GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES Complaints

TIRES. GOODYEAR VIVA 3 MODEL, SIZE 215/55R16 (AND MOST OTHER SIZES). THESE TIRES GO OUT OF ROUND AT EXCEPTIONALLY LOW MILEAGE. AN COMMON COMPLAINT AT WALMART (THE ONLY RETAILER THAT SELLS THIS MODEL) IS THAT THE TIRES GO OUT OF ROUND, PRODUCE UNBELIEVABLE NOISE, AND VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I HAVE EXPERIENCE BOTH THESE EFFECTS AS WELL, AND THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED ON A NEWLY (DAYS BEFORE) ALIGNED VEHICLE, AND HAVE LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON THEM. SEE HTTPS://WWW.WALMART.COM/IP/GOODYEAR-VIVA-3-ALL-SEASON-215-55R16-93H-TIRE/42353801 FOR A LITANY OF THE ESSENTIALLY SAME COMPLAINT FROM HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS ON THE SAME MODEL OF TIRE. THESE TIRES SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD, THEY ARE NOT SAFE. TIRES THAT GO OUT OF ROUND, AT LESS THAN 5,000 MILES, SOMETHING IS GOING ON THERE. (IN MY CASE, I HAVE ONLY TWO OF THE TIRES (ONE AXLE) BUT ONE IS OK (SO FAR), AND THE OTHER IS CLEARLY NOT. BUT WHEN I WENT AND READ THE REVIEWS, I FOUND OVER HALF THE COMPLAINTS WERE ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM (OUT OF ROUND, AND MASSIVE VIBRATION AND NOISE). THE OTHER HALF OF THE COMPLAINTS ON LOW MILEAGE LIFESPANS. BUT THE TIRES GOING OUT OF ROUND, AND CAUSING VIBRATION IN HUGE NUMBERS OF VEHICLES, THAT IS SOMETHING NHTSA NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE. HENCE MY COMPLAINT. I WILL SOON BE REPLACING THESE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE SAFE TO DRIVE ON.

PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES, FROM WALMART ON 10/27/2014, FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS THEY WERE GREAT. AFTER AWHILE I KEPT NEEDING TO GET THEM REBALANCED DUE TO VIBRATING, THEY STARTED GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. HAD TO KEEP GETTING MY CAR ALIGNED EVERY OTHER MONTH. TODAY ON 10/22/2015, DRIVING STRAIGHT ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70MPH ON INTERSTATE 376, I STARTED HEARING THIS AWFUL NOISE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A WHEEL BEARING THAT KEPT GOING BAD. THEN THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, AND I STARTED SMELLING BURNT RUBBER AND SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE BACK. I PULLED OFF THE CLOSET EXIT AND INTO THE CLOSET PARKING LOT, TO FIND THAT THE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT ON THE SIDE WALL. I WENT TO THE WALMART THAT I PURCHASED THESE TIRES FROM. SINCE I PURCHASED ROAD HAZARD THEY REPLACED THE TIRE AT A PRORATED RATE. BUT THEY DON'T SELL VIVA 2'S ANYMORE, THEY REPLACED IT WITH A VIVA 3. THE OTHER 3 VIVA'S ON THE CAR, ARE NOW WEARING ABNORMAL ON THE SIDEWALL, WALMART INSISTS THAT I CURBED THEM AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, WHEN I KNOW I NEVER DID. SO THEY WONT REPLACE THEM UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEM OR THERE IS A RECALL. I EVEN HAD TO CALL CORPORATE TO TRY AND GET THE REPLACED AND THEY DIDNT WANT TO HEAR IT. IF IT WAS A FRONT TIRE AND ME GOING 70MPH, THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ENDED SO PRETTY. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR WITH THESE TIRES ON.

I BOUGHT A SET OF GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES AT WALMART. I HAVE LESS THAN 30K MILES ON THEM. I NOTICE THEY SEEM TO ALWAYS BE OUT OF BALANCE, EVEN WHEN I CARRY MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED. THE OTHER DAY, I HAD TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN AND THE TECH LOOKED AT ONE OF MY TIRES AND NOTICED A BULDGE ON THE SIDE OF ONE OF MY TIRES AND MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE BELTS SEPERATING AND BEING READY FOR A BLOW-OUT. I ASK IF WALMART WAS REPLACING THEM AND HE SAID NO. AFTER GETTING HOME I NOTICED TWO MORE TIRES WITH THAT SAME BULDGE ON THE SIDE.

VIVA2 SIDE WALL SEPARATION AND TIRE TREAD SEPARATION P225/60R16 NOTICED TIRE FAILED HAD BULGE ON SIDE WALL WENT BOUGHT ANOTHER DID SAME ASK EMPLOYEE AT WALMART WHERE I PURCHASED TIRE HE SAID THE WHEELS ARE OUT OF LINE ON MY CAR HE DID NOT KNOW I HAD HAD MY CAR INSPECTED BEFORE I CAME TO REPLACE FAULTY TIRE AT REPAIR SHOP THEY SAID TIRE WAS AT FAULT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ALIGNMENT

ON 12/16/14 I PURCHASED A SET OF 4 NEW 215/60R/16 95T GOODYEAR VIVA2 TIRES FROM LOUISVILLE WALMART SUPERCENTER 175 OUTER LOOP LOUISVILLE, KY 40214 FOR A 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX. ON 05/19/2015, WITH APPROPRIATELY 1500 MILES ON THE TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE FAILED DUE TO SIDEWALL SEPARATION. DUE TO LOW SPEED AND LIGHT TRAFFIC THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, AT HIGHWAY SPEED THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE CASE. NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE OTHER THAN SIDEWALL SEPARATION WAS NOTED BY WALMART SERVICE TECHNICIAN. I WAS NOT TOLD UNTIL LATER THAT THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY A GOODYEAR 215/60R/16 95T VIVA 3 WITH A DIFFERENT TREED PATTERN(I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS SAFE) DUE TO GOODYEAR NO LONGER MAKING THE VIVA 2 DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE.

SET OF 4 NEW GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES PURCHASED FROM WAL-MART. ONE TIRE FAILED DUE TO SIDEWALL SEPARATION AT 72 MPH. WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MOVE FROM MIDDLE LANE TO RIGHT SHOULDER. WAL-MART REPLACED THE TIRE. TIRES HAVE ABOUT 2,900 MILES. *TR

SINCE TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE NOW FAILED I WILL SUBMIT TWO COMPLAINTS, ONE FOR EACH TIRE. GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES BOUGHT FROM WALMART ON MAY 31, 2011. P225/60R16 97S DOT MDX0 H6HP 1911 TIRES FOR MY 2001 BUICK REGAL. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR I NOTICED THE CAR WAS NOT RIDING SMOOTHLY SO I TOOK IT IN TO GET THE TIRES BALANCED. THE TIRE MAN SHOWED ME THAT THERE WAS A TREAD ISSUE ON A TIRE, SO ON MAY 9, 2012 I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT VIVA 2 TIRE. THE FAILED TIRE HAD LESS THAN A YEAR AND 17,601 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ANOTHER OF THE INITIAL VIVA 2 TIRES BLEW OUT (SAME DOT CODE). THIS TIRE WAS ABOUT 26 MONTHS OLD WITH 31,440 MILES ON IT. *TR

I AM AN AUTO MECHANIC AND LATER AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER AND I ALWAYS KEEP MY TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED WITH ROUTINE BALANCING, ROTATION AND ALIGNMENTS. IN OVER 30 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAD NEVER HAD A TIRE ISSUE BEYOND THE OCCASIONAL FLAT UNTIL I BOUGHT A SET OF GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES FROM WALMART ON MAY 31, 2011. P225/60R16 97S DOT MDX0 H6HP 1911 TIRES FOR MY 2001 BUICK REGAL. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR I NOTICED THE CAR WAS NOT RIDING SMOOTHLY SO I TOOK IT IN TO GET THE TIRES BALANCED. THE TIRE MAN SHOWED ME THAT THERE WAS A TREAD ISSUE ON A TIRE, SO ON MAY 9, 2012 I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT VIVA 2 TIRE. THE FAILED TIRE HAD LESS THAN A YEAR AND 17,601 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ANOTHER OF THE INITIAL VIVA 2 TIRES BLEW OUT (SAME DOT CODE). THIS TIRE WAS ABOUT 26 MONTHS OLD WITH 31,440 MILES ON IT. I STILL HAVE THIS TIRE IF YOU WANT TO INSPECT IT. *TR

GOOD YEAR TIRES P195/60R15.. VIVA 2 (WAL MART PURCHASE) TIRES WEAR ON INSIDE OF AROUND TIRES.. TIRES ARE UNABLE TO BE BALANCED DUE TO TREAD WEAR VERY UNEVEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 NISSAN SENTRA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES, SIZE 175/65R14 DOT NUMBER (PJ8JH6HR5011). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THERE WAS A ROARING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER FRONT TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. WHILE THE TIRES WERE BEING ROTATED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF BOTH TIRES WERE SEPARATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE TIRE WARRANTY HAD TO BE REDEEMED AT THE LOCATION FROM WHICH THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED. THE TIRES WERE NOT EXCHANGED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 155,432. THE FAILURE TIRE MILEAGE WAS 300. .... UPDATED 03/08/13 *BF