GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

GOODYEAR 215-70-R15 ALLEGRA TIRES PURCHASED AT SAMS CLUB PURCHASED APPX 2 YRS AGO. APPX. 14 MONTHS AGO AND THEN LAST WEEK HAD 2 TIRES REPLACED DUE TO BELT SEPERATIONS. MECHANIC AT SAMS INDICATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF TIRE IS IN HIS SHOP FREQUENTLY DUE TO BELT FAILURES. I HAVE REPLACED 4 TIRES ALREADY AND THERE IS ONLY 20,000 MILES ON THE SET. I AM CONCERNED DUE TO THE FREQUENCY WITH JUST MYSELF AND THE INDICATED VOLUME OF THE PROBLEM INDICATED BY THE SAMS CLUB MECHANIC. THE BELT SEPERATION DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT DID LEAD TO CONTROL DIFFICULTY DUE TO EXTREME VIBRATION AS ALL FAILURES OCCURED ON THE FRONT. THESE TIRES WERE ROUTINELY ROTATED AND BALANCED, KEPT AT 35 P.S.I. AND WERE NOT SEVERLY USED OR ABUSED. THE VEHICLE THEY WERE ON IS A 1995 FORD WINDSTAR LX.*AK

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RIDING ON A FLAT TIRE. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE TIRE HAD NUMEROUS SPLITS ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT METAL WAS EXPOSED IN SOME OF THE SPLITS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE TIRE DEALER, WHO ADMITTED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN 2002, BUT ALL OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

PREVIOUS COMPLAINT, ODI ID NUMBER 10041849, REGARDING SAFETY RECALL MONACO CAMPAIGN NO. 03V-104. COMPLAINT: VEHICLE DRIVEN MORE THAN 25,000 MILES WITH UNDER-INFLATED FRONT TIRES, & FIRST 13,500 MILES WERE DRIVEN WITH COACH SEVERELY OUT OF ALIGNMENT DUE TO FACTORY ERROR. DOES THIS MEAN FRONT TIRES ARE UNSAFE? THIS COMPLAINT: RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE TIRE THREW CENTER TREAD RESULTING IN BLOWOUT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO RV & TOW VEHICLE. THIS TIRE WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE RV.*AK

SINCE DEC. 5 2003 I HAVE HAD ALL 4 TIRES ON MY CAVALIER REPLACED BECAUSE THE STEEL BELTS BROKE IN THE GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRE SIZE P195/70R14 WITH LESS THAN 25475 MILES ON THE TIRES.THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND TAKEN OFF THE MARKET UNTIL GOOD REPLACES THEM WITH A BETTER BUILT TIRE.I BELIEVE THE GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRE IS A VERY DANGEROUS TIRE AND COULD CAUSE A DEADLY ACCIDENT AND COULD HAVE ALLREADY CAUSED SOME.THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN MY TIRES WERE REPLACED , THEY WERE REPLACED BY THE GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRE, WHICH IS LIKE REPLACING DEADLY TIRES WITH DEADLY TIRE.TODAY I HAD THE LAST TWO REPLACED BECAUSE OF BROKEN BELTS.*AK

GOODYEAR INTEGRITY, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P185/65R14. TIRE WAS LUMPY, AND WEARING UNEVENLY. IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE BELTS BROKE FROM WITHIN. *AK *MR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING THE VAN TO ROLL OVER. THE TEN PASSENGERS THAT WERE IN THE VAN AT THE TIME WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES. *NM

WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT USE THE SPARE TIRE, HE DISCOVERED THE TIRE WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RIDE ABNORMAL. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN AT 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIN AROUND IN CIRCLES. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN IT KEPT FEELING LIKE VEHICLE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AS WELL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50-60 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE VIBRATION WAS CAUSED BUT TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. *AK *NM