GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, PULLED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT ON A 2002, CHEVROLET, CAVALIER, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P205/55R16, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACED TIRE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER FOR GOODYEAR TIRES. RECEIVED RUN AROUND WITHOUT HONORING RECALL. 1ST DEALER SAID CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE GOODYEAR TIRES. CONSUMER THEN CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO GAVE 3 REFERRALS. 2ND DEALER ADVISED ONLY HAD 2 TIRES, AND WOULD NEED TO ORDER 2 MORE. DEALER DID NOT INFORM CONSUMER THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ALL PARTS UNTIL CONSUMER ARRIVED FOR APPOINTMENT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS RECENTLY ON A TRIP AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIRE FAILURES ON THEIR 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, 3 OUT OF 4 FAILED ON THIS TRIP AND WITH IN 3 DAYS OF ARRIVING HOME A FOURTH TIRE FAILED. (THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR/CARLISLE ST225/75R15 W/LOAD RANGE OF D) THE FIRST TIRE TO FAIL HAD TREAD SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO RV@ 2,900 MILES, THE SECOND TIRE DEVELOPED A BUBBLE @ 3,604 MILES, THE THIRD TIRE (THE SPARE) HAD 628 MILES, AND THE FOURTH TIRE DEVELOPED A BUBBLE THAT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE THEY WERE HAVING THE NEW TIRES REPLACED HAD 4,618 MILES. CONSUMER STATES THAT THEY ALWAYS FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE ON CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE PRIOR TO TRAVELING, RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. (TRAILER WAS ALSO WEIGHED) *PER CONSUMER: BASED ON THE ABOVE INFORMATION, CONSUMER BELIEVES A RECALL OF GOODYEAR/CARLISLE TIRES ST225/75R15 LOAD RANGE D IS WARRANTEED OR AT THE VERY LEAST THOSE W/ A MANUFACTURER'S DATE CODE OF 3900. *SCC

REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 29000 MILES, 195/60R14 .*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR INSIDE TIRE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, WHICH CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. 275/70R22.5, MOUNTED ON A 1998, AMERICAN EAGLE HOME, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT-AT 26000K MILES. *AK WHEN THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURED, THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED OCCURANCE AND THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES, THIS FAILURE ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE COACH. *SCC

RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND CHUNKS OF RUBBER BLEWOUT OF SIDEWALLS, RESULTING IN TIRE BLOWOUT. TIRE SIZE P19560R14. DOT #MKR43BJR483, NOT ORGINAL.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER PULLED MOTOR HOME OVER AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE, BUT TIRE WAS STILL HOLDING PRESSURE.*AK TIRES ARE GOODYEAR WRANGLER LT225/75R16. THE SECOND TIRE SEPARATED THE NEXT DAY. ALL SIX TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS NOT GIVEN. *JG

ALL FOUR TIRES ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ARE CRACKING AT THE BEAD. CRACKS ARE SEVERAL INCHES LONG. GOODYEAR DEALER SAYS "HEAT CRACKING" AND WILL REPLACE AT PRORATED VALUE. IF THESE TIRES WERE RECALLED PER YOUR WEBSITE, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. INFORMATION IS FOR PAPER TRAIL.*AK

I WAS RETURNING FROM KANSAS CITY, MO. TO WOODBRIDGE, VA., TRAVELING ON I-70E AT THE 51 MM IN INDIANA. MY VEHICLE WAS SET ON CRUISE JUST UNDER 70 MPH. (69 MPH APPROX.) SUDDENLY I FELT A VIBRATION AND SOUND THAT RESEMBLED DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS! THERE ALSO WAS IMMEDIATE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING, THOUGH NO LOSS OF CONTROL. I WAS DRIVING IN THE SLOW LANE (#2), SO I GENTLY APPLIED BRAKES AND MOVED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD COMPLETELY COME APART. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CASING, AND THE SIDEWALL WAS CHEWED UP, EXPOSING THE WHITE PLYS UNDERNEATH! WHEN THE TIRE WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED AT THE GARAGE THAT TOWED ME, A TEAR, THAT WENT FROM THE RIM STRAIGHT OUT TO WHERE THE CASING MEETS THE TREAD WAS FOUND. THERE WERE NO FOREIGN OBJECTS OR BUBBLES IN THE TIRE, NOR HAD I RUN OVER ANYTHING, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE RIM. THE TIRE HAD ABOUT 90% TREAD ON IT .THIS VEHICLE HAD JUST RECEIVED A MAINTENANCE CHECK AND SERVICING AT A FORD DEALERSHIP IN PITTSBURGH, PENNA. ON 10AUG02. THIS WAS A "MULTI POINT INSP."(INCLUDING TIRE ROTATION) I WAS TOLD THAT "ALL TIRES, BRAKES, ETC. WERE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, REQUIRING NO MAINTENENCE BEYOND FLUID AND FILTER CHANGES THAT WERE BEING DONE AT THAT TIME. BASICALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO THROW THE TREAD, (SEPARATE). I DO KNOW THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY THE MANUFACTURER'S DEALERSHIP, AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE SUPPLIED, AND THE RECENT PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE, AND NOW CONTINENETAL TIRES, MY WIFE, WHO WAS WITH ME, AS WELL AS MYSELF ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AS WE OFTEN MAKE OUT OF STATE TRIPS. I WILL BE TAKING THE TIRE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TOMORROW 8/26/02, FOR THEIR EVALUATION.*AK

TREAD SEPARATION. NO PUNCTURES, NO FLATS, NO STRIKES TO TIRE. ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF BRADY TX. TEMP ABOUT 80F, LIGHT RAIN. ROAD WAS HARD PACKED GRAVEL UNDER CONTRUCTION. HEARD NOISE FROM REAR OF TURCK. SLOWED DOWN BUT CONTINUED DROVING. A MINUTE LATER A LOUD NOISE AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT. DID NOT SWERVE OFF ROAD AS OUR SPEED WAS ONLY 30MPH. PULLED OFF ROAD ONTO SOFT GROUND. CHANGED TO SPARE. REPLACED TIRE AT DEL RIO TX GOODYEAR STORE ON 6 JULY 2001. NO SIGNS OF A NAIL OR OTHER PUNCTURE. NO HOLES IN SIDEWALL. TREAD WAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN INNER TUBE. THE SIDE WALL WAS GONE DUE TO THE RIM AND THE ROAD AFTER THE LOUD NOISE. THE GOODYEAR DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR THE FAILURE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN EITHER THE TIRES OR THE TRUCK, AND THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I STILL HAVE 4 ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE TRUCK.*AK