How do tires fail, and which failure do owners report most?

Tread separation leads at 504.

How owners describe the tire failure, in NHTSA's own failure categories

Owners most often describe the failure as "tread separation". Use the same wording when you describe a problem to a tire shop.

Source: NHTSA owner complaint files, tire-product records · file downloaded 2026-10-05

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