Tire Tread Separation Often Leads To the Rollover of Vehicles As It Affects Stability
Recently, there have been a host of automotive product liability accident claims involving tire manufacturers where a tread has separated from a tire causing a lack of stability and a rollover situation. When a tire delaminates and the tread in many instances separates, the driver is unable to maintain control of the vehicle, often leading to catastrophic injuries including paraplegia and many times, unfortunately, to fatalities. Tire tread separations are a byproduct of steel belted radial tire technology and are caused by the difficulty in obtaining a proper adhesion of steel to rubber, particularly when a vehicle is traveling at high speeds in hot weather.
Industry sources indicate that tire tread belt separations are the most common mode of failure for steel belted radial tires and result from both design and manufacturing product defects. Many times the result of tread separation is catastrophic. When a tread comes off a vehicle traveling at a high speed, the driver will sometimes notice a loud thumping noise before the vehicle goes out of control. Many times tread separation can be due to contamination of the materials used to make the tire. Additionally, tire manufactures attempt to shift the burden of defective tire accidents to the victim of the accident claiming that tread separation was a result of impact damage or under-inflation.
If you or a loved one have been a victim of a tire failure or tread separation accident, it is important to seek the services of an experienced lawyer to pursue a claim. For a free, no fee, no obligation consultation, please contact one of our experienced Pennsylvania vehicle defect lawyers at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
