Model X tread separation

[TravisCindy]

I was on the 5 south in San Diego county going 70 mph and my passenger side front tire tread separated. It destroyed the front end of the car. The tow truck driver said he’d never seen damage like this from a tire. The good news is I’m fine and it didn’t cause any other accidents or injuries. So grateful for that. Lessons here: keep an eye on your tires! Holy smokes.

 

[Silicon Desert]

hmmm out of curiosity, how many miles on those tires? Interesting that the rim looks cracked as if something really hard was hit in the road. Hard for me to imagine that tread separation would cause that, but I guess anything can happen. Glad to hear no accident.

 

[mswlogo]

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I was on the 5 south in San Diego county going 70 mph and my passenger side front tire tread separated. It destroyed the front end of the car. The tow truck driver said he’d never seen damage like this from a tire. The good news is I’m fine and it didn’t cause any other accidents or injuries. So grateful for that. Lessons here: keep an eye on your tires! Holy smokes.

I googled that tire and look what came up !!

Continental Recalls Over 14k Tires for Contamination Defect | BCCN

 

[AMPd]

hmmm out of curiosity, how many miles on those tires? Interesting that the rim looks cracked as if something really hard was hit in the road. Hard for me to imagine that tread separation would cause that, but I guess anything can happen. Glad to hear no accident.

Can you point out exactly where you see a crack? Because I don’t see it. I see a scratch on the rim but can’t find the crack

 

[mswlogo]

Can you point out exactly where you see a crack? Because I don’t see it. I see a scratch on the rim but can’t find the crack

I think he is mistaking the hold down strap for a broken wheel.

 

[ShawnA]

Hi @TravisCindy ,

Glad you are OK !!!

What year and month was your car manufactured?

As @mswlogo mentioned above there was a recall on some of these tires.
The details of the recall said "tires manufactured in 2015" and the recall notice
was 2017...

Thank You,

Shawn

 

[07e92]

may not be tire problem but down to minimum tire thread as X has notorious inner wear problem.

The tire thread on the damage passenger side is almost bold, it would be interest to see how much tire thread left on the driver side.

 

[AMPd]

may not be tire problem but down to minimum tire thread as X has notorious inner wear problem.

The tire thread on the damage passenger side is almost bold, it would be interest to see how much tire thread left on the driver side.

Did you not understand what the thread is about? It’s not bald, the tread peeled off.

 

[jboy210]

Did you not understand what the thread is about? It’s not bald, the tread peeled off.

If the tire wears down too far the tread (actually the bands under tread) will separate. I remember seeing this several times on cars in my family's shop. Usually on wider lower profile (<60 series) tires.

It would be interesting to see if the inside of the tire was worn out, which X's run on low and very low tend to do.

 

[Silicon Desert]

I think he is mistaking the hold down strap for a broken wheel.

Nice guess, but no that is not what I am referring to. Pretty obvious that is a tie-down strap. Maybe "crack" wasn't the proper word to use. I was looking at a closeup of one of the near center supports around the 7 o'clock position. That's why I asked. Not sure if it is a structural issue or not.