GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

DT: A BLOWN GOODYEAR TIRE ON THE OWNER'S RV BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR INSIDE DUAL. SPEED WAS 60-65 MPH. THERE WERE ALREADY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE FROM THIS OWNER. THE OWNER HAS ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT ON THE OTHER TIRE THAT BLEW IN JUNE 2004. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE RV IS FLEETWOOD, ON AN SPARTAN CHASSIS. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A RECALL ON THE TIRES BEFORE. WHEN THE OWNER HAD THE FIRST RECALL HE HAD 8,000 MILES ON THE TIRES ,AND HAD ONLY OWNED THE RV FOR 2 MONTHS. THE OWNER WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND ALL 6 TIRES WERE CHANGED. THE OWNER HAD TO BEG FOR FLEETWOOD AND GOODYEAR TO HONOR THE WARRANTY AND GIVE HIM ALL 6 TIRES. THE OWNERS 2ND TIRE THAT BLEW ONLY HAS ABOUT 18,000 MILES ON IT. THERE WERE DAMAGES ON BOTH TIRES PROBLEMS FROM THE GOODYEAR TIRES. THE OWNER HAD TO HAVE A NEW TIRE REPLACED AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING THE DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR HOME. THE OWNER DOES NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON THE DAMAGES FOR THE RV.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATES THAT THE GOODYEAR TIRES ON HER VEHICLE ARE CRACKING. ONE TIRE IS CRACKING ON BOTH SIDES, THREE ARE ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE.*AK DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THAT CRACKED TIRES WERE GOOD. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE TIRES.*SB

DT: CONTACT STATES: THE SPARE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE TIRE HAS LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON IT. THE RUBBER ON THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE NEW RUBBER, AND HAD ONLY BEEN USED ONCE.*AK *SB

STEEL BELT WIDEWALLS FAILED, ALL FOUR TIRES SIDEWALLS CRACK, SOME TO OPENING OF 3/8 INCHE. SOME ON INSIDE, SOME ON OUTSIDE , ONLY 28645 MILES ON TIRES WHEN NOTICED DUE TO HIGH SPEED WOBBEL

TIRE FAILURE: THE 2002 CHEVROLET 3500 TRUCK PURCHASED HAD GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES ON AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THEY ALL BULGED AROUND THE RIM AND EVENTUALLY ONE "BLEW OUT" I TOOK THEM TO THE GOODYEAR DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THEM UNDER ROAD HAZARD. THE REPLACEMENT SET RAN HALF LIFE AND THEY STARTED TO BULGE IN THE SAME SPOT. ONE BLEW OUT ON THE FREEWAY.THIS TIME I REPLACED THEM WITH DIFFERENT TIRES, BUT SAVED THE OLD ONES IN CASE YOU WISHED TO LOOK AT THEM. SERIOUS INJURY COULD HAPPEN FROM THIS AND I THINK THAT IF I HAD REPLACED THEM WITH GOODYER TIRES, THE PROBLEM WOULD BE BURRIED WITHIN THE COMPANY.IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED THEN I NEED TO RECYCLE THEM.

I WAS TRAVELLING EASTBOUND ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY APPROACHING EXIT 57 WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR A NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH MY VEHICLE, A 1999 PLMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER. I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE MUFFLER AND CONTINUED DRIVING. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, I NOTICED DEBRIS AND BLACK SMOKE IN THE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR. I WAS NOW BETWEEN EXITS 57 AND 58. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN I GOT OUT I EXAMINED THE MUFFLER FIRST. IT WAS FINE. I THEN WALKED AROUND TO THE REAR RIGHT SIDE AND SAW THAT THE REAR RIGHT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED. THE TREAD WAS SEPARATED FRON THE REST OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE RIM WAS NOT BENT PROBABLY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF WHEN I PULLED OVER PLUS THE FACT THAT THE SEPARATED TREAD WAS WRAPPED AROUND IT. I CALLED AAA AND HAD THE TIRE CHANGED. MY WIFE AND TWO OF MY GRANDDAUGHTERS WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME. WE ARE LUCKY THAT IT WAS NOT A FRONT TIRE. THE TIRE IS A GOODYEAR REGATTA II THAT WAS PURCHASED AS ONE OF A NEW SET OF FOUR ON MARCH 27, 2003. I HAVE PUT JUST UNDER 30,000 MILES ON THEM. THEY ARE WARANTEED FOR 75,000 MILES. SINCE I DID PURCHASE ROAD HAZARD INSURANCE I PLAN ON RETURNING THE TIRE TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT: GOODYEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTER, 1200 ROUTE 112 , PORT JEFFERSON STATION, 11776 AND GETTING A REPLACEMENT.

ME AND MY FAMILY WERE RETURNING HOME FROM A ALL DAY TRIP IN OHIO WHEN MY RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED ALMOST CAUSING A FATAL ACCIDENT. LUCKY FOR ME IT WAS MY REAR TIRE.THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND NEED OFF THE MARKET.THEY ARE THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER SRA 265/70R/17 TIRES THIS TIRE ONLY HAD 20171 MILES AND WAS ORIGINAL ON MY 2004 DODGE QUAD PICKUP. HOW MANY DEATHS ARE AND WILL BE THE RESULT OF THIS TIRE?

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ON HIS VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER EXPLAINED THAT THE WIPERS WOULD NOT BE REPLACED UNTIL THEY FAILED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR WAS THAT IT BURNT LIKE A MOTHER BOARD FOR THE MOTOR AND IT BURNT ALL THE COPPER TIPS AND THE PLASTIC OFF OF THE WIRING. ALSO THE SEAT BELTS WOULD LOCK AND THEN WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT BELT WILL COME UNLOCKED. THE SEAT BELTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY ALSO. THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVY CHEYENNE. THE CONTACT HAS HAD THREE SETS OF BRAKES AND THERE IS ONLY LIKE 67843 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *NM SEVERAL COMPONENTS RELATING TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM WERE REPLACED. THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES (GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS) WERE THE WRONG SIZE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT

DT: CONSUMER STATES: HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE RIMS THAT ARE CHROME PLATED AND DETERIORATING. ALSO, THE VALVE STEMS ARE DETERIORATING. GOODYEAR CLAIMS GM IS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH CHROME PLATED RIMS. IT IS CAUSING THE VALVE STEMS JUST TO MALFUNCTION. DEALER HAS DONE ONE RIM REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY, SAID IT WAS A COURTESY .*AK STEMS WERE LEAKING FROM CORROSION OF RIM AFTER RIM REPLACEMENT. *AK GOODYEAR 59TBSWAS TOURING 205/55R16 89T. *TT

BRAKES GRINDING AT 14,000 MILES, 2 TIRES WEARING. TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER TURNED ROTARS AND SAID TIRES WERE GOODYEARS PROBLEM. TAKEN TO GOODYEAR DEALER,WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD SET UP BY CAR DEALER AND WAS THE 3RD CAR BROUGHT IN FROM THAT DEALER. CALLED GM HOT LINE AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE INTO ANOTHER DEALER AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ESTIMATE IF IT WASN'T WARRANTY. THE FIRST TOLD US IT WOULD NOT BE WARRANTY. NOW WE ARE DRIVING ON AN ALMOST BALD TIRE WITH MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILD IN THE CAR. THE REASON WE BOUGHT A NEW CAR IS SO WE WOULD HAVE A SAFE CAR AND WHEN WE SPENT 20,000 DOLLARS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD LAST MORE THAN A YEAR NOT ONLY 14,000 MILES. AFTER THE DEALER TURNED THE LEFT REAR ROTAR IT STILL HAS MARKS ON IT.