GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A TIRES Complaints

ON 4 NOVEMBER 2013, I PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A TIRES FROM THE SEARS AUTO STORE AT 3000 TOWN EAST MALL IN MESQUITE, TX. APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER AND LESS THAN 300 MILES ON THE TIRES, THE LEFT REAR TIRES COMPLETELY CAME A PART WHILE DRIVING ON LBJ FREEWAY WESTBOUND IN DALLAS, TX. MY APPROXIMATELY SPEED WAS BETWEEN 55-65 MPH. HAS THERE BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE BRAND AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER? *TR

WE HAD THREE BLOW OUTS ON GOODYEAR TIRES WITH LESS THAN 15,000 MILES ON A 50000 MILE TIRE IN LESS THAN 1 MILE ON A STATE GRAVEL ROAD. WE WERE ONLY GOING 20 MPH AND THE BELTS BROKE IN THE THICKEST PART OF THE TIRE. I WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER PERSON ON THE THIRD ONE. GOODYEAR IS NOT STANDING BEHIND TIRES SAYING I WAS OFF-ROADING ON A STATE ROAD. IF I WAS GOING ANY FASTER I WOULD OF FLIPPED. I TALKED WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AFTER 15,000 MILES. I COULD UNDERSTAND WITH ONE , MAYBE TWO TIRES, BUT THREE AT20MPH WITH A SHORT DISTANCE. GOODYEAR TOLD ME THE TIRES ARE NOT TO BE DRIVEN ON GRAVEL. 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE DRIVE ON SOME TYPE DURING THE LIFE OF TIRE. THEY WERE BEING SOLD IN A AREA WERE GRAVEL IS PREVALENT AND THEY ARE NOT SAFE. NO TIRE SHOULD FAIL IN THIS WAY AT 20 MPH WITH A BELT BREAK WITH A SMALL ROCK LIKE WOULD BE FOUND ON MANY HIGHWAYS IN MANY SITUATIONS. THESE ARE GOODYEAR WRANGLERS SR-A MADE FOR OFF ROAD VEHICLES SUCH AS 4X4S, TRUCKS AND MANY OTHER VEHICLES MADE FOR DIRT. *TR

MY 2012 FORD EXPEDITION SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELLING AT 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY. THE TIRE WAS ONLY 11 MONTHS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 9000 MILES. THE TIRE WAS INFLATED PROPERLY AND HAD NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF WEAR. SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE TIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED I HEARD A SLAPPING SOUND FROM THE LEFT FRONT AND EASED OFF THE GAS. THE TIRE THEN POPPED LOUDLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME HARD TO CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO REPLACE IT WITH THE SPARE. THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT BUT THE TREAD CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE IN THE WHEEL WELL AREA. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION CAUSED BY AN UNRELIABLE TIRE. *TR

ALL FOUR GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES SIDEWALLS HAVE SEPARATED FROM TIRES AROUND WHITEWALL BAND. THUS RENDERING THE TIRES TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE BEING REPLACED. GREAT AMOUNT OF TREAD REMAINING ONLY DRIVEN 30K MILES ON THEM. *TR

2007 DODGE DURANGO (APPROX 42K) EQUIPPED WITH TPMS TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM. ALL 4 VALVE STEMS, METAL IS CORRODED. ONE VALVE STEM BROKEN OFF AT THE THREADS WHEN FILLING TIRE WITH AIR. DEALER SAYS THEY KNOW OF ISSUES WITH CORRODING ON VALVE STEMS WITH TPMS BUT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE. I CANNOT PUT AIR IN ONE TIRE. THIS COULD ALSO BE LEAKING AND WILL CAUSE TIRE TO BE FLAT OR BLOW OUT. REPLACEMENT OF TPMS UNIT IN ORDER TO FIX ALL 4 OR GO TO NORMAL VALVE STEMS WITH NO TPMS. *TR

GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES 265/65 17 USED ON 2006 ,07,08 AND 09 MODELS DURANGO ARE UNRAVALING ON THE SIDES. THIS IS KNOWN AS RIPPING ALONG THE SIDES AROUND THE LETTERING ON ALL FOUR TIRES . *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT AN APPROXIMATED SPEED OF 15MPH ON A FOREST SERVICE ROAD THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE BLEW OUT. WEATHER WAS CLEAR, 70 DEGREES F. *TR

BLOWOUT OCCURRED IN SIDEWALL OF TIRE. WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON STATE ROUTE 8 IN STOW, OHIO, BETWEEN ROUTE 303 AND STEELES CORNER ROAD. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS 90 F. SPEED WAS 55 MPH. ROAD SURFACE WAS ROUGH; SURFACE LAYER OF PAVEMENT HAD BEEN REMOVED TO PREPARE FOR RESURFACING. NO CURB, DEBRIS, OR OTHER ROAD HAZARDS WERE PRESENT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT , ASPHALT PAVED ROAD WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY FAILED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE. I HAD THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER ABOUT 7 DAYS BEFORE AND THEIR CHECKLIST SHOWS THE TIRES AND INFLATION WERE OK. MY SPEED AT THE TIME WAS ABOUT 40MPH. I HAVE A PHOTO OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE FAILED COMPLETELY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TIRE WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAD. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DURING A GENERAL INSPECTION AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED BOTH REAR TIRE TREADS WERE EXCESSIVELY WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. THE TIRES WERE GOODYEAR, P245/70R16, DOT NUMBER 104S. 8AK