25 of the
1,226 complaints filed about the Chrysler Cirrus
are about the tires —
2% of everything owners reported.
The worst model year for it is 1997.
ON DEC 29TH 2015 I WENT TO BELL TIRES ROSEVILLE MICHIGAN TO HAVE A PUNCTURED TIRE REPAIRED THEY WERE REALLY BUSY SO I LEFT MY TIRE THERE WITH MY SPARE ON NEXT DAY AT 8AM ON DEC 30TH 2015 THEY SAID THEY PATCHED MY TIRE BUT THEY HAD NO TIME TO PUT THE TIRE ON SO WENT TO DISCOUNT TIRE ROSEVILLE MICHIGAN THEY NOTICE THE TIRE WAS NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY AS THE TIRE WAS PATCHED BUT IT APPEARED THAT IT WAS NOT PLUGGED. I DON'T HAVE THE TIRE INFO RIGHT NOW I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU LATER BUT MY CAR IS 1998 CHRYSLER CIRRUS. MY EMAIL IS [XXX]- I AM - [XXX] (I PREFER EMAIL).......PLEASE NOTICE THAT MAYBE BELL TIRE USED A NEW AND APPROVED PROCEDURE TO FIX MY TIRE THAT DOES NOT INVOLVED PLUGGING AS WELL AS PATCHING. THAT IS WHY I ASKED YOU FOR ADVICE. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
NHTSA complaint #10817112 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I NOTICED THAT MY CAR HAD A FLAT TIRE, WHICH WAS NO BIG DEAL, UNTIL I OPENED UP MY TRUNK AND TRIED TO ACCESS MY SPARE TIRE. THE WING NUT ON THE POLE HOLDING THE PLASTIC CAP ON THE COVER BROKE. SECONDLY, THE PLASTIC CAP IS STUCK ON TO THE POLE, MAKING ACCESS TO THE SPARE TIRE IMPOSSIBLE. THIS OVERSIGHT ON THE PART OF CHRYSLER HAS VEXED ME TO THE POINT WHERE I AM CONSIDERING TALKING TO A LAWYER ABOUT IT. WHAT KIND OF AN IDIOT ENGINEERED THE SPARE TIRE SET UP OF MY CAR? A BLIND MONKEY COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB. NOW, INSTEAD OF PUTTING A SPARE TIRE ON AND DRIVING TO A MEETING, I HAVE TO CALL FOR A TOW, COSTING ME PRECIOUS MONEY. I'M NOT A BILLIONAIRE LIKE THE CEO OF CHRYSLER, I CAN'T BE SPENDING MONEY ON TOWS FOR PROBLEMS I COULD HAVE FIXED MYSELF...
NHTSA complaint #10222907 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE MEDIAN WALL. *KB ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SIS NOT HAVE PUNCTURE HOLES. THE TIRE WALL BEAD AGAINST THE WHEEL HAD JAGGED RIPS AND HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. 3 OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE WERE INJURED. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT.
NHTSA complaint #10201500 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
1996 CHRYSLER CIRRUS HAS PROBLEMS WITH MICHELIN TIRES P195/65X15.*MR TWO OF THE VEHICLE'S TIRES BLEWOUT WITHIN AN HOUR OF EACH OTHER. THE LAST BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LIGHTS.
NHTSA complaint #10117311 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHILE DRIVING AT 60/70 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER NOTICED REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS OUT OF LINE, AND ALMOST CAME COMPLETELY OFF. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS BECAUSE THEY HAD BROKEN APART. ALSO SERVICED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL AND TIRE.
NHTSA complaint #10044927 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
LARGE HOLE APPEARED IN SIDEWALL OF TIRE ON MY DAUGHTER'S CAR WHEN TIRE CONTACTED CURB WHILE PARKING, CAUSING TIRE BLOWOUT. GARAGE MECHANIC STATES THAT TIRE APPEARED TO BE FLAWED AND PRONE TO SUCH CATASTOPHIC BLOWOUT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION WHICH COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN TRAGIC IF CONTACT WITH CURB HAD OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEED. I REQUEST THAT AN URGENT REVIEW OF THIS TIRE BE CONDUCTED, ESPECIALLY IF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. TIRE INVOLVED WAS MICHELIN MX4, ALL SEASON, P195/65R15, M+S.
NHTSA complaint #10039207 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVEWAY WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. *AK SINCE PURCHASE, THERE HAD BEEN THREE BLOW OUTS IN THE SIDEWALLS OF EACH TIRE, FOLLOWED BY A NOTICEABLE BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY (KUMHO TIRE) *SCC *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10037788 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. A NOISE CAME FROM THE REAR. THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARTED FROM THE WHEEL. THE TIRE WAS A COOPER DISCOVERY#HT P23575R15.
NHTSA complaint #10021783 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON HIGHWAY 302 WHEN SUDDENLY THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE MOVED TO ZERO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO FIRST GEAR LOCKING THE WHEELS ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITHIN TWO TO THREE SECONDS NOT MUCH TIME TO SLOW DOWN. DODGE/CHRYSLER WOULDN'T COVER THE COST SINCE I BOUGHT A PROGRAM CAR AS IS NO WARRANTY, BUT BEFORE I PURCHASED IT, THEY DID A BUMPER TO BUMPER CHECK AND STATED EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT, THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED, A YEAR LATER I HAD A FLAT AND THE COMPACT SPARE THEY PUT IN THE TRUNK WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR DIDN'T MATCH THE BOLT PATTERN, ON 12/26/02 THE PIN IN THE DIFFERENTIAL OF THE TRANSAXLE CAME LOOSE AND DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION AND WILL COST $2,600.00 TO REPLACE. CHRYSLER SURELY OUT DID THEMSELVES WITH THIS LEMON AND LUCKILY FOR ME I AVOIDED TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS, AND 15 TRANSMISSION SHOPS STATED THIS IS THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE NOT MADE CHRYSLER RECALL THE DEFECTIVE SPEED SENSOR AND DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION WHICH CAN CAUSE A DEVASTATING WRECK WITHOUT WARNING. SCC ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****770796
NHTSA complaint #10006663 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS BANG, AND THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SWERVE, CONSUMER PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE TIRE HAD SEPARATED, THERRE WAS REALLY NOTHING LEFT ON THE MICHELIN-X-GREEN MX4-195/65/R15 TIRE FOR THE TIRE SHOP TO PRORATE, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE STEM TORE OFF THE TIRE.8JB
NHTSA complaint #562985 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS BANG, AND THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SWERVE, CONSUMER PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE TIRE HAD SEPARATED, THERRE WAS REALLY NOTHING LEFT ON THE MICHELIN-X-GREEN MX4-195/65/R15 TIRE FOR THE TIRE SHOP TO PRORATE, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE STEM TORE OFF THE TIRE.8JB
NHTSA complaint #562985 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
GENERAL, XP2000GT, AFTERMARKET TIRE, P195/65R16; TREAD ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED AT 70MPH. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK DOT NUMBER FOR THE TIRE IS A3C63DV307. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #893662 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
CONSUMER STATED THAT CHEMICAL CHANGE IN ALUMINUM RIMS WAS FORCING TIRE AWAY FROM RIM AND THERE WAS AN AIR LEAK. CONSUMER HAD TO PUT AIR IN TIRES ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #891600 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WE TRAVEVELLED FROM OUR ONTARIO CANADA RESIDENCE TO OUR FLORIDA RESIDENCE ON NOVEMBER FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2000. A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE TRIP, WE HAD OUR VEHICLE SERVICED WHICH INCLUDED ROTATION AND BALANCING OF THE MICHELIN TIRES. ON OUR RETURN, WE PUT OUR VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 21, 2000 AND WE WERE ADVISED THAT 3 OF THE 4 MIICHELIN TRIES HAD DEVELOPED CRACKED SIDEWALLS AND WERE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ON CONTACTING, MICHELIN THEY ADMINTTED THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE BUT STATED THEIR POLICY WAS MANUFACTURER LIST LESS 20% WHICH AMOUNTED TO $107 PER TIRE FOR THE 4 TIRES. MY CONCERN THAT 3 OUT OTHE 4 TIRES BEING CRACKED AND UNSAFE WERE IGNORED. THE TREAD WEAR MEASURED ON THE TIRES WAS 6/32 VERSUS A BRAND NEW TIRE AT 9/32. THEY ADMITTED THAT THE TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED, BALANCED AND WERE NOT WORN. I BELIEVE MICHELIN HAS FAR GREATER PROBLEMS WITH THE MX4 PLUS THAN THEY CARE TO ADMIT. WE HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WIHT MICHELIN VIA THE WEB AND WITH CHRYSLER CANADA.*AK (TIRESIZE: P19565 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P19565 15 )
NHTSA complaint #736887 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.