Pontiac GTO Oversized Tires Class Action Filed
GM sold its 2004 and 2005 Pontiac GTO cars with 17" wheels and 245 mm tires. Unfortunately, the tires are too wide causing them to sometimes graze the front struts which causes premature and uneven tire wear and even tire failure. On May 10, 2007, KABOB filed a class action seeking a court order forcing GM to notify GTO owners of this problem and compensation for the cost of new, narrower tires.
The GTO cars were manufactured by an Australian company and were designed for use with the narrower tires. Inexplicably, GM equipped the cars with the too-wide tires. The federal safety agency has received numerous complaints about tire wear and failure on these cars and has begun asking GM questions. A reporter at Channel 5 in Cleveland ran stories showing the tire problem on these cars, http://www.newsnet5.com/news/11003693/detail.html.
