GOODYEAR WRANGLER GS-A TIRES Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 JEEP WRANGLER EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER GS-A TIRES, SIZE 30X9.50 R 15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CRUSHED HAND AND BACK INJURIES. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A HAND INJURY. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 41,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000. UPDATED 07/26/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. UPON INSPECTION, THEY STATED THE BELTS IN THE TIRES HAD SEPARATED, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE STEERING DAMPENER FAILED. UPDATED 08/06/10*JB UPDATED 11/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 11/24/10

NO PROBLEMS WERE EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO JAN 31ST, AT WHICH POINT MY REAR DRIVERSIDE TIRE BLEW OUT, THROUGH A TEAR IN THE SIDEWALL. IT APPEARED THROUGH SLASH MARKS, WHICH I FIRST I THOUGHT WAS VANDALISM. AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION OF ALL THE OTHER TIRES, I HAVE FOUND THE SAME MARKS, AND IN THE DRIVERSIDE FRONT TIRE, A GAP THAT IS ABOUT TO BLOW OUT AS WELL. WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS LIKELY A DEFECTIVE SET OF TIRES, I CALLED GOODYEAR. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE THE CAR INTO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER CONFIRMED IT WAS A SET OF DEFECTIVE TIRES. THEN THEY TOLD ME BECAUSE I HAD GOOD USE UP TO THAT POINT, THAT I DON'T GET TO HAVE FULL-PRICE REPLACEMENT, BUT ONLY PARTIAL CREDIT. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY MAINTAINED, AND WOULD LAST ME AT LEAST ANOTHER 3-4 YEARS BECAUSE OF MY LIGHT-DRIVING HABITS, AND I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCE TO REPLACE ALL MY TIRES, NOR CAN I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR IN THIS CONDITION, IT IS UNSAFE! *TR