GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

I HAVE HAD 4 GOODYEAR MARATHON S TRAILER TIRES FAIL DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. TREAD SEPARATION HAS OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT 60-65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. TWO OF THE TIRES SEPARATED WITHIN A 2 MONTH TIME PERIOD. I MAINTAIN THE AIR PRESSURE AT 65 PSI COLD AS IMPRINTED ON THE TIRE. MY TRAILER IS A 30 FT. SUNNYBROOK AND IS WITH IN THE GVRW AS WELL AS EACH TIRE WEIGHT RATING. I HAVE CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND CURRENTLY AM AWAITING A CLAIM. GOODYEAR HAS STATED THAT THERE IS NO DEFECT. SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR CAMPING CLUB HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE MARATHON S TIRES. *NM

I PURCHASED A USED 2005 CADILLAC IN DEC. 2005 WITH SIX THOUSAND MILES. AT 12000 I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER BECAUSE OF FRONT END VIBRATION AND HE SAID THE GOOD YEAR TIRES HAD FLAT SPOTS AND RECOMMENDED THAT I PUT ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRES ON THE CAR. AFTER TWO MONTHS CADILLAC HAS ONLY AGREED TO REPLACE TWO TIRES AND I PAY FOR TWO. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE BAD. CADILLAC AND THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO PLACE FAULT WITH ME BUT I HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE WARRANTY REQUIREMENTS. THESE ARE DEFECTIVE TIRES AND CADILLAC WILL NOT COVER THEIR WARRANTY. *JB

IDENTICAL SITUATION TO CASE # 10091230. WHILE DRIVING ON A WET ROAD FROM PREVIOUS DAYS RAIN MY 2004 JEEP LIBERTY LOST CONTROL WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF A TURN AT 20 MPH AND WENT OFF THE ROAD DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CRASHING INTO A TREE. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME SITUATION HERE: HTTP://WWW.1010TIRES.COM/TIREREVIEWS/GOODYEAR_WRANGLER_SR-A_TIRE_REVIEWS2.HTML THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE A COMPATIBILITY ISSUE WITH THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES AND THE JEEP LIBERTY WITH A SHORT WHEEL BASE AND LIGHT REAR END. THESE TIRES ARE GOOD ON DRY SURFACES BUT ARE EXTREMELY POOR ON WET CONDITIONS. *JB

EXCESSIVE WHEEL HOP FREQUENTLY UNDER MILD TO HEAVY ACCELERATION EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AFTER 4000 TO 6000 MILES REAR END DIFFERENTIAL IS VERY WEAK AND MAY BREAK CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH CADILLAC KNOWS OF PROBLEM PROVIDING SOME CUSTOMERS WITH EXTENDED WARRANTIES HAD A 2004 CTSV AND IT WAS LEMON LAWED IN JULY 2005 FOR THE REAR DIFF BREAKING 3 TIMES WITHIN 1 YEAR. *NM

EAGLE RSA P245/45R18 I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA DOWN RT. 3 EAST IN NJ GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT THE CAR START TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE TERRIBLY I REALIZED I HAD A FLAT. BEFORE I COULD EVEN HAVE ANY REACTION, THE CAR JERKED TO THE LEFT, THEN TO THE RIGHT, I TRIED TO STOP IT AND I SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR WHO WAS TRYING TO PASS ON MY RIGHT. MY CAR CAME TO A REST WITH MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND MY CAR BLOCKING OFF THE LEFT AND THE MIDDLE LANE, AND LITERALLY 1 INCH FROM CRASHING INTO THE CONCRETE DIVIDER. LUCKILY ONCOMING TRAFFIC STOPPED, AND THE PASSENGER AND MYSELF IN MY CAR WERE NOT INJURED. HOWEVER THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THE OTHER CAR WE HIT CLAIMING INJURY AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME HE NEVER SAW ANY TIRE LIKE THAT. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GOODYEAR, AND I WAS TOLD TO HAVE THE TIRES SENT TO AKRON, OHIO FOR TESTING,(THE ADJUSTOR THAT CAME TO PICK UP THE TIRE TOLD ME SHE NEVER SAW A TIRE LIKE THAT EITHER) THAT WAS 10 MONTHS AGO AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN AN ANSWER FROM THEM. NOW AS I WAS ONCE AGAIN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (DECEMBER 22, 2005) GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, MY FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT, THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT THIS TIME. I AM WORRIED THAT I AM NOT GOING TO BE SO LUCKY WHEN THIS OCCURS FOR A THIRD TIME. I ROTATE MY TIRES EVERY 6,000 MILES AND CHECK THE AIR PRESSURE IN THEM REGULARLY. I'VE FILED ANOTHER COMPLAINT WITH GOODYEAR BUT WHAT GOOD IS THAT GOING TO DO? THEY WON'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER AND I HAVE TO WAIT TO BE CONTACTED AGAIN BY THEIR INSURANCE ADJUSTOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS, I BOUGHT A $30,000 CAR, AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. AFTER READING THE ENTRIES ON THIS SITE, I KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE NOW WITH THIS PROBLEM, THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND NEED TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! I AM LOOKING FOR HELP WITH THIS SITUATION. *NM

I PURCHASED MY 2002 FORD FOCUS IN JANUARY OF 2005. I LOVE MY CAR, HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT OF THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG LATER. RIGHT NOW I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY FRONT WHEELS. I HAVE PUT SIX USED TIRES ON THE FRONT SINCE I PURCHASED THE FOCUS. IN NOVEMBER I HAD TWO BRAND NEW TIRES PUT ON PLUS IN MAY I HAVE HAD A WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE. THE CAR STILL SHAKES VERY BAD. FOUND OUT I NEED MY WHEEL HUB BEARING REPLACE, PLUS I FOUND OUT THERE MAY BE A RECALL ON THE REAR BEARING WHICH I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS TO BE DONE. *JB

I PURCHASED A USED 2001 DODGE DURANGO WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS P265/70R16 TIRES, THE SUV HAD APPROX. 42,000 MILES . SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, ONE FRONT TIRE BEGAN TO LOSE AIR AND WOBBLE. AFTER INSPECTION BY THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR, I WAS TOLD THAT IT APPEARED THE BELT WAS BROKEN AND THE FULL-SIZE SPARE WAS USED TO REPLACE THE TIRE. THIS SECOND TIRE SEEMS TO BE "DOING" THE SAME THING. IN ADDITION, I NOW HAVE A REAR TIRE THAT HAS A "FLAT SPOT" AND COORESPONDING SIDEWALL BULGE ON IT. THE CAR (AND I PRESUME, ORGINAL MANUFACTURER EQUIPMENT TIRES) HAVE APPROX. 50,000 MILES ON THEM. I WROTE TO GOODYEAR, VIA WEBSITE, ABOUT THIS CONDITION, BUT NO ONE HAS RESPONDED. *NM

TIRE DEFECT: GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S P255 70R16 - SIDE WALL CRACKS ON 3 OF 4 TIRES. VEHICLE: 2003 FORD TRUCK F-150 4X4 MILEAGE: 53000. *JB

GAS MILEAGE AS STATED ON VEHICLE WINDOW STICKER GROSSLY EXAGGERATED WHEN COMPARED TO ACTUAL MILEAGE. CAR ALSO HAD 243 MILES ON ODOMETER AT DELIVERY. WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAR WAS A SWAPPED VEHICLE THAT CAME FROM A DEALER IN MASSACHUSETTS. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THE AMOUNT OF MILEAGE ON THE CAR UNTIL I LOOKED AT THE ODOMETER UPON PICK UP. THERE ARE OVER 240 MILES ON THIS CAR THAT ARE MOST CRUCIAL IN THE BREAK IN OF AN ENGINE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW THIS CAR WAS DRIVEN DURING THOSE MILES AND SUSPECT THAT IT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVEN WITH THE CARE THAT I WOULD HAVE. I HAVE PLACED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING FUEL MILEAGE WITH BOTH NISSAN USA AND BIENER NISSAN. TO DATE I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR TIRES OF THIS VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES. BOTH REAR TIRES WERE PROGRESSIVELY BALDING FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE TIRE TO THE INSIDE SHOULDER OF EACH TIRE, TO THE POINT WHERE THE RADIAL BELT WAS EXPOSED AT POINTS OF THE SHOULDER. THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE DOT NUMBERS DID NOT MATCH WITH THE FRONT TIRES AND THAT SOMEONE HAD SWITCHED THEM IN. THIS ALSO SHOWS THAT THE DEALER DIDN'T DO A COMPLETE SAFETY INSPECTION ON THE VEHICLE BEFORE DELIVERY. *JB

CONSUMER TREAD ON LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER AT THE TIME OF THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE TRAILER/VAN FISHTAILED VIOLENTLY AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE TRAILER ENDED UP ROLLING OVER AND CAUSED THE VAN TO ALSO ROLL ONTO IT'S SIDE. THIS WAS THE SECOND GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE ON THE VEHICLE TO SEPARATE. THE FIRST TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED SEPT 2004*NM