GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

DT: CONSUMER OBSERVED DEEP IMPRESSIONS ON THE TREAD ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE DEFLATED BECAUSE OF A NAIL IN THE EDGE OF THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRE TO VEHICLE DEALER AND BOUGHT A NEW TIRE AND RECEIVED AN ADJUSTMENT OF $30 FROM GOODYEAR FOR THE DEFECT. THERE WAS ABOUT 25-30,000 MILES ON THE TIRE WHEN THE DEFECT OCCURRED. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE PASSENGER FRONT. THE TIRE DEVELOPED A LARGE BULGE ON THE SIDEWALL. CONSUMER STOPPED DRIVING THE SECOND IT WAS NOTICED. AND OVERNIGHT IT WENT FLAT. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER EXPERIENCING STEERING DIFFICULTIES AND AN ABNORMAL SHIMMY IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY PAVED ROAD IN RAINY CONDITIONS. THE MILEAGE ON TIRE AT THIS TIME 30-35,00 0. CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRE OFF VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO THE VEHICLE DEALER. THE DEALER DID NOT ANOTHER TIRE TO REPLACE IT WITH SO VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING A SPARE, THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME AS WELL. NO REPLACEMENTS AT THIS TIME. GOODYEAR MAKE, MODEL EAGLE, SIZE 215/65/R16. EAGLE MS. *JB *TT

WHEN HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED OWNER LEARNED THAT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEVELOPED A SIX INCH SPLIT. TWO MONTHS LATER, REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEVELOPED A FOUR INCH SPLIT. *AK UPON REPLACED TIRES,ON 4/27/05, FOUND 2 MORE TIRES WITH SPLITS ON INSIDE SIDEWALL. *TT

GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA P215/50/R17 TIRES SPLITTING AT INNER SIDEWALL WITH ONLY 11,000 MILES ON THEM. DEALER NOR GOODYEAR WILL REPLACE. *NM

GOODYEAR-INTEGRITY (P235/60R16) (99S) (025941) TIRES ON 2004 FORD FREESTAR. NOTICED THUMPING NOISE AT 10,000 MILES. SOUNDING LIKE YOU HAVE A FLAT. AT 19,000 TIRES ARE SHOWING OVERLAP OF TREAD. FORD DEALER TOLD US TO ROTATE TIRES. THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED PROBLEM. WE ARE AFRAID THAT THE TIRES ARE GOING TO SEPARATE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *NM

CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70 MPH. TRAVELING IN LEFT HAND LANE I-70 W ILLINOIS. TIRE BLEW OUT. MAINTAINED CONTROL OF TRUCK. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANY EXTERNAL DAMAGE. TIRES WERE WELL MAINTAINED. 2002 FORD RANGER XLT 4 WHEEL DRIVE. GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT-S P255-70R16. CURRENTLY, GOODYEAR'S RESPONSE IS BLAME THE CONSUMER" WILL ONLY PROVIDE 50% REPLACEMENT COST OF DESTROYED TIRE.*JB

GOODYEAR TIRE EQUIPMENT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON THE 2004 DODGE INTREPID.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR BOTH REAR TIRES TIRE WORE OUT WITH ONLY 26882 MILES ON THEM. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED REGULARLY. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON 2003 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL BROKE OFF FROM THE AXLE WHILE DRIVING AT A 38-40 MPH. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY WHEN THE REAR END SLID TO THE RIGHT AND OUT UNDERNEATH, AND ENDED UP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE GRASS, TRAVELED EAST BOUND AND ENDED UP WEST BOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDIAN. THE TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE IMPOUND YARD. CONSUMER HAD A SET OF NEW TIRES PUT ON THE VEHICLE A FEW MONTHS AGO. THEY WERE GOODYEAR EAGLE LS. TIRES. CONSUMER S HAD NOT CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP OR MANUFACTURER. *AK

TO DATE 3 OF THE 4 ORIGINAL GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2 P225/65R16 TIRES ARE SEPARATING ALONG THE TIRE WALL SEAM. THE TIRE WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2004 NISSAN QUEST WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES WEAR. A LOCAL RETAILER IS REPLACING THE TIRES AWAITING GOODYEAR'S DECISION FOR COST. THE FIRST INDICATION IS THAT THE TIRE LOOSES AIR PRESSURE AND UPON INSPECTION A PART CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE SEAM. THIS IS DEFINITELY AND MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *NM

DT: SPLITTING OF THE SIDEWALL ABOUT AN INCH UP FROM THE BEAD. TIRES HAVE NOT HAD A BLOW OUT. CALLER WAS LOOKING AT VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT ALL 4 TIRES HAD THIS PROBLEM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

DT: GOODYEAR TIRES BLEW OUT ON THE FRONT RIGHT DRIVER'S SIDE AND 6 MONTHS LATER THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE ALSO BLEWOUT. GOODYEAR, 1998, RADIAL TIRES, 245/70R19.5. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 40,000 MILES ON THEM WHEN THEY BLEWOUT. THESE WERE THE RECOMMENDED SIZE TIRE FOR THE WINNEBAGO. CONSUMER NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE WITH THE TIRES. THE TIRES BLEW A HOLE ON THE SIDEWALL ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES WIDE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME BRAND OF TIRE FROM GOODYEAR. CONSUMER DID NOT CONTACT MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 55-60 MPH WHEN THE TIRES BLEW OUT. *AK *NM