GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES Complaints

ALL FOUR GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES SIDEWALLS HAVE SEPARATED FROM TIRES AROUND WHITEWALL BAND. THUS RENDERING THE TIRES TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE BEING REPLACED. GREAT AMOUNT OF TREAD REMAINING ONLY DRIVEN 30K MILES ON THEM. *TR

OWN 2007 H3 HUMMER. TPM MONITOR HAS BEEN GOING OFF SINCE 15,000 MILES. HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES AND THEY JUST KEEP RE-SETTING TPM. TIRE PRESSURES NORMAL. NOW 60,000 AND SERVICE TPM STILL FLASHING ON DASH. TIRE SIZE 265/75/16 GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S. TIRES ARE CRACKED AROUND RIM AND SIDEWALL THERE IS NO DOT NUMBER ON ANY TIRE!!!. NEW ONES ON ORDER. *TR

COMPLAINT ON A 2010 HONDA ELEMENT WRANGLER STOCK TIRES, THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR. AT 11,000 MILES THE TIRES STARTED TO WEAR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES, HAD THEM ROTATED AND ALIGNED. AT 22,000 MILES THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE TIRES CAME ON, BOTH OUTSIDE & INSIDE OF TIRES WERE WEARING BADLY. TOOK THEM TO A DISCOUNT TIRE STORE THEY TOLD ME THE TIRES WERE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON. ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES WAS SPLITTING. BOUGHT 4 NEW TIRES THERE. THE HONDA DEALER SAYS NOW THEY CANNOT COMPENSATE ME ON ANY TIRES THAT I HAVE NOT BOUGHT THROUGH THEIR DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER H/P TIRES, LINE SIZE 275/60R20. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRST BLOW OUT WAS IN THE TREAD. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND NOTICED THAT THE BLOW OUT ORIGINATED AT THE SIDE WALL. ONE WEEK LATER WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT CHANGED THAT TIRE WITH A SPARE AS WELL. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

THIS REPORT IS REGARDING THE FAILURE OF A GOODYEAR WRANGLER ATS TIRE, LOAD RANGE D, SIZE 305/70R16. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A MILD TO MODERATE TIRE SHAKE OR IN-BALANCE. A GOODYEAR DEALER RE-BALANCED THE TIRES, BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE SHAKE. WE RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME DEALER WHO THEN STATED THE TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND AND COULDN'T BE BALANCED. THEY DID NOT ADVISE US TO REPLACE THE TIRES OR TO STOP USING THE VEHICLE. TWO MONTHS LATER, AFTER AN HOUR AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE TIRE SUDDENLY DELAMINATED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED OVER $3,000 IN DAMAGE FROM THE TIRE EXPLOSION. CONTROL WAS NOT LOST. LOOKING AT THE TIRE, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THIS WAS THE RESULT OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. HALF OF THE STEEL BELTS ARE COVERED WITH A LAYER OF BONDED RUBBER. THE OTHER HALF OF THE BELTS ARE EXPOSED. THE SEPARATING LINE IS RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE. THE SMALL PORTION OF TREAD THAT REMAINS IS SEPARATED FROM THE BELTS, BUT IS STILL BONDED ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT APPEARS TWO STRIPS OF RUBBER WERE PLACED LATERALLY ON THE FACE OF THE TIRE AND ONE OF THEM DID NOT BOND PROPERLY. I DON'T SEE ANY SIGNS OF PATCHES. ALTHOUGH NOW RUSTED, THE STEEL BELTS WERE BRIGHT WHEN THE TIRE FIRST SEPARATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-250 SD EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT/S TIRES, LINE SIZE LT275/65R20, AND DOT NUMBER:MK0TBXWV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOUNT WAS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BUT THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

THE FIRST TIRE I HAD PROBLEMS WITH WAS THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE THAT KEPT GOING FLAT, I HAD IT CHECKED TO BE FIXED WHEN THE SERVICE MAN SHOWED ME THE DEFECT IN THE TIRE. THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE HAD A SLIT OR WHERE THE SEAM WAS SPLITTING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE, ONLY ON THE INSIDE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE AND WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AS WELL. TWO WEEKS LATER DRIVING MY THREE CHILDREN AND MY GRANDMOTHER TO GO SCHOOL SHOPPING MY BACK LEFT TIRE BLEW. LUCKILY I WAS ON A DIRT ROAD AND ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 20MPH. UPON CHANGING THE TIRE I NOTICED THE SAME SEAM RIPPAGE OR SLIT ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE SO I IMMEDIATELY CHECKED THE RIGHT BACK TIRE AND FOUND THE SAME THING ON IT. SO I HAVE 3 OUT OF THE 4 TIRES ON MY 2004 FORD EXPLORER THAT HAVE THIS DEFECT. ITS VERY DISTURBING TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THAT BOTH BACK TIRES MIGHT HAVE BLOWN. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THESE TIRES AND SO FAR HAVE NOT FOUND ANY RECALLS ON THIS SPECIFIC TIRE. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER SR-A, P235/70R16 104S. *KB

2010 JEEP WRANGLER WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST TIRES. RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, WITH COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE RIM. 4064 MILES ON THE TIRE. NO INJURIES. CONDITIONS DRY, 103 DEGREES, NO ROAD HAZARDS AFFECTED THE TIRE. DOT M671 EYER 2110. *KB

1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GM DEALER TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED. ONE OF THE TIRES GOODYEAR RT/S P265/75R16 114S OWL SERIAL MK73D5HR0108 HAD TREAD SEPARATION AT THE TOP OF SIDEWALL. I RECEIVED $75 CREDIT FROM GOODYEAR DUE TO MILEAGE. THE TIRE HAD 34,000 MILES ON IT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH GOODYEAR SRA. THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED 04/05/2008 IN ILLINOIS. THIS TIRE WAS PURCHASED AS A SET OF TWO. THE SECOND TIRE IS STARTING TO EXHIBIT THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS. *TR

NO EVENT JUST EVERY DAY DRIVING AND A TIRE A YEAR LEAKS FROM INNER LINING TO FORM A BUBBLE ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE WHICH BLOWS OUT. A TIRE A YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. *TR