GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST TIRES Complaints

IN MAY 2005, I FOUND THAT I HAD A NAIL IN ON OF MY WRANGLER GOODYEAR TIRES AND I TOOK THE TRUCK TO GOODYEAR. WHEN THEY REMOVED THE TIRE THEY FOUND A CRACK NEAR THE BEAD. THE TIRE ONLY HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT. THEY CLAIMED THIS WAS THE FAULT OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR IMPROPER MOUNTING OF TIRE. THEY CLAIMED THIS WAS COMMON. MY TIRE WAS REPLACED IMMEDIATELY WITH AN ADJUSTED FOR WEAR. I CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND FORD AND BOTH BLAMED THIS PROBLEM ON THE OTHER. BOTH COMPANIES SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEIR DECEPTIVE PRACTICES. IT IS GOOD THAT I HAD A NAIL IN MY TIRE OR I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED WITH A BLOWOUT.

WHILE DRIVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY MY REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE THREAD. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY GOODYEAR. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 3400 MILES ON IT.THE TIRE WAS A WRANGLER HP, THE VECHICLE WAS A DODGE 1500 4X4.*AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN; TIRES HAD BEEN CHECKED AT INTERVALS OF 3K MILES, AND THERE WERE MANY INDICATIONS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AT 38000 MILES HE WAS INFORMED THAT TWO OF THE VEHICLE TIRES HAD A SPLIT IN THE TREADS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRES TO GOODYEAR AN WAS OFFERED $50.00 PER BAD TIRE. THE REMAINING TIRES WERE ROTATED TO THE FRONT BUT THE VEHICLE STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AFTER THE ALIGNMENT. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRE. *TC

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS SWAYING BACK AND FORTH. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S REAR TIRE BLEW OUT FROM THE SIDEWALL AND WAS CRACKED OPEN. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD STRESS MARKS LOCATED ON THE SIDEWALL. GOODYEAR, WRANGLER ST, P215/75R15, DOT# M6HFEYWR348 . SECOND SET, P215/75R15, DOT # M6HFEKER3800. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE. THE SIDEWALL ON ALL FOUR TIRES SPLIT. *TC

FLAT TIRE. SIDE WALL HAS SLITS RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIM OF THE WHEEL. AFTER OBTAINING A FLAT TIRE I HAD MY GARAGE MAN CHECK THE OTHER 3 TIRES AND THEY ALL WERE THE SAME , WITH SLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS. UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. *AK

PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE A VIBRATION AND BOUNCING WAS NOTED ON THE TEST DRIVE, THE DEALER ASSURED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE CORRECTED AND TWO DAYS LATER THEY REPLACED THE TIRES. THIS DID NOT ELIMINATE ALL OF THE BOUNCING, THE DEALER AGAIN SERVICED THE VEHICLE, THE SALESMAN AND THE SERVICE MANAGER BOTH RODE WITH ME IN THE VEHICLE AND AGREED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THAT IT WOULD BE CORRECTED EVEN IF ALL OF THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS, WHEELS AND TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. ONE DAY LATER I WAS TOLD THAT THE BOUNCING WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT, NO OTHER SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. I DO NOT FEEL THE VEHICLE IS PERFORMING CORRECTLY AND IS NOT SAFE.*AK

THE TIRES HAD DEEP CUTS IN THEM DOWN TO THE THREAD. WHILE GETTING THE VEHICLE SERVICED MECHANIC NOTICED THE PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR BRAND NEW TIRES OF THE EXACT MAKE AND MODEL AS THE FIRST SET. THE NEW SET OF TIRES EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

WE PURCHASED A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY EQUIPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST TIRES TWO WEEKS AGO. WITH LESS THAN 250 MILES ON THE CAR/TIRES, OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME FROM UNIVERSITY AT APPROX 60MPH (TEMP ABOUT 85 DEGREES, CLEAR & DRY) WHEN THE SIDEWALL ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SPLIT (COMPLETELY) AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. ABOUT 3" OF THE OUTSIDE SIDE WALL IS COMPLETELY SEVERED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ROAD DAMAGE TO THE TREAD OR SIDEWALL, EXCEPT FOR THE SCUFF MARKS LEFT FROM THE INCIDENT. THE CAR WAS NEW SO WE HAD NOT CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE, ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT APPEAR TO BE UNDERINFLATED AND THE CAR WAS NOT OVERLOADED. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. THE FAILED TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST, P215/75R16, SERIAL NO. T307589 GRF 95M3MS. THE DEALER HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TIRE BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF THE REMAINING TIRES, WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME TIME BASED ON THE SERIAL NUMBERS. THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY A BRAND NEW TIRE ON A BRAND NEW CAR AND IT SUFFERED A CATESTROPHIC FAILURE UNDER NORMAL LOAD AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. *AK

ON SATURDAY (3/13/2004) WHILE TRAVELING ON I40, THE GOODYEAR TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE AND LESS THAN 10 SECONDS LATER COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED ALONG THE PERIMETER WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDE. I HAD MY CAR SERVICED BY A CHRYSLER DEALER ON 3/08/04 BEFORE DRIVING 130 MILES TO A CONFERENCE IN SPRUCE PINES, NC ON 3/10/04. IT WAS ON THE RETURN TRIP FROM SPRUCE PINES WHERE THE TIRE COLLAPSED. ALSO, AFTER THE TIRE WAS CHANGED I STOPPED (LESS THAN 10 MILES LATER) AND CHECKED THE AIR PRESSURE IN THE OTHER THREE TIRES AND THEY ALL SHOWED BETWEEN 35 AND 36 PSI OF PRESSURE. THIS INCIDENCE WAS NOT CAUSED BY UNDER-INFLATIOIN AS SUGGESTED BY A LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER.

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK *NM