2002 VOLVO S60 Tires Problems

TIRES BEGAN "CHUNKING". THROWING VISIBLE PEICES OF RUBBER WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 81,352

VOLVO S60 DRIVEN ON FREEWAY AT 65 MPH FOR 30 MINUTES, LARGE BANG, THEN COMPLETE BLOWOUT - ALL THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE MICHELIN TIRE IN THE BACK RIGHT SIDE. TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED VISUALLY AUG. 17 BY OWNER, MAY 6 BY VOLVO DEALER AND WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. IN MAY, 2008, THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE, SAME MICHELIN BRAND, HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY PERFORATIONS OF THE TIRE EVEN THOUGH NO IMPACT OCCURRED. THE MAY EVENT ALSO HAPPENED DRIVING ON A FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

2002 VOLVO S60 TIRE PROBLEMS. *TS PIRELLI, FOUR SEASONS TIRES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTERMARKET RIMS AND TIRES WERE INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. WHILE MAKING LEFT TURNS THE TIRES RUBBED AGAINST THE FENDER WALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE AN AFTERMARKET SPACER BAR WAS INSTALLED WHICH TEMPORARILY REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. AFTERWARDS, THE DEALERSHIP PUT THE ORIGINAL TIRES AND RIMS BACK ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE AFTERMARKET SPACER BAR HAS INTERFERED WITH THE INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 42,000

DT: THE CONTACT HAS REPLACED 5 PIRELLI TIRES IN FIRST 20,000 MILES OF OWNERSHIP BASED ON PHONE CONVERSATION ON 12-22-2005. RE EVOQ 10131977) SMCH. LAST TIRE REPLACED LAST WEEK, , LEAKED AIR AT BOTH INNER AND OUTER WHEEL WEIGHTS. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

DT: VEHICLE STALLED/DIED/OST POWER WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH DUE TO THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 4,000

I HAVE A VOLVO S60 WITH 17" LOW PROFILE PIRELLI P6 FOUR SEASON TIRES. I HAVE 23,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 5 TIRES FOR SIDE WALL FAILURE AND UNEXPLAINED FLAT TIRES( NO PUNCTURES) I FOUND A WEB SITE THAT LISTS 12 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS BY OTHER VOLVO AND AUDI OWNERS WITH THE SAME FAILURES AND MYSTERIOUS FLATS. PIRELLI AND VOLVO HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THE PROBLEM. *JB

I HAVE A 2002 VOLVO S60 EQUIPPED WITH PIRELLI P6 235/45 R17'S AS OEM OPTION. I HAVE LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND I HAVE REPLACED 3 OF THESE TIRES ALREADY. THE FIRST ONE BLEW OUT WITH LESS THAN 5,000 MILES DRIVEN, THE SECOND ONE AT 18,500 AND THE LAST ONE, WHICH ALMOST COST ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WITH 22,500 DRIVEN MILES. ALL THREE FAILURES WERE ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE AND NONE COULD BE REPAIRED. THE P6'S SUPPOSEDLY COME WITH 50,000 MILES WARRANTY ON THEM. VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE CLAIMS FAILURES ARE DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS IN NE USA AND ALSO DUE TO THE FACT THAT THESE ARE "HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES": THEY SEEM TO FORGET THAT TIRE SAFETY IS THE BASIC PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND OTHER "HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES" DO NOT SEEM TO FAIL AS OFTEN AS PIRELLI P6'S. I'M CONVINCED THAT THESE TIRES ARE JUNK AND I WILL REPLACE ALL FOUR BEFORE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS START. *JB

Mileage: 18,500

I PURCHASED A 2002 S-60 AWD IN THE FALL OF 2002, LESS THAN 90 DAYS LATER I DEVELOPED A VIBRATION. THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. I TOOK IT TO A REPUTABLE TIRE DEALER AND HAD AN ALIGNMENT AS WELL AS THE PIRELLI TIRES BALANCED. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE ALIGNED TWICE SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES BALANCED APPROX. 10 TIMES. I HAVE HAD TWO BLOW-OUTS, DESTROYING ONE WHEEL. BOTH BLOW-OUTS REQUIRED A NEW TIRE. DURING ALL OF THIS THE VIBRATION COULD NOT BE CORRECTED BY EITHER THE LOCAL TIRE COMPANY NOR THE DEALER. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES AS ONE OF THE PIRELLIS HAD SIDEWALL SEPARATION AND ONE HAD A BUBBLE, THE OTHER TWO TIRES WERE RELATIVELY NEW AS I HAD TO PURCHASE THEM AFTER THE BLOW-OUTS, MY VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. I REPLACED THE PIRELLI TIRES WITH TOP OF THE LINE NOKIANS, THE VIBRATION WAS STILL THERE. I WAS THEN TOLD MY PROBLEM WAS THE NEW TIRES!! I'M CURRENTLY USING A LOANER S-60 AND DO NOT HAVE FINAL RESULTS YET.*AK

UPON MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT 35 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLOW OUT. THIS ALMOST RESULTED IN LOST OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS CAUSED BECAUSE THE TIRE LEAKED AIR. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE BLOWN OUT TIRE WITH THE SPARE, BUT THE SPARE WAS LEAKING AIR ALSO. THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE LEAKING AIR HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED, HOWEVER ROAD HAZARD HAD BEEN ELIMINATED. *JB

Mileage: 800

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED REAR SIDE TIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 9,600

I HAVE A 2002 VOLVO S 60 AWD WITH THE OPTIONAL 17" X 7.5" "THOR" WHEELS AND PIRELLI TIRES. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH 3 SETS OF PIRELLI TIRES IN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. PIRELLI IS NOT INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE AS REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THEM HAVE PROVEN UNSUCCESSFUL. DUE TO THE ONGOING PROBLEMS I AM HAVING WITH MY VEHICLE'S TIRES, I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THE PIRELLI TIRES COMBINED WITH THE VOLVO S 60 AWD AND HAVE FOUND MANY ALARMING STORIES REGARDING SAFETY CONCERNS WITH MY VEHICLE COMBINED WITH THE PIRELLI TIRE. MANY SOURCES INDICATE PROBLEMS WITH PIRELLI TIRES, ESPECIALLY ON THE S 60 AWD WITH 17" WHEEL OPTION. I AM ON MY 3RD SET OF PIRELLI TIRES, MY CURRENT SET OF TIRES HAVE BEEN BALANCED BY THREE DIFFERENT PIRELLI DEALERS AND I AM STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WARPING AND CUPPING, TO THE EXTENT THAT MY FRONT TWO TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I SEE THAT THERE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD EXPERIENCE A TIRE BLOW-OUT BECAUSE OF THE WEAKENED SIDE WALLS THESE TIRES RIDE ON COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF MY S60 AND IT'S AWD SYSTEM. IN MARCH OF 2002, DUE TO LOOSING CONTROL OF MY 2002 S60 AWD, I WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER MY ACCIDENT THAT I HAD LEARNED THE REASON I LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. APPARENTLY, LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF A FRONT TIRE SIDE-WALL BLOW OUT, THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A RAPID LANE CHANGE I WAS FORCED TO MAKE TO AVOID A OUT-OF-CONTROL DRIVER. BECAUSE OF MY ONGOING TIRE PROBLEMS AND RECENT RESEARCH THAT I HAVE CONDUCTED, I HAVE NOW REALIZED THAT THERE IS INDEED A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY TIRES. THIS IS SHOCKINGLY REMINISCENT OF THE FORD EXPLORER / FIRESTONE TIRE INCIDENTS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION IMMEDIATELY ON ALL S 60 AWD 7" WHEEL/PIRELLI TIRE FITMENTS. I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH THIS SAFETY FLAW THAT VOLVO HAS OBVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED AND FEEL THAT YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER COULD LEAD TO PREVENTABLE INJURY OR EVEN DEATHS. *AK

Mileage: 10,000

WITH ONLY 6,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, FRONT LEFT TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. UPON INSPECTION, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. (NAR) *LA *CB

Mileage: 6,000

VEHICLE HAS THREE TIRES THAT HAS BUBBLES ON THE SIDEWALLS. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AFTER HITTING A BUMP. IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 3 TIRES WITH BUBBLES ON THE SIDEWALLS. (ONE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE THE SIZE OF THE CONSUMERS FIST) THE SIDEWALL WAS SAID TO BE TOO SOFT AND CAUSED THE RIMS TO BEND. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATED ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR AT 2300 MILES. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED BUBBLES IN THE TIRES SIDEWALL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT SIDEWALLS ARE FAILING. *AK

Mileage: 8,400

THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. *JB

VOLVO S60, 17 INCHE LOW PROFILE PIRELLI RADIAL TIRES

Mileage: 4,800

TIRE BUBBLE DEVELOPED ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REVIEW AND SERVICE MANAGER SAID THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TIRE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE TIRE UNDER WARRANTY. SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND THEN FIGHT IT OUT WITH PIRELLI. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. TIRE ONLY HAS 1350 MILE ON IT.*AK