GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

HIT POT HOLE AT ABOUT 30 MPH TWICE. DEVELOPED BUBBLE IN SIDEWALL BOTH TIME, GOODYEAR DENIED RESPOSIBILITY BOTH TIMES. CAR IS 2002 CADILLAC DEVILLE DTS WITH 17,100 MILES. HAD TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT TIRE BOTH TIMES. HAVE TIRE FROM LAST INCIDENT.*AK

GOODYEAR, WRANGLER, P265/75R16 , DOT#4B73D5DR1900 SIDEWALL SEPARATION ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN SEPARATION OCCURRED. TIRES HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOW-OUT. CAP SEPARATION FROM CARCUS. SIDEWALL SHREDDED. SPEED 65 / INTERSTATE TRAVEL / VEHICLE FISHTAILED BUT TO CONTROL / STOP. NO VEHICLES ALONG SIDE AT TIME OF INCIDENT *AK

TIRES ON MY AZTEK SQUEEK. I BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON PRIOR YEAR GRANDAMS. THERE ARE NO SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS PROBLEM. TO FURTHER EXPLAIN PROBLEM....TIRE BEADS RUB ON RIM CAUSING A SQUEEKING NOISE. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIRE BRAND....GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A. I AM "FIGHTING" WITH THE PONTIAC DEALER AND PONTIAC CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY MAY REPLACE THE FRONT TIRES ONLY...IF PONTIAC APPROVES. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE AT THE CAR DEALERSHIP THAT THIS WILL TEMPORARILY CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNTIL TIRES ARE ROTATED. THEN THE PROBLEM WILL OCCUR AGAIN WITH THE OTHER SET OF TIRES.

THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN THE BALL JOINTS. AFTER THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN LOOKING ON THE WEB TO FIND A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF NOISE AND RESEARCHED THE BALL JOINTS WHICH HE UNEXPECTEDLY FOUND TO BE SEALED AND UNABLE TO LUBRICATE. THE CONSUMER SPOKE WITH A DEALER ABOUT THE NOISE. THE CONSUMER HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. *JB THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. *SC *JB

AT 8000 MILES THE GOODYEAR INTEGRITY 185/65 R 15 TIRES HAVE NO TRACTION WHEN ROADS ARE WET OR SLIPPERY RESULTING IN WHEEL SPIN. *AK

WE PURCHASED A 2004 JEEP LIBERTY EQUIPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST TIRES TWO WEEKS AGO. WITH LESS THAN 250 MILES ON THE CAR/TIRES, OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME FROM UNIVERSITY AT APPROX 60MPH (TEMP ABOUT 85 DEGREES, CLEAR & DRY) WHEN THE SIDEWALL ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SPLIT (COMPLETELY) AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. ABOUT 3" OF THE OUTSIDE SIDE WALL IS COMPLETELY SEVERED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ROAD DAMAGE TO THE TREAD OR SIDEWALL, EXCEPT FOR THE SCUFF MARKS LEFT FROM THE INCIDENT. THE CAR WAS NEW SO WE HAD NOT CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE, ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT APPEAR TO BE UNDERINFLATED AND THE CAR WAS NOT OVERLOADED. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. THE FAILED TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST, P215/75R16, SERIAL NO. T307589 GRF 95M3MS. THE DEALER HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TIRE BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF THE REMAINING TIRES, WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME TIME BASED ON THE SERIAL NUMBERS. THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY A BRAND NEW TIRE ON A BRAND NEW CAR AND IT SUFFERED A CATESTROPHIC FAILURE UNDER NORMAL LOAD AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY A TIRE BLEW OUT AND SHREDDED.THE TIRE WAS ONLY 4 MONTHS OLD. CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRE TO DEALER, AND DEALER TOLD HER THAT THEY WOULD NOT TAKE THE TIRE BACK, BUT THAT THEY SHE COULD PURCHASE ANOTHER TIRE ONLY AT FULL PRICE. GOODYEAR, INTERGRITY, SIZE 215/70 R15.*AK

I BOUGHT A DODGE DURANGO LESS THAN A YEAR AGO (JUNE 2003) I HAVE SINCE THEN REPLACED A TOTAL OF 3 TIRES. TWO OF WHICH WHERE THE SAME TIRE, REAR PASSENGER SIDE. THE FIRST TIRE WAS REPLACED IN OCT"03", THEN THE SAME TIRE REPLACED AGAIN IN NOV "03". THE THIRD TIRE THAT I REPLACED WAS IN FEB "04" THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE, BUT THE RIP FOUND IN THE TIRE WAS NOT DICOVERED TILL I HAD MY TIRE ROTATION. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TH REAR TIRE AS WELL. NOW THE ONE THAT I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED TWICE HAS BLOWNOUT YET AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME CAUSING A ACCIDENT MAY 1,2004. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME REPLACING THE SAME TIRE ALONG WITH MY WHOLE FRONT END GETTING REPAIRED. TOTAL OF NOW 4 TIRES HAVE BEEN PUT ON THIS VEHICLE 3 OF WHICH WHERE THE SAME TIRE. ALL HAD RIPS IN THE TIRE WALL. COULD THIS BE A DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE? I CAN NOT AFFORD ALL THESE TIRE REPLACEMENTS AND INSURACE GOING UP. I WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR ALL MY REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS, CAR RENTAL, AND ETC.*AK

CRACKS APPEARED ON SIDEWALLS OF TWO OF A FOUR TIRE SET RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN LENGTH ABOUT 1 INCH FROM RIM. TIRES WERE REPLACED USING THE PRORATED TIRE TREAD WARRANTY. DEFECT MANUFACTURED INTO TIRE THEREFORE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENTIRE REPLACEMNET COST.*AK