The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The vehicle has tech international, model TR418 valve stems. The contact stated that she had two valve stem failures on two of her tires. The first failure was noticed while driving approximately 50 mph. She noticed that the rear driver's side tire was flat when her vehcile started to lean. Someone assisted her with placing a spare tire on the vehicle. The following day, she took the vehicle to a tire shop and they placed air in the tires and stated that she must have driven over a pothole. The contact purchased another tire at the cost of $161, but later had the tire company rectify the issue. Two days later, she heard a thumping sound while driving and pulled the vehicle over. The front passenger side tire was flat and she noticed that the valve stem appeared to be cut. She called aaa and they changed the tire. The contact asked the tire shop if they purchased their valve stems from dill and they stated that they did not. The contact called the tire manufacturer and they refuted that their valve stems were from china. The purchase date, serial number, and part number were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 59,900.

- Lincoln, RI, USA