GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES Complaints

ON DECEMBER 1, 2017 WALMART INSTALLED 5 NEW GOODYEAR TIRES ON MY WRANGLER. THE FIFTH WAS FOR THE SPARE. THE OLD TIRES HAD TREAD BUT WERE 7 YEARS OLD. I TOW THIS JEEP BEHIND AN RV. I BOUGHT THE TIRES TO AVOID A BLOWOUT WHILE TOWING. ON JANUARY 20 WE STARTED OUR SEASONAL TRIP TO FLORIDA. ABOUT 4:00 PM, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE CAME APART DESTROYING THE FENDER, TURN SIGNAL, SIDE MARKER, BENT FRONT BUMPER, RIPPED THE WIRING FROM THE RV THAT CONTROLS LIGHTS, AS WELL AS THE FRONT JEEP WIRING LEFT SIDE. WHEN I STOPPED, NOTHING BUT A PIECE OF WIRE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT RIM. NO RUBBER AND THE ALLOY RIM DAMAGED BEYOND USE. AT THAT POINT I JUST THOUGHT I PICKED UP A NAIL AND GOT A FLAT. THANK GOODNESS I HAD A NEW SPARE WAS MY THOUGHT. THE NEXT DAY, 1/21/18, ABOUT 3:00 PM THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME APART AND WHEN I GOT STOPPED THE ONLY THING LEFT WAS ABOUT AN INCH WHERE THE TIRE MEETS THE RIM, 2 RINGS OF RUBBER. I HAD TO HAVE THE JEEP TOWED TO THE NEAREST TIRE CENTER, FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE. THERE, I NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD SMALL PIECES OF RUBBER MISSING. I REPLACED ALL THE REMAINING GOODYEAR TIRES. I CONTACTED BOTH WALMART AND GOODYEAR. GOODYEAR HAD ME FILL OUT A CLAIM FORM, NUMBER 601521. THEY MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND THE 2 PIECES SHIPPED BACK TO THEM. I RECEIVED A CERTIFIED FORM LETTER STATING THE ONE TIRE HAS NORMAL WEAR (CHUNKS OF RUBBER MISSING IS NORMAL WEAR?) AND MANUFACTURED FINE. I CONTACTED GOODYEAR BY PHONE AND ASKED HOW THAT DETERMINATION CAN BE MADE WHEN TWO NEW TIRES, ONE DAY APART, CAME APART AND A THIRD SHOWING SIGNS OF A PROBLEM. SINCE THEY DONT HAVE A TIRE TO EXAMINE THEY CLAIM THE PROBLEM IS NOT THEIRS. THEY SAID TO SEND PICTURES. THE RESULT WAS THE SAME. I HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE TIRE BE RETURNED TO MY RESIDENCE. I HAVE MORE THAN $4000 DAMAGE TO MY JEEP, AND A MANUFACTURER THATS STANDING IN ANOTHER WORLD. THEY CONVENIENTLY LOST THE TWO RUBBER RINGS, BLAMING IT ON FEDEX.

DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR OF A TIRE, I HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE INTERSTATE THAT ENDED UP TOTALING MY CAR. THE TREAD COMPLETELY SPLIT FROM THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT ANY COLLISIONS OR DAMAGE TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. THE BLOWOUT RIPPED OFF PIECES OF THE FRONT BUMPER, SOME SIDING OF THE CAR, AND CAUSED HUGE COSMETIC DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO WRECKING THE FRAME AND CAUSING SOME INTERNAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING A LEAK OF WIPER FLUID. MY CAR WAS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY (WITH 60,000 MILES) AND THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST TIRE WITH DOT # M671 EKER. (THERE WAS NO SET OF NUMBERS FOLLOWING THE EKER AS ON MOST TIRES, JUST A BLANK SPACE.)

ON AUG. 8, 2017 I WAS DRIVING A LEVEL 2 LANE SECLUDED ASPHALT ROAD IN MY 1998 DODGE CAMPER VAN. THE VAN IS DODGE 3500 EXTENDED MODEL, MODIFIED BY SPORTSMOBILE INTO A CAMPER VAN IN 1999. AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 50 MPH SUDDENLY A LOUD NOISE OCCURRED AND PIECE OF TIRE BEGAN TO FLY OFF. THE TIRES HAS BEEN RECENTLY ROTATED AND PRESSURE ADJUSTED TO ABOUT 80 PSI BY LES SCHWAB TIRES. WE HAD BEEN ON A ROAD TRIP SO I CHECKED TIRE INFLATION ABOUT EVERY DAY. THE TIRE TREAD HAD DISINTEGRATED AND PART OF IT HAD FLOWN OFF BUT THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED (AND STILL IS). ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE TREAD IS GONE. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND REPLACE THE TIRE. HOWEVER UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING AND ESPECIALLY IF THE TIRE HAD BEEN IN FRONT I BELIEVE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND THE VAN WOULD LIKELY ROLLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA TUNDRA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT TIRES, SIZE: 255/70/18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TIRES WOBBLED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAVIS DISCOUNT TIRES, (LOCATED AT 5332 W GENESEE ST, CAMILLUS, NY 13031) WHERE ALL FOUR TIRES WERE RE-BALANCED. THE SHOP STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT GOODYEAR, BUT THEY NEVER DID. THE CONTACT CALLED THE GOODYEAR MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE TIRES BACK TO MAVIS. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,769 AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 RAM 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A TIRES, SIZE: P275/60R20 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (HEWLETT HOUSE OF TIRES IN HEWLETT, NY) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TIRE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES HAD BULGES. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE BULGE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,800. ... UPDATED 09/20/17 *BF UPDATED 11/2/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER AUTHORITY TIRES, SIZE: LT265/70R17 (NA). THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND EXCESSIVE WEAR, WHICH CAUSED THE STEEL BELTS TO BECOME EXPOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO PREVIOUS TIRES OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,592.

LEFT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON US HWY 550 AT MILE POST 84 OVER RED MOUNTAIN PASS. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS PASS WITH STEEP DROP OFFS AND NARROW, IF ANY, SHOULDERS. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO FIND ROOM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD TO REMOVE THE BLOWN OUT TIRE AND MOUNT THE SPARE. HAD THIS BLOWOUT OCCURRED ON ANOTHER STRETCH OF THE ROAD, DRIVER AND TRUCK WOULD HAVE GONE OVER THE EDGE. ASPHAULT PAVEMENT WAS DRY AND ICE-FREE AT THE TIME. DRIVER JUDGES THE BLOWOUT DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT: PLY AND TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE WAS OEM PROVIDED WITH THE NEW TRUCK, NOT QUITE 2 YEARS OLD, AND OTHERWISE AMPLE TREAD LIFE. DRIVER HAS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TIRE, AND KEEPS THE TIRE IN HIS BARN FOR INSPECTION IF REQUIRED.

GOODYEAR TIRES DELAMINATING ! GOODYEAR WRANGLER SRA, LT265/60R20E TRAVELING ON I-40 IN ARIZONA IN OCTOBER 2016 AND A REAR TIRE COMES APART FOR NO APPARENT REASON WITH ONLY 24K ON THE TRUCK. SAFELY STOPPED THE TRUCK AND INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED AND THE TRUCK AND R/V DID NOT ROLL OVER AND CRASH ! NOW FEELING BUMPING IN THE OTHER THREE TIRES DUE TO ONSET OF DELAMINATION. TOOK TRUCK TO THE CHEVY DEALER IN LAKE HAVASU CITY AND THEY TOLD ME... WE WILL REPLACE THE ONE TIRE THAT HAS GROSSLY CAME APART BUT...NOPE SORRY WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE OTHERS "WE DON'T SEE A BUBBLE" THE DEALER IN HAS TOLD ME TO "RUN THEM THERE FINE". THESE TIRES ARE SEPARATING TOO AND IF I DO AS THE DEALER SUGGESTS BY "RUN THEM THERE FINE" AND ANOTHER ONE LETS GO AND I WRECK OUT KILLING MY WIFE AND CHILDREN AND SMEAR BODIES ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY, WHO'S ON THE HOOK ??? DISGUSTING HOW THIS DEALERSHIPS DECISIONS ABOUT AN ENTIRE FAMILIES SAFETY AND THAT ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS BASED ON NOTHING MORE THEM PROFIT !!!

DRIVING ON PAVEMENT THE AMBIENT TEMP WAS ABOUT 70 DEGREES WITH NO ROAD HAZARDS THE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED STRAIGHT ACROSS THE TREAD. A PIECE OF THE TREAD HIT THE INNER FENDER AND DAMAGED BOTH THE LINER AND THE OUTER FENDER. THE TIRE IS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER THAT CAME STOCK ON THE TRUCK 275/60 R20 DOT # M6YNJB1R2915. THE TIRES HAVE ONLY 3200 MILES ON THIS 2016 TRUCK. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS AT THIS TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 RAM 1500 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, SIZE: P2/75/60R20 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE TREAD WAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM ALL FOUR TIRES. THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.