Faulty or defective tires are always a powder keg. In particular, they can easily cause you to lose control of the car and go crashing into other vehicles, buildings, people, or even ditches.  Even worse, there’s little you can do to prevent an accident since the tires can fail without warning. Before we get to the legal options available (if you are caught up in an accident involving defective tires), we must first look at how such tires cause accidents.   Possible Causes of Defective Tires There are so many potential causes of defects in tires. The first and increasingly common cause is manufacturer errors. These are typically caused by poor designs or substandard materials in manufacturing.  The tires could collapse or blow up when exposed to pressure in such a scenario. In [...]