GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

GOODYEAR, TIRE SIZE LT245/75R16. CONSUMER HAS HAD TWO TIRES REPLACED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. GOODYEAR REPLACED 3 TIRES DUE TO SAFETY PROGRAM. WOULD NOT REPLACE OTHER TWO. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD, E350, 1999. *AK *TT

GOODYEAR, M+S LT RADIAL, LOADRANGE E, P245/75R16, DOT MK11RT0V417, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, DODGE, RAM WITH 60000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 50-55 RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL 00T005 WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATES THE TIRES RIDE ROUGH AND DO NOT HOLD THE ROAD WELL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY BOUNCE ON EVERY ROAD IRREGULARITY, TIRES ALSO DO NOT HOLD TRACTION.(GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S TIRES).*JB

CONSUMER STATED WAS HEARING A LOUD NOISE SOUNDING LIKE A FLAT TIRE. TOOK TO FIRESTONE DEALER AND DEALER DETERMINED THE NOISE WAS DUE TO IRREGULAR TREAD WEAR. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. EQUIPMENT FOR 2000 FORD EXPLORER. NLM

ORIGINAL TIRES ON A CADILLAC CATERA 1999. RS-A P225-/55R16 94 H. CONSUMER STATES AT 12000 MILES TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR AND NEEDED REPLACING. CONSUMER STATES AT 35000 ALL 4 TIRES NEEDED REPLACING AGAIN. CONSUMER FEELS TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. *NLM *YD

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITHOUT WARNING THE TREAD SEPARATED RESULTING THE VEHICLE TO FLIP TWICE AND OCCURRED MAJOR INJURIES. NLM

INITIAL TIRE BLOWOUT IN FEB, 2001 (PASSENGER FRONT TIRE AND RIM REPLACED) SECOND TIRE WENT FLAT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED - REPLACED OCT,2001(PASSENGER FRONT) THIRD FLAT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED MARCH, 2002 (DRIVER REAR) GOODYEAR SALESMAN STATED NO DEFECTS IN TIRES. NLM (TIRESIZE: R215/50R17)

INTERIOR SIDEWALL OF LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FALLING APART. LARGE SLASHES WERE ON TIRE. TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. CONSUMER CALLED AAA, AND THEY INDICATED TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. 205/50RZ16, GOODYEAR EAGLE. *AK.*JB

I LEASED A '00 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 FROM POTAMKIN MITSUBISHI, IN MANHATTAN NY FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE CAR AND THE REPLACEMENTS I'VE HAD TO BUY. I HAVE GONE THOUGH THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL SET OF 4 "10 SPOKE" RIMS ON THE CAR AFTER THEY WERE BENT WHILE DRIVING. I FIRST REPLACED TWO OF THEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF "10 SPOKE" RIMS. FINALLY WHEN THESE TWO ALSO INCURRED DAMAGE, I REPLACED THE TWO REPLACEMENTS AND THE ORIGINAL TWO RIMS WITH 4 OF THE 6 SPOKE RIMS, AND THESE TOO HAVE REPEATEDLY BENT WHILE DRIVING. THE LOSS OF AIR FROM THE BENT RIMS HAS LED TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD 3 FLAT TIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WHEN RIM DAMAGE CREATED A BAD SEAL AND CAUSED SLOW UNDETECTABLE AIR LEAKS. ALL THREE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THEM WAS UNREPEATABLE. I HAVE KEPT ALL 6 OF THE RIMS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS SINCE I LEASED THE CAR. (THEY TAKE UP A LOT OF CLOSET SPACE) I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK SO MANY TIMES TO THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE RIMS AND DEMANDED THAT THEY REPLACE THEM FOR FREE BECAUSE HOW BADLY THEY HELD UP ON THE ROAD. I OFFERED IN WRITING TO CHANGE THE TYPE OF TIRES, OR PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING TO GET AROUND THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD A REGIONAL MANAGER FINALLY LOOKED AT MY CAR BUT DECIDED AGAINST REPLACING THEM CITING ROAD DAMAGE FROM DRIVING IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA AND BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS ALL MY FAULT. I KNOW THAT HE NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THE NOTE I LEFT HIM BECAUSE THE ENVELOPE WAS STILL SEALED AND ATTACHED TO MY INVOICE THAT THEY KEPT. I CALLED THE COMPANY NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY REFERRED ME TO THE REGIONAL MANAGER WHO NEVER EVEN TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO ME. HOW COULD THEY MARKET TO SELL AND LEASE A CAR IN A CITY THAT THEY THEN BLAME FOR CAUSING THE DAMAGE? SHOULDN'T THE TIRES OR RIMS OF A CAR BE SUITED TO BE DRIVEN IN THE AREA THAT IS MARKETED AND SOLD OR LEASED? FRONT AND REAR BOTH SIDES.

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF MY HANDS. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SWERVE AND VIBRATE, AND I REALIZED A TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING I COULD HAVE HIT ON THE ROAD NOR DID I FEEL LIKE I HAD HIT ANYTHING. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND TOOK THE BLOWN TIRE TO MY LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER WHO EXAMINED IT AND CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN CUT OR PUNCTURED AND CONCLUDED THAT I WAS RUNNING LOW TIRE PRESSURE AND THEREFORE, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ONLY 17% TREAD WEAR I WAS ENTITLED TO ONLY A 50% ADJUSTMENT ON THE TIRE. NUMER ONE I CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURES ON ALL MY VEHICLES REGULARLY AND KEEP AT LEAST 40 TO 42 POUNDS OF AIR IN AT ALL TIMES, AND NUMBER TWO WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY THAT STATES A FULL REPLACEMENT DURING THE FIRST TWELVE MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. I HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR BUSINESS FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND AM A PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION MECHANIC AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TIRE PRESSURE, AND THAT IS WHY I CHECK MY REGULARLY. I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NOT LOW ON THIS TIRE AND IT WORRIES ME THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANOTHER TIRE ON THIS TRUCK, MAYBE THIS TIME WITH MORE DIRE CONSEQUENCES. I HAVE LOST FAITH IN GOODYEAR, DODGE, AND THE DEALER, AND FEEL TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL WHEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLERS. BY THE WAY THIS MY FIRST BLOW OUT IN OVER 32 YEARS OF DRIVING, NO MATTER WHAT MY TIRE PRESSURES WERE????*AK (DOT NUMBER: M670 JCOR TIRESIZE: 245/15R16)