GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS TIRES Complaints

DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN LOUISIANA, DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH, CHANGED LANES AND HAD BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVER REAR TIRE. I WAS DRIVING A FORD EXPLORER. THE BLOWOUT LOOKED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED ON THE SIDEWALL, AT A POINT WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE STEEL BELTS ON THE DRIVING SURFACE OF THE TIRE. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS ROAD DAMAGE TO THE TIRE. THE LOCAL GOODYEAR REP SAID THAT THEY HAVE NO RECALL ON THE TIRE AND THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS DAMAGE BEFORE AND WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE TIRE. THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE FIRESTONE, BUT WERE CHANGED OUT BY THE FORD COMPANY TO GOODYEAR BECAUSE OF THE FIRESTONE RECALL. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 29,000 MILES ON THEM AND THE AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECKED 2 DAYS BEFORE DURING AN OIL CHANGE. THE TIRE IS GOODYEAR, WRANGLER RT/S M+S P235/75R15 SER# 274220-GRF-70MMWVS IT ALSO HAS THE NUMBERS E13 0293095 STAMPED ON THEM. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 F150 FORD P/U WITH GOOD YEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRES. THE SIDEWALLS HAVE 2-3 SLITS/CRACKS ON EACH TIRE. THESE SLITS ARE ABOUT 3/4-1 INCH LONG. THESE TIRES CAME STOCKED ON THE TRUCK. THEY WERE MADE THE 12TH MONTH OF 2000. I SAY THEY ARE DEFECTIVE AND A HUGH SAFTY PROBLEM. TIRE TREAD IS ABOUT ONLY HALF WORN.*AK

GOODYEAR, WRANGLER RT/S SAFETY DEFECTS - SIDEWALL BULGES AND BUMPS. ONLY 8,000-MILES ON THE TIRES. THE FIRST SIGN THAT SOMETHING WRONG WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN "OSCILLATING ROTATIONAL NOICE" WHEN DRIVING. IT GREW LOUDER WITH TIME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER TO CHECK THE BEARINGS, BRAKES, ALLIGNMENT, , ETC. FOR A PORBLEM. NONE WAS FOUND. THEN A "THUMPING" SOUND AT LOW SPEEDS DEVELOPED. I HAD THE AUTO DEALER INSTALL MY SNOW TIRES AND ALL UNUSUAL SOUNDS AND "THUMPS" DISAPPEARED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER ASKED ME TO TAKE THE TIRES TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE DEALER SAYS THAT SIDEWALL BULGES AND BUMPS ARE NORMAL AND THAT GOODYEAR WILL NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 8,000-MILES ON THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES. I CAN ONLY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING AND SAFETY DEFECT WITH TIRES THAT DEVELOP BULGES, BUMPS, MAKE ROTATIONAL SOUNDS AND THUMPING NOISES. I THINK THERE COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AT HAND THAT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR THROUGH TIRE REPLACEMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM. PROMPT ACTION COULD SAVE LIVES, APPARENTLY NOT A TOP PRIORITY. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLY PROBLEMS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. ALL TIRES HAD STRESS MARKS LOCATED IN THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRES. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER RTS P255/70R16. ALSO, COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE . CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE LEAK. BUT TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE STRESS MARKS. *AK

ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004, I WAS DRIVING ON THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY BY PUDDING STREET IN NEW YORK, MY DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED OUT OF NOWHERE. THERE WAS NO ABSOLUTELY NO HAZARDS ON THE ROADWAY AND IT WAS A SMOOTH ROAD SURFACE. ALL MY GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS TIRES WERE NOT MORE THAN ONE MONTH OLD. GOODYEAR AND SEARS WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY SAYING THAT I WENT OVER SOMETHING ON THE ROAD WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. SEARS FOUND A CRACK IN THE TREAD, BUTS SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE GOODYEAR WARRANTY. THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS FOR THE COONSUMER.*AK

TRAVELING ON NEW PORTION OF I-670 MY REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. SUV HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT, THE TIRE THAT BLEW WAS THE ORIGINAL AND IT HAD 6,000 MILES ON IT. SPARE WAS PUT ON SUV OCT 30, 2003.*JB

GOODYEAR RT/S 235-85R16 TIRES, LOAD RANGE E (FACTORY TIRES). TIRES ARE WEARING PREMATURELY AND FALLING APART. FIRST TIRE, PASSENGER FRONT, HAD EARLY STAGES TREAD SEPERATION AT 18,592 MILES-REPLACED TIRE. OTHER 6 TIRES WEARING UNEVENLY, WITH VISABLE DAMAGE TO STEEL BELTS IN SIDEWALLS AT 22,683 MILES. MULTIPLE BULGES AND INDENTATIONS IN SIDEWALLS. 2 TIRES MILDLY WARPED IN REAR. ALL TIRES AT 80 PSI PER GOODYEAR TIRE DEALERS' DIRECTIONS. 40,000 MILE WEAROUT WARRANTY-USELESS AS NONE OF THE GOODYEAR DISTRIBUTERS IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA WILL WARRANTY FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES. I STILL HAVE 6 OF THE 7 FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES, AND WITNESSES WHO SAW OR EXAMINED THE 7TH TIRE (WITH TREAD SEPERATION). I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PARK MY DODGE 3500. I INTEND TO REPLACE THESE TIRES WITH COOPER DISCOVERER S/T TIRES WHEN I HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE. AM CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION!!!!!!*AK

I PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P245/75R16 THREE YEARS AGO.THEY NOW HAVE APPROX. 35000 MILES ON THEM.TODAY I NOTICED CRACKS ON ALL 4 TIRES ABOUT AN INCH FROM THE RIM AROUND THE ENTIRE TIRES,ON BOTH SIDES.*AK THEIR IS NO DOUGHT TO ME THAT THIS IA A FACTORY DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME..

POPPING NOISE IN SUSPENSION AT 41000 MILES, BAD BALL JOINTS BLAMED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNTIL I REPLACED THE WORN BALL JOINTS AND TIRES (FEATHERING TO TWO SETS OF GOODYEARS). AND THE TIRE STORE WAS ABLE TO FINALLY COMPLETE THE ALIGNMENT. OEM REPLACEMENT PARTS FAILED AGAIN AT 100000. REPLACED WITH NON OEM BRAND THIS TIRE. *AK

DEFECTIVE TIRES, RESULTING IN NEED FOR REPLACEMENT HAD TREAD SEPERATION FROM STEEL BELTS ON ALL FOUR TIRES MANUFACTURER ID ON TIRES (3) 4BCUC6WR1201, (1) 4BCUC6WR3900. *JB