# CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AM CONTIPROCONTACT — TIRES:TREAD/BELT > NHTSA complaint `1769636` · 2021-09-21 · Continental Tire the Americas, LLC ## Severity - **Deaths:** 0 - **Injured:** 0 - **Fire:** No - **Crash:** Yes - **Police report:** No - **Medical attention:** No - **Vehicle towed:** No ## Vehicle - **Make:** CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AM - **Model:** CONTIPROCONTACT - **Year:** — - **Manufacturer:** Continental Tire the Americas, LLC - **Component:** TIRES:TREAD/BELT ## Narrative On August 30th 2021 around 12:45pm driving to work I experienced something I did not realize was possible. I was in the fast lane going 70-75mph when my steering wheel began to shake profusely, I felt like something was under my car and hitting/whipping the right passenger side of my vehicle. I lost control of my car, almost flipped and thought it was a blowout, while trying to come to a stop on the highway and nowhere to pullover. 18wheelers all around me and I had no choice but to stop on left small shoulder. At this time we realized that my tire had not blown, but ALL the Tread had separated from the tire. It had separated and this caused roughly 6feet of extreme whipping of tread while separating from the tube part of tire was beating my car in multiple areas under the car, damaged and took off half of my bumper, tore up the passenger side back and front door while causing large dents. I called a tow truck while my daughter called my husband to help us. Tow driver stated he hadn’t seen that happen and we were very lucky something catastrophic didn’t happen, Myself and my daughters life was in great risk!! We almost flipped the car due to tire separation, and we could’ve caused a multi car accident! My car had to go to the collision center ( Caliber Collision ) which is a vendor my insurance company works with - they have taken multiple photos of the damage. I have also taken multiple photos of damage. It has not been inspected by authorities etc… yet. N --- *Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*