GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRE TIRES Complaints

DT: GOODYEAR TIRES EAGLE GPS , SIZE 195/60/R14 EXPERIENCED A LARGE CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY AROUND LEFT FRONT TIRE RIM. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GOODYEAR DEALER, AND THEY URGED THE CONSUMER TO TAKE TIRE TO SEARS BECAUSE THESE TIRES CAME ON A USED VEHICLE, THESE WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE CONSUMER WENT TO SEARS, WHO REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THERE WERE ONLY 1,000 MILES AND HARDLY ANY WEAR ON THEM. THE OTHER TIRES WERE ALSO CRACKED. THE SERVICE MAN AT SEARS ASKED THE CONSUMER TO RETURN THE NEXT DAY AND HE WOULD REPLACE THE OTHER TIRES. BUT WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED THE NEXT DAY A DIFFERENT PERSON WAS WORKING AND SAID THESE WERE NOT SEAR'S TIRES BUT SAMATAEA'S CLUB TIRES. THE CONSUMER WAS REFERRED TO SAMATAEA'S CLUB TO REPLACE ALL TIRES AND RETURN THE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED TIRE TO SEARS. SAMATAEA'S CLUB WOULD NOT HONOR THE TIRE WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CONSUMER WAS NOT A MEMBER, AND THAT WAS PART OF THEIR POLICY. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GOODYEAR, AND THEY SAID IT WAS UP TO SAMATAEA'S CLUB AS TO HOW THOSE TIRES SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE TIRES HAVE HARDLY ANY WEAR BUT CONTINUE TO CRACK. CURRENTLY ON THE SIDEWALL THE STEEL AND TREAD IS SHOWS THROUGH . NO ONE WILL REPLACE THESE TIRES AT THIS TIME. THE CONSUMER DOES PLAN TO REPLACE THESE TIRES, BUT FEELS HE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRES HAD CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALLS. THE TIRES WERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OLD. THE TIRES CAME ON THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CAR WAS BOUGHT. A GOODYEAR DEALER CHECKED THE TIRES AND THE CONSUMER WOULD REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE GOODYEAR EAGLES RSA. CONSUMER NOTICED THE CRACKS YESTERDAY. THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WAS WILL CHECK THE TIRES. *AK *JB

SEVERAL ONGOING EVENTS VERSUS ONE FAILURE, CONSTANT PULLING EITHER TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT, PULLING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC/OTHER LANES WHEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATING, NOT ABLE TO KEEP THE VIBE ON THE SMOOTH/ROUGH ROADS. WHEN CORNERING IN DRY CONDITIONS ON A SMOOTH ROAD, THE VIBE PULLED ME RIGHT OVER ON THE SHOULDER AND THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN SO I STOPPED UNCERTAIN WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO DEALER AND 4 ALIGNMENTS, 4+ TIRE ROTATIONS, CAMBER BOLTS REPLACED, AND A 3RD OPINION FROM A SEPARATE GM DEALER UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION STATING MY TIRES WERE FAULTY AND TO RETURN TO THE SELLING DEALER WITH THE VESTED INTEREST IN THE CAR, AND THE END RESULT IS....MY CAR IS STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION. THE CAR IS STILL PULLING LEFT, RIGHT, VEERING WHEN I BRAKE OR ACCELERATE IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED EVEN THOUGH THE GM DEALER THAT PROVIDED THAT OPINION REPLACED THE TIRES ON 2 OTHER VIBE OWNERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES BUT I DID NOT BUY MY CAR THERE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL REPORTS OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO ABOUT ONGOING VIBE COMPLAINTS REGARDING UNUSUAL WEAR ON TIRES REGARDLESS OF THE BRAND AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SUSPENSION AND SHOCK DESIGN ISSUES (NOT HOLDING THE TIRES PROPERLY TO THE ROAD). ALL OF THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE WITHIN 12,000KM AND WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS HAD I NOT HAD PERSONAL FAMILY MATTERS TO DEAL WITH. LUCKILY THERE HAS BEEN NO TIRE BLOWOUTS YET NOR ACCIDENTS YET BUT ALL I AM TOLD IS THAT THE TRACKING IS PRETTY GOOD FOR THAT OF A VIBE..I WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT ONE HAD I BEEN GIVEN THAT SALES PITCH AND KNOWN I WOULD BE IN FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND TIRE ROTATION EVERY 1,000KM. READING THE INFO ON THE GENVIBE SITE AND ON THIS SITE BACK TO 2003, MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE TYPE OF SHOCKS AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM OR SOMETHING IF THE TIRES, NO MATTER WHAT BRAND, ARE BEING BURNED THROUGH THAT QUICKLY AND THE STEERING IS THAT BRUTAL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

'05 FORD FOCUS ZXW. VEHICLE LESS THAN 2 WEEKS OLD. IN SHOP 4TH TIME FOR VIBRATION IN FRONT END AND PULLING TO RIGHT. DEALER REPLACED 1 FRONT TIRE, BALANCED ALL 4, CHANGED CAMBER ANGLE AND RE-ALIGNED STEERING WHEEL. CAR STILL VIBRATES AT 65 AND NOW PULLS TO LEFT. BACK TO DEALER AGAIN FOR 5TH TIME. APPEARS TO ORIGINATE FROM RIGHT FRONT. WILL PRESS FOR STRUT AND SUSPENSION INSPECTION. *JB

I BOUGHT MY 2003 ECLIPSE GT IN MARCH OF 2004. AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES TWO BULGES SUDDENLYAPPEARED ON LEFT SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRES (ONE BULGE ON EACH). WHEN THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE GOODYEAR RETAILER I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RESULT OF RUNNING OVER POT HOLES. HOWEVER, THE POSITION OF THE BULGES DOESN'T SUGGEST SO. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR RSAS WHICH CAME STOCK ON THE CAR. THE TIRE SIZE IS P215/VR17.

GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRES SLL CRACKED ON INNER SIDEWALLS AND COULD NOT BE USED, HAD TIRES REPLACED. *BF ALL OF THE TIRES WERE CRACKED ON THE INNER SIDEWALLS. *SC

CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRES WITH THE SAME BRAND, AND THE TIRES WORE DOWN TO THE WIRE. VEHICLE WAS ALIGNED AT 6000 MILES.*AK

ON MY 2002 FOCUS SE MY PASSANGER FRONT TIRE HAD A BUBBLE- MY CAR ONLY HAS 17,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP I FOUND IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY. THE TIRES ARE SEPERATE AND HAD TO BE PRORATED FOR WEAR. THE COST OF THE SAME TIRE PLUS THE COST OF THE LABOR WAS ALMOST A HUNDRED DOLLARS. I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM FIXING SOMETING I DIDN'T CAUSE. FORD WON. I BOUGHT A NEW TIRE BUT FROM A DIFFERENT COMPANY.

I AM EXPERIENCING SEVERE VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING OF MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. IN MARCH OF 2004 AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS FOR ROTATIONS AND BALANCING, ALL FOUR TIRES WERE CRACKED ON THE ENTER WALL OF THE TIRES. NISSIAN SUGGESTED THAT I GO TO GOODYEAR DEALER AND HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. GOODYEAR REPLACED THE TIRES AND FIVE MONTHS LATER, ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CRACKED AGAIN. WE QUESTIONED NISSIAN TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT WAS CAUSING THE TIRES TO CRACK. NISSIAN ADVISE ANY PROBLEM CONCERING THE TIRES SHOULD BE TAKEN UP WITH GOODYEAR AND SAID IT WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. AT THIS TIME, AUGUST 17, 2004 I STILL HAVE ALL FOUR CRACKED TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND IT IS VIBRATING EVEN MORE. GOODYEAR ADVISED THAT THE ONLY SET OF TIRES MADE FOR THIS VEHICLE IS GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-AP245/45R18. GOODYEAR ADVISED US THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THIS TIRE IN STOCK AND IT WILL BE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO BEFORE THEY CAN GET IT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL TIRES FOR THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING AND BUMPING NOISE. SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE, GOT OUT, AND NOTHING APPEARED TO BE WRONG. SHE WENT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND SAME NOISE STARTED, BUT JUST A LITTLE LOUDER THEN, CONSUMER PULLED OFF INTO A DRIVEWAY, GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT THE RUBBER SEPARATED FROM TIRE SIDEWALL. GOODYEAR, EAGLE MS, P1855/60R15.*AK