Catastrophic Sidewall Failure

[JAMAS]

I am now officially terrified....

...my wife has 1 year old continental tires on the car that she drives our kids around in.

They seemed like great tires from the reviews and they drive real nice.

[Y33TREKker]

There are simply too many unknown factors about the specific tires in question at the moment to start getting TOO worried or getting totally gun-shy about Continental tires just yet.

I'd say the first step would be to see what the DOT code of the tire(s) tells us. Maybe they were just some NOS (new old stock) tires that should have never been sold in the first place (like evillecutter was referring to)?

Then again, maybe I'm just saying that to try to make MYSELF feel better since I'm currently running a set of Conti-Extreme Contact All-Seasons which have already been on my car for a few years now and have been the best riding, most even wearing, high-peformance, low-profile tires I've had on my car yet.

[Chopper]

I NEVER buy Continental tires.
Or Michelin.

Toyo/Nitto
BFGs.......even a High-end Kumho on the Veloster (as it should be)

NEVER a stinkin' Conti

[Y33TREKker]

I NEVER buy Continental tires.
Or Michelin.

Toyo/Nitto
BFGs.......even a High-end Kumho on the Veloster (as it should be)

NEVER a stinkin' Conti

It seems it all just depends on personal experience, because I had a set of Toyo High Performance All Season FZ-4's that dry-rotted big time and Toyo wouldn't do a thing about them. As a result, I'll never buy another Toyo.

I'd say all a person can do is try to get the "freshest", most recently manufactured tires available and hope for the best.