BIG O UNKNOWN TIRES Complaints

MESA A/P2 TIRES, CRACKING AROUND BEAD WITH ONLY 3889 MILES ON SUPPOSEDLY NOT BIG O BRAND MESA NOT FOUND IN MENU

I PURCHASED COMMODORE ST-205/75/R15 TIRES FROM BIG O BEFORE HITTING THE HIGHWAY TO GO ACROSS COUNTRY. THEY WERE MOUNTED, BALANCED AND INFLATED BY THE EMPLOYEES AT THE BIG O IN PEORIA AREA, WE THEN HIT THE 17 NORTH TOWARDS FLAGSTAFF. WITHIN 80 MILES THE TREAD RIPPED OFF OF THE TIRE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHILE DRIVING 55 MILES AN HOUR ON A MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAY, THANKFULLY I DID NOT HIT ANYONE NOR CAUSED ANY ACCIDENT AS I FOUGHT TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE AND BRING IT TOO A STOP WITH A TRAILER IN TOW. WHEN I MADE IT TO FLAG, RATHER THAN RETURN TO PHOENIX TO TURN AND CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN AGAIN THE BIG O IN FLAGSTAFF CALLED THE LOCATION THAT WE GOT THE TIRE FROM AND AFTER MAKING US WAIT WELL OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF THEY DECIDED THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT GOING TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE WE DID NOT BUY THE WARRANTY, WHICH NEVER WAS OFFERED. THE TIRES TREAD IS INTACT AND NEW, THIS HAPPENED IN 80 MILES AND SHORTLY AFTER BUYING IT ON THE SAME DAY.

I HAVE HAD FIVE TIRE SEPARATIONS WITH THE COMMODORE TIRES. THE DEALER HAS CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES AND THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TANDEM AXLES HAS BEEN CHECKED. THE SEPARATIONS SEEM TO OCCUR AFTER SLIGHT IMPACTS SUCH AS POTHOLES ON THE FREEWAYS OR ROADS. *TR

IN OCTOBER 2004 I BOUGHT 4 BIG O LT235/85R16 TIRES FOR MY MOTOR HOME. IN OCTOBER 2005, AFTER PUTTING ON ABOUT 16,000 MILES, THE TREAD CAME OFF OF ONE OF THE TIRES WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH. FIVE MONTHS LATER, BUT ONLY 1,000 MILES MORE, THE SECOND TIRE LOST IT TREAD. ONE HUNDRED MILES LATER THE THIRD TIRE LOST ITS TREAD. IN ALL THREE CASES THERE WAS TOTAL SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE CARCASS, JUST LIKE THE SEMI TRUCKS LOSING THE TREAD ON A RE-TREADED TIRE. AS A RESULT OF THESE INCIDENTS, CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE MOTOR HOME, INCLUDING RUPTURE OF A PROPANE LINE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR FIRE. *TR