GOODYEAR EAGLE GA TIRES Complaints

BLOWOUT OF LEFT REAR AND RIGHT FRONT. FIRST OCCURRED 0800 21 APR 01 ON INTERSTATA 64 WEST NEAR RICHMOND VA. SECOND LATER THAT SAME DAY ON INTERSTATE 95 SOUTH NORTH OF RICHMOND. IN BOTH CASES BELT SEPARATION OCCURRED. NO PUNCTURE. HOLES IN SIDEWALL. I TOOK THE ONE TIRE I SAVED TO A GOODYEAR DEALER AND HE DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE HAD A DEFECT RESULTING IN BELT SEPARATION. WEAR ON THE TIRE EVEN THO IT HAD 50000 MILES WAS OVER 20% TREAD LEFT. I WOULD NEVER HAVE EXPECTED TWO BLOWOUTS IN ONE DAY PARTICULARLY WITH THE TREAD AS GOOD AS IT APPEARED. THE TIRES WERE STATE INSPECTED IN LATE JANUARY.*AK (TIRESIZE: 195/60/R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 195/60/R14 )

ON 6/25/98 I PLACED 4 NEW GOODYEAR TIRES AT 30948MILES. ON 6/22/00 BLOWOUT AT 55MPH LEFT REAR AT 43958 MILES. REPLACED BLOWOUT W/ GOODYEAR TIRE. ON 3/24/01 BLOWOUT LEFT FRONT GOODYEAR . ON 4/13/01 BLOWOUT AT 60MPH LEFT REAR [THE GOODYEAR PLACED ON 8/1/00] AT 48344 MILES. TOO MANY BLOWOUTS...NO INJURIES, BUT LUCKY. DID NOT HIT ROAD HAZARDS. (TIRESIZE: P225/60R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/60R16 )

I HAD TWO BLOWOUTS OF THIS GOODYEAR EAGLE GA TOURING TIRE OVER A PERIOD OF 10 MONTHS DRIVING FREEWAY SPEED OF 70 WHEN ONE BLOWOUT OCCURRED AND 50 MPH WITH THE OTHER. EVEN THOUGH I ACCEPTED A SETTLEMENT OF $176.04 FROM GOODYEAR, THIS AMOUNT WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE COST OF ONE TIRE. I HAD 4 GOODYEARS ON THE CAR. (TIRESIZE: 215/50R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/50R15 )

REAR WHEEL BLOWOUT, TIRE SEPARATION, DEFECTIVE TIRES. TIRE BLEWOUT ON THE HWY THE CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED. (DOT NUMBER: MKHCFJDR13 TIRESIZE: 195/60R14)

TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP, WON'T ACCELERATE AS USUAL, TIRES ARE BALDING AFTER BUYING CAR JUST IN MARCH (TIRESIZE: 60R22516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 60R22516 )

2 SIDEWALL FAILURES OUT OF 6 TIRES (DOT NUMBER: MKHCFJWR19 TIRESIZE: 195/60R14)

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE UP OVER A CURB AND HIT A FENCE. FORD, MUSTANG, 2000, P205/65R15, DOT M64RCNER 1800. *AK

MULTIPLE SIDEWALL CRACKING, ALL TIRES. TREAD: GOOD TO EXCELLENT. SIDEWALL CRACKING NOT NOTED UNTIL "FIX-A-FLAT" WAS NOTED TO SQUIRT OUT OF SIDEWALL. ALL TIRES THEN CHECKED; ALL HAD MULTIPLE CRACKING.*AK (TIRESIZE: P195/60R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/60R14 )

THE TIRE THAT FAILED WAS A REPLACEMENT INSTALLED ON 3/14/98 AND IT HAD ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS REPAIRED BY A GOODYEAR DEALER FOR A LEAKING PROBLEM ON 8/21/2000. THE TIRE COMPLETELY FAILED ON 9/27/2000 WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO AN APPOINTMENT ON HIGHWAY 97. THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THEN I COULD HEAR IT THUMPING THE WHEEL WELL AS THE TREAD CAME OFF. I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE AND DRIVE TO THE SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY, WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE CAR. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE, I OBSERVED THAT THE ENTIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FOM THE SIDEWALL ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE AND THE INTERIOR SIDE WAS 50% SEPARATED. THIS DAMAGE OCCURED WITHIN 50 YARDS OF MY FIRST AWARENESS OF A PROBLEM TO THE TIME I STOPPED. I BRAKED GRADUALLY TO LEAVE THE ROAD AT A SAFE SPEED. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS HOLE OR DAMAGE TO THE ACTUAL TREAD SURFACE. I DECIDED TO REPORT THIS ISSUE BASED ON THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. I ALSO FEEL THAT I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. I INTEND TO PURSUE THIS INCIDENT WITH THE TIRE DEALERSHIP AND/OR GOODYEAR FOR REPLACEMENT OR COMPENSATION OF THE FAILED TIRE, AT NO FURTHER COST TO MYSELF. I WOULD BE GLAD TO DISCUSS THIS INCIDENT AND I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FAILED TIRE, ALTHOUGH I DID NOT TAKE PICTURES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY IF THIS PRODUCT IS PART OF A LARGER PRODUCT FAILURE INVESTIGATION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: JDR046 TIRESIZE: 195/60R14)