GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING FRONT LEFT SIDE WALL TIRE BLEW OUT IT CAUSED THE TIRE TO BECOME FLAT. IT CAUSED THE WHEEL TO GO LEFT AND GLANCE OFF THE CONCRETE DIVIDER THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO WHEEL AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB.

THE JACK BROKE WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS CHANGING A TIRE. THE SPARE TIRE WAS A DIFFERENT SIZE FROM THE REGULAR TIRES WHICH CAUSED REAR END NOISE. THE BRAKES LOCKED UP WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE SHOES. THE REAR DOOR AND SPEAKERS VIBRATED WHEN THE RADIO WAS IN USE. THE DEALER REPOSITIONED THE LOOSE INSULATION. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED THE VEHICLE MADE NOISE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VIBRATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND PEDAL. WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE. *AK *CB *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR OUTSIDE DUAL TIRE BLEW OUT. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE INSIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CONSUMER WENT TO CHECK THE PRESSURE OF THE OUTSIDE TIRE AND IT WAS ALRIGHT. WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO CHECK THE PRESSURE OF THE INSIDE PASSENGER TIRE THE EXTENDER VALVE FELL OFF IN THE CONSUMERS HAND AND THE AIR ESCAPED FROM THE TIRE. IT APPEARED THAT THE EXTENDER VALVE HAD SHEARED OFF. THE CONSUMER WENT BACK TO THE FLAT TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE EXTENDER VALVE ON THAT TIRE HAD ALSO SHEARED OFF THUS CAUSING THE TIRE TO GO FLAT. THE TIRE TECH INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE EXTENDER VALVES WERE NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY AND THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BRACED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK CAUSED THE OUTSIDE DUAL TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHEN THE INSIDE TIRE WENT FLAT (INSIDE GOOD YEAR TIRE SIZE 265-70R 19.5 UNISTEEL G124). *AK * CB *NLM

TIRES (GOODYEAR) WEAR UNEVEN (SIGNIFICANT CUPPING AFTER 10K MILES) AND INCREASE RISK OF TIRE FAILURE. LAND ROVER DEALERS AND CUSTOMER CARE ARE AWARE OF THIS OEM COMPONENT FAILURE IN THEIR DISCORVERY II VEHICLES BUT ARE NEGLIGENT AND REFUSE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. LAND ROVER KNOWS THAT THIS FAILURE DOES NOT OCCUR WHEN THEIR VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES. *PH

CONSUMER NOTICED UNEVEN TREAD WEAR WITH BUBBLER ON SIDEWALL OF LEFT FRONT TIRE DUE TO RIM BEING OUT OF ROUND. *AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TIRE BLOWOUTS. ONE WAS THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE THE OTHER WAS THE LEFT REAR TIRE. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THESE FAILURE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OF ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THESE TIRES. (GOODYEAR P225-55R16 94T). *MR *CB *NLM

APROX 2 WKS AGO I NOTICED MY DAUGHTERS FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT SHE TOOK HER CAR TO KRAMER GOODYEAR (PURCHASE POINT) WHERE SHE WAS TOLD TIRE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE, SIDEWALL FAILURE, THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF THE SAME TIRE P1856015 84T RS-A VSB 732413500, APRX MILEAGE 40K , THE FIRST SET ALSO FOUND TO HAVE DEFECTIVE SIDEWALLS WHERE PRORATED ON 8/20/01 THEY ALSO FAILED AT APROX 40K, TREAD IN GOOD SHAPE 50% OR BETTER SIDEWALLS SHOWING EXESSIVE CRACKS AFTER READING 30 OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS SEEM TO BE EXCESSIVE, A HIGH RATE OF SIDEWALL FAILURE. *AK

OWNER FELT VIBRATION THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL, AND TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP. TO HIS SURPRISE, CADILLAC WAS REPLACING ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES DUE TO SIDEWALLS COMING APART ON THE INSIDE. THEY WERE A LITTLE VAGUE WITH THEIR RESPONSE, SO THE OWNER HAS CONCERNS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.*AK

DEFECTIVE REPLACEMENT TIRES. AFTER ONE YEAR, THE TIRES BEGAN CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE CAR. AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE CENTER AND THE TIRE SALES CENTER CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. SO FAR, 3 OF 4 TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK

TREAD SEPARATION WITH GOODYEAR CONQUEST TIRES. *MR THERE WAS STILL 7/32 TREAD LEFT WHEN THE TIRE HAD STARTED TO BOUNCE THE VEHICLE AT A SLOW SPEED AND MADE A LOUD SOUND. GOODYEAR DID NOT HELP. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A SET OF BRAND X TIRES AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. ONE THOUSAND MILES LATER, THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT OF THE SAME TYPE WITH ONE OF THE TWO REMAINING TIRES AND THEY WERE REPLACED. GOODYEAR CONQUEST *SCC *JB