{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=NITTO","name":"NITTO","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-09T21:26:53.557Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":13,"deaths":0,"injured":7,"fires":0},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"TIRES","n":5},{"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","n":3},{"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","n":2},{"component_desc":"TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE","n":1},{"component_desc":"TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS","n":1},{"component_desc":"TIRES:BEAD","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1841695","date_received":"2022-09-19","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","description":"Replcement nota installed into the housing into the tire hud system mechenismo. These are not tires are not the correcto sizes ay 13\" size rims by Nissan. 1996 Nissan Skyline. Also, need a hydrolic swith systematic mechenismo is not intalled into housing of the brakes with mames the tires work harder into shipping at 2000 feet... Nissan rims shoud be 16\" rim(s) by Nissan Skyline 96. 44624 serria hey Lancaster ca 93534 6617294155","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1841695"},{"cmplid":"1841696","date_received":"2022-09-19","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE","description":"Replcement nota installed into the housing into the tire hud system mechenismo. These are not tires are not the correcto sizes ay 13\" size rims by Nissan. 1996 Nissan Skyline. Also, need a hydrolic swith systematic mechenismo is not intalled into housing of the brakes with mames the tires work harder into shipping at 2000 feet... Nissan rims shoud be 16\" rim(s) by Nissan Skyline 96. 44624 serria hey Lancaster ca 93534 6617294155","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1841696"},{"cmplid":"1841698","date_received":"2022-09-19","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"Replcement nota installed into the housing into the tire hud system mechenismo. These are not tires are not the correcto sizes ay 13\" size rims by Nissan. 1996 Nissan Skyline. Also, need a hydrolic swith systematic mechenismo is not intalled into housing of the brakes with mames the tires work harder into shipping at 2000 feet... Nissan rims shoud be 16\" rim(s) by Nissan Skyline 96. 44624 serria hey Lancaster ca 93534 6617294155","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1841698"},{"cmplid":"1721819","date_received":"2021-01-23","make":"NITTO","model":"TERRA GRAPPLER ALL TERRAIN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS","description":"I WAS HIT IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF MY TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY AND ENDED UP HITTING THE WALL IT WILL NEED A BALLJOINT, CONTROL ARM, FENDER,HOOD AND PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT, STILL NEEDS FIXED BUT IT ONLY HAS 60K MILES ON IT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1721819"},{"cmplid":"1424891","date_received":"2017-11-14","make":"NITTO","model":"TERRA GRAPPLER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TRAVELLING ALONG ALCAN HIGHWAY IN REMOTE CANADA. WE HAD TREAD SEPERATION BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT THAT DAMAGED THE F350 DUALLY. TIRE SIZE WAS 285/75/16 WITH AROUND 20,000 MILES ON THEM. TIRE WAS UNUSABLE AND REPLACED WITH SPARE. SCRAPPED THE RIM AS WELL DUE TO DAMAGE WHEN ARRIVING IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA. DO NOT TRUST THESE TIRES FOR LONG ROAD TRIPS.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1424891"},{"cmplid":"1424892","date_received":"2017-11-14","make":"NITTO","model":"TERRA GRAPPLER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"TRAVELLING ALONG ALCAN HIGHWAY IN REMOTE CANADA. WE HAD TREAD SEPERATION BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT THAT DAMAGED THE F350 DUALLY. TIRE SIZE WAS 285/75/16 WITH AROUND 20,000 MILES ON THEM. TIRE WAS UNUSABLE AND REPLACED WITH SPARE. SCRAPPED THE RIM AS WELL DUE TO DAMAGE WHEN ARRIVING IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA. DO NOT TRUST THESE TIRES FOR LONG ROAD TRIPS.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1424892"},{"cmplid":"1093117","date_received":"2014-08-01","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"I PURCHASED A SET OF 4 NITTO MOTIVO TIRES SIZE 225/45ZR18XL WITH THE TOP RATING (Y) WITH A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY, DOT # 73J7 L6K4213 ON MARCH 12, 2014 AT DISCOUNT TIRE FOR MY 2008 FORD FUSION. MY VEHICLE AT THE TIME HAD 91,602 MILES ON IT AND TODAY HAS JUST OVER 107,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING THROUGH TOWN WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 30 AND HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE. THE SIDE WALL OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY PULL TO THE LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, LOST CONTROL, AND SMASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE FENDER AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB THUS TOTALING MY CAR AND PROBABLY THE OTHER VEHICLE AS WELL AT NOON TODAY JULY 30, 2014. THE POLICE REPORT REFLECTS MECHANICAL FAILURE AS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT AND I HAVE WITNESS STATEMENTS FROM A COUPLE THAT WERE TRAVELING BEHIND MY VEHICLE THAT THEY, TOO, HEARD A LOUD POP JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED DISCOUNT TIRE AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IN THE WHEEL, TIRE, AND PICTURES AND THEY WOULD FORWARD MY INFORMATION TO NITTO SO THAT THEY CAN START A CLAIM. NITTO DID NOT ANSWER THEREFORE I WAS GIVEN THE PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL TRY TO CONTACT THEM TOMORROW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY CONSUMER RIGHTS ARE AS FAR AS GETTING THE COST OF MY VEHICLE, THE OTHER VEHICLE, MEDICAL BILLS, TOWING COSTS, AND TIME LOSS AND SUFFERING PAID. THIS IS SIMPLY UNFAIR AND I AM ANGRY THAT A DEFECT DUE TO THEIR TIRE HAS NOW COST ME A LOSS OF MY CAR AND NEITHER MY INSURANCE OR I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1093117"},{"cmplid":"1093118","date_received":"2014-08-01","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","description":"I PURCHASED A SET OF 4 NITTO MOTIVO TIRES SIZE 225/45ZR18XL WITH THE TOP RATING (Y) WITH A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY, DOT # 73J7 L6K4213 ON MARCH 12, 2014 AT DISCOUNT TIRE FOR MY 2008 FORD FUSION. MY VEHICLE AT THE TIME HAD 91,602 MILES ON IT AND TODAY HAS JUST OVER 107,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING THROUGH TOWN WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 30 AND HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE. THE SIDE WALL OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY PULL TO THE LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, LOST CONTROL, AND SMASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE FENDER AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB THUS TOTALING MY CAR AND PROBABLY THE OTHER VEHICLE AS WELL AT NOON TODAY JULY 30, 2014. THE POLICE REPORT REFLECTS MECHANICAL FAILURE AS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT AND I HAVE WITNESS STATEMENTS FROM A COUPLE THAT WERE TRAVELING BEHIND MY VEHICLE THAT THEY, TOO, HEARD A LOUD POP JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED DISCOUNT TIRE AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IN THE WHEEL, TIRE, AND PICTURES AND THEY WOULD FORWARD MY INFORMATION TO NITTO SO THAT THEY CAN START A CLAIM. NITTO DID NOT ANSWER THEREFORE I WAS GIVEN THE PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL TRY TO CONTACT THEM TOMORROW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY CONSUMER RIGHTS ARE AS FAR AS GETTING THE COST OF MY VEHICLE, THE OTHER VEHICLE, MEDICAL BILLS, TOWING COSTS, AND TIME LOSS AND SUFFERING PAID. THIS IS SIMPLY UNFAIR AND I AM ANGRY THAT A DEFECT DUE TO THEIR TIRE HAS NOW COST ME A LOSS OF MY CAR AND NEITHER MY INSURANCE OR I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1093118"},{"cmplid":"781479","date_received":"2010-04-14","make":"NITTO","model":"TERRA GRAPPLER ALL TERRAIN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"I HAD TAKEN MY 2003 H2 HUMMER TO HAVE THE FRONT END ALIGNED AND 2 NEW TIRES PLACED ON THE FRONT . I COMPLAINED TO THE TIRE DEALERSHIP THE MOMENT I HAD DRIVEN MY VEHICLE MAYBE 10 MILES OF IT NOT DRIVING RIGHT . I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES WITH COMPLAINTS OF IT NOT DRIVING RIGHT. THINKING MAYBE THEY DID NOT TIGHTENED SOMETHING BACK UP WHEN THEY DID THE ALIGNMENT . I HAD ONLY DRIVEN MY VEHICLE APPROX. 5 TIMES (4 TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINTS)AND THE 5TH TIME I DROVE IT . I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT I LOST ALL CONTROL AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED . IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NITTO GRAPPER HAS RECALLED TIRES AND THIS WAS THE BRAND OF TIRES THAT WAS PUT ON MY VEHICLE . THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT AFTER THE CRASH AN THIS IS ONE OF THE REASON THE TIRES ARE BEING RECALLED . I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER THE TIRES OR THE ALIGNMENT NOT PROPERLY BEING DONE THAT CAUSED MY CRASH . *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/781479"},{"cmplid":"559011","date_received":"2005-10-18","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:BEAD","description":"ON AUGUST 07, 2005 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE 85 IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT 65 MPH. MY CAR SUDDENLY MADE AN ABRUPT TURN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THAT THE TIRE SUDDENLY DEFLATED LOOSING IT'S BEAD WITH THE WHEEL. THE TIRE WAS A NITTO NT555 P255/35/18. IT WAS MOUNTED ON A 9.5 INCH GENUINE FORD WHEEL.*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/559011"},{"cmplid":"387285","date_received":"2002-12-31","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, MY REAR NITTO 450 TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION FAILURE WHICH CAUSED MY 1999 MAZDA MIATA TO LOSE CONTROL, SPINNING OUT FROM THE LEFT LANE ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR, FINALLY HITTING THE EMBANKMENT ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE.  THE NITTO TIRE WAS EXAMINED AND DETERMINED TO HAVE FAILED BASED ON TREAD SEPARATION.  THE TRAUMATIC INDICIDENT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT HARM TO THE MYSELF.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/387285"},{"cmplid":"387286","date_received":"2002-12-31","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","description":"WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, MY REAR NITTO 450 TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION FAILURE WHICH CAUSED MY 1999 MAZDA MIATA TO LOSE CONTROL, SPINNING OUT FROM THE LEFT LANE ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR, FINALLY HITTING THE EMBANKMENT ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE.  THE NITTO TIRE WAS EXAMINED AND DETERMINED TO HAVE FAILED BASED ON TREAD SEPARATION.  THE TRAUMATIC INDICIDENT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT HARM TO THE MYSELF.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/387286"},{"cmplid":"344403","date_received":"2001-11-05","make":"NITTO","model":"CROSSTEK 2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"WHILE TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY NEAR IMPERIAL VALLEY RD., I EXPERIENCED A FRONT RIGHT TIRE FAILURE WHICH CAUSED THE THREAD TO BE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDWALLS.  THE APPARENT DAMAGE WERE TO THE TIRE AND RIM OF THE CAR.  THE SUSPENSION/FRAME MAY ALSO BE DAMAGED.  I MAY ALSO HAVE SUFFERED INJURY FROM THE INCIDENT AS A RESULT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: CXXV5WYI38  TIRESIZE: 225/45R/17)","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/344403"}]}