GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TIRE WAS INSPECTED AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A NAIL OR OTHER DAMAGE TO THE TREAD, GOODYEAR WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY STATING THAT THE CONSUMER MUST HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE FOR A LONG DISTANCE WITH VERY LOW AIR PRESSURE.(GOODYEAR TIRES).*JB

CONSUMERS 5TH WHEEL RECREATIONAL VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION OF THE INNER LINER APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES BY 12 INCHES LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CENTER AXLE, AN INSPECTION OF THE TIRE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE DID NOT SHOW EVIDENCE OF A PUNCTURE, HOWEVER THE TIRE HAD LOST AIR PRESSURE AND WAS FLAT WHEN REMOVED.(GOODYEAR WRANGLER HT LOAD RANGE E M/S, DOT MKOR HTOV 097.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING LEFT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

HEARD THUMPING AND STARTED TO SLOW WHEN TIRE BLEW AND VAN BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. VAN PULLED ONTO DIRT SHOULDER (OF TWO LANE HIGHWAY) AND ALMOST FLIPPED.MANAGED TO GET BACK ONTO ROAD, SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED. CHANGED TIRE. IT WAS DESTROYED. THE TREAD WAS SEPARATED, AND THE SIDEWALL BLOWN APART IN SEVERAL PLACES ON BOTH SIDES. THE RIM WAS UNDAMAGED TO MY EYE, AND THE BEAD NEAR THE RIM WAS ALSO UNDAMAGED. THE TIRE SHOP REMOVED THE TIRE, LOOKED FOR A CAUSE OF THE BLOW OUT BUT COULD FIND NONE. THE STEEL BELTS AND TREAD WERE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM CARCASS AROUND 80% OF CIRCUMFERENCE AND PARTIALLY AROUND THE REST.THE "NYLON" CORDS WERE EXPOSED WHERE EVER THE BELTS HAD SEPARATED AND WERE SHREDDED AND PROBABLY CAUSED THE SUDDEN TIRE FAILURE WITH ONLY A FEW MINUTES OF THUMPING AS A WARNING OF IMPENDING FAILURE.WHOLE EVENT PROBABLY TOOK LESS THAN 2 MINUTE. I HAVE MORE OF THESE TIRES IN THE CAR NOW.*AK

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TURNED OVER. PLEASER INCLUDE DOT #, AND TIRE SIZE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS GOIING 60MPH AND WITH NO WARNING PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF A 1999, FORD ,EXPLORER; TIRES WERE ON 2 MONTHS REPLACEMENTS WITH APPROXIMATE 3,000 MILES SIZE UNKNOWN. GOODYEAR WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE MOTOR KNOCK AND VALVE RATTLE NOISE WHICH OCCURS WHENEVER THE MOTOR WAS UNDER ANY LOAD, THE DEALER MADE ONE COMPUTER ADJUSTMENT THAT HELPED A LITTLE AND MADE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE TYPES OF GASOLINE TO USE, CONSUMER STATES WHEN GOING UP A SLIGHT HILL AGAIN UNDER ANY LOAD THE MOTOR RATTLE NOISE HAS RECURRED TO A NOTICEABLE DEGREE.*JB *NM

VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO 50MPH AND THE TREAD BLEW OUT ON REAR PASSENGERS TIRE. TIRE SHOWED WHITE DISCOLORATION BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDEWALL. WRANGLER SRA, SIZE P245/70R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, JEEP, GRAND CHEROKEE WITH 30,000 MILES. GOODYEAR WILL BE CONTACTED.*AK *YH

VEHICLE SHAKES, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT THERE IS A INTERNAL TIRE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE TIRE BLEW UP - COMPLETETLY DISINTERGRATED WITHOUT WARNING - THE PRESSURE HAD BEEN CHECKED BEFORE THE TRIP AND NO ROAD HAZRARDS WERE NOTICED - HOWEVER THE CAR FOLLOWING NOTED THE TIRE LOOKED LOW BEFORE IT BLEW - SO IT HAD TO HAVE LOST PRESSURE DURING THE @10 MILES AND THEN DISENTERGRATED. *AK