GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

GOOD YEAR MARATHON ST235/80R16LRE. ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2018 WHILE RETURNING FROM A LABOR DAY TRIP, LEFT REAR AXLE GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE BLEW OUT. AT THE TIME WE WERE TRAVELLING EAST ON I-10. THE BLOWOUT HAPPENED AT MILE MARKER 327. HAPPENED AT APPROX. 11:15 AM. WEATHER WAS WARM WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. PAVEMENT AT LOCATION WAS DRY. AFTER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO PUT MY SPARE ON, CONTINUED ON I-10, APPROX. 4 MILES (MM 331) WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE REAR AXLE GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. SAME ROAD CONDITIONS. TIRES HAVE APPROX. 2000 MILES ON THEM. PURCHASE 5TH WHEEL JANUARY 2017. 7 TRIPS WITHIN STATE OF FLORIDA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD EXPEDITION EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TRAILMARK TIRES, SIZE: P265/65/R18 (NA). THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE BRAND NEW TIRES FROM WALMART. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED THAT STATED THAT THE LUG NUTS WERE COMPLETELY GONE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. WALMART FILED A CLAIM WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY, WHICH STATED THAT WALMART FOLLOWED PROCEDURES WHEN THEY INSTALLED THE TIRES AND WERE NOT LIABLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH HER STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 246,233.

WE HAVE A 2017 CARDINAL 5TH WHEEL, AND IN JUNE 2018 WE GOT BACK FROM CAMPING AND WHILE IN TRAILER EMPTYING OUR THINGS OUT WE HEARD A LOUD BAND. IT ENDED UP BEING THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT GOOD YEAR MARATHON ST TIRE THAT BLEW DUE TO A LARGE BULGE ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE. WE CALLED GOODYEAR AND THEY SAID TO FIND A GOODYEAR PLACE TO HAVE THEM REPLACE AND THE DEALER COULD DEAL WITH THEM. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR OUR REFUND. NOW SEPT 8TH 2018 DRIVING HOME TO CA FROM UT WE PULLED INTO JEAN NV TO GET FUEL AND I NOTICED A BULGE ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. WE PUT THE SPARE ON AND CONTINUED ON THE ROAD. WE PULLED OVER ON THE 58 FRWY IN BARSTOW AND CHECKED TIRES AND ALL WAS WELL. WE CONTINUED ON AND WE EXITED OFF THE 58 IN MOJAVE A CAR CAME BY AND SAID WE WERE ON OUR RIM. WE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND IT WAS THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THIS HAD CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SKIRT OF TRAILER, WHEEL WELL. LUCKILY THERE WAS A 24 HOUR TRUCK AND TIRE PLACE, THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIND SOMETHING TO GET US HOME SINCE WE WERE ONLY 20 MINS. AWAY FROM HOME. WE PAID THEM $80 FOR THE USED TIRE AND RIM THEY FOUND IN THEIR SHOP TO GET US HOME. ONCE WE GOT HOME AND PULLED THE SLIDES OUT WE FOUND AND TIRE FLAKES WERE INSIDE THE TRAILER, PIECES OF TIRE STUCK UNDER THE SLIDE, AND DAMAGE TO THE FIBERGLASS. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING AFTER GOODYEAR SINCE THIS IS THE 3RD TIRE TO HAVE A PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON ALL THESE MARATHON ST TIRES. GOODYEAR NEEDS TO PUT SAFETY AS A PRIORITY, AS IF THEIR OWN FAMILY WAS DRIVING WITH THESE TIRES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR VIVA 3 TIRES, SIZE: 215/55R16 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH AND THE CHANGE ENGINE OIL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT A WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF IN FIVE MINUTES DUE TO OVERHEATING. FURTHERMORE, WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 50 TO 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HERB CHAMBERS FORD OF WESTBOROUGH (310 TURNPIKE RD, WESTBOROUGH, MA 01581, (508) 366-8311) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RESET AND REPLACED AND THAT THE TIRES WERE BALD. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I HAVE A DODGE 2017 1500 SERIES PICKUP. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A P275/60R20 TIRES. AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP I NOTICED THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD AN AIR LEAK. I TOOK IT TO A TIRE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REMOVED THE TIRE FROM THE VEHICLE. IT HAD VERY UNUSUAL WEAR INDICATING THE TIRE HAD A BULGE AND THEN SUFFERED A TINY HOLE IN THE TIRE. UPON REMOVAL AND INSPECTION, THE TIRE HAD SPLIT ACROSS THE TREAD ON THE INTERIOR OF THE TIRE APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES LONG. A REVIEW OF THE NHTSA COMPLAINTS INDICATES THAT THIS SAME SCENARIO OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE AND THE SAME TIRE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 THOR ACE RV EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR G6T0RV TIRES, SIZE: 245/17/R19.5 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND TOWING A TRAILER WITH A COMPACT VEHICLE INSIDE, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE INSIDE DUAL TIRE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. DURING THE TIRE BLOWOUT, WIRES CONNECTING THE LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT WERE LOCATED IN THE WHEEL WELL WERE DAMAGED. THE FAILURE CAUSED ALL THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING TO SHUT OFF, WHICH PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM SEEING THE ROAD AT NIGHT. THE WIRES WERE REPLACED BY THE OWNER. THE MANUFACTURER AND AN UNKNOWN DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 MONACO COACH DYNASTY RV EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR G470RV TIRES, SIZE: 295/80R22 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE VIBRATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE BLEW OUT AND DETACHED FROM THE WHEEL. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES IN BOTH LEGS AND TWO BROKEN BONES IN THE RIGHT HAND. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 COUNTRY COACH INTRIGUE EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR G159 TIRES, SIZE: 265/75/R22.5 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE INNER DUAL TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT WITH AN EXTENSIVE HOLE IN THE INNER SIDEWALLS. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED AND A TECHNICIAN CHANGED THE INNER DUAL TIRE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN, DOT NUMBER, AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *TT CONSUMER STATED I NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT CHECKING TIRE PRESSURE. I HAVE MY OWN COMPRESSOR AND FILL THE TIRES RELIGIOUSLY. 4 OF 5 TIRES HOLD PRESSURE ALL WINTER LONG. THIS TIRE IS ONE OF THEM. NO OVER SPEED AND NO LOW PRESSURE CAUSED THIS FAILURE. UPDATED 10/16/18*JB

MARATHON TIRES FOREST RIVER 5TH WHEEL. THIS IS THE SECOND REPORT AND WILL TALK ABOUT 2 MORE TIRES BLOWING ON THE SAME DAY WITHIN AN HOUR OF EACH OTHER. TIRES CHECKED FOR TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE GOING ON ROAD. THIS WAS A 2 LANE ROAD HEAVILY TRAVELED. GOING DOWNHILL AT SAFE SPEED FOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. WE WERE GOING INTO A CURVE AND A BIG EXPLOSION OF TIRE AND SIDE OF OUR RV HEAD INTO THE WOODS. LUCK WOULD HAVE IT THERE WAS A TURN OUT JUST 75 FEET FROM US. THIS FIRST ONE TOOK THE FENDER OFF. THE SECOND BLOW OUT TOOK PLACE ON 4 LANE HWY THAT IS HEAVILY TRAVELED. THIS TIME OUR FAMILY MEMBER BEHIND SEE THE TIRE BLOW AND WE PULL OVER...UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF SPARES. WE REPLACE ALL TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND FROM A LOCAL BRAND WHO HELPED GET US OUT OF DANGER. TERRIBLE TIRES AND GOODYEAR BLAMES US.

MARATHON TIRES ON BLUE RIDGE 5TH WHEEL. TIRE BLEW ON 4 LANE HWY. TRAVEL SPEED WAS APROX 45 MPH. TIRE WERE MAINTAINED AT PROPER AIR PRESSURE AND CHECKED BEFORE STARTING TRAVEL. NO UNUSUAL ROAD CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED. NO DEBRIS WAS NOTICED ON THE HIGHLY TRAVELED ROAD. THIS HAPPENED AT 11:00 AM, TEMP WAS MILD WITH NO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ## VIN FAILED ## FOREST RIVER BLUE RIDGE 2013 ##