GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

GOODYEAR, WRANGLER, P265/75R16, PLEASE ADD DOT, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, DODGE, RAM 1500 WITH 22000 MILES. CONSUMER HAS HAD 4 FLAT TIRES DUE TO ROCKS BEING EMBEDDED IN TREAD OF TIRES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING A 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AT 55 MPH WITH DRIVER/ PASSENGER, AND TWO CHILDREN RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT FROM SIDEWALL. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P245/70R16, DOT# M69LDYWR0201.*AK

HAVE TO INFLATE DENTED RIMS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. CANNOT HOLD PROPER PRESSURE. HITTING SMALL POTHOLES DENTED 2 RIMS IN 2 PLACES WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH. *AK

TWO WEEKS FROM THIS DATE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE. TOOK TIRE TO GOOD YEAR DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS A TIRE DEFECT AND THEY WOULD ONLY PRO-RATE THE TIRE. TWO DAYS AGO FROM TODAY THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE IS NOW CRACKING. GOOD YEAR DEALER SAID IT WAS ANOTHER DEFECTIVE TIRE AND THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH GOOD YEAR TIRES ON THESE SIZE AND MODELS. NEED A SAFETY RECALL ON THESE TIRES AND FREE REPLACEMENT BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. THE TIRES ARE CRACKEING AND SPLITING ALONG THE BASE ON THE RIM. CRACK IS ABOUT 8" - 12" LONG.*AK

1996 F3012LE MODEL. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT NOSE CONE FIBER GLASS IS PULLING AWAY FROM FRONT OF TRAILER. THERE IS A RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V283000. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS CAMPER VAN CONVERSION HAS NOT HAD A SMOOTH RIDE DUE TO TIRES. THE TIRE MAKE AN OSCILLATING NOISE WHICH MAKES THE CONSUMER THINK THE TREAD IS ABOUT TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FOR DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE BALANCED. IN THE OPINION OF THE TECHNICIAN THE TIRES WERE TOO FAR OUT OF TOLERANCE. ONE OF THE TIRES COULD NOT BE BALANCED THEREFORE GOODYEAR REPLACED IT. THE CONSUMER READ SEVERAL ARTICLE ABOUT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN NHTSA AND GOODYEAR TO REPLACE 200000 TIRES ON 15 PASSENGER VANS EQUIPPED WITH LIGHT TRUCK LOAD RANGE E TIRES FOR MODEL YEARS 1996 TO 2000. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE CAMPER CONVERSION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REPLACEMENT. *NM

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. THE 3 REMAINING TIRES WERE SHOWING PREMATURE TREAD SEPARATION. *AK TWO OF THE ORIGIONAL TIRES HAD CRACKS ON THE SIDE WALL. THE BLOWN TIRE HAD CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER , THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. GOODYEAR PATHFINDER NT TIRE 16 INCH (DOT UNKNOWN). *JB THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 55 MPH, TIRE EXPLODED. NOTHING LEFT BUT THE RIM. NO OBVIOUS ROAD HAZARD. TIRE AND CAR WERE LESS THAN A MONTH OLD.*AK

THREAD SEPARATED AND BLEW OFF LEFT FRONT TIRE. UPON EXAMINATION BY GOODYEAR TIRE DEALERS AND MYSELF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED TO THE POINT OF THREAD BLOW OFF IMMINENT. THE TWO REAR TIRES WERE DETERMINED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE STAGES OF THREAD SEPERATION AS THREAD HAD BUBBLES OF SEPERATION BEGGINING TO SHOW AND WOULD FAIL AT UNKNOWN TIME, BUT WOULD FAIL.*AK