GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO REPLACE ALL THE TIRES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE TIRES WERE BEGINNING TO SEPARATE AT THE TREADS AND THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT ONE TIRE HAD A PLUG IN IT. *AK THE TIRES WERE BULDGING BY THE JUNCTION OF THE SIDEWALLS AND THREADS. *SC *JB

HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT PART TIRES WHILE DRIVING. I KNEW IT WASN'T THE BRAKES. TOOK IT TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD WHEEL BEARING. $400 LATER IT WAS REPLACED. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. 1ST PROBLEM: BLOWER MOTOR WENT, 2ND: WATER PUMP WENT, 3RD: WAS TOLD IGNITION COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, 4TH: SHOE OVER TIMING BELT WORE AWAY BECAUSE OF WATER PUMP PROBLEM. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKES. MY CAR ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN JUNE OF 2000. FOR THE MONEY I HAVE SPENT ON IT, I COULD'VE HAD A LEXUS! *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON I25 ABOUT 75 MPH , HAD TIRE SEPARATION ON GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT/S TIRES. CAUSED APPROXIMATELY $2900.00 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK

IN JUNE 2003 I BOUGHT A 2003 TRAVEL SUPREME EXPRESS 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. THIS RV TRAILER HAD 6 NEW GOODYEAR MARATHON P235/80R16 LOAD RANGE"D" TIRES. WITH LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON THEM I HAD THE FIRST OF 3 TIRE FAILURES. THE FIRST INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WAS A 4 INCH BUBBLE ON THE OUTSIDE SIDE WALL. A SHORT TIME AFTER THE DISCOVEY OF THE BUBBLE THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH ANOTHER TIRE OF THE SAME BRAND AND SPECIFICATIONS. NO THOUGHT OF DEFECTIVE TIRES YET! LESS THAN 1500 MILES LATER I EXPERIENCED ANOTHER TIRE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH INDENTICAL TIRE AGAIN. NOW I HAVE BEGINNINGS OF DOUBTS ABOUT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF TIRES. I FINISHED MY SUMMER TRAVELS IN OCTOBER 2003 WITH APPROXIMATELY, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO CALCULATE. LESS THAN 8000 MILES ON THE ORIGINAL 4 REMAINING TIRES. THIS YEAR, MAY 2004, I REMOVED MY RV FROM STORAGE FOR ANOTHER TRIP. LESS THAN 50 MILES FROM HOME I HAVE ANOTHER, 3RD, TIRE FAILURE. ANOTHER BUBBLE ON THE OUTSIDE SIDE WALL. I RETURN HOME AND TAKE THE RV TO THE LOCAL GOODYEAR TIRE DEALER TO REPLACE THE TIRE. I HAVE ASKED GOODYEAR FOR SAFETY TO REPLACE THE REMAINING 3 ORIGINAL TIRES AT NO EXPENSE TO ME BUT AS YET THEY ARE ONLY WILLING TO PRORATE THE TIRES BASED ON THE REMAINING TREAD DEPTH ON THE TIRES. I BELIEVE THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND ARE A CONTINUING SAFETY HAZARD. I WILL HAPPILY PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH DRIVER REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK

BULGE ON FRONT TIRE OF 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GTS. TIRE IS A GOODYEAR RSA P215/50 R17. LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON TIRE WHEN BULGE APPEARED. BOTH MITSUBISHI AND GOODYEAR BLAMED DEFECT ON ME AND OFFERED NO COMPENSATION. ALSO HAVE TWO BENT ORIGINAL RIMS ON CAR. THE RIMS AND TIRES ON THE ECLIPSE HAVE A POOR HISTORY AND SAFETY RATING. *AK

ON 05-31-04, I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD F150 4WD PICKUP ON A TRIP TO SOUTH FLORIDA. ON THE WAY I STOPPED TO CHECK MY OIL/GAS AND TIRES AND OBSERVED 4 CRACKS ON MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE. THE CRACKS WERE APPROXIMATELLY 1 INCH FROM THE RIM AND APPEARED APPROXIMATELLY 1/8 DEEP. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I OBSERVED THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS ALSO DEVEOLPING ADDTIONAL LEEKS. THE TIRES ARE 2001 GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS 255 70 16. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WONDERING ABOUT A RECALL.*AK

TIRES ARE CUPPING AT 15,000 MILES. IT'S CAUSING VIBRATION AND NOISE. I ROTATED THEM AT 10,000. *AK

I HAVE A SET OF GOODYEAR WRANGLER AP TIRES ON MY VEHICLE. THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE A TRACTION RATING OF A, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS INCORRECT. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH THESE TIRES OVER THE PAST 24,000 MILES, TRACTION IS VERY POOR WITH THESE TIRES ON WET AND DRY SURFACES. THEY BREAK TRACTION VERY EASILY, EVEN DURING SLOW ACCELERATION STARTS. SUDDEN STOPS ON WET SURFACES ARE JUST AS POOR.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING BACK TO WORK AT LUNCH, CLEAR DAY, UNLIMITED VISIBILITY, CLEAR ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS HURT. THE TIRE WAS PUT ON THE VECHICLE BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP DURING THE FIRESTONE RECALL. A PASSERBY HELPED MY WIFE CHANGE THE TIRE. THIS IS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS, P235/75/15.*AK