GOODYEAR UNISTEEL TIRE TIRES Complaints

MY MOTOR COACH IS A 2014 ENTEGRA COACH BUILT ON A SPARTAN K2 CHASSIS. SPARTAN INSTALLED NEW FRONT TIRES (GOODYEAR G670 295/80/22.5) ON MY COACH ON 4/22/2016. MY COACH WAS WEIGHED AT ALL TIRES AND THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE TIRE MANUFACTURERS CHART, WHICH IS THE PRESSURES THAT I MAINTAINED. APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES LATER ON 8/27/2019 WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW FOR NOREASON. WE HAD THE TIRE REPLACED AND CONTINUED ON OUR WAY. ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER OUR LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW, AGAIN FOR NO REASON. BOTH TIMES WE HAD A TIRE TECH COME OUT AND REPLACE THE BLOWN TIRE. THEY COULD FIND NO OBVIOUS REASON FOR THE FAILURES. AFTER THE FIRST BLOW OUT, I CHECKED THE OTHER TIRES FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND NONE. I ALSO ASKED THE TECH TO CHECK THE OTHER TIRE. HE TOLD ME AFTER HIS INSPECTION AND CHECKING PRESSURE, THAT THE 2ND GOODYEAR TIRE WAS SAFE AND GOOD TO GO. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD EITHER TIME. I HAVE A TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM INSTALLED ON ALL MY TIRES. IT HAS ALARMS FOR PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE ISSUES. I HAD BEEN MONITORING THE TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES OF ALL MY TIRES DURING THE DAY AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING ABNORMAL. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ALARMS PRIOR TO EITHER BLOW OUT, SO I AM CONFIDENT THE TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED AND DID NOT HAVE SUFFER ANY TYPE OF AIR LOSS. BOTH TIMES IT WAS A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL FAILURE. BOTH BLOW OUTS CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT END OF THE COACH. I HAVE SINCE READ OF NUMEROUS OTHER COACHES LIKE MINE WITH THE SAME GOODYEAR TIRES THAT HAD FAILURES RESULTING IN DAMAGE AND EVEN CRASHES. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS TO SUFFER A STEER TIRE BLOW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF MINE WERE POOR QUALITY TIRES THAT WERE NOT DESIGNED WELL ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE SIZE AND WEIGHTS OF MY MOTOR COACH. EVEN THOUGH MY WEIGHT WAS WITHIN THE SPECIFICATIONS OF GOODYEAR AND THE TIRES WERE ROUTINELY MAINTAINED, THEY STILL SUFFERED ASUDDEN CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL FAILURE FOR NO REASON.

ON JULY 6TH, 2018 ABOUT 11:30 AM, I EXPERIENCED A FRONT PASSENGER BLOWOUT ON MY 2016 CLASS A MOTORHOME. MY RV WAS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR G670 TIRES 295/80R22.5 THAT CAME ON IT AT PURCHASE. TRAVELING EAST ON I-10 JUST BEFORE BAYTOWN, TEXAS. DRIVING AT 62 MPH ON A DRY SUNNY DAY THE TIRE BLEW. NEITHER MY WIFE NOR I WERE INJURED BUT, THE EXPERIENCE WILL LAST A LIFE TIME, THE TIRE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF OUTER DAMAGE AND I ONLY HAD JUST OVER 20K MILES ON THE TIRES. THE BLOWOUT CAUSE THE RV TO STEER HARD AND FAST RIGHT SENDING THE RV ACROSS ONE LANE AS I FOUGHT TO KEEP IT FROM STRAIGHT. IT LEFT THE FREEWAY HEADING ACROSS THE DITCH TO THE ON COMING TRAFFIC OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD. IN MY FIGHT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT TO A STOP DOWN THE CENTER OF A DITCH. ONCE THE RV WAS RECURRED, TIRE REMOVE I TOOK WHAT WAS LEFT TO THE GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER IN BAYTOWN ON I-10 TO MAKE A CLAIM. NOT HEARING FROM THEM AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, I VISITED THE CENTER AND MADE 2 CALLS OF INQUIRY. TODAY IS APRIL 1ST, 2019 AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THE CENTER OR GOODYEAR. THE BLOWOUT DAMAGE COST OVER 60K DOLLARS.

ON 6/29/2018 TRAVELING SOUTH ON NYS THRUWAY HAD A BLOW OUT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO OFF ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED THE TIRE HAD 20107 MILES ON IT AND IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION TIRE WAS A GOOD YEAR UNISTEEL 295/80 22.5 RV THIS WAS A LARGE MOTOR HOME...

ON 7-6-10 AT 5:09 PM ON 1-26 IN MATHEWS S. CAROLINA A TREAD AND BELT SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT OF THE LEFT FRONT GOODYEAR G670 RV TIRE DOT #DANU2CAW3503 CAUSED A 45 FOOT LONG 2004 MONACO RV TO LEAVE THE TRAVEL LANES ENTER THE MEDIAN, RAM THROUGH THE CABLE BARRIER, CROSS THE MEDIAN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND RUN OVER A 2006 NISSAN ULTIMA TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION KILLING THE DRIVER. TWO OCCUPANTS IN THE RV SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. TIRE HAD ONLY 41,000 MILES OF USE AT BLOWOUT.

TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT OF LOW MILEAGE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT GOODYEAR G670 295/80R22.5 STEER AXLE TIRE WITH PLENTY OF REMAINING TREAD ON 45 FOOT MONACO RV RESULTING IN THE RV LEAVING THE ROAD ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE BLOWOUT OCCURRED RESULTING IN CRASH CAUSING 2 DEATHS AND ONE SERIOUS LEG AMPUTATION INJURY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DAMON DAYBREAK EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR TIRES UNISTEEL TIRES, SIZE: 245/70/R19.5 (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE BLOW OUT WAS ON THE INNER WALL OF THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR DIAGNOSED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,107.

TIRE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT ON INTERSTATE 95. DAY WAS CLEAR AND SUNNY NO ROAD,HAZARDS. HAD TIRE REPLACED RETURNED TIRE TO GOODYEAR THEY DENIED THE CLAIM CLAIMING IT AS AN IMPACT BREAK. NO IMPACT TO INSIDE DUAL HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR FIVE HOURS ON THE INSTATE WHEN THE TIRE BLEW AND IT WAS DAY TWO OF A THREE DAY TRIP ALL ON INTERSTATE ROADS. *TR

MY WIFE AND I WERE ENROUTE TO COLUMBUS OH FROM NEWBURY MA. APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS INTO THE TRIP ON RT 84 IN LUDINGTON, N.Y. A HORRENDOUS BANG FROM THE REAR. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE TO INVESTIGATE. I FOUND A 3 1/2 INCH HOLE IN THE PASSENGER INSIDE REAR DUEL ON THE OUTSIDE WALL. I LIMPED TO THE NEXT EXIT AFTER THE HIGHWAY PATROLS SUGGESTION TO A HESS GAS STATION AND CALLED GOOD SAM'S ROAD SERVICE. ALL WENT WELL FROM THERE. *JB

CONSUMER STATES SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE OF RV *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE TIRE WAS CHANGE, THEY PROCEEDED TO THEIR DESTINATION, WHEN SUDDENLY THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE HAD A SIMILAR SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ABOUT 30 MILES DOWN THE ROAD. THE HUBCAP WAS DAMAGED AND THERE WAS SOME PAINT DAMAGE TO THE OUTSIDE WHEEL WELL. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. *JB

WE ARE OWNERS OF A 2008 AMERICAN TRADITION 42F MOTORHOME. SINCE PURCHASING THIS MOTORHOME THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END AND THE WEAR OF THE TIRES. THE FRONT END HAS BEEN ALIGNED TWICE IN 6800 MILES. THE FRONT END HAS BEEN WEIGHED BY COLTON TRUCK REPAIR. THE CERTIFIED WEIGHT IS 14740. PER MANUFACTURER THE RECOMMENDED IS GVWR 14600 MAXIMUM WEIGHT. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF AMERICAN COACH AND SPARTAN CHASSIS. AS OF THIS TIME, SPARTAN CHASSIS HAS PAID FOR THE WEIGHING OF THE COACH BUT WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERWEIGHT OF THE FRONT END OR THE TIRE WEAR. THEY PASS IT ON TO AMERICAN COACH BECAUSE THE AMERICAN COACH STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS REQUESTED THIS SIZE OF FRONT END TO MANUFACTURE THIS MOTORHOME. AS OF THE 2010 AMERICAN COACH, THEY WENT TO A LARGER TIRE AND CHANGED THE FRONT END FOR MORE GVW TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. BUT THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRIOR YEARS COACHES WITH THE FRONT END THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE WEIGHT. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION SINCE PURCHASING THIS 2008 MOTORHOME TO BOTH AMERICAN COACH AND SPARTAN TO NO AVAIL. *TR