GOODYEAR RSA TIRES Complaints

I OWN A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. LAST WEEK WHILE VIEWING A MAXIMA FORUM, I NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR OEM GOODYEAR RSA DEVELOPING SIDEWALL CRACKS. AFTER INSPECTING MY VEHICEL, I NOTICED TWO 2' CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL. I DROVE THE VEHICLE TO SEARS TIRE CENTER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR STRAIGHT HOME AND TO PARK IT UNTIL THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THEY FOUND MAJOR CRACKS IN THREE OF THE TIRES. THESE TIRES ONLY HAVE 20,000 MILES ON THEM AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THE CRACKS WERE THERE. *AK

MAZDA 3SP P205/50 ALL SEASON GOOD YEAR EAGLE RSA TIRES VERY POOR TIRE TRACTION ON WET & SNOW CONDITIONS TIRE TREADS SEEM TO WEAR OUT QUICKLY. *JB

WE BOUGHT A NEW 2003 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX IN APRIL 2003 WITH GOODYEAR RSA'S THAT CAME ON IT. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004 NOTICED FRONT END NOISE AND ROUGH RIDE. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. THEY ROTATED AND BALANCED TIRES, CHECKED EVERYTHING OUT AND STILL NOISE WAS THERE. I WAS ADVISED TO GET THE TIRES CHECKED OUT, THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM. WENT TO SEARS AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT THEY FOUND THAT ONE OF THE TIRES HAD A FACTORY DEFECT. KNOWING THAT BUYING JUST ONE TIRE WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO (OTHERS WITH ONLY 1/2 TREAD), HAD TO BUY 4 NEW TIRES. SEARS DID GIVE ME SOME CREDIT FOR THE DEFECTIVE TIRE, (BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COVER PRICE THE NEW ONE) BUT BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE ONE HAD TO PURCHASE 4 NEW TIRES AND NEEDLESS TO SAY DID NOT PURCHASE GOODYEAR. SEARS DID SAY THAT TIRES. *AK

2004 JEEP LIBERY LIMITED 4WD, VIN 1J8-GL58KX4W-255517, TIRES: GOODYEAR EAGLE R-SA P235/70R16, MILEAGE: APPROX. 1,000 (APPROX 1 MONTH OLD). *AK REAR END OF CAR SKIDS DANGEROUSLY IN LOW-SPEED TURNS, ON NORMALLY WET (NOT PUDDLED) ROADS, WHEN IN 2WD. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS, ALWAYS IN SLOW-SPEED SUBURBAN DRIVING. (THANK GOD.) SKID HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE EITHER A RIGHT OR LEFT HAND TURN, AND THEN APPLY GAS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN (AS YOU DO TO MAINTAIN SPEED IN A LOW-SPEED TURN) AT WHICH TIME, THE REAR WHEELS LOSE TRACTION AND SKID TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TURN. I UNDERSTAND THE GOODYEAR EAGLE R-SA TIRES ARE POOR IN THE WET TRACTION DEPT, BUT THIS MUST BE A SPECIALLY-BAD BATCH, BECAUSE THIS SKID OCCURS SO READILY. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER (GEORGETOWN JEEP, GEORGETOWN, CT) ADMITS THAT WET WEATHER TRACTION IS A PROBLEM FOR THE LIBERTY AND HE SAYS "WE ADVISE USING 4 WD WHEN THE ROADS ARE WET." WELL THIS FLOORED ME! NO ONE TOLD US THAT WHEN THE CAR WAS DELIVERED. AND THE OWNERS MANUAL DOES NOT SAY THIS. CHRYSLER/JEEP SAYS THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING MORE. THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE TIRES TESTED, FOR EXAMPLE.

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG A MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN THE REAR OF THE CAR BECAME DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS LATER, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AT 70 MPH IN THE NUMBER ONE LANE CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE CONTROL. NO ROAD DAMAGE WAS APPARENT IN THE TIRE. *JB

I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON MY CAR. I HAVE HAD ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM PUMPING, NOISE, GRINDING, FADING, AND ONE TIME THEY DIDN'T CATCH FOR A LONG TIME AND I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE. *AK

BULGE ON FRONT TIRE OF 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GTS. TIRE IS A GOODYEAR RSA P215/50 R17. LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON TIRE WHEN BULGE APPEARED. BOTH MITSUBISHI AND GOODYEAR BLAMED DEFECT ON ME AND OFFERED NO COMPENSATION. ALSO HAVE TWO BENT ORIGINAL RIMS ON CAR. THE RIMS AND TIRES ON THE ECLIPSE HAVE A POOR HISTORY AND SAFETY RATING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RIDING ON A FLAT TIRE. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE TIRE HAD NUMEROUS SPLITS ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT METAL WAS EXPOSED IN SOME OF THE SPLITS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE TIRE DEALER, WHO ADMITTED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN 2002, BUT ALL OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

FRONT END NOISE.BOUGHT CAR USED. 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WITH 28990 MI. AT TIME OF PURCHASE. HAVE 36450 MI. NOW. HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER 4 TIMES SINCE BUYING FOR SAME NOISE. FINALLY TOLD ON LAST VISIT THAT IT IS THE TIRES.FIRST INCIDENT IN 5/2003.NOW TOLD I HAVE TO BUY NEW TIRES TO GET RID OF NOISE.RIDICULOUS SINCE THEY KNEW OF PROBLEM AND DID NOTHING TO MAKE ME AWARE OF THIS AT TIME OF PURCHASE.HAVE SERVICE BULLETIN AND HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ALONG SAME LINE FOR THIS CAR.DON'T PLAN ON SPENDING A DIME ON TIRES AS IT IS THEIR DEFECT IN MATCHING TIRES TO RIMS.*AK

TWO OUT OF FOUR TIRES HAD BULGES COMING OUT OF THE SIDEWALLS AFTER LESS THAN 14,000 MILES. TOOK THEM TO GOODYEAR AND THEY BLAMED IT ON ME. THEY SAID THE PLYS DELAMINATED BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING INTO TOO MANY POTHOLES (WHICH I WASN'T). I'VE NEVER HAD A TIRE DO THIS BEFORE. I THINK THE RSA'S ARE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AND A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE INITIATED ON THESE TIRES, ESPECIALLY THE LOW-PROFILE VERSION. MY TIRE SIZE IS P215/50VR17 , AND CAME STOCK ON MY 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GTS. *AK