We found the following complaints for DILL-ACP TR-413 (TIRE VALVE) (Unknown)
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The contact owns a 2001 toyota sienna.the vehicle has dill-acp valve stems, model tr-413.while driving 65 mph, the passenger side tire blew out.the vehicle struck a guardrail and was destroyed.a police report was filed and the contact has pictures available.she received a safety recall notice for the valve stems on september 12, 2008.updated 10/20/08
I have had 3 valve stems fail in the last 3 months.i had new tires and stems put on the car in 2007.
Bad valve stems installed on my car when purchased in june of 2007. Had to replace one which i thought was just a bad stem.a second one failed while driving on the freeway which destroyed the tire. Took car to place that installed tires and asked all to be changed.
The contact owns a 2002 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that the valve stems on all four tires were removed and the contact noticed that they were cracked. The failure caused air to seep from the valve stems and the tires were constantly deflating. The valve stem manufacturer was notified of the failure who advised the contact that hey were not the manufacturer of the valve stems and offered no assistance. The contact stated that three of the valve stems were replaced. The failure mileage was 220,000.
Tire valve stem failure on 2 rear tires, approximately 3 weeks apart.valve stem model # dill-acp 553tr413.
Bought tires from sears about 18 months ago (summer 2007).they replaced tires and valve stems at that time.since then, i have put about 10,000 miles on the vehicle.last week, after driving approx. 200 miles one night, a tire went flat very rapidly while i was on a rural asphalt road.vehicle is 1/2 ton truck and at the time of the incident, i had a trailer with about 1000 lb load and about 1000 lb load in the bed of the truck. This almost resulted in an accident and was very dangerous to change the tire on that road late at night.when i returned home, it was obvious that the valve stem was cracked and that it had failed.i inspected the rest of the valve stems on the truck and they were all cracking near the base where the valve stem touches the rim.all of them have now been replaced, but i have not seen a safety recall as of yet for this item.there is an article on consumer reports concerning these valve stems, and apparently nhtsa has already opened an investigation of these valve stems: http://safetyresearch.net/library/pe08036.pdfdill air controls apparently issued an advisory concerning these valve stems, and i also can attest to the faulty valve stems that were installed on my vehicle.
On 12/17/10 i was driving in the fast lane of i-695 baltimore. The front passenger tire blew out quickly; i was able to cut across 3 lanes of traffic and exit on to security blvd. A gentleman put on the spare tire and i drove to a nearby gas station. The tire failure manifested at the valve stem. The tire was damaged beyond repair. I went to a goodyear dealer and purchased a new tire. I have the valve stem with tr413 on it. On 03/05/11, i was returning from salisbury, md when the rear driver side tire blew out when approaching a red light. A gentleman installed the spare tire. The tire is being replaced on 03/11/11. I have the dill valve stem tr413, and it is cracked almost completely through. The tires were installed in 12/07, and have about 46,000 miles of use.
Both passenger tire valve stems split open within 3 days apart.this caused a quick decompression inside the tire.one tire (front) went flat on sunday, 6/20/2008. The rear tire went flat on 6/23/2008. There were no signs of a slow leak prior to failure. I have close up photo's of the valve stem defect.
Re a recall which has already happened -- i hit a pothole and had two flat tires (on the passenger side) while driving home. We took the car to the tire store, where they discovered that the tire valve stems were leaking. We initially thought they may have been slashed by someone, as it would be odd for both to have gone bad at the same time.we then discovered the two tire valve stems on the driver side were also cracked, but not leaking, and the tire store replaced those, too. We googled and found out about the tech international tire valve stem recall from may or june of 2008. I asked the tire store for my valve stems and discovered that they were dill-acp tr-413, which are the ones in the recall.luckily, i wasn't on the interstate and was within a short distance of home and the tire store when it happened.
Low/flat tires caused by cracks in valve stems.valve stems marked "dill" and "tr-413".noticed decreased cornering stability and found one tire very low and another almost completely flat.not positive when the valves were installed but i purchased two of them sometime in 2004, two of them on 09/17/05, and had one repaired in november of 2007.it's possible that the other tire with the bad stem had also been repaired at one point.
I have had 4 model tr413 tire valve stems manufactured by dill-acp blow out in the past 7 months.the first happened around mid december 2009 which i thought was an isolated incident.the three failures since then occured on 4/22/10, 6/21/10 and 6/23/10.all 4 of the tires were installed in march 2007 at which time new valve stems were installed on them all.the second incident concerned me but did not lead me to investigate.when the last two failed i began investigating and found out about this recall.
The contact does not own the vehicle.she is a dealer who sells tires with recalled valve stems.the contact was not notified of nhtsa campaign id number 08t028000 (tires:valve); therefore, she repeatedly sold defective equipment.two owners have been stranded due to valve stem failure.the valve stems were dill-acp, model tr-413.the failure and current mileages were not applicable. Updated 06/27/09updated 06/24/09.
4 new michelin tires purchased from sears 10/1/06.3 valve stem failures between 9/20/08 and 11/1/08.last two valve stems of original set replaced by sears 11/1/08.as of today, 11/22/08 encountered sears personnel unaware of recall.tires rotated and balanced every six months. Never given notice of danger by any company or agency.sears sold three of the affected dill valve stem models:' a 1inch (inch and a quarter) rubber valve stem (sears stock no. 98733)' a 1inch (inch and a quarter) chrome sleeve valve stem (sears stock no. 98734)' a 2 inch (two inch) rubber valve stem (sears stock no. 98723).see: http://content.sears.com/ue/auto/customeradvisorymet1004081final.pdf.
I purchased new tires from sears in june of 2007 and had one tire lose pressure at high speed on the freeway causing tire to fail on june 25 2008. Took tire for replacement to sears at which time they denied any responsibility. Over the next 3 months have had two more tires go flat do to defective valve stems. Have since been back to sears where they still deny any responsibility and have never once alerted me to any danger with respect to defective valve stems.
The tire on our pontiac grand prix went flat due to a dry rotted/cracked valve stem, i have been hearing this is a widespread problem, also recently seen complaints on the news. Cost me $28.34 for flat repair ie: place a new stem in my tire. Seems like this could be a potential public safety issue.
The contact owns a 2002 buick rendezvous. The contact stated that he had three flat tires on his vehicle. The dealer stated that the valve stems caused the tires to deflate. The dealer had to replace the valve stems. The valve stem manufacterer is dill and the part number is act# 444tr4t3. The vin was not available. The manufacturer has not been notified.
On 1/14/09 i was driving in lane 4 of the southbound 680 freeway in san jose, california.suddenly, i had a blowout of my rear driver side tire.i nearly lost control of the car, but managed to cross 3 lanes of the freeway to the shoulder.thankfully, no accident occurred, and one was hurt or killed. I have just had that same tire replaced 12/29/08 at sears, san jose, due to a previous flat.i returned to sears, where mechanic, jason cho, discovered that my dill tire valve stem had cracked failed along the wheel hub.he entered this information into sears' auto center computer system. I have previously bought a set of 4 tires at sears, san jose, on 09/04/07 because i had experienced a blowout at that time, too, which actually resulted in 2 flats (once the front driver tire went, the rear followed shortly for some reason).i realize there was a previous recall for dill tire valves manufactured between august to november of 2006.however, i am gravely concerned that dill's manufacturing process of its tire valves is still questionable and even dangerous.please investigate.
We were traveling northbound on wi hwy 41 at 65mph.near exit 81 we had a sudden loss of air pressure in the front passenger side tire.this caused the vehicle to swerve and leave its lane.thankfully nobody was hurt and no accidents were caused by this.upon inspection i discovered the loss of pressure was caused by a crack in the tire valve stem.no foreign objects were found in the tire itself.after researching on the internet i discovered about the recall of dill tire valves.i had no prior knowledge of this issue.this could have resulted in serious consequences.i have pictures on file.
Per your odi action number pe08036. I have four of the dill-acp tr-413 tire valves sold to me by discount tires direct mail order. All four valves exhibit cracks near base. I had my mechanic replace them before failure. I have retained the defective valves.
Right rear tire was losing air pressure at a slow rate. Removed tire and checked for leak using a water bath. Air was leaking from the base of the valve stem. By moving the tip of the valve stem cracks were apparent and the air loss became audible.took tire and rim to repair shop and had valve replaced at my cost.
1. Abrupt loss of air from rear tire due to crack/slice/like in recently installed valve stem.2. Inspection revealed that all 4 merchant tire installed valve stems have nearly identical defect.3. Replaced 1 tire (unrepairable side wall damage occurred before safe stop) and 4 valve stems.
Tire valve cracked and leaking.
The contact owns a 2002 chevrolet tahoe.the vehicle has dill-acp valve stems, model tr-413.the contact noticed that her front driver's side tire was flat.when she placed air into the tire, she discovered that the valve stem was cracked.the vehicle was taken to an auto garage.the rear driver's side tire also flattened due to the valve stem.the mechanic replaced the tires and valve stems.the failure mileage was 50,000 and current mileage was 59,000.the part number was unknown.
I had a tire deflate while driving on the freeway. This was the 3rd time this has happened in the last year. All due to the failure of the rubber valve stem. In all 3 cases i had to replace the tire due to sidewall damage. In every case the failure was due to the valve stem leaking air. Obi #10239907.
I purchased 3 tires on january 10, 2007. They all had dill acp tr413 (681) tire valve stems. All three tires went flat while driving within a 16-day period, and all flats were caused by faulty valve stems (dates of flats: 6/1/08, 6/7/08, and 6/16/08).
Bought tires at sears in austin, texas in march of 2007. Had two valve stem failures. One a caused flat in driveway in spring of 2008. Fixed at sears which cost about $20. The other caused blowout at 70 mph on ih35 in waco, texas. Completely destroyed a low mileage tire on 7/26/08. Cost for repair was about $70+ tax.
I had a flat tire on my truck about a month ago.when i looked at the tire closer, you could see the valve stem was split at the bottom near the rim.i thought this was odd because the four tires and stems were replaced only a couple of years ago and had less than 10,000 miles on them.i brought the tire to the shop where i purchased it and told them the tire was flat because it was leaking from the valve stem.they were very prompt and repaired the tire for free; they said "yep, the valve stem was bad", that's all they said.ok, now it's about a month later, i come out from work and i've got a flat on a different tire; looking at this one it's the same thing, the valve stem is split where it comes through the rim.two valve stems in one month?!i start checking the internet and find out there is a recall on dill air controls tire valves, the picture matches those that i have on my truck.now i have to go back to the tire shop and this time i'm going to get them to replace all of the other stems.i know that you all are aware of the problem and recall of the valves, i guess the reason i'm sending in this complaint is because i believe that when i brought in the first tire with a flat, because of the defective valve stem, the shop should have let me know something then about the recall and offered to check all of my tires.had i known about the problem i would have gotten all the valves replaced that first time.the shop had to have been aware that they installed these defective stems and should have taken every step to notify people that purchased tires from them during that time period of the potential danger that they posed.
Valve stem failure, rapid loss of air.no crash.valve stem retained following repair.model tr413.
About three months ago, kept losing air pressure in one tire of a set of four tires i purchased in february, 2007. When adding air could hear air leaking from valve stem. Returned to tire shop where they said the valve stem was bad and replaced it for free. Three weeks ago another valve stem went bad, the shop replaced it for free and said it was unusual for two to fail. On vacation last week, pulling a pop-up trailer and with five people in the vehicle, the other two valve stems failed. Had to get local shop to replace valve stems. Original shop reimbursed me for the cost.
Dill valve stem failures on 4 tires.3 tires were damaged and had to be replaced. Valve stem failures occurred between march and october 2008.2 occurred during the week of october 26, 2008.
I purchased tires and valve stems at sear in mountain view, ca in the spring of 2007.in the spring of 2008, 2 of the valve stems installed by sears failed as i was driving the car.these were replaced at a local garage.the problem appears to be defective valve stems as reported by others.the remaining 2 valve stems appear to be functioning properly.
I believe i have been impacted twice by recalled dill tr413 chrome sleeve tire valve stems.my husband and i bought 4 60k tires from sears on 3/31/07.1-1/2 years later, on 9/23/08, after 40k, he had an unexplained blowout at highway speed.the tire was too shredded to determine the cause and was replaced with an identical model at a different sears store.sears did not inform us of the dill recall at that time, nor were our 3 remaining 3/31/07 tire valves checked or replaced.on friday, 4/17/09, we arrived home from a shopping trip and heard a hissing noise coming from one of the 3/31/07 tire valves and the tire went flat in about 2 minutes.this tire and 1 other '07 had cracked tire valve stems.we took the car to sears and they replaced all four tire stems for free under the recall.only one of the four stems returned to us still had its valve cap (it reads dill tr-413, and is probably from 9/08, after the recall, because it's in much better overall condition than the other three).the service manager commented that the other valves were pretty "chewed up" and that's why only one cap could be returned to us intact.i am writing to tell you that i think sears should be required to provide more information to their customers about this recall.i only figured out i was impacted by searching on the internet, after one, and possibly 2 related failures occurred. The likely damage due to this product include one blown out tire (in 2008), and two visibly cracked valve stems, one flat tire, and rim damage requiring rim replacement (in 2009).since there is already a recall, and some of the parts lack dill labels, i plan to mail my original parts to dill along with my repair paperwork to see if they can confirm their origin and potentially reimburse my tire and rim losses.so, i am writing to ask nhtsa-odi to please hold sears more accountable for contacting customers.my family could have been killed by this defective product!
I have had two, possibly three, flat tires at high speed in heavy traffic over a 6 week period that i now know were related to defective tire valve stems. The second one was identified by the tire company to be a valve stem problem. After the 3rd flat occurred with my wife, son, and two granddaughters in the car, i went to the tire company website to research getting a different type of tire instead of repairing the flat tire. I found an advisory/warning about defective valve stems that indicated that my tires were purchased during the time period that the defective chinese valve stems were imported and distributed. I inspected the flat tire and found it was cracked, and also found another tire on the car that had the same problem. The tire store manager indicated that they were aware of the recall for months, but had only checked their stock for defective stems. He did not seem to understand my concern that i had two flats, one related to valve stems, that involved his looking at the date of purchase and yet he had not informed me of the problem or more importantly, had the stems of the other tires checked or replaced (regardless of his company's website warning and invitation to have tire stems inspected and replaced). I understand that this is a nhtsa subject of investigation. I urgently request that a full recall be issued immediately that forces tire companies to inspect tire stems of tires purchased during the time period when defective stems may have been used. Currently consumers are unaware and tire companies ineffective in preventing inevitable injuries and deaths. In looking at internet reports (consumer reports) i am convinced that the stems are time bombs that fail at a certain time period (many report my experience of 3 flats in a short time period) and under certain conditions (highway speed in all 3 of my flats). Someone's grandchildren lives are in your hands. Please don't delay.
Defective valve stems installed by sears with purchase of a set of new michelin agility tires.first failure (crack at base of stem) resulted in destruction of tire.second failure was detected when the tire was observed to be going flat (again, crack at base of stem).in neither instance did sears mention the possibility of defective valve stems and therefore the need to inspect/replace all stems installed with the tires, although my google search revealed an alert by sears to its auto departments.nor did sears attempt to notify those who purchased tires during the time period in question (given in the sears alert), even though sears has the information in computer.
Two new tires were damaged because of the failure of valve stem within two week on my 1999 toyota corolla, ve. I had to have the tired replaced. It cost me $150.
Discovered the tire completely flat.i added air to the tire and notice a large crack in the valve stem allowing the air to escape.upon replacement, the valve stem was found to be made by dill acp.inspected the other tire and it was holding air but the valve stem was cracked.it to was made by dill acp. I have both valve stems and pictures before their removal by the tire dealer.the valve stems were installed by sears automotive when i purchased 2 new tires in february of 2007.
Valve stems are going bad (cracking) on all 4 tires.they are made by dill, at least that's what the cap says.i have had one blow out on the rear tire and was able to get home by just filling it back up.no crash.next morning the tire was flat again.i have not used the truck because of this in 2 weeks, and i now have 3 flat tires.tire dealer will not pay for a tow or pay for the recalled stems.they said they never heard of the recall??
Two bridgstone tires destroyed due to faulty valve stems.the first failure occurred in july 2009, at which time i just replaced the tire at my expense thinking it was a random tire failure.the second tire was replaced ion october 2009 at which time i was informed that the tire valve was defective.i had the other valves replaced but was required to pay for the tire replacement myself.i found out about these defective valve stems and attempted to get reimbursement for the second tire from the dealer since they did not stand up and replace the valve stems after the first tire failure.
Dill valve stem failures on 4 tires.3 tires were damaged and had to be replaced. Valve stem failures occurred between march and october 2008.2 occurred during the week of october 26, 2008.
Two months ago my son's 1999 honda civic experienced a flat tire.the tire shop said the valve stem was defective and replaced the stem at a cost of $26.on april 16, 2009, my son experienced a sudden loss of air pressure on a different tire, left front tire, while driving on an interstate highway.he said the car suddenly pulled strongly to the left and he almost lost control of the vehicle.i remembered seeing information on a valve stem recall last summer and gave my son information about the dill valve stem recall.the valve stems were the ones manufactured and recalled by dill, ref. Odi defect investigation ea08022.the tire shop denied any knowledge of the recall and the honda dealer that installed the tires 2 years ago also pleaded ignorance.after further persistence, my son was able to get the honda dealer to replace all of the defective valve stems and replace the tire that was damaged beyond repair.he is still out $26 due to the first valve stem failure which should have been covered by the tire shop if the spirit and intent of the dill valve stem voluntary recall was being followed.my complaint is that the voluntary recall by dill is inadequate and not accomplishing its intended purpose.odi defect investigation ea08022 was prematurely closed. The recall should be mandated by nhtsa and backed up by the law!the tire companies are not following the spirit and intent of the dill voluntary recall.this is resulting in unnecessary expenses to the public and a very dangerous condition.i feel it is very unsafe to drive on a two lane highway not knowing if oncoming traffic will suddenly swerve into me because of a defective valve stem.there are millions of defective valve stems in service.something more needs to be done.
New tires installed by sears, included dill tr-413 chrome valve stems. First stem failed august 30, 2008, did not know about valve stem problem, simply had sears replace the defective stem.sears did not advise me of a wide spread problem.second stem failed september 17, 2008 at highway speed, tire was a total loss, had to be replaced.
Cracked valve stem allowed rapid release of tire pressure at highway speeds.
4 new michelin tires purchased from sears 10/1/06.3 valve stem failures between 9/20/08 and 11/1/08.last two valve stems of original set replaced by sears 11/1/08.as of today, 11/22/08 encountered sears personnel unaware of recall.tires rotated and balanced every six months. Never given notice of danger by any company or agency.sears sold three of the affected dill valve stem models:' a 1inch (inch and a quarter) rubber valve stem (sears stock no. 98733)' a 1inch (inch and a quarter) chrome sleeve valve stem (sears stock no. 98734)' a 2 inch (two inch) rubber valve stem (sears stock no. 98723).see: http://content.sears.com/ue/auto/customeradvisorymet1004081final.pdf.
Cracked valve stem allowed rapid release of tire pressure at highway speeds.
Tire valve cracked and leaking.
I had a flat tire on my truck about a month ago.when i looked at the tire closer, you could see the valve stem was split at the bottom near the rim.i thought this was odd because the four tires and stems were replaced only a couple of years ago and had less than 10,000 miles on them.i brought the tire to the shop where i purchased it and told them the tire was flat because it was leaking from the valve stem.they were very prompt and repaired the tire for free; they said "yep, the valve stem was bad", that's all they said.ok, now it's about a month later, i come out from work and i've got a flat on a different tire; looking at this one it's the same thing, the valve stem is split where it comes through the rim.two valve stems in one month?!i start checking the internet and find out there is a recall on dill air controls tire valves, the picture matches those that i have on my truck.now i have to go back to the tire shop and this time i'm going to get them to replace all of the other stems.i know that you all are aware of the problem and recall of the valves, i guess the reason i'm sending in this complaint is because i believe that when i brought in the first tire with a flat, because of the defective valve stem, the shop should have let me know something then about the recall and offered to check all of my tires.had i known about the problem i would have gotten all the valves replaced that first time.the shop had to have been aware that they installed these defective stems and should have taken every step to notify people that purchased tires from them during that time period of the potential danger that they posed.
I believe i have been impacted twice by recalled dill tr413 chrome sleeve tire valve stems.my husband and i bought 4 60k tires from sears on 3/31/07.1-1/2 years later, on 9/23/08, after 40k, he had an unexplained blowout at highway speed.the tire was too shredded to determine the cause and was replaced with an identical model at a different sears store.sears did not inform us of the dill recall at that time, nor were our 3 remaining 3/31/07 tire valves checked or replaced.on friday, 4/17/09, we arrived home from a shopping trip and heard a hissing noise coming from one of the 3/31/07 tire valves and the tire went flat in about 2 minutes.this tire and 1 other '07 had cracked tire valve stems.we took the car to sears and they replaced all four tire stems for free under the recall.only one of the four stems returned to us still had its valve cap (it reads dill tr-413, and is probably from 9/08, after the recall, because it's in much better overall condition than the other three).the service manager commented that the other valves were pretty "chewed up" and that's why only one cap could be returned to us intact.i am writing to tell you that i think sears should be required to provide more information to their customers about this recall.i only figured out i was impacted by searching on the internet, after one, and possibly 2 related failures occurred. The likely damage due to this product include one blown out tire (in 2008), and two visibly cracked valve stems, one flat tire, and rim damage requiring rim replacement (in 2009).since there is already a recall, and some of the parts lack dill labels, i plan to mail my original parts to dill along with my repair paperwork to see if they can confirm their origin and potentially reimburse my tire and rim losses.so, i am writing to ask nhtsa-odi to please hold sears more accountable for contacting customers.my family could have been killed by this defective product!
Re a recall which has already happened -- i hit a pothole and had two flat tires (on the passenger side) while driving home. We took the car to the tire store, where they discovered that the tire valve stems were leaking. We initially thought they may have been slashed by someone, as it would be odd for both to have gone bad at the same time.we then discovered the two tire valve stems on the driver side were also cracked, but not leaking, and the tire store replaced those, too. We googled and found out about the tech international tire valve stem recall from may or june of 2008. I asked the tire store for my valve stems and discovered that they were dill-acp tr-413, which are the ones in the recall.luckily, i wasn't on the interstate and was within a short distance of home and the tire store when it happened.
Two months ago my son's 1999 honda civic experienced a flat tire.the tire shop said the valve stem was defective and replaced the stem at a cost of $26.on april 16, 2009, my son experienced a sudden loss of air pressure on a different tire, left front tire, while driving on an interstate highway.he said the car suddenly pulled strongly to the left and he almost lost control of the vehicle.i remembered seeing information on a valve stem recall last summer and gave my son information about the dill valve stem recall.the valve stems were the ones manufactured and recalled by dill, ref. Odi defect investigation ea08022.the tire shop denied any knowledge of the recall and the honda dealer that installed the tires 2 years ago also pleaded ignorance.after further persistence, my son was able to get the honda dealer to replace all of the defective valve stems and replace the tire that was damaged beyond repair.he is still out $26 due to the first valve stem failure which should have been covered by the tire shop if the spirit and intent of the dill valve stem voluntary recall was being followed.my complaint is that the voluntary recall by dill is inadequate and not accomplishing its intended purpose.odi defect investigation ea08022 was prematurely closed. The recall should be mandated by nhtsa and backed up by the law!the tire companies are not following the spirit and intent of the dill voluntary recall.this is resulting in unnecessary expenses to the public and a very dangerous condition.i feel it is very unsafe to drive on a two lane highway not knowing if oncoming traffic will suddenly swerve into me because of a defective valve stem.there are millions of defective valve stems in service.something more needs to be done.
On 1/14/09 i was driving in lane 4 of the southbound 680 freeway in san jose, california.suddenly, i had a blowout of my rear driver side tire.i nearly lost control of the car, but managed to cross 3 lanes of the freeway to the shoulder.thankfully, no accident occurred, and one was hurt or killed. I have just had that same tire replaced 12/29/08 at sears, san jose, due to a previous flat.i returned to sears, where mechanic, jason cho, discovered that my dill tire valve stem had cracked failed along the wheel hub.he entered this information into sears' auto center computer system. I have previously bought a set of 4 tires at sears, san jose, on 09/04/07 because i had experienced a blowout at that time, too, which actually resulted in 2 flats (once the front driver tire went, the rear followed shortly for some reason).i realize there was a previous recall for dill tire valves manufactured between august to november of 2006.however, i am gravely concerned that dill's manufacturing process of its tire valves is still questionable and even dangerous.please investigate.
Bought tires from sears about 18 months ago (summer 2007).they replaced tires and valve stems at that time.since then, i have put about 10,000 miles on the vehicle.last week, after driving approx. 200 miles one night, a tire went flat very rapidly while i was on a rural asphalt road.vehicle is 1/2 ton truck and at the time of the incident, i had a trailer with about 1000 lb load and about 1000 lb load in the bed of the truck. This almost resulted in an accident and was very dangerous to change the tire on that road late at night.when i returned home, it was obvious that the valve stem was cracked and that it had failed.i inspected the rest of the valve stems on the truck and they were all cracking near the base where the valve stem touches the rim.all of them have now been replaced, but i have not seen a safety recall as of yet for this item.there is an article on consumer reports concerning these valve stems, and apparently nhtsa has already opened an investigation of these valve stems: http://safetyresearch.net/library/pe08036.pdfdill air controls apparently issued an advisory concerning these valve stems, and i also can attest to the faulty valve stems that were installed on my vehicle.
We were traveling northbound on wi hwy 41 at 65mph.near exit 81 we had a sudden loss of air pressure in the front passenger side tire.this caused the vehicle to swerve and leave its lane.thankfully nobody was hurt and no accidents were caused by this.upon inspection i discovered the loss of pressure was caused by a crack in the tire valve stem.no foreign objects were found in the tire itself.after researching on the internet i discovered about the recall of dill tire valves.i had no prior knowledge of this issue.this could have resulted in serious consequences.i have pictures on file.
Valve stem failure, rapid loss of air.no crash.valve stem retained following repair.model tr413.
About three months ago, kept losing air pressure in one tire of a set of four tires i purchased in february, 2007. When adding air could hear air leaking from valve stem. Returned to tire shop where they said the valve stem was bad and replaced it for free. Three weeks ago another valve stem went bad, the shop replaced it for free and said it was unusual for two to fail. On vacation last week, pulling a pop-up trailer and with five people in the vehicle, the other two valve stems failed. Had to get local shop to replace valve stems. Original shop reimbursed me for the cost.
Right rear tire was losing air pressure at a slow rate. Removed tire and checked for leak using a water bath. Air was leaking from the base of the valve stem. By moving the tip of the valve stem cracks were apparent and the air loss became audible.took tire and rim to repair shop and had valve replaced at my cost.
I purchased 3 tires on january 10, 2007. They all had dill acp tr413 (681) tire valve stems. All three tires went flat while driving within a 16-day period, and all flats were caused by faulty valve stems (dates of flats: 6/1/08, 6/7/08, and 6/16/08).
Tire valve stem failure on 2 rear tires, approximately 3 weeks apart.valve stem model # dill-acp 553tr413.
Bad valve stems installed on my car when purchased in june of 2007. Had to replace one which i thought was just a bad stem.a second one failed while driving on the freeway which destroyed the tire. Took car to place that installed tires and asked all to be changed.
Valve stems are going bad (cracking) on all 4 tires.they are made by dill, at least that's what the cap says.i have had one blow out on the rear tire and was able to get home by just filling it back up.no crash.next morning the tire was flat again.i have not used the truck because of this in 2 weeks, and i now have 3 flat tires.tire dealer will not pay for a tow or pay for the recalled stems.they said they never heard of the recall??
1. Abrupt loss of air from rear tire due to crack/slice/like in recently installed valve stem.2. Inspection revealed that all 4 merchant tire installed valve stems have nearly identical defect.3. Replaced 1 tire (unrepairable side wall damage occurred before safe stop) and 4 valve stems.
Dill valve stem failures on 4 tires.3 tires were damaged and had to be replaced. Valve stem failures occurred between march and october 2008.2 occurred during the week of october 26, 2008.
I have had 3 valve stems fail in the last 3 months.i had new tires and stems put on the car in 2007.
I purchased tires and valve stems at sear in mountain view, ca in the spring of 2007.in the spring of 2008, 2 of the valve stems installed by sears failed as i was driving the car.these were replaced at a local garage.the problem appears to be defective valve stems as reported by others.the remaining 2 valve stems appear to be functioning properly.
Two new tires were damaged because of the failure of valve stem within two week on my 1999 toyota corolla, ve. I had to have the tired replaced. It cost me $150.
The contact owns a 1998 ford e150. The contact stated while driving 65 mph the tire became flat due to the dill valve stem,1 model#tr413. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that he should send the valve stem back so they could process a claim. The contact refused to return the valve stem to the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 118,000.
The contact owns a 2006 ford ranger. The contact stated the rear passengers tire blew. The contact was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and collided into another truck. The driver of the other vehicle lost control from the impact of the contacts vehicle and flipped over. The driver of the second vehicle was killed. A police report was available. The contacts vehicle was examined by a return expert who discovered that the failure was located at the rear passengers side valve stem. The valve stem was manufactured by dill, serial acp032, and model tr413. The manufacturer was contacted. The original equipment information, purchase date, and the vehicle mileage was not available. Updated 12/08/10. *ljthe driver of the ford ranger suffered injuries (lawyer on behalf of client. Updated 12/13/10
I purchased new tires from sears in june of 2007 and had one tire lose pressure at high speed on the freeway causing tire to fail on june 25 2008. Took tire for replacement to sears at which time they denied any responsibility. Over the next 3 months have had two more tires go flat do to defective valve stems. Have since been back to sears where they still deny any responsibility and have never once alerted me to any danger with respect to defective valve stems.
Low/flat tires caused by cracks in valve stems.valve stems marked "dill" and "tr-413".noticed decreased cornering stability and found one tire very low and another almost completely flat.not positive when the valves were installed but i purchased two of them sometime in 2004, two of them on 09/17/05, and had one repaired in november of 2007.it's possible that the other tire with the bad stem had also been repaired at one point.
1999 acura 3.2 tl. Consumer writes in regards to defective valve stems *tgwthe consumer stated her son had an accident due to defective valve stems, that were installed on his vehicle, which resulted in a death.
I have had 4 model tr413 tire valve stems manufactured by dill-acp blow out in the past 7 months.the first happened around mid december 2009 which i thought was an isolated incident.the three failures since then occured on 4/22/10, 6/21/10 and 6/23/10.all 4 of the tires were installed in march 2007 at which time new valve stems were installed on them all.the second incident concerned me but did not lead me to investigate.when the last two failed i began investigating and found out about this recall.
Valve stem failure, rapid loss of air.no crash.valve stem retained following repair.model tr413.
I had a tire deflate while driving on the freeway. This was the 3rd time this has happened in the last year. All due to the failure of the rubber valve stem. In all 3 cases i had to replace the tire due to sidewall damage. In every case the failure was due to the valve stem leaking air. Obi #10239907.
-the contact owns a 1995 honda civic.the vehicle tires were equipped with dill valve stems, model number tr-413 and part number 09598733. While the contact was driving approximately 70 mph the front passenger side tire failed, as a result of a defective valve stem. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where the tire was replaced. In addition, front driver side tire valve stem failed. The failure mileage was 140,000. The current mileage was unavailable. The serial number was not available.
On 12/17/10 i was driving in the fast lane of i-695 baltimore. The front passenger tire blew out quickly; i was able to cut across 3 lanes of traffic and exit on to security blvd. A gentleman put on the spare tire and i drove to a nearby gas station. The tire failure manifested at the valve stem. The tire was damaged beyond repair. I went to a goodyear dealer and purchased a new tire. I have the valve stem with tr413 on it. On 03/05/11, i was returning from salisbury, md when the rear driver side tire blew out when approaching a red light. A gentleman installed the spare tire. The tire is being replaced on 03/11/11. I have the dill valve stem tr413, and it is cracked almost completely through. The tires were installed in 12/07, and have about 46,000 miles of use.
Per your odi action number pe08036. I have four of the dill-acp tr-413 tire valves sold to me by discount tires direct mail order. All four valves exhibit cracks near base. I had my mechanic replace them before failure. I have retained the defective valves.
Bought tires at sears in austin, texas in march of 2007. Had two valve stem failures. One a caused flat in driveway in spring of 2008. Fixed at sears which cost about $20. The other caused blowout at 70 mph on ih35 in waco, texas. Completely destroyed a low mileage tire on 7/26/08. Cost for repair was about $70+ tax.
The contact owns a 2002 ford f250 with four firestonetransforce 275/75/16 replacement tires and dill air control tr413 valve stems. The contact stated while traveling at approximate speeds of 70 mph, the passengers rear tire failed and caused the tire to blow. The contact put the spare tire on the vehicle and proceeded to an authorized firestone dealer. The dealer advised the replacing the rear passenger tire and valve stem. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 99,300.
The contact owns a 2001 toyota sienna.the vehicle has dill-acp valve stems, model tr-413.while driving 65 mph, the passenger side tire blew out.the vehicle struck a guardrail and was destroyed.a police report was filed and the contact has pictures available.she received a safety recall notice for the valve stems on september 12, 2008.updated 10/20/08
The tire on our pontiac grand prix went flat due to a dry rotted/cracked valve stem, i have been hearing this is a widespread problem, also recently seen complaints on the news. Cost me $28.34 for flat repair ie: place a new stem in my tire. Seems like this could be a potential public safety issue.
I have had two, possibly three, flat tires at high speed in heavy traffic over a 6 week period that i now know were related to defective tire valve stems. The second one was identified by the tire company to be a valve stem problem. After the 3rd flat occurred with my wife, son, and two granddaughters in the car, i went to the tire company website to research getting a different type of tire instead of repairing the flat tire. I found an advisory/warning about defective valve stems that indicated that my tires were purchased during the time period that the defective chinese valve stems were imported and distributed. I inspected the flat tire and found it was cracked, and also found another tire on the car that had the same problem. The tire store manager indicated that they were aware of the recall for months, but had only checked their stock for defective stems. He did not seem to understand my concern that i had two flats, one related to valve stems, that involved his looking at the date of purchase and yet he had not informed me of the problem or more importantly, had the stems of the other tires checked or replaced (regardless of his company's website warning and invitation to have tire stems inspected and replaced). I understand that this is a nhtsa subject of investigation. I urgently request that a full recall be issued immediately that forces tire companies to inspect tire stems of tires purchased during the time period when defective stems may have been used. Currently consumers are unaware and tire companies ineffective in preventing inevitable injuries and deaths. In looking at internet reports (consumer reports) i am convinced that the stems are time bombs that fail at a certain time period (many report my experience of 3 flats in a short time period) and under certain conditions (highway speed in all 3 of my flats). Someone's grandchildren lives are in your hands. Please don't delay.
Both passenger tire valve stems split open within 3 days apart.this caused a quick decompression inside the tire.one tire (front) went flat on sunday, 6/20/2008. The rear tire went flat on 6/23/2008. There were no signs of a slow leak prior to failure. I have close up photo's of the valve stem defect.
The contact does not own the vehicle.she is a dealer who sells tires with recalled valve stems.the contact was not notified of nhtsa campaign id number 08t028000 (tires:valve); therefore, she repeatedly sold defective equipment.two owners have been stranded due to valve stem failure.the valve stems were dill-acp, model tr-413.the failure and current mileages were not applicable. Updated 06/27/09updated 06/24/09.
Two bridgstone tires destroyed due to faulty valve stems.the first failure occurred in july 2009, at which time i just replaced the tire at my expense thinking it was a random tire failure.the second tire was replaced ion october 2009 at which time i was informed that the tire valve was defective.i had the other valves replaced but was required to pay for the tire replacement myself.i found out about these defective valve stems and attempted to get reimbursement for the second tire from the dealer since they did not stand up and replace the valve stems after the first tire failure.
New tires installed by sears, included dill tr-413 chrome valve stems. First stem failed august 30, 2008, did not know about valve stem problem, simply had sears replace the defective stem.sears did not advise me of a wide spread problem.second stem failed september 17, 2008 at highway speed, tire was a total loss, had to be replaced.
Discovered the tire completely flat.i added air to the tire and notice a large crack in the valve stem allowing the air to escape.upon replacement, the valve stem was found to be made by dill acp.inspected the other tire and it was holding air but the valve stem was cracked.it to was made by dill acp. I have both valve stems and pictures before their removal by the tire dealer.the valve stems were installed by sears automotive when i purchased 2 new tires in february of 2007.
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