car owner while filling their own pockets. I am so livid, had I known about these tires, I would have NEVER got the Buick, it isn't worth worrying everytime you drive that you run the risk of a chuck hole, or curb blowing a tire out. I hold GM accountable as well as this tire company for lack of disclosure about the poor quality and the cost to the consumer. I'm not rich so that tire really hurt my income. What a disappointment.

I bought a Volvo on 12/4/2014, drove, and 1900 miles since, I noticed a baseball-size bubble on the outer sidewall and two golf-size bubbles on the inner tire. I was told it's not covered because I hit a pothole. Really? I would have known it hit a pot hole that significant to do that much damage. I've had plenty of other tire brands and never had a problem. They didn't offer any discount or credit towards another tire, even though it was a brand new tire. Wow, last time I buy Continental and I'll make sure I let everyone know my experience before they make the wrong purchase.

I purchased a new 2013 Buick Encore. I have been driving for over 30 years and drive quite a bit as a salesperson. In one year's time I have replace all 4 tires on this vehicle, at my expense. In all of my years driving, I have hit potholes, curbs, objects in the road, etc and have NEVER replaced a tire due to that. These tires are the worst I have ever had on a vehicle and though my dealership has helped in every way possible Continental needs to do something for their customers! The dealership told me they have seen this all winter and spring, customers continually replacing these tires. Contriprocontact 215/55R18 95H Stinks!!!! Be cautious of purchasing a vehicle with this tire.

We have just had our 3rd flat tire on our 2014 Ford Escape, purchased in Feb 2014 and equipped with Continental contiprocontact 235/50R18 tires. My husband recalls one minor curb contact and last night a more significant brush against a low cement paving stone which tore the sidewall of our tire completely out. In over 40 years of driving we haven't experienced this degree of tire failure. Online complaints of Continental tire failure are telling us this is a brand to be avoided at all costs. We will replace all four tires with Michelin or Toyo and make a complaint to Ford for putting inadequate tires on their cars.

I bought a new 2013 Hyundai Elantra with Continental tires already on it. I took the new car home after dark and in pouring rain and after test driving the same model at another dealership - so I didn't test drive this one. When I drove it to work in good conditions, I found I constantly had to steer the car. The dealer said two tires had "flat" spots and that they would round themselves out. I now know better. At the first oil change I had these tires rotated. At the second oil change I was told the back tires could not be moved to the front as they were in poor condition. They had 13,000 miles on them!!!

I have a 2013 Nissan Rogue, with only 8394 miles. Fortunately I didn't have a blow out, but was told in order to pass inspection I need new tires - tread is bad. The tires are Continental Tires. My previous Nissan had 10,000 miles before I had to replace them..This should have been a warning sign when I leased my 2013 Nissan. I'm on a fixed income and have to buy new tires with such low mileage!! Really!??? The new tires I'm purchasing have a 65,000 mile warranty. I was told that dealers are now putting crap tires on new cars, so that when you test drive a car you get a nice soft, smooth ride. Give me a hard, bumpy ride with tires that last!!! Will ask about the brand of tire on my next lease, research that tire, and go with a dealer that has decent tires on their cars. Continental should be put out of business after reading other complaints. Consumers beware of Continental Tires!!

Budges in side walls and severe road noise - I had to replace both front tires which had full tread depth. No action could be taken by Continental Tire. I have to take car to the shop and try to determine just what all the road noise I had been hearing that starting when I rotated the tires from the front to the back. It is not wheel bearing or CV joint noise. I will be buying new tires but not in Continental Tires. Worst tires I have ever owned.

Bought the 2012 Nissan Rogue in January 2013 new with 15 miles or so on it. It had Continental Tires 205/60/17 from the dealer in Florida. No snow, no rough terrain, nor was I doing donuts in it, just driving to and from work, 5-mile radius. Since I purchase a new car every couple of years, I'm knowledgeable of vehicles, and opt for the better options when purchasing, especially tires for safety reasons. In December of 2013, the TPS would appear on the dash. I would go fill up air, check pressure on the tires, yada yada. This went on for 6 months. TPS, low pressure, every other week checking tires! Took the car in dealer service in July 2014 for rotation, oil change, at 15,000 miles. The tires were at 8/32 and 5/32, which means in a few months, I would need new ones? At 15,000 miles??

Our 18-year-old daughter has only been driving her new 2014 Ford Focus for 3 months. She mainly drives her car to school and ballet class on streets with low speed limits. Last night while driving through the parking lot of her ballet class, her back left tire grazed a curb and the tire blew out. There is now a huge hole in the tire. I have been driving for 33 years and have hit quite a few curbs myself while turning in parking lots. I have never had a tire blow out from grazing or even hitting a curb. I knew that this was abnormal, so decided to investigate the tires. We are now having to purchase new, higher quality tires. It terrifies me to think of her having a blowout on the road. Why doesn't Ford find a better tire company?

On July 3, 2014, I had to replace two of my tires on my 2013 Hyundai Elantra due to bubbles in the sidewalls. The Hyundai had 15,400 miles at the time. The tires were/are Continental ContiPro Contact P215/45 R17. Yesterday, November 12, 2014, I was told one of these new tires has a sidewall bubble. I drive on relatively good paved roads and have never had a bubble in any other tire I have owned in my 49 years of driving. These tires are horrible and dangerous... I WILL NEVER BUY A CONTINENTAL TIRE AGAIN!!!!!

I had purchased Continental Premium tires (195/65 R15) for my Maruti Ertiga a few months back. I started having a problem of leakage in all the 4 tires only after 10,000 km so I booked a complaint. A person named Himanshu ** visited for inspection on 10/10/2014, although verbally he agreed on the depleted condition of all the 4 tires but finalized replacement for only one of the tires (Insp report attached for your reference). His behavior was not appropriate and was very rude. And now after passing of another 20-25 days the problem has become more severe. I am feeling bad as to why I bought such an expensive tires from Continental. On one hand where the cheaper tires of other brands run more than 50,000 kms, this expensive continental tires condition got worse only after 17,000 kms. I would like you to kindly arrange for the re-inspection and replacement of my tires. I would insist for the replacement of the tires as such a quality was not expected from Continental, an expensive brand in the market, not justifying the cost of the tires. Hope you can understand my concern and would take some prompt action.

I was traveling to Texas from Virginia doing the speed limit of 70 mph, in the passing lane, surrounded by 18 wheelers when the tire explodes. It blew a hole in the outer wall of the tire about the size of a golf ball and shredded the inner wall of the tire in a complete circle. I have been driving for 52 years on many different makes of tires but never had a blowout. This tire was on a 2013 Ford Escape. I would encourage anyone thinking about buying a new tire to stay away from Continental tires. Are these tires made in China?

I just bought a new Ford 2 months ago and only have a few thousand miles on my car. Just driving down the freeway, didn't hit or drive over anything and my left rear tire had a blowout on the sidewall. Less than a month later, I was driving down the freeway again and my right front had a sidewall blowout that nearly cost me my life as I narrowly missed hitting the semi traveling next to me. As soon as I can afford to I will replace the two remaining Continentals on my car. They are horribly unsafe and unreliable tires.

I purchased a 2014 Subaru Outback and it came with these tires. One year and 26,000 miles later, the back driver side tire blew out while driving 55 on county highway. The smell of the hot rubber was awful along with the sound it made. Got to the side of the road, tire changed, went back to dealership and was told they had never seen a tire look like this one. They couldn't figure out what might have happened. There was no puncture in the tire, the sidewall just blew out. They took a picture and sent it to the Pro-Continental tire company. When they saw it, they said they see that all the time and it's not covered under warranty. SERIOUSLY, it happens all the time, yet they are supposed to last 80k, not 26k. I didn't want to leave that dealership with any of those tires on my car knowing it could happen again. My car dealership stepped up to the plate and sold me 4 new tires... Cooper tires... at half the cost like the tire company should have done. I will never ever buy Pro-continental tires and I will be sure to tell my family and friends to get rid of theirs!

Awful tires. These came standard on our 2013 Ford Escape. We have 17,000 miles and the tires are wearing badly. We've had more nails/screws in these tires than any of my last 4 vehicles combined. The tire pressure monitoring sensor is working overtime. The tires drop down to 15 p.s.i after 20 or so days. Constant rim leak from two of the four tires. I'm sure I won't see 30,000 miles out of these tires. We rotate the tires every 5000 miles. These tires came on the new car. I won't replace them with identical tires the next go round.

2011 E350 w/ Continental Tires 245/40R18 "Extra Load" - During parallel parking, managed to scratch the wheel. During replacement of the wheel, ~10000mi, after reinstalling the tire, tech noticed "bubbles." The bubbles were on the inside. There was no indication of the wheel or tire getting hit by road debris. I was assured this happens a lot to low profile tires due mostly to "Virginia potholes." Well, I grew up in Pittsburgh, these potholes, we'd call 'bumps.' My wife is a very "gentle" driver, it's her car, and I can't remember hitting a big pothole with the car. I'm just not getting this on a car that is reputed to being well engineered. I've owned cars for about 35 years. I had a Legend-GS for years, comparable car (albeit much cheaper back then), it had Goodyears, then Michelins, no issues until they wore out. Never saw bubbles like this. Has anyone heard of this before? Is this just a story they tell?

Continental ExtremeContact DWS - These are absolutely the best A/S tires purchased for a sedan (2005 MB E320). I like to swiftly drive & my car has great roadability to do so. With the change in tires (mileage at 85K now 120K) - the performance and safety factor quite noticeably improved dramatically. But only have 35K miles on them before needing to replace the rears (could be variety of reasons for middle wear). The General Grabber AT for my SUV was the only other set of tires where I genuinely noticed significant improvement in driveability, handling & wintry condition driving (Bridgestone, Dunlops, BF Goodrich, Pirelli all $$sucked$$ big time).

After less than 5000 miles in my new Honda CRV, my right passenger Continental tire blew out going full speed on the freeway. I have been driving over 35 years with never a blow out and surely ridden on worn tires without incident. A brand new car does this?! Moments earlier, I was cruising along in the far left lane but had moved to right lane just before the blowout occurred. My front passenger tire blew out with such force I barely made it to the shoulder with the tire smoking heavily. When I saw the tire, it was literally hanging off the rim! My service plan thankfully included replacement but with the same tires. I am going to bite the bullet and replace them all as this is dangerously poor manufacturing! So sad that there are so many stories and yet reputable car manufacturers continue to put these time bombs onto new cars!

This is only one of the many experience I had with this tires on my 2 years old leased MB 350ML Bluetec, which is an amazing fuel efficiency vehicle where I have now reason to believe that mercedes benz USA is saving money on tires. Leased from Ray Catena in Edison, the vehicle is two years old, the tires are almost all new and still running in to the various problems that I am going to describe below:

Continental Extreme Contact DW - The date of manufacture was 26th week of 2012. These have roughly 12k miles on them and plenty of tread left. The splitting was initially noticed on the driver front. The tire spec and pressure are correct for a B6 S4 (35psi). The crack is around 80% of the perimeter. I had the car up on ramps and noticed the sidewall is splitting on ALL 4 TIRES. Tried submitting a claim into Continental and obviously got a canned response to send the tire back to where it was purchased for warranty consideration. I bought the tires off a buddy (needless to say the tires were fine when I bought them). I'm sure it'll be a PITA to try to get something started with Conti when I wasn't the original purchaser. I liked these tires but normal day to day driving should never produce splitting like I have. Oh well, never again.

We have a 2012 Honda Civic with 32,000 miles. The tires were rotated every 6,000 miles. At inspection time the tires did not pass inspection and we needed to purchase 4 new tires. This is unacceptable. I would expect to get at least 40,000 miles out of tires. We replaced the tires on our Accord at 40,000 also. Stay away from Continental Tires.

I purchased a Volkswagen Passat TDI 2012, and has these tires, and they have been great, almost 50,000 miles, and no issues. I don't understand all the complaints. I'm very happy with them, and will buy another set, and hope to get the same service out of them. I was going to plan on purchase, the Michelins, but had friends with complaints, too much noise, and too hard riding. Thank you.

I leased a new 2013 VW Jetta SportWagen in December of 2012. It is now September of 2014. I've put 28,000 miles on and the tires had to be replaced. Worn down to the wear bars. Seems to me like these tires should have lasted double this mileage. They were the Continental brand. I am now sporting Michelins. I am very disappointed in the Continental Tire and will not purchase that brand again.

In April of 2014 with 20K miles on my Beetle, I had complete blowouts on different tires in two weeks. In each case, I replaced two tires since the car is FWD. If I had known, I was going to have the same problem a week later, I would have switched to Michelin. On September 3, I had my third complete blowout in rush hour 65 mph traffic in Atlanta. I made it to the side of the road but about 2" of the outside of the tire fused to the rim. At least I had road hazard for this event. I have parked the car and am driving our 4Runner until I replace the Continentals.

2012, brand new car for daughter came with continentals - 27k miles had to be replaced - slow leaks, poor wet traction, very rough ride. Brand new 2014, at 750 miles, tires started leaking. Dealer said they fixed the beads - 2000 miles, another leaky tire. Dealer said it was a road hazard (nail) that was plugged, 2400 miles, sidewall bulges started showing up. 4400 miles another flat, at 4401 miles having michelins installed... will shy away from continental tires for life now.

I have had three Audis and one VW CC with horrible tires. The tires on the Audi wore out far to do on bad. The same tires on my VW started making noises at 9,000 miles. There are complaints all over the Net on these tires but VW Audi ignores it.

I bought a Nissan Rogue in 2012. It has continental tires on it. I have around 27,000 miles on this car and it already needs new tires. It looks to me like a new car should have better tires than that on them.

Had one tire replace when I picked up a nail at about 5000 miles. Cost me about $150.00. At 22,002 miles had to have another tire replaced as chunk of the tread gone and could see cords below. $312.41. Now at 22,900 miles another tire needs replacing as they tell me they can see cords below and again a chunk of the tire is gone. Now $280.00 but cannot get tire as none in stock. I believe maybe none in stock as this tire might be defective and have had to replace so many. None in stock in the country? My tires look like someone chewed them. I have drive on rough Arizona Gravel roads but today shouldn't a tire be able to drive Gravel roads. I have read recently AZ Gravel roads are really rough compared to rest of our country, but I am not sure of that?

I recently had a harrowing experience with a rear tire blow out. I contacted the Volkswagen dealership and got no positive response. The dealership says the tire is not defective but the pictures of the tire prove otherwise. My complaint is not with the type tire but with the dealership refusing to be responsible or to give me the courtesy of a contact number for Continental Tire manufacturer. My car only has 8900 miles on it so I believe the tires would be under a warranty. Can anyone assist me in obtaining the contact information for Continental Tires?

While I was voting in local elections yesterday, my wife called my attention to the above as I exited the polling facility. She was showing our vehicle to an elderly gentleman that was admiring it and while walking around the perimeter, this damage above was noticed with only 10,245 miles on the vehicle. Neither of us have hit any road object or curb since we leased this vehicle eleven months ago. The break looks identical to your site's photo with the tire failure on the silver rim above.

Continental Contipro tires - I just leased a 2014 Honda Accord (July 2014) from Rt 112 Honda and within 2 days of my lease date, my front tire blew out. Upon my inspection, it appeared the tire had a tear (I have pics). Honda actually replaced that tire but unfortunately did not replace my rim that now has a scratch from when the tire blew. Now, Aug. 11, 2014, my second front tire has a tear that just surfaced! I am calling Honda today, but want this reported! Someone is going to get hurt or die from these defective tires!

Purchased this brand new 2014 Chevy Malibu in Dec 2013 thinking I should be problem free for the next three years or so. Guess not. In April 2014 at 5600 miles, busted tire on the freeway late at night. Was able to get a replacement tire but the tire place indicated the tire I had was not fixable since it was busted on the side. Thought nothing of it - just a road hazard.

I've had my 2013 Volvo XC70 for less than 2 years and I've had 3 flat tires. In addition, the tires are constantly losing air. I have to check them every 2-3 months and pump them up. I don't recall the brands I had on my BMW before the Volvo, or on my prior Toyotas, but between 1995 and 2012, I never had to pump up any of my tires, and I had perhaps 3 flats--in all that time. It seems to me that the tires Volvo supplied are defective, and I've just written to them demanding free replacements. We'll see how far that gets. Unfortunately, I expect lots of B.S. Have to check Federal websites to see if there's any relief.

Continental contiprocontact - I have these on my 2014 VW passat that I bought in April. I replaced my third tire today. They suck don't hit a bump. It will cost you $240 a month.

We purchased a new Ford Escape in June of 2014. Brand new off the truck, we drove it for a month and had a flat tire. We fixed it and the next day had another flat on the front while we were driving. My husband changed it and put on the spare. We drove all the way back to dealer. They said that the wiring inside the tire came loose causing the flat. They said it was factory defect, not covered by Ford, we'd have to go through Continental tire. We ended up having to buy a new tire. A friend of ours bought an Escape also with same tires and had a blow out when they were out of town also, and had same run around. This is not fair. We're worried now about the remaining three tires. We don't feel safe!

I bought a Nissan Versa in 2012 and since then have had five flat tires! I've asked several tire dealers and they say, "Just bad luck. If there were anything wrong with the tires, there'd be a recall." Really? If all the consumers get that same story from all the dealers, that would only lead to a bunch of people bummed about their "bad luck" - not a recall. Of course, they ALL recommended I buy a set of $600.00 Michelins. "Why?", I asked. "You just got done telling me that you don't repair one brand of tire more frequently than another. If it's just luck, sell me the cheapest, and I'll pick up a rabbit's foot on the way out." Of course, everyone knows about tire ratings. Why were these people giving me info that contradicts itself? Do tire manufacturers have some influence over dealers? I should add that I also drive a Geo Tracker to all the same places as well as much scarier ones, and have never had a flat. In fact, in over fifty years of driving, I've only had four flats other than the five in my Versa.

I have a brand new Jaguar XF with Continental low profile tires, car has 2,100 miles. I got my first flat Tuesday. It also took Jaguar roadside assistance 4 hours to help me, it was 97 outside. Last night I get another flat in the torrential rain we had in NJ. We pull into a covered garage, change the tire. We then back out of the space and the back tire goes. I drove over a rock and not a big one. I have been driving for over 40 years and never had issues like this. My last car had ultra low profile Pirelli tires and I never had an issue. I drove over unavoidable pot holes and they were fine.

I was going to my job out of town on 6/28/14 when I noticed my low pressure indicator light appeared as I was pulling out of my garage. I got about 40 miles before my right rear tire blew out in two places and I only had 38,000 miles on my car. I took pictures and plan to contact the company since I had to get all of my tires replaced. The right front was showing wear in the same area and wouldn't last either.

Bought a brand new 2013 Nissan Sentra in July 2013 with Continental tires. Within the first 3 months I had an unfixable flat and had to replace the tire. Four months later, another flat with one of the other Continental tires. Again, a "hole" in the side wall, can not be replaced. I highway drive every day. How things kept hitting the sidewall, I have no idea. Two weeks ago I bought a brand new 2014 Nissan Rogue. Lo and Behold, Continental Tires. This morning with 1000 miles on the car (I had taken a highway road trip over the weekend) my tire pressure light comes on. I stop at the dealership and what do I hear... "A pin hole size leak in the sidewall. Unfixable". I have to buy a new tire. Thank goodness they didn't have any Continentals in stock because I would not choose to have those tires on my vehicle by choice. Definitely keeping a watch on the other 3 and comparing them to the different brand I just had to put on.

I purchased a new 2013 Honda Pilot in January 2013 with Continental tires. At 8,000 miles, August 2013 while traveling I started to have flat tires - would not hold air. The tires basically were junk! I replaced 2 of the 4 tires with 2 new Continental tires (seeing that the vehicle was basically brand new). Now, at 20,000 miles the other 2 tires that were original tires (June 2014) basically wouldn't hold air. Then last week, the 2 new tires purchased in August 2013 went bad. ALL 6 CONTINENTAL tires were rated 7/32 (basically 80% tread). I bought Cooper Tires last week! I will never buy another Continental tire. I opened a claim with Continental Tires and they stated they would give me credit towards purchase of new Continental Tires, but why would I want to waste more good money to chase bad tires. My opinion, they are junk and are not safe to be on the road.

2009 Jetta Wagon came with Conti Pro contact tires. Had to replace all at 28,000 miles. Purchased same tires at $180.99/each!! Falsely advertised 60,000 mile tire! Now at 55,000 miles (local driving & rotated every 3,000 miles) & need all four replaced! BUYER BEWARE!!

The 4th tire being mounted for my car blew up with only 20psi setting the bead. I have photos of the tire. I wanted a full refund and get different brand of tires. But the consumer person from the email said to take them back and have the ones on my car checked for WARRANTY replacement. I don't care about warranty. I do not trust these tires on my car anymore.

I bought my first Mercedes last year and it came with Continental Tires, I have now had four flats from small nails in one year. The previous 25 years living in the same house, I drove a Town Car with Michelin tires and never had a flat. I drive the same roads and park in the same spot in my driveway where I parked and drove with no flats. The MB dealer tells me that all low profile tires are sensitive to going flat with even small finishing nails. This is hard to believe with all the low profile tires on the road today. A new set of Michelin tires runs about $1200, but I don't feel safe with what I have.

I bought a new 2013 Hyundai Elantra in Summer of 2012. It is now June of 2014. My Elantra has 37,000 miles on it. I drive safely and conservatively at all times, but yet these tires are BALD! The dealership nor the manufacturer of the tire make any warranty, explanation or even show embarrassment/remorse regarding these cheap worthless tires. I'm stuck with the cost or replacing my tires after only 37,000 miles.

I have owned a TDI Jetta since 2012, stocked with Continental standard tires. I had not had a flat since 1996. Since I have owned this car I have replaced seven tires, 3 for premature wear and 4 for blow outs. These tires are clearly inferior and I am ditching them for a more reliable brand.

Had purchased a Ford F350 in 2008, new which had Continental tires. At 15,000 miles had to replace the tires. But you can bet did put Continental's on the Ford. Purchased a 2013 Elantra new, unfortunately it also had Continental tires and at 28,000 miles, they are almost done for. Went to Subaru dealer looking to purchase a 2014 Outback. First thing I looked at were tires and guess what? Continental junk tires on it. Told Salesman I would purchase vehicle only if the junk tires were replaced with Michelin Defender. Was told they would do so at my cost and I could do what I wished with the Continentals. Told salesman they are crazy. No sale. I have not been able to find anyone who willing purchased Continental tires as replacement tires. Seems only manufactures purchase them to put the junk tires on new vehicles.

I purchased a 2014 Ford Escape. It came with Continental Tires 235/45 R19 95H. With 13,000 miles on my new car, this car is only 5 months old. We were traveling back from Denver on highway 76 to Nebraska at 75 miles per hour. The front right tire exploded and came off the rim. After inspecting the tire, I could not believe how thin the side walls were. I never hit a pothole or a curb. In my 50 years of driving, I have never had a blow-out like this. The car has some wheel well and rim damage. So far I'm getting the run around. The dealership says go to the tire company and the tire company says go to the dealership. I wish I read about all the Problems with Continental tires and their customer service. I do not feel comfortable with my existing tires and I believe there should be class action suit. What about our safety?

Bought a new 2012 Honda Odyssey with Continental tires. Very loud road noise with tires. Changed them at 30000 miles.

2013 Jetta TDI 8800 miles - Got the "it's your fault you hit a pothole" response. I've had cars since 1978 and this has NEVER happened to me in all these years and I live in Wisconsin. These tires are defective!

Just bought 2015 Mercedes E350 in November 2013 after a lifetime admiring the quality & class I believed it represented. Approx 3 mos later, I had my 1st defective tire, drove directly to the dealer who promptly said it was my responsibility - I "must have hit pothole" because the tire was over $400. I opted to go to another place. Here it is 6 mo. owning this car & 5,000 miles, I noticed a Bubble, again no help from Mercedes dealer who let me leave their facility which is disturbing now that I'm reading can possibly blow out! I called Mercedes USA but per their rep said it's "been a tough winter" & blamed potholes which I didn't hit. I told her my friend's Mercerdes had the same bubble yet it was shipped to Florida for the winter... no reply. I'm beyond disappointed as I now am reading this online as a major possible defect. I will try to reach out to Continental directly.

2012 Nissan Altima went through 8 Continental tires (OEM). The first four went bad because of tread separation before 13,000 miles... The other four wore out due to separation. All 8 were discarded as soon as they wore to the wear bars at around 50,000 miles... I now have Michelins.

My 2012 Focus with 29k miles has developed a sidewall bubble on the driver's side front tire. The bubble appears just where the sidewall meets the tread section and there is a slight split at that point, as if the sections are starting to separate. I don't recall any recent pothole hits. Just started to research this, but from reading the other responses, it doesn't look like I'll get anywhere with a warranty claim so I'll be buying 2 new tires to replace the front pair.

When I was in the process of buying my fourth Conti tire in the first 14,000 miles the car was owned, I did a web search and found out the Conti tires have a lot of problems. Mine were getting bubbles, and not as the result of any damage. I don't recall ever damaging or replacing any tires in the last 30 years. I confronted the service representative and he denied any problems.... I just bit the bullet and put on name brand radials..