GOODYEAR REGATTA TIRES Complaints

AIR BAG FAILURE,. *AK (TIRESIZE: 205-75 R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205-75 R15 )

THE TIRE WAS WARPED WITH PARTS OF THE STEEL BELT COMING OUT OF IT. THE TIRE WAS ALSO DRY AND CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE TIRE WAS ONLY DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 18,800 MILES. THIS TIRE COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT AT ANY TIME IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE WABBLING OF THE CAR TO LET ME KNOW TO HAVE IT CHECKED. NO TIRE SHOULD BE IN THIS CONDITION AFTER ONLY 18,800 MILES OF WEAR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/70R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/70R14 )

NOTED ON MAR7TH BY MECHNIC FLAT SPOT OR AS HE PUT IT THE TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND AND WEARING VERY WRONG. HE STATED CAR WAS IN GOOD ALIGNMENT. SO HE RECOMMENDED WE TAKE IT BACK TO ORIGINAL DEAL WE HAD PUT ON THE TIRES. MAR.8TH TAKEN TO TIRE SHOP THEY ROTATED 3 FO THE TIRES AND LEFT THE BAD ONE IN PLACE. MAR 21ST BACK TO OUR MECHANIC WHO AGAIN CHECKED ALIGNMENT PER TIRE SHOPS SUGGESTION. OUR MECHANIC ALIGNED CAR BUT SAID THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. SO HE MOVED THE TIRE TO THE BACK AND PUT ON A CAM BOLT TO HELP KEEP IT RIDING AS SOOTHE AS HE COULD. MAR 22ND CALLED GOODYEAR IN CINNCINNATI AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM, THEY RECOMMENDED WE TAKE IT BACK TO TIRE SHOP TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. THE Y SUGGETED THE TIRE SHOP CHECK ALIGNMENT AGAIN. APPT. SCHEDULED FOR MAR 26TH , APPT CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH IN FAMILY, RESCHEDULED FOR MAR 27TH. MAR.26TH RECEIVED A VERY RUDE PHONE CALL FROM CINNCINATTI STATING THEY HAD TALK IT OVER WITH TIRE SHOP AND WERE TOLD THEIR WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE EXCEPT THAT OUR CAR WAS INPOOR ALIGNMENT. I DON'T UNDERSSTAND THIS BECAUSE NOBODY AT THE TIRE SHOP MADE ANY THOUGHT OF THIS ON OUR FIRST VISIT TO THEM ON MAR8TH WHEN WE HAD ALREADY HAD THE CAR CHECKED BY OUR MECHANIC ON MAR 7TH AND NOTED THE PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH. WE CANCELLED OUR APPT. FOR MAR 27TH IN ABSOLUTE DISGUST AND WE PUT ON MANY MILES ALREADY RUNNING BACK AND FORTH HAVING THIS CHECKED OUT. OUR HOMETOWN MECHANIC STILL BELIEVES THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO US.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/60R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/60R16 )

TIRES WERE REPLACEMENTS,TIRE SIZE P215/70R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAD LESS THAN 20 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. WHEN DRIVING AT 65-70 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THERE IS A JAGGED SPLIT GOING AROUND SIDEWALL OF THE TIRES. NO ONE HAS SEEN AS OF YET.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW AND DO NOT RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION. PROBLEM 2 - HEADRESTS DO NOT LOCK IN DESIRED POSITION, CAUSES SEVERE NECK STRAIN. PROBLEM 3-SOMETHING CAUSED BOTH LEFT SIDE TIRES TO BLOW WHILE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/75/R1 )

I BOUGHT THIS VAN IN FEB OF98 AND HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END I HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE AND THE FIRST TIME IT HAD TO HAVE NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AND NEW TIRES THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR.THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT IT ATE UP TWO MORE TIRES.THEY SAID IT HAD TO BE THE TIRES. I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND THEN ON FEB 99 THE BRAKES WENT OUT AGAIN.I ALSO TRIED TO WORK WITH COLLEGE FORD. MY HUSBAND DECIDED TO TRADE THE VAN IN ON A TOYOTA CAMERY BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SAFE IN THE VAN AND FORD DID NOT WANT TO HELP US IN ANY WAY. WE PAID $25000.00 FOR A SAFE VEHICLE BUT GOT A LEMON AND NO HELP. $5500.00 OUT OF MY POCKET TO LEASE THE CAMERY AND ALL THE PAYMENTS FOR THE VAN JUST WASTED.I JUST THANK GOD WE WERN'T KILLED.( DOT NUMBER: P215 TIRE SIZE: 70R15 97S )