GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

POPPING NOISE IN SUSPENSION AT 41000 MILES, BAD BALL JOINTS BLAMED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED UNTIL I REPLACED THE WORN BALL JOINTS AND TIRES (FEATHERING TO TWO SETS OF GOODYEARS). AND THE TIRE STORE WAS ABLE TO FINALLY COMPLETE THE ALIGNMENT. OEM REPLACEMENT PARTS FAILED AGAIN AT 100000. REPLACED WITH NON OEM BRAND THIS TIRE. *AK

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI FROM MEMPHIS, TN. WE WERE ON I-57 (I THINK THAT'S THE ROAD NUMBER WE WERE ON AT THE TIME). WE HAD A BLOW-OUT IN WHICH THE TIRE BODY (THE TREAD OF THE TIRE) SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. I RECALL SEEING THE INTACT (OR AT LEAST APPARENTLY INTACT) TREAD OF THE TIRE ROLLING INTO THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY, WHILE I WAS TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE CAR AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH OTHER TRAFFIC OR EVEN HAVING THE CAR ROLL OVER. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT, MY WIFE AND I WERE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MILES FROM OUR HOME IN MEMPHIS, TN AND WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL, WHICH HAD WORN DOWN SERIOUSLY SINCE THE TIRE WAS NO LONGER PRESENT. WE HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO CHANGE THE TIRE BECAUSE WHEN I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED ON THE CAR, AN AIR-WRENCH WAS USED AND THE LUG NUTS WERE TOO TIGHT FOR ME TO REMOVE. UPON OUR RETURN HOME, WE ORDERED A NEW WHEEL AND PURCHASED A NEW TIRE WHEN THE WHEEL CAME IN. THE TOTAL OUT OF POCKET COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $1,100 (IF THIS GOES ANY FURTHER, I WILL SUPPLY DETAILS, BUT THE WHEEL COST APPROXIMATELY $775 AND THE REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS AROUND $300).*JB

DEFECTIVE TIRES, RESULTING IN NEED FOR REPLACEMENT HAD TREAD SEPERATION FROM STEEL BELTS ON ALL FOUR TIRES MANUFACTURER ID ON TIRES (3) 4BCUC6WR1201, (1) 4BCUC6WR3900. *JB

ORIGINAL GOODYEAR TIRES NEEDED REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 15,000 MILES ON THEM. CALLED DEALER TO COMPLAIN AND THEY SAID IF WE GOT 15,000 MILES OUT OF THEM WE WERE DOING GOOD! FOR A VEHICLE THAT COSTS OVER $20,000 I CERTAINLY EXPECTED A BETTER QUALITY TIRE! *JB

DURING VEHICLE INSPECTION PRIOR TO A TRIP, TWO "RIPS" OF ABOUT 3 1/2" - 4 " WERE OBSERVED ABOUT 18" APART ON THE SIDEWALL, ABOUT 4 1/2" ABOVE THE TREAD ON THE SIDEWALL. THE SIDE OF THE TIRE IN BOTH PLACES WAS AWAY FROM THE CARCASS OF THE TIRE, REVEALING THE TREAD CAP AND THE INNER CARCASS OF THE TIRE. IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS NO ADHESIVE BINDING THE OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRE TO THE CARCASS IN EITHER LOCATION. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF THE DAMAGE. NOTE: THIS DAMAGE COULD NOT BE DETECTED IN A CURSORY CHECK, EXCEPT IF THE "RIP" IS ALMOST ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL ROTATION AS IT SITS ON THE ROAD UNDER LOAD. *LA

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ( ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P265/70R16, DOT# 25.4 0FFSET) *JB

FAILURES OF GOODYEAR AQUATRED TIRES.*MR WHILE ON A TRIP THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME LOOSE FROM THE STEEL CORD. THIS CAUSED A WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT AT THE SIDEWALL. *NM

MY RV 5TH WHEEL CAME EQUIPPED WITH GOOD YEAR WRANGLER HT LT225/75R/16 "E" TIRES AND I HAVE HAD 3 TREAD SEPARATION WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. EACH INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO RV WHEEL WELL AND SKIRTING. GOOD YEAR REPLACED ALL THE ORIGINAL TIRES WITH THE SAME TIRE EXCEPT THE SPARE. I DO NOT TRUST THESE TIRES AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER OWNERS ON THE VARIOUS RV WEB SITES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I KNOW THERE IS A NHTSA THAT STATED THEY CAN NOT BE USED ON EMERGENCY VEHICLES. WHY ON RV'S SINCE WE ARE HAVING THE SAME RESULTS? THE TYPE RV IS NOT LISTED ON YOUR DROP DOWN IT'S A SUNNY BROOK 31BWFS 2002 5TH WHEEL. SEVERAL RV DEALERS IN OUR AREA ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE ALSO.*AK

GOODYEAR INTEGRITY PASSENGER CAR TIRES CAME ON MY 2003 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER SUV. LF TIRE BLEW OUT AT 11,350 MILES AS I WAS MERGING ON TO EXPRESSWAY. AUTHORIZED GOODYEAR DEALER COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF ROAD HAZARD DAMAGE TO TIRE. DOT M65L B3DR 2202 STAMPED ON TIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE TIRE BLEWOUT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. GOODYEAR, SIZE 275/70R22.5. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS FORCED OFF OF THE ROAD INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER HAD TO CHANGE THE SIZE ON THE VEHICLE. (THE ORIGINAL WAS UNDERSIZED) *SC