GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA TIRES IN THE PAST 2 YEARS (2 PURCHASED @ JUST TIRES AND 2 PURCHASED AT GARDENA NISSAN). TIRES FREQUENTLY LOST AIR PRESSURE. I WENT BACK TO JUST TIRES AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE RIMS. I WENT BACK TO GARDENA NISSAN AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, SO I PURCHASED NITROL THINKING THIS WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND I TOOK IT BACK, STILL NO PROBLEM FOUND. WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A POP, STOPPED AND SAW THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT. TURNED INTO GAS STATION ON CORNER AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT AIR IN, TIRE WOULD NOT INFLATE. CALLED AAA, TOW TRUCK DRIVER REMOVED TIRE AND FOUND 3 CRACKS, 1 OF WHICH HAD BLOWN OPEN. HE SAID IT AS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. A WEEK PRIOR TO INCIDENT I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM GOODYEAR FOR THE SAME DEFECT. I TOOK TIRE TO GARDENA NISSAN AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING-I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO GOODYEAR. I THEN WENT TO JUST TIRES, THEY SAID THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE BUT IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE DOT AND THEY COULDN'T GET AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE GOODYEAR WAS ALREADY CLOSED FOR THE DAY. THEY ALSO FOUND THAT ONE OTHER TIRE HAD THE SAME CRACKS IN IT. SO I PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES AT THE PRORATED RATE. I CONTACTED GOODYEAR THE NEXT DAY ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FALL WITHIN THE RECALL CRITERIA, EVENTHOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME DEFECT. *TR

FACTORY TIRES FOR A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA 3.5 SE GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A P245/45R18 96V CRACKING ON SIDEWALLS M6A9 CMWR 0505. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE DURANGO. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTF, SIZE P26570R16 TIRES. DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR PRESSURE WAS EXTREMELY LOW AT 32 PSI. SHE ALSO NOTICED DARK CIRCLES AROUND THE TIRES WHERE THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING AND THE SIDEWALL WAS SPLITTING. SHE HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED AND WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE FOUR YEARS OLD, THE TREAD LIFE EXPIRED AND THE TIRES WOULD NOT PERFORM PROPERLY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 63,000.

FRONT RIGHT TIRE TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE IN A 2002 MONACO SIGNATURE 40' MOTORHOME. TIRE TREAD LIFE AND AIR PRESSURES HAD BEEN PROFESSIONALLY CHECKED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. GOODYEAR TIRE 295/80/R225. VEHICLE PROPELLED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING US TO RUN OFF THE INTERSTATE INTO THE SAND, AND VEHICLE WAS LAUNCHED INTO A ROLLOVER. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SURVIVED...PASSENGER EJECTED DURING ROLLOVER AND BADLY INJURED. MOTORHOME TOTALED. *TR

GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES ON MY 2006 PT CRUISER, I HAVE HAD 3 SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS, THE 1ST ONE BLEW OUT WITH LESS THAN 400 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE SECOND BLOWOUT CAME WITH LESS THAN 15,000 MILES AND ALSO WAS IN THE SIDEWALL, THE 3RD BLOWOUT CAME THIS PAST SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND DOING 65MPH, ALL THREE WERE SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS. THE TIRE SIZE ON ALL 3 WERE 165/65/R15 WITHIN THIS COMPLAINT FILING DOESN'T GIVE ME THE OPTION TO ADD THE OTHER 2 BLOWOUTS, BUT, I HAVE LET YOU KNOW IN THIS PARAGRAPH THAT I HAVE HAD 3 BLOWOUTS OF THE SAME OEM TIRES. *TR

DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT SPEED LIMIT OF 75 MPH ON RURAL FREEWAY WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND BLEW. THERE WAS NOTHING THE DRIVER HIT OR RAN OVER. IT JUST BLEW OUT ALMOST CAUSING A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. *JB

2000 23 FOOT E-350 MOTORHOME WITH PROBLEMS ON GOODYEAR TIRES. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE ALL SIX TIRES DUE TO SOME KIND OF FAILURE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SIDEWALL OPENED UP. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE TIRE, ONE OF THE DUAL SETS HAD BEEN RUN FLAT. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM FOR THE THIRD TIME ON OCTOBER 16, 2007. WHEN HE PULLED OVER HE NOTICED SOME ANOMALY IN THE RUBBER ON THE RIB EDGE. IT APPEARED AS IF THE RUBBER HAD DRIED OUT ALONG THE RIB, HOWEVER A VIBRATION WAS FELT WHEN DRIVING. THE CONSUMER SOON DISCOVERED THE OUTER LEFT REAR TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE SMALL CRACKS BETWEEN THE RIBS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA PILOT. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR INTEGRITY, SIZE 175/70R13 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A FUNNY SOUND AND THEN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE STABILIZER FAILED WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY THE TIRE, ALONG WITH THE SHOCK ABSORBER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A GAS STATION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND A MECHANIC ARRIVED AND CHANGED THE TIRE. HE THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALER. THE HONDA DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT GOODYEAR WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE; HOWEVER, THEY STILL HAVE NOT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE INSPECTED THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE BLOW OUT AND THERE WERE NO FAILURES AT THAT TIME. HONDA SENT THE REMAINS OF THE TIRE TO GOODYEAR. GOODYEAR SENT A DISCLAIMER, WHICH STATED THAT THE TIRE HAD A LEAK THAT CAUSED IT TO BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD A MECHANISM IN HER VEHICLE THAT WOULD HAVE INFORMED HER IF THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOW. THE CURRENT MILEAGE, DOT NUMBER, AND PURCHASE DATE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,853.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE LS, SIZE P225/60R16 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE ALARM SOUNDED, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOW. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT. SHE WENT TO A TIRE STORE AND THE ENTIRE TIRE WAS COMING APART WITH A THREE INCH SPLIT IN THE TREAD IN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. THE TIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 19,700.

AFTER INSTALLING FOUR NEW TIRES NOTICED THUMPING NOISE IN FRONT. HAD MECHANIC CHECK THE TIRES. HE TOLD ME THERE WAS A HIGH SPOT AND CHOPPING ALONG THE EDGE. HAD TIRE REPLACED. *TR