GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES Complaints

PURCHASED NEW AIRSTREAM TRAVEL TRAILER, EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON TRAILER TIRES 225/75/R15. ON FIRST TRIP APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES OUT EXPERIENCED TIRE BLOWOUT. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE WEB I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE MANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE SAME EXPERIENCES WITH THESE TIRES. *JB

SIDE WALL TIRE BLOW OUT ON A GOODYEAR TRAILER TIRE ST 225/75/15 MARATHON. PROPER INFLATION AND NOT OVER LOADED TIRE HAD MAYBE 6000 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONE YEAR OLD. *JB

TWO BLOWOUTS ON MY AIRSTREAM TRAILER ON FRONT TRAILER TIRES ABOUT 24 HOURS APART. THE TIRES WERE FAIRLY NEW 2 YEARS AND LOW MILEAGE. THEY WERE GOODYEAR MARATHON ST225/75R/15 LOAD D. *JB

GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE FAILURE. ST205/75R14, DOT VO8L 2JT4 2603. MADE IN NEW ZEALAND. THREAD SEPARATION LESS THAN 5000 MILES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRES BLISTERS WERE NOTICED ON THE SIDEWALLS OF ALL FOUR TIRES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN ALERTED

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT ALSO BLEW WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE AND ANOTHER TIRE THAT WAS NOTICED WITH TREAD SEPARATION. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS NOTICED AGAIN WITH TREAD SEPARATION AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

WE HAVE FOUR TIRES ON OUR 2004 REGAL PROWLER RV. WE FOUND A BUBBLE AND WHEN THE DEALER WE GOT THE TRAILER TO SAW THE TIRES, THEY ALL NEEDED REPLACED. THE RUBBER WAS ROTTEN AND COULD BE PULLED BY HAND OFF THE RIM ONCE UP ON A RACK. THE BUBBLES WERE EVIDENT ON ALL TIRES AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE RIG HAD NOT BEEN USED MANY TIMES AND THE TIRES WERE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO NEED REPLACED THIS SOON. THEY ARE GOODYEAR MARATHON RADIAL (S), PDHH MLOR 0203 SIZE ST 225/75R 15'S. I FEEL THAT SOMETHING WAS WAY WRONG WITH THESE TIRES AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEM THIS SOON. THEY WERE BASICALLY ROTTEN AND A SEVERE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN TOWING THIS VEHICLE. *NM

DT: THE COMPLAINT IS ON A 2004 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ALUMASCAPE. THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE TRAVEL TRAILER HAVE HAD 2 BLOWOUTS AND THE BEAD ON ANOTHER IS BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO SEND THE TIRES TO THEM, BUT THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THE TIRE. FIRST TIRE BLEW OUT, AUGUST 2004, AND CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRE TO A GOODYEAR DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THE SECOND TIRE BLEW OUT ON JUNE 11, 2005. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE TRAILER IN FOR SERVICE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TIRE REPAIRED AND HE WAS TOLD THE TIRE COULDN'T BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE BEAD WAS BROKEN, HE NOTICED THIS TIRE WAS FLAT ON JUNE 12,2005. THERE WAS A WHEEL COVERING THAT WAS DESTROYED AND THE RIM THAT THE TIRE IS ON WAS DESTROYED. *JB

DT: THE TRAILER TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH. THE TIRE WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE OF THE TRAILER AFTER THIS. THE TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE LOCATION WAS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. A GOODYEAR, MARATHON. *AK

DT: ON OUR WAY ON VACATION WITH A TRAVEL TRAILER AND HAD A BLOW OUT. WHILE COMING HOME ON VACATION HAD 2 MORE BLOW OUTS. THE TIRES JUST BLEW APART AND SHREDDED. THE FIRST THAT BLEW OUT WAS ON THE LEFT FRONT OF TRAVEL TRAILER AND THE SECOND WERE BOTH RIGHTS SIDE BACK TIRES BLEW AT THE SAME TIME. ON THE BOTH OCCASIONS WAS TRAVELING 55-60 MILES PER HOUR. THIS ALSO DID DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER ITSELF AND TO THE RIMS. HAD TO REPLACE THE RIMS AND TIRES AT COST OF $684.00, PLUS THE $65.00 FOR THE FIRST TIRE. THE MAKE OF THIS TIRE IS GOODYEAR MARATHON, SIZE IS 2357515, THIS IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. AND THE TIRE TREAD IS BETWEEN 9-10/32. THE REASON FOR THIS COMPLAINT, CALLER STATED THAT HE COULD ACCEPT ONE BLOW OUT BUT IT BECAME A LIFE THREATEN EXPERIENCE WHEN 2 TIRES BLOW OUT AT ONE TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT ON THIS TIRES. *NM