GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE FAILURE. ST205/75R14, DOT VO8L 2JT4 2603. MADE IN NEW ZEALAND. THREAD SEPARATION LESS THAN 5000 MILES. *NM

DRIVING AND PARKED CAR. HAVE COMPLETE TIRE SIDEWALL FAILURE. CAR IS 2004 DODGE NEON WITH ORIGINAL TIRES WITH 24,000 MILE SON THEM. *JB

THIS COMPLAINT DOCUMENTS A VERY DISTURBING SITUATION REGARDING GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A P245/45R18 TIRES ON OUR 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND THERE WERE 29,500 MILES ON THE CAR AT THE TIME. WE HAD A VIOLENT FLAT TIRE (PASSENGER REAR) AND UPON REMOVAL NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE SIDE WALL HAD SPLIT IN MULTIPLE REGIONS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. WHEN THE CAR WAS UP ON THE LIFT AS THE TIRE WAS BEING REPLACED AT A GOODYEAR DEALER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE REMAINING THREE TIRES ALSO HAD MULTIPLE LONG, DEEP INSIDE SIDE WALL CRACKS, EVIDENT AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION, AND WE HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THE TIRES HAD BEEN IN THIS CONDITION, THOUGH IT LOOKED LIKE THE RUBBER HAD DEGRADED SIGNIFICANTLY. SINCE THE CRACKS WERE ON THE INSIDE, THEY WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WITH NORMAL VISUAL INSPECTION. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT WE WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT. IT IS ALSO EVIDENT THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE CONDITION OF THE TIRES, FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO ALL FOUR TIRES AT ONLY 29,500 MILES. ONCE HOME, WE CHECKED THE INTERNET TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALL ISSUED. WE WERE HORRIFIED TO FIND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2004 NISSAN MAXIMAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. WE FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT PRESTIGIOUS COMPANIES SUCH AS GOODYEAR OR NISSAN WOULD BE SO IRRESPONSIBLE AS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO UNKNOWINGLY DRIVE AROUND ON HAZARDOUS TIRES. WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT OTHER NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS MAY EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT MAY BE HURT OR KILLED AS A RESULT. IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE OF BOTH GOODYEAR AND NISSAN TO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SITUATION. WE BELIEVE THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL OR SAFETY ALERT AND FULLY REIMBURSE THE OWNERS FOR THE TIRE COST. WE THEN SENT LETTERS TO BOTH GOODYEAR AND NISSAN TO ADDRESS THEIR INTENT. *JB

I PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRES FROM DISCOUNT TIRE CO. ON 1/17/2005 THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO DISCOUNT THEY REBALANCED AND ROTATED THE TIRES AND INFORMED ME IF THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO VIBRATE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT MUST BE MECHANICAL. I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ALIGNED, AND ROADFORCE BALANCED THE TIRES. THEY FOUND THAT THEIR WAS A DEFECT IN THE TIRES BECAUSE TOO MUCH WEIGHT WAS NEEDED TO BALANCE THE TIRES. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE TIRES BE REPLACED. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO DISCOUNT TIRE CO. THEY AGAIN DID NOT FIND A DEFECT IN THE TIRE. I THEN TOOK IT TO A THIRD PARTY BIG O TIRE CO. THEY INSPECTED THE TIRES AND FOUND A "HOP" IN THE REAR TIRES. IT WAS AGAIN RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTED TIRES. *NM

NO FAILURE AS OF YET, BUT HAVE TWO LOWER BALL JOINTS ON MY VEHICLE THAT BOTH ARE OUT OF TOLERANCE AT THE SAME TIME. SEEMS THAT MY MAKE AND MODEL YEAR HAD A RECALL ON THE LOWER BALL JOINTS BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT MY VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED. IT SEEMS VERY ODD THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE BOTH OUT AT THE SAME TIME, ALMOST LIKE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MORE OF THE JOINTS THAN THEY INITIALLY EXPECTED. *NM

EVER SINCE THE FIRST DAY I PURCHASED MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, I NOTICED SOMETHING RATHER ODD. AT 50 MPH, EVEN LESS AT MOST TIMES, THERE IS A TERRIBLE SHIMMY WHICH CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES AT OR ABOVE 50 MPH, THE WHEEL SHAKES FEROCIOUSLY OUT OF CONTROL, AND THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS SERIOUS ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY IN RAIN OR SNOW, AND EVEN ON DRY LAND. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. EVERYONE WITH A 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A LEMON. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO. THE CAR NOW HAS 17000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, POHANKA NISSAN IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA, THE CAR FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE THE TIRES HAVE FAILED. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A M+S P245/45 R18. THE TIRES HAVE SIDEWALL CRACKS ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES AND CORDS ARE SHOWING. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON NISSAN'S EQUIPPED WITH THESE TIRES. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM HAS NOT RESULTED IN A RECALL. THESE ARE EXPENSIVE TIRES AND SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AFTER 18 MOS. AND 17,000 MILES. *NM

1995 PASSAT SIDEWALL BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. *TS THE TECHNICIAN WHO PERFORMED THE INSPECTION POINTED TO CRACKS WHICH WERE NEAR THE RIM LINE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS OF A PROBLEM, BUT UPON INSPECTION, THE TREAD ON BOTH REAR TIRES WAS SEVERELY WORN. THERE WAS NOT ANY VIBRATION FELT OR BULGING NOTED FROM THE TIRES. THE TIRES ONLY HAD LESS THAN 15,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TIRES DID NOT GO FLAT, BUT THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING, MAKING THE TIRES UNSAFE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALIGNED AFTER INSTALLING THE NEW TIRES, AND THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED UNEVEN WEAR ON THE TIRES. THE TIRES HAD BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED WITH THE PROPER AIR PRESSURE AND REGULAR ROTATION. THE TIRES WERE GOODYEAR WRANGLER SIZE: 255/60R18. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE TREAD WAS WORN TO 3/64 ON ALL FOUR TIRES AFTER ONLY 10,000 OF USE. THE TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED BY THE SERVICE DEALER AND PROPER PRESSURE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED. THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED BY THE CONTACT WHO TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE WEAR AND RECOMMEND TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE TIRE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE WEAR, BUT RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TIRES. UPDATED 7/5/2006 - *NM