COOPER DISCOVERER H/T TIRES Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC YUKON. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER DISCOVERER H/T TIRES, SIZE 275/70R/16 (NA). THE CONTACT OBSERVED A SLOW LEAKAGE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON SEVEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME FAILURE, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE CONTACT PURCHASED A TOTAL OF 11 REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

WE WERE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD A LOUD BANGING/THUMPING AND WERE LOSING CONTROL OF THE BACK OF OUR TRUCK. WE THOUGHT WE HAD A BLOWOUT SO WE PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. INITIALLY, THE TIRE LOOKED FINED UNTIL WE LOOKED AT THE BACK OF THE TIRE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. IT LOOKED LIKE A TREAD SEPARATION. WE REPLACED THAT TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE AND TRAVELED TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE TOWN TO BUY A NEW TIRE. WE WERE AFRAID TO TRAVEL ANY FURTHER WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE NOT KNOWING WHAT CAUSED THE INITIAL PROBLEM AND TO MAKE SURE WE WERE PREPARED IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ANOTHER ONE OF THE TIRES. WE STILL HAVE THE TIRE THAT WE BELIEVE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. *AK

DUE TO ONE DEFECTIVE TIRE AND THREE OTHERS OUT OF BALANCE, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS BOUNCING AT 55 MPH. *PH THE TRUCK THE CONSUMER PURCHASED ONLY HAD 8900 MILES ON IT A. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A TIRE CENTER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE REAR TIRE HAD EXCESSIVE ROAD FORCE OF OVER 60 LBS. THE OTHER 3 REAR TIRES WERE COMPLETELY OUT OF BALANCE AFTER ONLY 500 MILES. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED NEW PRIOR TO THE CONSUMERS TRIP. THE FAULTY TIRES CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BEARING, SPINDLE AND BRAKES. ALL THOSE COMPONENTS HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH FOUR NEW TIRES. *NM

IN LESS THAN 6,000 MILES, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF A FAILURE. *AK *SC

A COOPER TIRE'S [DISCOVERER H/T-SIZE P235/75 I5 M+S-DOT UTHL G5U4700 M5R] TREAD CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING HWY 95 IN NEVADA. IT DID APPROX. $2500.00 DAMAGE TO MY 98 FORD EXPLORER'S LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL.. COOPER ORIGINALLY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PAY FOR DAMAGES.THEY BLAME UNDERINFLATION AND THAT IS A BIG LIE. I CHECKED THE PRESSURE THAT VERY SAME DAY!*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT TIRE EXPERIENCED OUTER SIDEWALL DAMAGE, CONSUMER WAS ISSUED A 30.00 DOLLAR CREDIT TOWARD THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRE, HOWEVER CONSUMER IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL CREDIT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT TIRE IN THE AMOUNT OF 63.23. (COOPER DISCOVER H/T 225/75R15 OWL TIRES).*JB