GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

MAZDA 3SP P205/50 ALL SEASON GOOD YEAR EAGLE RSA TIRES VERY POOR TIRE TRACTION ON WET & SNOW CONDITIONS TIRE TREADS SEEM TO WEAR OUT QUICKLY. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 F150 FORD P/U WITH GOOD YEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRES. THE SIDEWALLS HAVE 2-3 SLITS/CRACKS ON EACH TIRE. THESE SLITS ARE ABOUT 3/4-1 INCH LONG. THESE TIRES CAME STOCKED ON THE TRUCK. THEY WERE MADE THE 12TH MONTH OF 2000. I SAY THEY ARE DEFECTIVE AND A HUGH SAFTY PROBLEM. TIRE TREAD IS ABOUT ONLY HALF WORN.*AK

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. WHILE RIDING ABOUT 60 MPH ON I-10, SLIDELL, LOUISIANA. FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW. OUT. RIP WAS IN SIDEWALL, ABOUT 2 3/4 INCHES LONG (TEARDROP SHAPE), BOTTOM OF TEARDROP AT LEAST 1/2 INCH FROM TREAD. OTHER END OF RIPPED ENDS IN SIDEWALL BETWEEN M&S AND P215. HAD OIL CHANGED, AND TIRES CHECKED AT ROYAL HONDA, METAIRIE, LA, BEFORE THIS TRIP. PLIES TREAD: 2 POLYESTER + 2 STEEL. SIDEWALL-2 POLYESTER. MADE IN JAPAN. *AK

2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 4X4. GOODYEAR AT 17" TIRES. ALL 4 TIRES EVENLY WORN 75% HAD SIDEWALL DETERIORATION WHERE TREAD AND SIDEWALL CONNECT AT 51500 MILES. WIRES WERE ACTUALLY STICKING OUT AND HAD LUMPS WHERE THE WIRE WAS FAILING. DEFINITELY NOT NORMAL WEAR PATTERN. FAILURE WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOW OUT AND OUT OF CONTROL AND WHO KNOWS WHAT. CAUGHT THE FAILURE AND PRESENTED IT TO A GOODYEAR TIRE DEALER AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. STILL POSSESS ALL 4 TIRES IF I COULD ONLY SHOW THEM TO AN ACTUAL GOODYEAR REPRESENTATIVE FOR REVIEW MY MIND WOULD BE AT EASE

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONSUMER LOST STEERING CONTROL. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN; TIRES HAD BEEN CHECKED AT INTERVALS OF 3K MILES, AND THERE WERE MANY INDICATIONS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AT 38000 MILES HE WAS INFORMED THAT TWO OF THE VEHICLE TIRES HAD A SPLIT IN THE TREADS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRES TO GOODYEAR AN WAS OFFERED $50.00 PER BAD TIRE. THE REMAINING TIRES WERE ROTATED TO THE FRONT BUT THE VEHICLE STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AFTER THE ALIGNMENT. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRE. *TC

GOODYEAR, WRANGLER RT/S SAFETY DEFECTS - SIDEWALL BULGES AND BUMPS. ONLY 8,000-MILES ON THE TIRES. THE FIRST SIGN THAT SOMETHING WRONG WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN "OSCILLATING ROTATIONAL NOICE" WHEN DRIVING. IT GREW LOUDER WITH TIME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER TO CHECK THE BEARINGS, BRAKES, ALLIGNMENT, , ETC. FOR A PORBLEM. NONE WAS FOUND. THEN A "THUMPING" SOUND AT LOW SPEEDS DEVELOPED. I HAD THE AUTO DEALER INSTALL MY SNOW TIRES AND ALL UNUSUAL SOUNDS AND "THUMPS" DISAPPEARED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER ASKED ME TO TAKE THE TIRES TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE DEALER SAYS THAT SIDEWALL BULGES AND BUMPS ARE NORMAL AND THAT GOODYEAR WILL NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 8,000-MILES ON THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES. I CAN ONLY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING AND SAFETY DEFECT WITH TIRES THAT DEVELOP BULGES, BUMPS, MAKE ROTATIONAL SOUNDS AND THUMPING NOISES. I THINK THERE COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AT HAND THAT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR THROUGH TIRE REPLACEMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM. PROMPT ACTION COULD SAVE LIVES, APPARENTLY NOT A TOP PRIORITY. *AK

2003 DARANGO HAS BEEN TAKEN TO JIM'S DODGE TO HAVE A PROBLEM FIXED WHEN YOU DRIVE. THEY TELL US THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. WHILE YOU DRIVE THE DARANGO IF YOU HIT A DUMP IT JUMPS TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER IT DOES NOT STAY CENTER. THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT SLIPS, OR WHEN IT IS STARTED IT LIKE THE VEHICLE JUST DOES NOT WANT TO GO. JIM'[S DODGE HAS TOLD US THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT THAT SEEMS TO ALL WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE. ONE MORE THING JIM'S DODGE IS NOT A VERY CLEAN PLACE TO TAKE YOUR VEHICLE TO HAVE IT WORKED ON WE HAVE GOT THE VEHICLE BACK WITH OIL ON THE IN SIDE ON THE VEHICLE, ON THE PAINT, SCRATCHS IN THE PAINT AND ON THE BUMPER. THE VEHICLE HAS COME BACK WITH A VERY BAD SMELL IN IT. IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET THE SMELL OUT. WE CALLED JIM'S DODGE AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SMELL AND THEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THA THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. THE DATE MIGHT NOT BE EXACT BE CLOSE.*AK

2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE-27.000 MILES. REGULAR TIRE ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT. TIRES STILL WORE IN IRREGULAR PATTERN. ON 12-13-04 NOTICED SPOT ON RIGHT REAR TIRE WHERE A "BUBBLE" HAD BURST AND THE STEEL BELTS WERE COMING THROUGH.(ABOUT 1" IN DIA.). VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK TO LOCAL TIRE RETAILER WHO STATED THAT TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN TO CAR DEALER. CALLED CAR DEALER. SENT TO GOODYEAR DEALER. FIRST TECH EXAMINED TIRE AND STATED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE. MANAGER CAME OUT AND SAID LACK OF MAINTENANCE WAS CAUSE OF PROBLEM. THEN STATED THAT 265/70R17 ATS WAS FOR OFFROAD USE AND NOT INTENDED FOR HIGHWAY USE ONLY. SAID ALL 4 TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH 265/70R17 RT. *AK

INTERMITENT GRINDING NOISE THAT WAS DETERMINED AT HUNTINGTON BEACH MITSUBISHI TO BE THE TIRE FROM GOODYEAR ,P205, LS55 R16 89H