GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A MONTHLY INSPECTION(S) ANALYSIS, TO DETERMINE RECALLS DEFECTS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NTB, DISCOUNT, GOODYEAR, FIRESTONES-ALL MAKES, BRANDS, MODELS. PLEASE CHECK FOR DEFECTS AND INSPECT TIRE HEIGHT, SIZES, WIDTHS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING DEFECTS. *TR

I NEED TO KNOW IF TIRE AGE AND "DRY ROT" ARE A CONCERN ON A TIRE THAT IS 8 YEARS OLD? I AM A PUBLIC SERVANT (PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE) AND MAKE MANY HOME VISITS. I USE THE VEHICLE PROVIDED TO ME BY THE CITY. THE VEHICLE (VAN) THAT I USE HAS BEEN DEEMED SAFE BY THE CITY'S FLEET MAINTENANCE DEPT. THE TIRES ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES AND WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE YEAR 2000. THE VAN SITS OUTDOORS ALL YEAR ROUND AND THE TIRES NOW HAVE LARGE CRACKS IN THE SIDE AND SMALL (DRY ROT) CRACKING ON THE SIDES OF THE TIRES AND ON THE TREADS. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRES BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY 31,000 MILES ON THE VAN. I HAVE ASKED FOR THE TIRES TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FLEET MAINTENANCE THAT THE TREAD IS GOOD AND THAT THE CRACKS, DRY ROT AND AGE OF THE TIRES IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT IN THE MEDIA LATELY ABOUT THE DANGERS OF AGING TIRES. THANK YOU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR FORTERA TIRES (NA). WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SIDEWALL OF THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. THE TIRE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY OTHER DAMAGE BESIDES THE SIDEWALL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE TIRE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

GMC SAVANA 2006 WITH ONLY 9,300 MILES ON IT. HAD DEALER IN FL CHECK VEH BEFORE WE LEFT ON VAC TO NJ. ON WAY TO NJ WE KEPT HEARING THINGS HITTING UNDER THE CARRIAGE NOISES. TOOK TO DEALER HERE IN NJ AND THEY CHECKED AND SAW THAT ALL THE WEIGHTS HAD COME OFF THE RIMS/TIRES. THE TIRES ARE P275R45/20 WITH CHROME RIMS ON A CUSTOM HANDICAPPED VAN WITH LIFT. DEALER IN NJ STATED THEY REPLACED THE WEIGHTS THAT WERE MISSING AND ALSO TOLD US WE NEEDED TO HAVE ROTORS CUT DOWN. COST OF $60.00 FOR WEIGHTS AND ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY. NOT EVEN 2 MILES UP ROAD AND THE WEIGHTS CAME OFF AGAIN. THIS TIME I CALLED TO DEALER IN FL. THEY TOLD US TO GO TO REPUTABLE TIRE CO AND HAVE IT CHECKED BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WEIGHTS WERE PLACED ON PROPERLY AND SECURED NOT TO FALL OFF AGAIN ON TRIP HOME TO FL. WE TOOK TO GOOD YEAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE 2 TIRES BUT THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE TIRES WERE ALL ROTTING AND SLICES WERE ALL OVER THE SIDEWALLS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE. HE ALSO TOLD THEM THAT THE TIRES WERE ALL FROM THE SAME LOT AND CUT AND CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS ALSO. HE RECOMMENDED TO CORP THAT THEY AGREE TO REPLACE ALL 4 BECAUSE HE WAS NOT SURE THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TROUBLE ON THE WAY HOME. WE AGAIN WERE CHARGED FOR THE BALANCE AND WEIGHTS AND LABOR BUT NOT CHARGED FOR THE TIRES EXCEPT FOR THE TRADE OF 50.00 EACH TIRE FOR THE WORN TREAD OF 9,300 MILES WEAR AND TEAR. I FELT THAT IT WAS AGREED THAT THESE TIRES IN THE LOT NUMBERS SHOULD BE RECALLED TO THE PUBLIC FOR SAFETY REASONS. WE ALSO HAD THE NITRO IN THE TIRES WHICH COULD HAVE EXPLODED FROM THE PRESSURE OF THE TIRE PROBLEM. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THIS DEFECT. THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW THAT THIS LOT OF EAGLE TIRES : EAGLE GT 2 : P275R45/20 ARE SERIOUS DEFECTS. TIRES CAN BE REPLACED BUT LIVES CAN NOT . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR WRANGLER SRA TIRES, SIZE P265/60R18. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED SEVERE BALANCING ISSUES WITH HIS TIRES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION. REPAIRS WERE MADE ON THE VEHICLE TO REMEDY THE VIBRATION. ANOTHER SHOP STATED THAT THE VIBRATION WAS DUE TO THE TIRES AND WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRES TO THE DEALER AT LEAST FIVE TIMES TO BE BALANCED AND INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AND REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 230,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 222,000.

HUSBANDS TRUCK BEGAN WOBBLING NOTICEABLY WHILE DRIVING. CHECKED TIRES AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT 3 TIRES HAD BUBBLES IN THE SIDEWALLS, AND OF THE 3 TIRES 1 HAD A BUBBLE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF A FOOTBALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TREAD, I BELIEVE THEY WERE GOODYEAR TIRES 255/65/17. ALSO, THE WIRE INSIDE OF THE TIRE COULD BE SEEN ON ANOTHER PART OF THE TREAD, WHICH THERE WASN'T MUCH OF. 27,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, BOUGHT USED LESS THAN 1MO AGO. PUT SPARE TIRE ON THE WORST ONE, TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND FORD REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES SINCE THE OTHER ONE WAS DIFFERENT MAKE AND WRONG SIZE. COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING TIRES IF TRAVELED 1,000 MILES WITH FAMILY WHEN ATTENDED GRANDMOTHERS FUNERAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MIDWEST TRAILER, MODEL SHORELANDER MLUV40TBXLW (NA). THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR TIRES, TIRE SIZE IS ST185 (NA) TIRES. THE CONTACT CHECKED HIS TRAILER AND NOTICED THAT ONE TIRE WAS FLAT. HE TOOK THE TIRE TO THE SHOP, BUT ANOTHER TIRE FLATTENED A WEEK LATER. THE CONTACT EXAMINED ALL THE TIRES AND NOTICED THAT THE VALVES ON ALL THE TIRES WERE DRIED ROTTED. ALL OF THE VALVES WERE REPLACED. THE DOT AND THE TIRE LINE ARE UNAVAILABLE. THE TIRE SIZE WAS CONFIRMED WITH THE CONTACT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 800.

WATCHED 20/20 MAY 9TH 2008 ABOUT HOW TO CHECK FOR PRODUCTION DATE ON TIRES. CHECKED DATE ON TIRES MAY 10TH 2008. DATE IS REMOVED OR BUFFED OFF OF TWO FRONT TIRES! THE CIRCLE WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IS STILL ON THE TIRE BUT THE DATE HAS BEEN REMOVED. TWO FRONT TIRES WERE BOUGHT APRIL 22ND 2008. (I STILL HAVE THE RECEIPT). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 30 MPH, HE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE DRIVE ONTO A CURB AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. THROUGH INTERNET RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED TWO RECALLS THAT MAY PERTAIN TO THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 06V493000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE ) AND 06V341000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). HE TOOK THIS INFORMATION BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HIM TO CALL NHTSA AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,193 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,055. UPDATED 7/3/08 *CN THE CONSUMERS SON WAS DRIVING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, STEERING KNUCKLE, BALL JOINTS AND THE INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD ENDS. UPDATED 07/03/08

WHILE TRAVELING ON A FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND DROVE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. AN INSPECTION SHOWED THE TIRE WAS SLIGHTLY INFLATED. (THE RIM WAS NOT CRUSHED INTO THE RUBBER.) I DETERMINED THAT THE SAFEST THING TO DO WAS TO DRIVE THE CAR ON THE SHOULDER AND TAKE THE FIRST EXIT TO GET AWAY FROM THE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC WHERE I CHANGED THE TIRE. THE TIRE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO RIDING ON AN UNDER INFLATED TIRE. THIS IS NOT SO. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED, I WALKED TO MY CAR FROM THE RIGHT REAR AND I WOULD HAVE NOTICED AN UNDER INFLATED TIRE. ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER LEAVING THAT PARKING PLACE THE TIRE FAILED. MY CAR IS A HONDA S2000 AND I FUSS OVER IT ALL THE TIME. THE TIRES ARE WELL INSPECTED WHEN THE CAR IS WASHED AND THEN TIRE SHINE IS APPLIED. THE TIRE WAS NOT UNDER INFLATED. THE TIRE DEALER COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF A PUNCTURE THAT WOULD CAUSE UNDER INFLATION. *TR