{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=GENERAL%20TIRE","name":"GENERAL TIRE","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-10-03T06:20:37.323Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":83,"deaths":10,"injured":74,"fires":4},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"TIRES","n":42},{"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","n":24},{"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","n":6},{"component_desc":"TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE","n":1},{"component_desc":"TIRES:MARKINGS","n":1},{"component_desc":"TIRES:BEAD","n":1},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:FRONT","n":1},{"component_desc":"STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1742728","date_received":"2021-04-21","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"GRABBER AT2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COLORADO EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL TIRES, TIRE LINE: GRABBER AT/2, TIRE SIZE: 265/70/R15, DOT NUMBER: A3BM3NH2617E40240029. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THERE WAS A BLOWOUT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TURN SHARPLY LEFT, SPIN AROUND TWICE, AND CRASHED WITH ONCOMING VEHICLES COMING FROM BEHIND. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED OUT TO THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE TIRE WAS A REPLACEMENT TIRE. NEITHER THE TIRE MANUFACTURER NOR THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRE WAS 14,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1742728"},{"cmplid":"1233994","date_received":"2015-10-30","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL ALTIMAX RT43 (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 215/60/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONFIRMED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SIDEWALL HAD DETACHED FROM THE TIRE. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1233994"},{"cmplid":"1208841","date_received":"2015-08-12","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD CAUSING MASSIVE DEFLATION AND LEADING TO WRECK OF CAR.    TIRES HAVE BEEN SENT INTO GENERAL/CONTINENTAL AND THEY HAVE DENIED ANY CLAIMS.    AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON GENERAL ALTIMAX HP,WHY HASN'T THE DOT DONE A RECALL??    WHO IS CORRUPT AND GETTING MONEY IN THE DOT NOT TO FORCE GENERAL INTO A RECALL?    I LOOKED AND BFG,MICHELIN,AND THE PARENT COMPANY CONTINENTAL DO NOT HAVE THE COMBINED COMPLAINTS OF GENERAL ALTIMAX.    MADE IN CHINA BTW","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1208841"},{"cmplid":"1099774","date_received":"2014-08-20","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"GRABBER AW","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL GENERAL GRABBER AW TIRES, SIZE P265/70R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO WOBBLE AND BECAME UNSTABLE. THE CONTACT REDUCED THE SPEED TO 68 MPH WHEN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THE LEFT KNEE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION ON ONE OF THE TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1099774"},{"cmplid":"974331","date_received":"2013-04-17","make":"GENERAL","model":"185R14","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TIRE SEPARATED FROM RIM CAUSING SUDDEN AIR LOSS. OCCURRED ON PARKWAY EXIT LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH SAID HELLO TO A GUARD RAIL.  VEHICLE DAMAGE. ASSUMED IT WAS MY FAULT UNTIL IT OCCURRED THREE OTHER TIMES, FOUR TOTAL, ON THREE DIFFERENT VEHICLES WITH THREE DIFFERENT GENERAL TIRE MODELS ON THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WHEELS.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/974331"},{"cmplid":"974332","date_received":"2013-04-17","make":"GENERAL","model":"185R14","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:BEAD","description":"TIRE SEPARATED FROM RIM CAUSING SUDDEN AIR LOSS. OCCURRED ON PARKWAY EXIT LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH SAID HELLO TO A GUARD RAIL.  VEHICLE DAMAGE. ASSUMED IT WAS MY FAULT UNTIL IT OCCURRED THREE OTHER TIMES, FOUR TOTAL, ON THREE DIFFERENT VEHICLES WITH THREE DIFFERENT GENERAL TIRE MODELS ON THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WHEELS.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/974332"},{"cmplid":"813769","date_received":"2010-09-13","make":"GENERAL","model":"RADIAL","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH GENERAL TIRES, LINE SIZE P245/70R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. HE PURCHASED PENNZOIL FIX A FLAT S455, 16 OZ TO REPAIR THE TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE FLAT WHEN THE HOSE DISCONNECTED FROM THE CAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC RING WAS FRACTURED AND THE CHEMICALS FROM THE CAN RELEASED INTO HIS FACE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS LUNGS, BOTH EYES AND BURNS TO THE FACE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BOTTLE WAS NOT LABELED IN REGARDS TO WEARING GOGGLES OR PROTECTION WHEN USING THE PRODUCT. HE REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99E007000 (TIRES) BUT HAD NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARDS TO THE RECALL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/813769"},{"cmplid":"808217","date_received":"2010-08-19","make":"GENERAL","model":"AMERI-TECH","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"ON 6-13-09 I HAD A TIRE EXPLODE ON MY 2004 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY PICKUP TRUCK WHILE DRIVING ON THE NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE PA TURNPIKE. WE WERE PULLING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER LOADED WITH ATV'S AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAD OUR 11 YEAR OLD NIECE AND 12 YEAR OLD NEPHEW WITH US. WE STRUCK A MINIVAN. THE MINIVAN INCURRED DAMAGE TO PASSENGER SIDE REAR QUARTER PANEL. OUR TRUCK INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL, THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR, THE FRONT BUMPER, THE ABS SENSOR, AND THE RUNNING BOARD. THE TIRE WAS SENT TO A FORENSIC LAB AND THE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE GENERAL AMERICTECH TIRE WAS NOT ONLY MANUFACTURED INCORRECTLY BUT WAS ALSO DESIGNED INCORRECTLY.  I HAD TO REPLACE 7 TIRES ON MY TRUCK AS I FELT THE AMERITECH'S WERE NOT SAFE. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/808217"},{"cmplid":"808218","date_received":"2010-08-19","make":"GENERAL","model":"AMERI-TECH","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"ON 6-13-09 I HAD A TIRE EXPLODE ON MY 2004 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY PICKUP TRUCK WHILE DRIVING ON THE NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE PA TURNPIKE. WE WERE PULLING A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER LOADED WITH ATV'S AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAD OUR 11 YEAR OLD NIECE AND 12 YEAR OLD NEPHEW WITH US. WE STRUCK A MINIVAN. THE MINIVAN INCURRED DAMAGE TO PASSENGER SIDE REAR QUARTER PANEL. OUR TRUCK INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT QUARTER PANEL, THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR, THE FRONT BUMPER, THE ABS SENSOR, AND THE RUNNING BOARD. THE TIRE WAS SENT TO A FORENSIC LAB AND THE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE GENERAL AMERICTECH TIRE WAS NOT ONLY MANUFACTURED INCORRECTLY BUT WAS ALSO DESIGNED INCORRECTLY.  I HAD TO REPLACE 7 TIRES ON MY TRUCK AS I FELT THE AMERITECH'S WERE NOT SAFE. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/808218"},{"cmplid":"747856","date_received":"2009-12-11","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"I HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE GOING 65 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF A HIGHWAY.  MY 2007 FORD 150- SUPERCREW DROPPED DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED RIGHT. I COULD NOT STEER AWAY FROM AN 18 WHEELER THAT WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE.  I BOUNCED OFF THE 18 WHEELER AND IT KNOCKED MY WHEEL STRAIGHT.  I WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF MY TRUCK. I HAD $5000 IN PROPERTY DAMAGE . THE 18 WHEELER DID GO OFF THE ROAD AND HAD $70000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.    THE NEXT MORNING AFTER PICKING MY TRUCK UP FROM THE BODYSHOP I HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THIS TIME I WAS GOING 35 MPH AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL MY TRUCK.  THE BACK TIRES WERE FINE.  THESE 2 BLOWOUTS OCCURRED WITHIN 1. 5 HOURS OF DRIVING ALL IN THE FRONT.  TIRES ARE NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE EXCESS WEIGHT OF A F150 SUPERCREW.   I HAD BF GOODRICH LONG TRAIL ON MY LAST SUPERCREW AND HAD EXCELLENT RESULTS.  I SPENT $690 TO REPLACE ALL GENERAL AMERITRAC TIRES. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/747856"},{"cmplid":"733346","date_received":"2009-08-28","make":"AMERI-TECH","model":"AMERI-TECH","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"I WAS DRIVING A DODGE SPRINTER, AND I STOPPED ON A LIGHT TO WAIT FOR A GREEN TO CAME, AND WHEN I STARED MOVING, AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I HAD TO MAKE STOP, BECAUSE A CAR ON FRONT OF ME, STOPPED, I PUSHED A BRAKES A FEW TIMES, AND IT DIDN'T WORK, AND AFTER I MADE AN ACCIDENT, SOMEONE TRIED A CAR, AND IT DID WORK! I FOUND THIS MATERIAL ON THE WEB SITE, THAT I WILL GIVE YOU A LINK TO IT. IT WILL HELP YOU! HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIX.NET/AUTOREPAIR/RECALLS/9149-RECALL/. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/733346"},{"cmplid":"724982","date_received":"2009-06-25","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"GENERAL TIRE SEPARATED ON FRONT LEFT TIRE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CAUSED A CRASH ON I-25 IN NEW MEXICO. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/724982"},{"cmplid":"724983","date_received":"2009-06-25","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"GENERAL TIRE SEPARATED ON FRONT LEFT TIRE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CAUSED A CRASH ON I-25 IN NEW MEXICO. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/724983"},{"cmplid":"724287","date_received":"2009-06-19","make":"GENERAL","model":"AMERI-TRAC","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER, CAUSED BY TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, TIRE  TREAD CAME OF, TIRE STILL HAS AIR IN IT, VEHICLE IS TOTALED, FOUND PIECE THAT CAME OFF TIRE IS A (GENERAL AMERITRAC TR LT235/85R16) SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES DUE TO ROLLOVER. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/724287"},{"cmplid":"696848","date_received":"2008-11-18","make":"GENERAL","model":"AMERI-TRAC","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY WIFE AND GRANDSON HOME FROM AN ERRAND.  SHE WAS ON THE 202 E BOUND, GETTING READY TO TAKE THE ALMA SCHOOL EXIT, WHEN A BLOW OUT OCCURRED.  THE DODGE DURANGO (2001) ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.  MY DAUGHTER WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY INJURED AND MY GRANDSON WAS NOT INJURED.  THE CAR IS TOTALED. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/696848"},{"cmplid":"684347","date_received":"2008-08-21","make":"GENERAL","model":"23585R16","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"HAD 2 GENERAL AMERITRAC TIRES MODEL# M&S LT235/85R16 TREADS COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF THE TIRES ON TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, ALL WITHIN 16 DAYS OF EACHOTHER CAUSING APPROX $8000.00 IN DAMAGE & INJURY TO MY EYE AREA. THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE OTHERS ARE INJURED OR LOSS OF LIFE OCCURS.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/684347"},{"cmplid":"684348","date_received":"2008-08-21","make":"GENERAL","model":"23585R16","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"HAD 2 GENERAL AMERITRAC TIRES MODEL# M&S LT235/85R16 TREADS COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF THE TIRES ON TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, ALL WITHIN 16 DAYS OF EACHOTHER CAUSING APPROX $8000.00 IN DAMAGE & INJURY TO MY EYE AREA. THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE OTHERS ARE INJURED OR LOSS OF LIFE OCCURS.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/684348"},{"cmplid":"664830","date_received":"2008-04-08","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE","description":"TIRE DETREADED ON OUR WAY TO SAN ANTONIO FROM EDINBURG RIPPING OFF THE SIDE FENDER AROUND THE TIRE. THE BOTTOM PART OF THE TRUCK CAVED IN.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/664830"},{"cmplid":"664832","date_received":"2008-04-08","make":"GENERAL TIRE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TIRE DETREADED ON OUR WAY TO SAN ANTONIO FROM EDINBURG RIPPING OFF THE SIDE FENDER AROUND THE TIRE. THE BOTTOM PART OF THE TRUCK CAVED IN.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/664832"},{"cmplid":"622207","date_received":"2007-04-30","make":"AMERI-TECH","model":"AMERI-TECH","model_year":null,"deaths":2,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-150.  THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HAS GENERAL AMERITRAC TR TIRES, SIZE 8T25570R17.  THE TIRES  BLEW OUT TWICE WHILE DRIVING AT  60 MPH.  THE SIDEWALL OF THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT ONE YEAR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.  THE SECOND BLOWOUT WAS  ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE AND OCCURRED THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE.  THE FIRST BLOWOUT WAS REPAIRED.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 30,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/622207"}]}