GOODYEAR MARATHON ST TIRES Complaints

I PURCHASED FOUR NEW GOODYEAR MARATHON TRAILER TIRES (225/75/15 LOAD RANGE D) FOR MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER JUNE 2012. TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES BLEW APART IN THE FIRST 1500 MILES. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THESE TIRES. THEY SHOULD NOT BE BLOWING APART WITH ALMOST NO USE AND WITHOUT ANY IMPACT DAMAGE FROM ROAD HAZARDS. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH THESE SAME TIRES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SOON. THESE TIRE FAILURES HAVE DAMAGED MY CAMPER BUT, I'M JUST GLAD IT DID NOT CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. *TR

TWO TIRE FAILURES BELT SEPARATION. SPARE PUT ON FOR FIRST ONE AND NEW TIRE PURCHASED FOR SECOND FAILURE. NORMAL DRIVING, TIRES INFLATED TO 80 PSI AND CHECKED BEFORE EACH TRIP. AFTER TIRE TAKES ON A SNOW CONE APPEARANCE IT WILL RUN VERY HOT AND WEAR VERY FAST. RV DEALER IS TRYING TO GET WARRANTY ON ALL FIVE TIRES. SEEM TO BE GOING ONE AFTER ANOTHER. *TR

ABOUT 10 HOURS INTO A 60-65 MPH TOW FROM ATLANTA ON I-20 IN 95 DEGREE WEATHER JUST PAST THE LA STATE BORDER THE RR GOODYEAR MARATHON ON MY 30' ENCLOSED 13,000 LB TRAILER EXPLODED.. MY TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM INDICATED 98 PSI OF PRESSURE IN THAT LOAD RANGE D TIRE AND 105 DEGREES F TEMP. MY FRONT AXLE E LOAD TIRES WERE READING 115 PSI AND 105 DEGREES F. NO SLOW AIR LEAK OCCURRED, THE TIRE SIMPLY EXPLODED CATASTROPHICALLY. I PULLED SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR AN EXIT AND INSTALLED ONE OF THE TWO SPARES I CARRY. THE TRAILER SUSTAINED $300 IN BODY DAMAGE AND THE ADJACENT FRONT TIRE MONITOR ($65) WAS DESTROYED BY FLYING CARCASS DEBRIS. THE TIRE WAS EXACTLY TWO YEARS OLD, ORIGINAL TO THE TRAILER AND HAD JUST 9,000 MILES ON IT. INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE TRIP REVEALED ODD TREAD WEAR PATTERNS BUT THE GOOD YEAR TIRE SHOP I HAD INSPECT IT THEORIZED IT WAS CAUSED BY REAR-AXLE ARTICULATION IN LOW-SPEED TURNS AND OF NO CONCERN TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE TIRE, NOR A REFLECTION OF ANY TRAILER SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT OR LOADING ISSUE.. I SHOULD HAVE PULLED THE TIRE. I NOW BELIEVE IT WAS FORESHADOWING CATASTROPHIC CARCASS SEPARATION CAUSED BY CUMULATIVE HEAT CYCLES. I HAD NEW VALVE STEMS INSTALLED AS TWO WERE FOUND LEAKING AND I HAD THE WHEELS BALANCED. NO AIR LOSS, SIDEWALL BUBBLES OR OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT. PER THE GOOD YEAR MARATHON SERVICE BULLETIN, I ALWAYS RUN THESE TIRES 10 PSI ABOVE THE INDICATED COLD SIDEWALL PRESSURE, FOR THIS LOAD RANGE D TIRE, THAT'S 75 PSI. FOR THE E LOADS ON THE FRONT AXLE, THAT'S 90 PSI, UP FROM 80. THIS FOREST RIVER WORK AND PLAY TRAILER WAS DELIVERED TO ME FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH INCORRECT TIRES -- D LOAD INSTEAD OF E LOAD, WHICH RUN RIGHT AT 3,000 LB WEIGHT LIMIT FOR THE 6K AXLES. I HAVE EXTENSIVELY WEIGHTED AND ADJUSTED MY WD HITCH AND TRAILER LOAD TO ENSURE ALL TIRE CONTACT PATCHES, SUSPENSION AND HITCH COMPONENTS ARE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CAPACITIES. *TR

LAST OCTOBER WE TOOK A TRIP FROM DAYTON, OH TO ORLANDO ? DISNEY WITH OUR 2010 KEYSTONE MONTANA. ON THE RETURN TRIP FRIDAY OCT 5TH, JUST NORTH OF ATLANTA WE HAD A BLOWOUT ON ONE OF THE OEM GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES, DRIVER SIDE REAR. *TR THERE WAS LIGHT TRAFFIC ON NEWLY BLACKTOPPED ROAD WITH CRUISE CONTROL. BOOM! TIRE AND DEBRIS WENT EVERYWHERE. THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED AND WE HAD AAA/RV COME OUT AND PUT ON THE SPARE. I IMMEDIATELY CHECKED ALL OF THE TIRE PRESSURES (81-82LBS) SO THEY WERE ALL WITHIN SPEC. I CHECKED THEM BEFORE WE LEFT CALHOUN THE NEXT MORNING MAKING SURE THEY WERE ALL 80LBS. WE LIMPED HOME ON SATURDAY. THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR 235/80R16, MFG CODE: OH UN 1LHR 3608. THE TIRE WAS RETURNED TO GOODYEAR PER THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. BOTH OF THE PLASTIC FENDERS, THE SKIRT UNDER THE WATER HEATER, REAR SKIRT WERE DAMAGED AND THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAILER. I HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER MAKE INCLUDING THE SPARE. *TR

I BOUGHT 4 GOODYEAR MARATHON ST225/75-15 TIRES WITH DOT 3210,3310 AND 2011 IN APRIL 2012 FOR MY AIRSTREAM TRAVEL TRAILER. THEY WERE ON THE TRAILER FOR TWO TRIPS TO FLORIDA IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2012 (APPROX 1400MI). AFTER THE WINTER STORAGE I NOTICED ALL 4 TIRES HAVE BUBBLES ON THE INNER AND OUTER SIDEWALL. MY REQUEST TO EXCHANGE THE TIRES AT WALMART WAS TURNED DOWN BY THE STORE MANAGER EVEN WITH THE TIRE AND LUBE SUPERVISOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEFECTS. *TR

THE TIRES INSTALLED AND DELIVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER ARE GOODYEAR MARATHON ST LOAD RANGE E TIRES [ODI NOTE: ST235/80R16 LRE @ 80PSI]WITH A MAXIMUM LOAD RATING OF 3420 POUNDS. THERE ARE TWO TIRES PER AXLE FOR A TOTAL TIRE LOAD RATING OF 6840 POUNDS. THE AXLES ARE RATED AND CERTIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER WITH A MAXIMUM LOAD RATING OF 7000 POUNDS. THE TIRES DO NOT MEET THE AXLE LOAD RATING AS REQUIRED BY "571.120 S5.1.2 TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS AND MOTOR HOME/RECREATION VEHICLE TRAILER LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY INFORMATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES WITH A GVWR OF MORE THAN 4,536 KILOGRAMS (10,000 POUNDS)." I NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER ON 02/02/2013 BY EMAIL AND THERE WRITTEN RESPONSE WAS " YOU HAVE THE PROPER TIRES. REMEMBER YOU HAVE 1760LBS OF WEIGHT ON THE HITCH." I NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER A SECOND TIME ON 02/04/2013 REQUESTING THEM TO TAKE MY NOTICE SERIOUSLY AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. *TR

AUGUST 24, 2012 TRAVELING ON VACATION FROM MULLICA HILL, NJ TO HATTERAS ISLAND NC. TRAVELED THRU MILLSBORO DE WHEN TIRE #1 BLEW OUT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AXEL 2. TIRE EXPLODED FROM SIDE WALL. NOTHING IN TREAD. TIRE SHREDDED AND WRAPPED AROUND AXEL, DAMAGING UNDER SIDE OF TRAVEL TRAILER THRU TO INSULATION, SIDE PANEL AND WHEEL WELL COVER. 09/01/2012 RETURNING FROM HATTERAS ISLAND, NC REACHED DOVER, DE ENTERING TOLL BOOTH 2ND TIRE BLEW OUT, REAR AXEL PASSENGER SIDE SAME TYPE OF BLOW OUT SIDE WALLS, NOTHING IN TREAD. TIRES HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3000 OR LESS MILES ON THEM. REPLACED 1ST TIRE WITH SPARE, SECOND BLOWN OUT TIRE, REQUIRED ASSISTANCE TO BRING US ANOTHER TIRE AS WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE 1ST TIRE WITHIN THE WEEK. TIRES HAVE BEEN KEPT FOR EXAMINATION AND A CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED WITH GOODYEAR TIRES. TOOK TIRES TO BE REPLACED BY LOCAL TIRE DEALER, 2 REMAINING TIRES ARE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF SIDE WALL DAMAGE AND BREAKAGE IN RADIAL. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT TIRE THRU OUR LOCAL TIRE DEALER. *TR

THIS IS AN RV TRAILER TIRE. SIDEWALL HAS SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD. SIDEWALL IS TORN ALONG WHAT APPEARS TO BE POLYESTER CORD ALONG ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ABOUT 2 INCHES FROM THE TREAD. THE TIRE IS A GOODYEAR MARATHON ST235/80R 16 LOAD RANGE E. BLOWOUT OCCURRED AT 45 MPH ON BLACKTOP. TIRE PRESSURE CAREFULLY MAINTAINED AT SPEC 80PSI. ABSOLUTELY NO OVERLOAD ISSUES. TIRE SMOKED PROFUSELY BUT NO FIRE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KEYSTONE MONTANA RV EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES, SIZE: ST 235 80 16. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 62 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE STARTED TO LOOSE TREAD. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE LOST TREAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

BUBBLE BLISTER ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE. JUST NOTICED ON PRE INSPECTION. TIRE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A BLOW OUT ON MY TRAILER. *TR