GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT TIRES Complaints

IN JULY 2003 FIRST TIRE ON HOLIDAY RAMBLER 5TH WHEEL TRAILER DEVELOPED SIDEWALL BULGE ON AUGUST 11, 2005 ANOTHER TIRE THREW TREAD ON AUGUST 17, 2005 A THIRD TIRE DEFLATED DUE TO SEPARATION - TREAD NOT THROWN. OF ORIGINAL GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT LT235/85R16 TIRES ON TRAILER, THREE HAVE FAILED TRAILER PURCHASED MAY, 2001. TIRES ALL HAD OVER 1/4" TREAD LEFT AT TIME OF FAILURES. TRAILER HAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES OF TRAVELING SINCE PURCHASE. ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND NOT ABUSED.

BULGES FOUND ON 2 GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES AND CRACK BETWEEN TREAD ON 3RD TIRE. LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON TIRES. TIRES WITH BULGES REPLACED AND 3RD TIRE USED AS SPARE.

MY COMPLAINT IS ON GOODYEAR TIRES, WRANGLER HT 225/75R16 LOAD RANGE E. ON APRIL 3, 2005 I LEFT A RV PARK IN TYLER. TX AND WAS TRAVELING EAST ON I-20 NEAR THE MARSHAL. TX EXIT WHEN ONE OF THE ABOVE TIRES BLEW OUT. I PROCEEDED UP THE 614 EXIT IN ORDER TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE FOR MY SAFETY ON THE BUSY INTERSTATE. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND PROCEEDED ON TO BOSSIER CITY, LA TO FIND ANOTHER TIRE. THE DEALER HAD THE SIZE TIRE NEEDED AND REPLACED THE BLOWN OUT TIRE. I INFORMED THE SALES PERSON THAT THE TIRE HAD DAMAGED MY TRAILER. HE GOT A CLAIM NUMBER (000427752} FOR ME AND TOLD ME THAT GOODYEAR WOULD SEND ME FORMS TO FILL OUT TO GET REEMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE NEW TIRE ($214.65) AND THE DAMAGE TO MY TRAILER, LATER DETERMINED TO BE $547.96. I TRAVELED TO TALLULAH, LA AND STOPED FOR FUEL AND CHECKED TIRES AND FOUND ANOTHER TIRE ABOUT HALF INFLATED AND COULD HEAR AIR COMING FROM IT, CHANGE TIRE. I MADE IT ON TO JACKSON, MS WHERE I FOUND A GOODYEAR DEALER AND THEY ADJUSTED THE TIRE AND CHARGED ME $32.50. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPERATED. WHEN I RETURNED HOME AND PICKED UP MY MAIL AT THE POST OFFICE I DID HAVE THE PACKET TO FILE A CLAIM BUT I ALSO HAD A REGISTERED LETTER FROM GOODYEAR TELLING ME THAT MY CLAIM HAD BEEN DENIED EVEN BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO FILE IT. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY DID NOT FIND ANY DEFECT IN THE TIRE, THEY SAID IT HAD BEEN RUN FLAT. I SENT GOODYEAR THE CLAIM FORMS AND A LETTER ASKING THEM TO RECONSIDER MY CLAIM. I DID IN FACT RUN THE TIRE FLAT AFTER IT BLEW OUT IN ORDER TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO CHANGE THE TIRE WHICH ONLY HAD CORDS AROUND THE TIRE AND THE BEADS AROUND THE WHEEL. GOODYEAR SAID THEY WOULD DESTROY THE IN 30 DAYS IF I DID NOT REQUEST THEM TO RETURN IT TO ME. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR TRAVEL CLUB HAVE HAD BLOW OUTS AND TREAD SEPERATIONS ON THIS SAME MAKE AND SIZE GOODYEAR TIRE. SINCE THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC I WOULD ASK THAT THIS TIRE BE INVESTIGATED.

TOTAL SIDEWALL AND BELT FAILURE ON RIGHT REAR TIRE ON A 1999 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. THE TIRES WERE THE REPLACEMENTS FOR THE FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL IN 2001. THE TIRES HAVE 28,000 MILE ON THEM IN THE FOUR YEARS

I HAVE A 2002 E350 FORD EXT SD VAN THAT CAME WITH OEM GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT LRE 245/75R/16 TIRES. THE VEH WAS OBTAINED NEW IN JUNE 2002. SINCE NEW THE TIRES SIDEWALLS WERE CRACKED AND DRY, AFTER DRIVING ON THEM A WHILE THE SIDEWALLS HAD MINOR BULGES, AND MORE CRACKS. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED/BAL/AND PROPER PSI AT ALL TIMES AND WERE NEVER OVERLOADED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH MICHELIN LTX/MS AT 33K MILES. THESE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNDER A "SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN" BY GOODYEAR AT THEIR EXPENSE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NR 02X001000 DTD 28 JAN 2002). I WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND THE "CAMPAIGN" EXPIRED, LEAVING ME TO REPLACE THE TIRES AT MY EXPENSE. BY NOT NOTIFING ME GOODYEAR SAVED A BUNDLE BUT IT LEFT ME IN DANGER OF A POSSIBLE BLOWOUT/TREAD SEPERATION OR EVEN A CRASH. WHEN I DID FIND OUT ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT CAMPAIGN I WENT TO MY LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER AND ALL THEY OFFERED WAS TO SELL ME THE SAME TIRE AT AN INFLATED PRICE COMPARED TO SAM'S CLUB OR WAL-MART. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WILL NOT BE SHOPPING FOR GOODYEAR TIRES IN THE FUTURE.

(1) NORMAL TIRE ROTATED EVERY 3000 MILES RUN WITH 55 LBS. FRONT 85 LBS. REAR CHECKED WEEKLY (2) SIDE WALL ON BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE DRY ROTTED TO POINT OF AIR POCKETS ARE FORMING ON OUTSIDE OF TIRES. (3) TIRES REPLACED WITH BRIDGESTONE V-STEEL R265 I WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT GOODYEAR DEALERS 1ST IN ORMOND BEACH FL THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM IT IS COSMETIC! 2ND GOODYEAR DEALER IN BRIDGEVILLE PA AGREED THE TIRES WERE BAD AND A DANGER TO RIDE ON, AND OFFERED A SIXTY-TWO DOLLAR DISCOUNT ON NEW TIRES (WITH THE DISCOUNT THE GOODYEAR STORE WOULD HAVE BEEN $242.00 HIGHER, THAN SAM'S CLUB FOR THE SAME TIRES WITHOUT A DISCOUNT) THE TWO DEALERS WERE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS APART.*AK

WHILE TOWING MY 2002 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ALUMASCAPE 5TH WHEEL TRAILER I EXPERIENCED TWO CATASTOPHIC TIRE FAILURES WITHIN THE PAST 3 MONTHS. THE TRAILER IS A MODEL 30RLD WITH A DRY WEIGHT OF ABOUT 9600LBS. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT LT RADIALS, SIZE LT225/75R16, LOAD RANGE E. THE DOT INFORMATION IS: G18R DOT MKIL MMHV 16/01. THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRE THAT CAME EQUIPPED WITH MY RV, AND CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILES ON THEM. I RELIGIOUSLY MAINTAIN 80PSI IN THE TIRES. ON AUGUST 5TH, 2004, AT 2000 MILES ON THE TIRES, I EXPERIENCED A TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION AND IMMEDIATE DEFLATION ON I 15 NORTH OF LAS VEGAS NV. THE TREAD WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE OF THE TRAILER, AND THE CASING WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 105 DEGREES, AND I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 25, 2004 ON I 40 WEST OF NEEDLES, CA. THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 70 DEGREES. THE TREAD CAME LOSE ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE CASING AND I AGAIN EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE DEFLATION. ON BOTH OCCASIONS PIECES OF THE TREAD SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED THE SIDE OF MY TRAILER. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THE GOODYEAR TIRE CO.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CAMPER TRAILER'S FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRES TREAD SEPARATED. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK

THE TIRE TREAD ON MY MOTORHOME FRONT TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. I HAVE REPLACED ALL SEVEN OF MY GOODYEAR TIRES FOR DEFECTS. *AK

MY RV 5TH WHEEL CAME EQUIPPED WITH GOOD YEAR WRANGLER HT LT225/75R/16 "E" TIRES AND I HAVE HAD 3 TREAD SEPARATION WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. EACH INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO RV WHEEL WELL AND SKIRTING. GOOD YEAR REPLACED ALL THE ORIGINAL TIRES WITH THE SAME TIRE EXCEPT THE SPARE. I DO NOT TRUST THESE TIRES AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER OWNERS ON THE VARIOUS RV WEB SITES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I KNOW THERE IS A NHTSA THAT STATED THEY CAN NOT BE USED ON EMERGENCY VEHICLES. WHY ON RV'S SINCE WE ARE HAVING THE SAME RESULTS? THE TYPE RV IS NOT LISTED ON YOUR DROP DOWN IT'S A SUNNY BROOK 31BWFS 2002 5TH WHEEL. SEVERAL RV DEALERS IN OUR AREA ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE ALSO.*AK