GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH ON HIGHWAY TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM RIGHT REAR TIRE. ORIGNIAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT ON A DODGE, RAM, 1500, 2001. TIRE MILEAGE 24,000, AND TIRE SIZE P26575R16. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER GOT A NEW SET OF TIRES IN REPLACEMENT OF FIRESTONE RECALLED TIRES. THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION COMING FROM TIRES. ALSO, BELTS WERE CROOKED, AND TIRES WOBBLED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER KEPT REPLACING TIRES WHICH DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. TIRE SIZE 26570R17. *AK

I AM REPORTING THIS PROBLEM ON MY FATHERS VEHICLE. I JUST LEARNED OF THIS ISSUE FROM HIM, HE IS A 64YO MAN WITH A 8TH GRADE EDUCATION AND I FEEL HE HAS BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. I AM AN ENGINEER WITH A BACKGROUND AS WELL IN LAW. I TALKED WITH HIM ON SUNDAY AND THIS IS THE ISSUE HE HAS WITH HIS NEW DODGE RAM 1500 QUADCAB. THE VEHICLE HE FOUND SHOOK AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH, ONLY SLIGHTLY. THIS WORRIED HIM HOWEVER AND HE HAD A FRIEND AT A TIRE DEALERSHIP INSPECT THE TIRES. IT WAS THEN NOTICED THAT THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES HE REQUESTED WERE NOT IN FACT LT OR LIGHT TRUCK TIRES BUT P, PASSENGER CAR RATED TIRES. THEY ARE 4 PLY INSTEAD OF THE 6 PLY AS FOUND IN THE LT MODESL, (SUCH AS I HAVE ON MY JEEP WRANGLER). THESE TIRES BULGE AND IN MY OPINION ARE DEFORMING UNDER THE LOAD OF A HEAVIER VEHICLE. RESULTING IN THE VIBRATIONS AT HIGHER SPEEDS. ALSO, SINCE THE TIRES APARENTLY HAVE ISSUES JUST HELPING THE TRUCK MAINTAIN TRACTION, IF A LOAD WERE TO BE ADDED UPWARDS OF THE GVWR THEN MY LIKELY CONCLUSION WOULD BE THAT THE TIRES COULD HAVE A HIGHER LIKELYHOOD OF FAILURE. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN AND AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT IS PUTTING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE ON THE ROAD AT RISK. AND DODGE IS NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO DO THIS, CHEVY AND FORD DEALERS MY FATHER ALSO NOTICED TO HAVE DONE THE SAME THING OF PUTTING ON CAR TIRES ON THE TRUCKS. THE ISSUE IS OF CORUSE COST HERE, THE TIRES ON MY FATHERS TRUCK WERE 70 DOLLARS A PIECE, WHILE THE REPLACEMENT TRUCK TIRES MY FATHER PUT ON WERE 125. MY FATHER TRADED IN THE TIRES BUT HE DOES HAVE A SIGNED RECEIPT FROM THE TIRE DEALER STATING THE ISSUE OF THE TIRES, ALL THEIR SPECS AND WHY HE SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT. I KNOW MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WORK THEIR TRUCKS HARD, OR USE THEM NEAR THEIR GVWR BUT A TRUCK SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM UP TO ITS SPECS WITHOUT SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS INVESTIGATED AND FOR ALL OWNERS TO BE GIVEN NEW TIRES OR REIMBURSED FOR THEIR COSTS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS TO YOUR PLANS.

SB ON I-24 N. OF CHATANOOGA, LEFT REAR TIRE "BLEW." EXAM SHOWED TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM OUTSIDE TIRE WALL. OUTSIDE TIRE WALL HAD A DOZEN OR MORE SLICES LIKE A SLICED PIE. TIRE NOT UNUSUALLY HOT; LOAD NOT UNUSUALLY HEAVY (ONLY DRIVER WAS IN CAR); TIRE PRESSURE WAS NORMAL (33PSI). NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PREVENT OTHER 4 TIRES FROM DOING THE SAME THING!*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

3 CRACKS IN SIDE WALL.1 INCH FROM RIM, IN THE SAME PLAIN OF ROTATION. EVADENCE OF OTHER CRACKS STARTING.*AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

P255/70R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, FORD EXPEDITION WITH 36000 MILES. ALL 4 TIRES HAD BEEN SLOWLY LOOSING AIR, CONSUMER THEN WENT TO DEALER TO HAVE TIRES INSPECTED, AND WAS TOLD ALL 4 SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH, THE REAR DRIVERS' SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. TEAR APREARED TO BIN IN THE INSIDE OF TIRE, COMING FROM THE TREAD DOWN TO THE CENTER OF THE TIRE, APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2- 3 INCHES LONG WITH JAGGED EDGES RATHER THAN A STRAIGHT EDGE. TIRE SIZE P26570R17.

GOODYEAR, 31X16.5R15 LT, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, DODGE DURANGO WITH 1500 MILES. BOTH REAR TIRES LOOKED LIKE THEY HAVE DRYROTTED. *AK

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE. TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED. WHILE WASHING VEHICLE CRACKS APPEARED AROUND ENTIRE TIRE. TIRE RETAILER HAD OFFERED PRORATED FOR TIRES. 1998, FORD, F150 P265/70R17. *AK

ORIGINAL TIRES ON FORD, F150, 2001; TIRES ON VEHICLE ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR VEHICLE, THEY ARE SPLITTING, AND HAVE BUBBLES.*AK CONSUMER STATES THIS IS A 4X4 WITH TOWING SPRINGS AND SHOCKS, THE TRUCK IS TOO HEAVY AND THE SUSPENSION TOO RIDGED TO TAKE THE POTHOLES WITHOUT DAMAGING THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, CONSUMER ALSO STATES IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHEN THE INNER WALL IS SPLIT, THE TIRE HAS TO BE CLOSELY INSPECTED TO SEE BULGES, THE INNER PLY SPLITS LEAVING ONLY ONE PLY TO HOLD AIR. *JB