GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES Complaints

I PURCHASED A NEW GMC YUKON DENALI 8 MONTHS AGO. MY NEW SUV CAME WITH STANDARD ALL-SEASON GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP P265/70R17 TIRES. ONE CHILLY WINTER MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK, I HEARD AN EXPLOSIVE SOUND AND REALIZED THAT MY LEFT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. I WAS DRIVING AT HIGH FREEWAY SPEED (75 MPH, THE SPEED LIMIT IS 70) WITH OTHER DRIVERS DRIVING AT THE SAME SPEED WITH NOT ENOUGH CLEARANCE IN FRONT AND BEHIND MY VEHICLE. I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. I STRUGGLED TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE I ALSO FEARED OF A REAR-END COLLISION IF I DON'T ACT FAST. REALIZING I AM IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, I GRIPPED THE STEERING WHEEL FIRMLY, IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKES, AND MADE A SUDDEN SHARP TURN ON THE SHOULDER. THIS SUDDEN LATERAL SHIFT AND ABRUPT MANEUVER CREATED A FORCE THAT TILTED THE VEHICLE SIDEWAYS (THE TWO RIGHT TIRES - FRONT & REAR - WERE UP ON THE AIR) FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS. THE SHARP TURN ON THE SHOULDER LED ME TO THE FREEWAY MEDIAN (AN OPEN GRASSLAND WITH UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND SOFT SOIL). THANKS TO THE SAFETY FEATURE OF MY VEHICLE, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), AFTER A BRIEF MOMENT I FELT MY TWO RIGHT TIRES WERE BACK ON LEVEL WITH THE GROUND AND THE VEHICLE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ITS POWER ALLOWING ME TO SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ROLLING OVER. AS FOR THE BLOWN OUT TIRE, IT HAS BEEN SPLIT IN HALF. I TALKED TO GMC ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AND WAS SERIOUSLY CONCERNED OF A TIRE MANUFACTURER DEFECT/FAILURE. GMC STATED THEY DON'T MAKE TIRES. I SHOULD TAKE MY CASE TO GOODYEAR TIRES. THERE IS MUCH ECONOMIC PHYSICAL DAMAGE THAT RESULTED FROM THIS TIRE BLOW-OUT. THE LEFT INNER FENDER WELL COVER WAS DAMAGED AND CREATED A HOLE THROUGH THE SHEET METAL. ALSO A REAR BODY MOLDING WAS MISSING AND DAMAGED TO LEFT RUNNING BOARD END CAP. THE RIM ON DAMAGED TIRE NEEDS TO BE SPIN-TESTED FOR BALANCE AND OUT OF ROUND ROAD DAMAGE. THE APPROXIMATE DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE ARE $4,000 - $5,000. AND OF COURSE, EMOTIONAL TRAUMA.*JB

PROBLEM NO. 1: MY 2004 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED HAS HAD A STEERING AND WHEEL VIBRATION PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IT IN JULY 2004 FROM PARRISH JEEP IN FAIRFAX, VA. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO GET WORST. THE WHEELS AND STEERING VIBRATE ABRUPTLY BETWEEN 45 - 60 MILES MPH. I HAVE TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL WITH 2 HANDS TO ATTEMPT TO SAFELY DRIVE MY JEEP. AS OF AUGUST 2004, I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 VIRGINIA JEEP DEALERSHIPS FOR THE VIBRATION PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, IN WHICH THE PROBLEM WAS WITNESSED AND NOTED. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS WITNESSED BY THE JEEP DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD I HAD TO PROVIDE PROOF OF MY VEHICLE SERVICES, WHICH I DID. PARRISH JEEP HAS COPIES OF ALL OF THEM. AFTER CONTACTING JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHICH JUST TOLD ME TO CONTINUE TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS FINALLY TOLD IN DECEMBER 2005 BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT I HAD TO BRING MY JEEP IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR A JEEP ENGINEER TO TEST DRIVE AND DIAGNOSE. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT HE BELIEVED THE TIRES TO BE FAULTY, BUT NOW THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MILEAGE ON MY JEEP. I REMINDED HIM THAT THE RECEIPTS SHOW THAT I HAVE COMPLAINED OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN I INITIALLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2004. SO, NOW I HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER ONE MONTH FOR A CALL TO HAVE THE JEEP ENGINEER REVIEW THE PROBLEM. THIS IS MY 3RD JEEP THAT I HAVE OWNED, IN ADDITION TO THE 2 THAT MY FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE OWNED BECAUSE OF MY RECOMMENDATION, AND I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. THIS MAY BE MY AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS' LAST TIME TO BUY JEEP PRODUCTS DUE TO SAFETY AND LACK OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. PROBLEM NO. 2: THE TRANSMISSION JERKS AS I COME TO A STOP. THIS JERKING HAPPENS AFTER I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND IT HAS WARMED UP. THIS PROBLEM WAS NOTED AS OF THE SUMMER 2005. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE SAME 2 VA DEALERSHIPS, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE COMPUTER WAS CHECKED AND I WAS TOLD THAT ALL UPDATES HAD BEEN MADE. HOWEVER, THE JERKING IS STILL PERSISTED.*AK

TREAD SEPARATION AND SIDEWALL FAILURE, INSIDE EDGE OF TIRE NEXT TO RIM. THIS IS THE FINAL TIRE TO FAIL PREMATURELY OF FOUR. THESE TIRES WERE RATED AS 60,000 MILE TIRES, THIS ONE FAILED AT 54,532. TIRE 1 FAILED 5/10/05 AT 40,838 MI WITH TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE 2 SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT EAST OF HAZLETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA. THIS WAS ON THE RIGHT REAR. THE THIRD TIRE ALSO SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION AT THIS TIME ON THE RIGHT FRONT. THIS TIRE WAS ON VEHICLE LEFT FRONT AND IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. *JB

TREAD SEPARATIONS/BLOWOUT TRAVELING 62 MPH, HAZLETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA. OLD TIRES HAD TO BE LEFT AT TETLOW TIRES IN SMITHERS, B.C. CANADA. *JB

TIRE FAILURES-GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT. ALL 4 TIRES SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATIONS WITHIN A 6 MONTH PERIOD. *JB

I HAD JUST EXITED A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. AFTER EXAMINING THE SPARE TIRE RETAINING CABLE I FOUND IT HAD RUSTED IN HALF ALLOWING THE TIRE TO FALL. IF THE TIRE HAD FALLEN OUT 30 SECONDS EARLIER IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MULTI CAR PILE UP WITH POSSIBLE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THOSE BEHIND ME. I FEEL THIS CABLE SHOULD BE REPLACED BY STAINLESS STEEL CABLE WHICH WILL NOT RUST OR AT THE VERY LEAST A SECONDARY SAFETY CHAIN BE ADDED TO AT LEAST KEEP THE TIRE WITH THE TRUCK !! I AM NOW AFRAID TO FOLLOW ANY GM MADE TRUCK ! *NM

IDENTICAL SITUATION TO CASE # 10091230. WHILE DRIVING ON A WET ROAD FROM PREVIOUS DAYS RAIN MY 2004 JEEP LIBERTY LOST CONTROL WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF A TURN AT 20 MPH AND WENT OFF THE ROAD DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CRASHING INTO A TREE. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME SITUATION HERE: HTTP://WWW.1010TIRES.COM/TIREREVIEWS/GOODYEAR_WRANGLER_SR-A_TIRE_REVIEWS2.HTML THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE A COMPATIBILITY ISSUE WITH THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES AND THE JEEP LIBERTY WITH A SHORT WHEEL BASE AND LIGHT REAR END. THESE TIRES ARE GOOD ON DRY SURFACES BUT ARE EXTREMELY POOR ON WET CONDITIONS. *JB

I PURCHASED A USED 2001 DODGE DURANGO WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS P265/70R16 TIRES, THE SUV HAD APPROX. 42,000 MILES . SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, ONE FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO LOSE AIR AND WOBBLE. AFTER INSPECTION BY THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR, I WAS TOLD THAT IT APPEARED THE BELT WAS BROKEN AND THE FULL-SIZE SPARE WAS USED TO REPLACE THE TIRE. THIS SECOND TIRE SEEMS TO BE "DOING" THE SAME THING. IN ADDITION, I NOW HAVE A REAR TIRE THAT HAS A "FLAT SPOT" AND COORESPONDING SIDEWALL BULGE ON IT. THE CAR (AND I PRESUME, ORGINAL MANUFACTURER EQUIPMENT TIRES) HAVE APPROX. 50,000 MILES ON THEM. I WROTE TO GOODYEAR, VIA WEBSITE, ABOUT THIS CONDITION, BUT NO ONE HAS RESPONDED. *NM

TIRE DEFECT: GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P255 70R16 - SIDE WALL CRACKS ON 3 OF 4 TIRES. VEHICLE: 2003 FORD TRUCK F-150 4X4 MILEAGE: 53000. *JB

CONSUMER TREAD ON LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER AT THE TIME OF THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE TRAILER/VAN FISHTAILED VIOLENTLY AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE TRAILER ENDED UP ROLLING OVER AND CAUSED THE VAN TO ALSO ROLL ONTO IT'S SIDE. THIS WAS THE SECOND GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE ON THE VEHICLE TO SEPARATE. THE FIRST TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED SEPT 2004*NM