GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRES Complaints

2005 VOLVO XC90 V8 TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. SOMETIMES NEED TO FLIP THE CONTROL BAR FOR MULTIPLE TIMES. FAIRLY DANGEROUS FOR CHANGING LANES OR TURNING TO LEFT OR RIGHT. PUSHING THE TURN SIGNAL CONTROLLER DOWNWARD MAKES THE SIGNAL WORK. PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES, LINE SIZE P225/60R/16. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT 36,000 MILES AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM BOTH REAR TIRES. THE CONTACT PURCHASED TWO NEW TIRES BUT THEY CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT A LOUD, ABNORMAL THUMPING NOISE. THE CONTACT THEN REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TIRES WERE MOLDED INCORRECTLY WHICH CAUSED THE ABNORMAL NOISE. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TIRES WAS CONTACTED WHERE A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 36,000. UPDATED 10/13/10*BF THE CONSUMER STATED TWO OF THE TIRES SUFFERED TIRE SEPARATION. UPDATED 10/14/10*JB

GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRE HANDLING ISSUE. SIZE 245/45ZR/20. ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS WITH RAIN GROOVES, THE TIRES ARE UNSTABLE, FOLLOW THE RAIN GROOVES, YOU CAN NOT DRIVE STRAIGHT, THE CAR DRIFTS WITH THE ROAD SURFACE, THE TIRES WILL NOT TRACK CORRECTLY WHILE CORNERING. *TR

ON 14JUL10 WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN AND TRAFFIC AT HIGH WAY SPEED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SLOWED NOTICEABLY THEN STOPPED. VISUAL SIGHT OF TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME WAS IMPOSSIBLE. AFTER MANAGING TO PULL OVER INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE WITH OUT A COLLISION I PROCEEDED TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. THE FUSE FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WAS NOT BLOWN NOR COULD I FIND ANY OTHER PROBLEM THAT WOULD HAVE ACCOUNTED TO THIS PROBLEM. AFTER THE RAIN LET UP I PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE MY COMMUTE HOME HAVING TO PULL OVER AND STOP NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN THE RAIN STARTED AGAIN. THIS WAS A NERVE RACKING EXPERIENCE! THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT TO BE CHECKED OUT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE WIND SHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $330.00 TO REPAIR IT AND THEY WOULD OVERNIGHT EXPRESS A NEW ONE AS THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY IN STOCK. THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETE ON16JUL10 AND I PICKED THE VEHICLE AT APP 3PM, TOTAL COST $337.00. MILEAGE WAS APP. 42900 SO IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I CONSIDER WIND SHIELD WIPERS IMPORTANT SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2008 THAT I BOUGHT NEW! WIPER MOTORS BURNING OUT IN TWO YEARS??? I HAVE A 1994 FORD RANGER WITH 213000+ MILES ON IT WITH THE ORIGINAL WIPER MOTOR STILL IN IT!!! I BELIEVE MAZDA SHOULD MAKE GOOD ON THIS TYPE OF PREMATURE FAILURE ON SAFETY EQUIPMENT. I ALL SO HAVE EXCESSIVE TIRE WARE ON THE INSIDE EDGES OF MY TIRES, WORN DOWN SMOOTH AND SCALLOPING BUT DUE TO ROTATING OFTEN I HAVE MANAGED TO GET BETTER LIFE OUT OF THEM AND WILL REPLACE THEM SOON. I HAVE A NOISE THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A WHEEL BEARING OR OTHER ROTATING PART WEARING OUT AND SHIMMY/VIBRATION THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL THAT THE DEALER CLAIMS IS RELATED TO THE WORN/SCALLOPED TIRES. I WILL SOON SEE IF THIS GOES AWAY WHEN I REPLACE THE TIRES. *TR

2010 BUICK LACROSSE CXS THE OTHER EVENING AS I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY WIFE A LITTLE BEFORE SUNSET AT ABOUT 30 MPH I HEARD A THUMP AND ASSUMED I HAD HIT SOMETHING. NEITHER MY WIFE OR I HAD SEEN ANYTHING IN THE STREET. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME (3 BLOCKS) AND THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY - NO CHANGE. WHEN I GOT HOME I EXAMINED THE FRONT OF THE CAR (DRIVERS SIDE) AND SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL BUT NOTICED THE BACK RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT. I GOT OUT THE JACK AND CHANGED TO THE SPARE. UPON LOOKING AT THE TIRE I FOUND NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE TIRE OTHER THAN IT WAS OBVIOUS I WAS DRIVING WITH THE TIRE FLAT. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE WHEEL ITSELF I FOUND A GASH IN THE WHEEL ABOUT 6" LONG AND ELEVATED UP INTO THE TIRE AREA OVER AN INCH. OF COURSE ALL OF THE AIR ESCAPED THROUGH THE GASH - NO BLOWOUT. WENT TO THE DEALER (3800 MILES ON THE CXS) AND THEY DETERMINED I HAD HIT SOMETHING IN THE STREET - NO WARRANTY COVERAGE. COST FOR NEW WHEEL AND TIRE - $1002.00 WENT BACK TO EXAMINE THE ROAD (NO POTHOLES) AND FINALLY FOUND A ROCK OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT APPARENTLY CAUSED THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A ROCK, FLAT ON BOTH SIDES ABOUT 2 1/2" THICK AND ABOUT THE SIZE OF A RED BRICK ONLY OBLONG. HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT HIT THE BACK TIRE AND NOT THE FRONT. I AM CONVINCED THAT HAD THE TIRE BEEN AN OLDER 15" OR 16" TIRE THE TIRE WOULD OF ABSORBED THE HIT AND NOT DAMAGED THE WHEEL. OF COURSE IT MAY HAVE BLOWN A TIRE BUT THE WHEEL WOULD OF BEEN IN GOOD SHAPE. WITH THE ROADS BECOMING SO BUMPY WITH POTHOLES I NOW WORRY ABOUT HITTING A BAD SPOT IN THE ROAD AND HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPEN AGAIN. I CARRY A $1000 DEDUCTIBLE INSURANCE SO INSURANCE WILL NOT BE INVOLVED. (IN 50 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS MY FAULT OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO ONE OF MY CARS - SO I CARRY A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE). JUST A WORD OF WARNING TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE 19" TIRES (AND PROBABLY THE 18") THAT A BUMP IN THE ROAD MAY DO MORE DAMAGE TO THE FANCY ALUMINUM WHEEL THAT THE TIRE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 77 MPH THE CONTACT COULD SEE DEBRIS FLYING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND THE ENTIRE REAR PASSENGER SIDE FENDER WAS MISSING AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER PIECES OF THE WHEEL WELL. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH FOR ANOTHER MILE MORE DEBRIS WAS COMING FROM THE SAME WHEEL WELL. WHEN THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE A SECOND TIME, HE OBSERVED THAT THE REAR QUARTER PANEL WAS TORN. UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY SHREDDED OF ALL ITS RUBBER. THE TIRE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE TREAD SEPARATION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000.

I BOUGHT A 2008 JEEP SRT8 AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2009 IN FLORIDA WITH APPROX. 18900 MILES ON IT AND GOT A FULL CERTIFIED WARRANTY WITH IT. I DROVE IT TO MINNESOTA WHERE I LIVE AND DO NOT DRIVE IT MUCH AT ALL. I HAVE PUT AROUND 4900 MILES ON IT SINCE THEN AND AT BEST BUY PUTTING IN NEW HEADLIGHTS THEY TOLD ME MY FRONT TIRES TREAD WAS SEPARATING. I ALREADY HAD A APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP FIX THE LEAK IN MY ROOF FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE INSIDE TREAD ON BOTH OF MY FRONT TIRES WAS REALLY BAD AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID I SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT TILL IT GETS NEW TIRES. I WAS AT A DEALERSHIP ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE (FIXING LEAK) AND THEY DIDN'T MENTION IT AT ALL. IF THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T NOTICE IT HOW WOULD I? BEST BUY NOTICED IT AND THEY DON'T EVEN FIX JEEP SRT8S, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT BLEW ON THE HIGHWAY? I AM NOT A HEAVY FOOT DRIVER, IT DRIVES PERFECTLY AND I HAVE NEVER HIT ANYTHING WITH THE CAR. LOOKING ONLINE IT SEEMS THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH EVERYONE WHO HAS A SRT8 SUV. I HAVE ALSO HAD MY AC UNIT REPLACED, AND TAILLIGHT REWIRED, AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE,ESP BAS LIGHT IN DASH FIXED. WHEN BRINGING IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, IT SEEMS LIKE ITS THE FIRST ONE THEY HAVE EVER SEEN, AND JUST ASSUME THAT ITS MY DRIVING THAT CAUSES THIS. I HAVE ONLY SEEN 2 OTHER JEEP SRT8 IN REAL LIFE AND MOST SHOP PEOPLE I TALK TO HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE DRIVING LET ALONE WORKED ON ONE AND KNOWS THE PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE DEALERSHIP BLAMES THE ALIGNMENT CAUSED IT SINCE THE BALL BEARINGS WERE FINE TO THEM.THE REAR TIRES ARE FINE ON THE VEHICLE JUST THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT AND CANT FIND ANYONE THAT CAN EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS. I PAID 586 DOLLARS TO GET 2 OF THE SAME FACTORY TIRES WITH ALIGNMENT. I DO NOT FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR NEW TIRES AND THE ALIGNMENT FOR IT. I THINK GOODYEAR AND JEEP NO THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES AND THEY ARE STILL MAKING US PAY FOR IT WHEN ITS THERE FAULT. *TR

2009 MALIBU,I HAVE REPLACED 1 TIRE WHEN SIDE WALL BROKE AFTER HITTING A BUMP ALSO HAVE A BENT RIM ON A DIFFERENT WHEEL,TIRES ARE WEAK DON'T RIDE WELL, COMPLAINED TO DEALER AND GM WAS NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON COST OF NEW RIM AND DIFFERENT BRAND TIRES. WAS TOLD THAT GM DOES NOT WARRANTY THE TIRES. I HAVE OWNED CHEVY'S FOR 40 YEARS,I PRESENTLY OWN 3 THAT ARE ALL ON THE ROAD NO MORE GM'S FOR ME. *TR

2009 MALIBU,I HAVE REPLACED 1 TIRE WHEN SIDE WALL BROKE AFTER HITTING A BUMP ALSO HAVE A BENT RIM ON A DIFFERENT WHEEL,TIRES ARE WEAK DON'T RIDE WELL, COMPLAINED TO DEALER AND GM WAS NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON COST OF NEW RIM AND DIFFERENT BRAND TIRES. WAS TOLD THAT GM DOES NOT WARRANTY THE TIRES. I HAVE OWNED CHEVY'S FOR 40 YEARS,I PRESENTLY OWN 3 THAT ARE ALL ON THE ROAD NO MORE GM'S FOR ME. *TR

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INSPECTIONS, COMPLIANCE, ON POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS, HEALTH HAZARDS, DEFECTS RECALLS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS : PLEASE BEGIN YEAR - ROUND INSPECTIONS DURING ALL RACE EVENTS LISTED : MANY COLLISIONS AND OTHER RACE RAGE, ROAD KILL OCCURRENCES HAVE TO BE STOPPED. COCA COLA 600 PONOCO 500 LIFELOCK 400 TOYOTA SAVEMART 350 LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS 301 COKE ZERO 400 LIFELOCK.COM 400 BRICKYARD 400 INDIANAPOLIS 500 PENNSYLVANIA 500 HELLUVA GOOD SOUR CREAM DIPS AT THE GLEN CARFAX 400 SHARPIE 500 LABOR DAY CLASSIC 500 CHEVY ROCK AND ROLL 400 DAYTONA 500 SYLVANIA 300 DOVER 400 PRICE CHOPPER 400 PEPSI 400 BANK OF AMERICA 500 TUMS FAST RELIEF 500 AMP ENERGY 500 AAA TEXAS 500 FORD 400 CHECKER AUTO PARTS 500 FORD CITY 500 PLEASE INCLUDE THESE NASCAR EVENTS AND ALL OTHER NASCAR EVENTS FOR INSPECTIONS, COMPLIANCE AND ALL OTHER POTENTIAL HAZARDS, DEATHS, ETC. PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE ALL INDY TYPE RACE EVENTS WITH THIS REQUEST. *TR