GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. GOODYEAR, EAGLE, P22560R16 97T, MADE IN CANADA.*AK

GOODYEAR, INFINI TREAD, P215/70R14, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 30000 MILES ON A 1993, FORD, AEROSTAR. CONSUMER FELT A WOBBLE WHILE DRIVING, ONE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE IN TREAD AREA. AT THIS TIME TWO MORE TIRES SHOW BUBBLES IN TREAD.*AK

THE LEFT FRONT GOODYEAR TIRE SEPARATION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE WHILE DRIVING, THE TIRE SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT FENDER. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *YH

ATTORNEY IS WRITING ON BEHALF OF KENNY TILVA'S DAUGHTER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY THEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD (GOODYEAR CLUB) 185/70R14, DOT UNKNOWN, SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GOODYEAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT INNER FENDER WELL. *TT

MY DAUGHTER'S 2001 EXPLORER SPORT WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-75 DIPED TO THE RIGHT RETURNED TO THE ROAD AND TRAVELED APROX 1/2 MILE AND THEN ROLLED LEFT TO RIGHT AND TUMBLED END OVER END KILLING BOTH PASSANGERS. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE NO APPARRENT REASON MY DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICAL AND IT ROLLED.*AK

REAR DRIVER'S TIRE HAS SEVERE BELT SEPARATION ALTHOUGH IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TREAD LEFT. CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF TIRES. 1987,GMC ,3/4TON PICKUP THAT IS PRIMARILY USED TO TOW TRAVEL TRAILERS. TIRE INFORMATION: NOT ORIGINAL, OVER 30000 MILES ON THEM, 235/85R16. *AK DOT # MDORM5HV 273. *YH

1 TIRE THREAD SEPARATED, AND 2 BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. FT22575R15, DOT MD44VLOR504, ORIGINAL TIRES.*AK

JUNE, 2001, TIRE #NPC8 JPHR 169 ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BLEW OUT WHILE I WAS DOING ABOUT 70 MPH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (COOL OUT). THE CAR IMMEDIATELY WENT SIDEWAYS TO THE ROAD, IN THE ONCOMING LANE. I BARELY GOT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND BACK TO MY SIDE OF THE ROAD ONLY A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE AN ONCOMING CAR WHIZZED BY. A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER, OR LESS DRIVING SKILL, AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS WAS ONE OF A SET OF FOUR NEW TIRES I GOT FROM THE LOCAL GOODYEAR STORE. I THOUGHT IT WAS "JUST A BLOWOUT" BUT I KEPT THE TIRE AS A PRECAUTION. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE. IF I FIND OUT THAT GOODYEAR KNEW OF THE DEFECT IN THESE TIRES BEFORE JUNE, 2001, AND DID NOT WARN ME, I AM GOING TO BE UPSET, BECAUSE IT ALLMOST KILLED ME. THE SECOND TIRE THAT BLEW WAS THE SAME NUMBER: NPC8 JPHR 169. IT BLEW OUT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SEPT. 1, 2002, AT OVER 7000 FT (COOL TEMP). SPEED WAS ABOUT 50 MPH. THIS BLOWOUT WAS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, AND WAS UNEVENTFUL, BUT SINCE IT WAS ONE OF THE SET OF FOUR THAT I HAD PURCHASED NEW FROM THE LOCAL GOODYEAR STORE, I BECAME SUSPICIOUS. I BECAME MORE SUSPICIOUS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE TIRE WAS THE SAME NUMBER AS THE OTHER ONE THAT BLEWOUT A YEAR BEFORE. THIS BLOWOUT LEFT ME OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN NEW MEXICO WITHOUT A SPARE. I STILL HAVE THIS TIRE. THE OTHER TWO TIRES OF THE SET OF FOUR TIRES HAD THE # NPC8 JPHR 309. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH TIRES BECAUSE OF THE TWO BLOWOUTS. NOT GOODYEARS.*AK

FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE, MY DAUGHTER, THE PRIMARY DRIVER, COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF TRACTION WHEN THE ROAD WAS WET. ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT, IT HAD BEEN DRIZZLING. SHE WAS ON THE RAMP CONNECTING I-4 TO I-95 NORTH. DESPITE GOINBG LESS THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO FISHTAIL AND WOUND UP DOING A A 180 DEGREE TURN OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER BEING EXTRICATYED FROM THE WOODS BY A TOW TRUCK, SHE WAS TOWED TO SEARS WHERE SHE REPLACED THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT PASSENGER TIRES WITH MICHELIN XCLT4 LT245/75R16 TIRES. ALL HANDLING AND TRACTION PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY CEASED WITH THE LIGHT TRUCK TIRES. THE USE OF PASSENGER VEHICLE TIRES ON A PICK-UP IS AN ENGINEERING DESIGN DIFFICIENCY!*AK

FOUND TIRE SEPARATION ON 3 OF 4 ORIGINAL TIRES. SEPARATION WAS LOCATED APPROX 1/2 FROM RIM AND APPROX 1.5 INCHES LONG. ON TWO OF THE TIRES THE SEPARATION WAS LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE AND ONE HAD THE SEPARATION LOCATED ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. THIS WAS THE ONE THAT CONCERNED ME MORE THAN THE OTHERS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T LOOK ON THE INSIDE OF THIER TIRES. THESE SEPERATIONS WERE ALL NOTICED WHEN TIRES WHERE BEING ROTATED AND BALANCED. TIRES WERE SHOWN TO THE LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A TIRE SEPERATE AT THAT AREA OF THE TIRE AND THEY WOULD REPLACE AT A PRO-RATED PRICE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE ALL THREE TIRES AT NO COST. THE TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK