GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

ONE OF MY GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA P215/50/R17 TIRES HAD A NAIL IN THE TRAID OF THE TIRE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO GOODYEAR TO MY SURPRISE THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE INSIDE SIDEWALL THAT WOULD HAVE BLOWN OUT ON THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO CRACKING ON THE OUTSIDE SO I HAD NO IDEA.

WE GOT OUR 3RD. BLOW OUT IN LESS THEN 1 YR. ON GOODYEAR TIRES. FIRST TIME AUG.04 SECOND TIME FEB.05 3RD.TIME JULY 05. 1ST. & 2ND. TIME DAMAGE TO THE MOTORHOME COMBINED ABOUT $7-$8,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. FINALLY GOODYEAR REPLACED ALL 7 TIRES 4/30/05. FIRST TIME OUT FOR 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WE GOT ANOTHER BLOW OUT. THERE WAS ABOUT 450 MILES ON THE NEW SET OF TIRES. THE TIRE SPLIT ON THE SIDE OF THE INSIDE REAR PASSANGERS SIDE. CALLED AAA AND THEY SENT SOMEONE OUT TO CHANGE TIRE HE SAID IT BLOW FROM HAVING TO MUCH AIR IN TIRE. THEY SPARE HAD 110 LBS. AND THE REQUIRED AMOUNT IS 70 LBS. HE LET OUT AIR AND PUT ON. WE THEN TOOK BLOWN OUT TIRE TO MOUNTAIN VEIW TIRE WHERE THYE WHERE PUT ON. ROBERT CALLED GOODYEAR AND SAID IT WAS FROM RUNNING OVER SOMETHING. THE THREAD WAS NOT DAMAGED AT ALL ONLY THE SIDE WHERE IT BLOW. GOODYEAR WOULD REPLACE TIRE AND ONLY CHARGE US HALF AROUND $179.00. THIS DAMAGE WAS NOT FROM RUNNING OVER ANYTHING JUST FROM HAVING TO MUCH AIR. WE FEEL THAT GOODYEAR SHOULD REPLACE TIRE AND THEIR EXPENSE NO OURS.

I BOUGHT MY 2003 ECLIPSE GT IN MARCH OF 2004. AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES TWO BULGES SUDDENLYAPPEARED ON LEFT SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRES (ONE BULGE ON EACH). WHEN THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE GOODYEAR RETAILER I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RESULT OF RUNNING OVER POT HOLES. HOWEVER, THE POSITION OF THE BULGES DOESN'T SUGGEST SO. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR RSAS WHICH CAME STOCK ON THE CAR. THE TIRE SIZE IS P215/VR17.

AFTER EXPERIENCING A BLOW OUT ON MY TRAILER MYSELF (GOODYEAR), I FOUND I WAS IN GOOD COMPANY. IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON MALADY. PLEASE LOOK AT THESE POSTINGS. HTTP://WWW.CAMPINGWORLD.COM/CFORUM/INDEX.CFM/FUSEACTION/THREAD/TID/14464 015.CFM IT IS ALMOST COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT TRAILERS HAVE BLOW OUTS VERY OFTEN. I HAVE NEVER HAD A BLOW OUT ON ANY VEHICLE AFTER 46 YEARS OF DRIVING. WHY DID I HAVE ONE ON MY TRAILER WHICH HAD PERFECTLY GOOD LOOKING TIRES WHICH WERE PROPERLY INFLATED? I SUSPECT THE MANUFACTURES ARE GETTING AWAY WITH SELLING JUNK TIRES BECAUSE THEY CAN BLAME IT ON OTHER THINGS. IE. UNDER INFLATION, OVERLOADING ETC. IT IS SO DANGEROUS WHEN A BLOW OUT OCCURS AND COULD LEAVE YOU ON A BAD HIGHWAY TRYING TO REPLACE THE TIRE. I SURE HOPE YOU PEOPLE CAN START REGULATING THIS AND PROTECTING THE CONSUMER. JAY HAINDEL

DT: ON JULY 11, 2005 THE CONSUMER'S REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. A PART OF THE SIDEWALL AND A PART OF THE TIRE TREAD COME OFF, ABOUT 2 INCHES LONG ON THE SIDE AND ABOUT 1 INCH IN THE TREAD. THE TREAD PEELED BACK FROM THE TIRE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 15-25 MPH. THE TIRE ONLY HAD ONLY 2,286 MILES ON IT. *NM

DT: ON OUR WAY ON VACATION WITH A TRAVEL TRAILER AND HAD A BLOW OUT. WHILE COMING HOME ON VACATION HAD 2 MORE BLOW OUTS. THE TIRES JUST BLEW APART AND SHREDDED. THE FIRST THAT BLEW OUT WAS ON THE LEFT FRONT OF TRAVEL TRAILER AND THE SECOND WERE BOTH RIGHTS SIDE BACK TIRES BLEW AT THE SAME TIME. ON THE BOTH OCCASIONS WAS TRAVELING 55-60 MILES PER HOUR. THIS ALSO DID DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER ITSELF AND TO THE RIMS. HAD TO REPLACE THE RIMS AND TIRES AT COST OF $684.00, PLUS THE $65.00 FOR THE FIRST TIRE. THE MAKE OF THIS TIRE IS GOODYEAR MARATHON, SIZE IS 2357515, THIS IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. AND THE TIRE TREAD IS BETWEEN 9-10/32. THE REASON FOR THIS COMPLAINT, CALLER STATED THAT HE COULD ACCEPT ONE BLOW OUT BUT IT BECAME A LIFE THREATEN EXPERIENCE WHEN 2 TIRES BLOW OUT AT ONE TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT ON THIS TIRES. *NM

INCIDENT INVOLVED A GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT/S TIRE. SIZE: P265/70R17 113S. MOUNTED ON LEFT REAR ON A FORD F-150 TRUCK. AT 70MPH ON I-81 SOUTH OF MARTINSBURG, WV THE TIRE BLEW OUT WITH AN EXPLOSIVE BANG THAT LIFTED THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK INTO THE AIR. TRUCK WAS STOPPED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY. NO ROAD DEBRIS WERE NOTED PRIOR TO THE BLOW OUT. TIRES HAD LESS THAN 10,000 MILEAGE. PLEASE NOTE YOUR DROP DOWN MENU DID NOT OFFER THE CORRECT TIRE SIZE. TIRE SIZE IS CORRECT IN THIS NARRATIVE.

GOOD YEAR EAGLE RSA TIRES SIZE 245-45R18 THESE ARE ORGINAL EQ. ON MY 2004 NISSIAN MAXIMA. THESE TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED SPLITS ONLY ON THE INSIDE SIDE WALLS OF ALL 4 TIRES THEY HAVE 32000 MILES ON THEM W/SOME GOOD TREAD. I FEAR THESE SPLITS WILL SEPERATE THE TREAD AND CAUSE SOME DAMAGE OR AN ACCIDENT. THE SPLITS WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WHEN I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED THE OTHER DAY. YET ON THE OUTSIDE SIDE WALL EVERYTHING APEARS TO BE OK. THIS IS POSSIBLELY A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION DUE TO THE FACT THESE SPLITS IN THE SIDE WALLS ARE ONLY ON THE THE INSDE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRES.

VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS WITH DRIVABILITY AND SAFETY ISSUES WITH ITS SUSPENSION ALONG WITH GOODYEAR TIRES BEING OUT OF ROUND AND/OR MANUFACTURED WITH INTERNALS NOT CORRECTLY MOLDED IN TIRE.

DT THE TIRES ON THE CAMPER ARE BLOWING OUT IT WAS 3 OUT OF THE 4, GOODYEAR HAS REPLACED THEM TWICE ONCE IN SUMMER OF 99 BECAUSE TWO BLEWOUT. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND GOODYEAR PUT ON 5 NEW TIRES. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR ONE BLEW OUT ON THE RIGHT REAR, CALLED GOODYEAR AND SAID TAKE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED 4 BUT NOT THE SPARE. 1ST TIME TORE UP FENDER WHEEL AND GAS LINES AND GOODYEAR PAID FOR IT. THIS TIME IT DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. THIS IS A CAMPER THAT YOU PULL WITH A VEHICLE. *NM