GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

THE REAR BRAKES ARE INSUFFICIENTLY PROPORTIONED TO THE FRONT CAUSING THE FRONT TIRES TO LOOSE TRACTION EASILY UNDER MODERATE BRAKING. THERE IS A SPONGY BRAKE PEDAL AND I HAVE SUGGESTED THAT AIR IN THE BACK LINES MAY BE CAUSING THIS. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BECAUSE THEY SAY THEIR TESTS SHOW THE CAR IS WITHIN GM GUIDELINES. THE PROBLEM BECOMES READILY EVIDENT WHEN TRACTION CONDITIONS ARE UNFAVORABLE WITH ONLY SLIGHT BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE THE FRONT TIRES WILL OVERCOME THE AVAILABLE TRACTION AVAILABLE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE REAR BRAKES ARE BARELY ASSISTING, IF AT ALL. I HAVE 3 OTHER VEHICLES AND IN THE SAME CONDITIONS, I CAN'T EVEN GET THE TIRES TO BREAK LOOSE UNLESS I STOMP THE BRAKES. BUT WITH INTRIGUE, LIGHT PRESSURE CAUSES THE FRONT TIRES TO LOOSE TRACTION. ABS FUNCTIONS PROPERLY, BUT WOULD HAVE NEVER COME ON IF ALL 4 BRAKE WERE ASSISTING. AND IN AN ABS EVENT, NO MATTER HOW HARD OR SOFT I APPLY THE BRAKE, THE CAR'S DECELERATION RATE IS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED. ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS STOPPING ABOUT HALF AS WELL AS BEFORE ABS ACTIVATED. THESE ABS EVENTS OCCUR ALL THE TIME. THE CONSISTENT FEELING THAT THE FRONTS ARE ABOUT TO LOOSE TRACTION WHILE THE BACKS ARE JUST NOT CONTRIBUTING IS FRUSTRATING AND LIFE THREATENING. MY WIFE, BROTHER AND I HAVE ALL HAD THIS HAPPEN TO US WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR. I'VE GONE THROUGH INTERSECTIONS, INTO SNOWDRIFTS TO AVOID OTHER VEHICLES, ETC. WHILE THE CARS NEXT TO ME CAN STOP WITH NO FUSS. ANOTHER ITEM THAT SHOWS MORE EVIDENCE TO THIS IS, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE TURNED TWICE FOR WARPAGE AND REPLACED, THEN TURNED AGAIN FOR WARPAGE, ALL UNDER 36000 MILES. ALSO THE BACK TIRES LOOK LIKE THEY'RE STILL NEW. LAST WEEK, DURING A NICE HEAVY RAIN, WITH ABS DISABLED (REMOVAL OF A FUSE), I SHOWED THE MECHANIC THAT I COULD NOT MAKE THE BACK BRAKES LOCK THE WHEELS. THIS WAS WITH BOTH FEET MASHING ON THE BRAKE. THIS IS WHILE THE FRONTS WERE SKIDDING ALL THE WAY. PLEASE HELP! ABS ISN'T GOING TO SAVE ME, BUT GOOD BRAKES SURE WOULD HELP.*A

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE (LESS THAN 2 MILES AWAY), I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT OF THE FOREMENTIONED TIRE. MY SPEED AT THE TIME WAS LESS THAN 30 MPH, AS I HAD JUST COMPLETED A LEFT TURN AFTER A FULL STOP AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. UPON REMOVING THE TIRE, I FOUND A SLASH ON THE INWARD WALL, WITH NO OTHER SIGNS OF DAMAGE. THE SLASH IS APPX 3 INCHES LONG, 2 INCHES FROM THE TREAD, PERPENDICULAR TO THE RIM. *AK (TIRESIZE: P185/60R15)

AFTER PLACING RIGHT FRONT GOODYEAR CONCORD TIRE ON VEHICLE IT DEVELOPED A VERY SLOW LEAK. TIRE HAD LOST 2 LBS OF AIR PRESSURE IN ONE MONTH. TIRE NEVER WENT FLAT. AT TIRE RETAILER, TIRE WAS CHECKED FOR LEAKAGE, BUT NO BUBBLES APPEARED. HAD TIRE STEM REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. FINALLY, HAD THE TIRE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER. HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH THE NEW TIRE. 1991 PLYMOUTH, ACCLAIM. T205/60R15, 90S 1-DOT PLUNE3LR4000, 39,950 MILES, 2-DOT MDUNE3LR1800, AND 42,630 MILES.*AK

I FIRST BOUGHT A SET OF THESE TIRES IN 1996. THE RIDE WAS ROUGH FROM THE BEGINNING, AND I COMPLAINED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY WERE "OUT OF ROUND BUT WITHIN GOODYEAR SPECS". I CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES AND I COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM. IN THE FALL OF '98,ONE OF THE IRES DELAMINATED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I PUT ON MY SPARE AND CONTINUED. I COULD NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT LOCALLY, AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE ON MY SPARE. LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LATER, A SECOND TIRE DELAMINATED. I THEN DROVE TO ANOTHER TOWN 50 MILES AWAY AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM, AND INSISTED THEY REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES, WHICH THEY DID AT A PRORATED PRICE.THE SECOND SET RODE WITH A SLIGHT VIBRATION, BUT WAS BETTER THAN THE FIRST. THIS GRADUALLY DETERIORATED, UNTIL I WAS DRIVING WITH MUCH VIBRATION. BALANCING WOULD NOT HELP. IN SET. OF 2000 ANOTHER TIRE DELAMINATED. GOODYERA NO LONGE MAKES THIS TIRE, AND SENT ME A REFUND. I THEN BOUGHT 2 MICHELINS, USING THE MATE TO THE BAD TIRE AS A SPARE. THE RIDE IMPROVED SOME, BUT WAS STILL VIBRATING. IN SEPT. OF 2001 I WENT IN TO GET MY WHEELS BALANCED, AND THEY TOLD ME MY FRONT TIRES WERE DELAMINATING[GOODYEARS]. MY MECHANIC CONFIRMED THIS. I COMPLAINED TO GOODYEAR, AND THEY RECENTLY SENT ME A CHECK FOR 1/2 OF MY PURCHASE PRICE. I HAVE HAD 5 OUT OF 8 OF THESE TIRES DELAMINATE. I BELIEVE THE ONLY REASON THE OTHER 3 DIDNOT, IS BECAUSE THEY WERE REMOVED BEFORE THEY COULD. *AK (TIRESIZE: 875R16.5 E)

VEHICLE WAS SERVICE'D BY MR. ROBERT'S AUTO/TRUCK STORE WHEN THE FUEL PUMP AND ELECTRICAL LINE'S WERE TO BE SERVICE'D THEN AFTER THESE ITEMS WERE SERVICED THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO EXPLODE. WHEN BUSINESS WAS SPOKEN TO THE ONLY WORD'S OUT OF THERE MOUTH WAS WERE MY PAYMENT'S ON TIME. I HUNG UP. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNE'D MY ISSUE WAS WITH MY FAMILY BEING INJURED. WITHOUT BANKRUPTCY WERE ELSE DO I STAND. THIS RIP-OFF WANT'S 2800.00 AFTER HE HAD GOTTEN 2500.00 FOR THE TOTAL ON THIS CAR. ? IS SHOULD I BE LIABLE AFTER CAR IS PAID IN VALUE & SHOULD I PAY FOR ANY OTHER ASSETT,S. I FEEL RIPPED OFF. *AK (TIRESIZE: 15)

TIRE FAILED WITH PLY SEPARATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: MC6Y270W09 TIRESIZE: 275/70R22.)

RECALL 81E511000; FORD PUT LABLE ON VEHICLE STATING THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO ATTEMPT BY CONSUMER TO PUT AIR IN TIRE. DEALER NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT RECALL ON TIRES. CLAIMED RECALL WAS FOR F450 AND F550 MODELS, NOT FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.*AK *YD

UNDER WARRANT AT 1600 MILES THEY PLACED ALL 4 NEW TIRES. THEY USED 13 TIRES TO FIND 4 GOOD TIRES. THEN, I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. CAR IN SERVICE FOR TWO WEEKS, THEY OREDERED 4 PERFECT TIRES FROM DETROIT, THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 17)

I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE PARKED VEHICLE AND I PRESSED ON THE BUTTON (KEY HOLE) TO OPEN THE BACK GLASS (WINDOW) AND IT BURST IN MY FACE GLASS SHATTERED EVERYWHERE FOR NO REASON. NOTHING WAS TOUCHING THE GLASS AT ALL. I HAVE TWO OTHERS WHO WITTNESSED THIS AND GM IS DECLINING MY REQUEST TO REPLACE IT. I FEEL THIS HAD TO BE A DEFECT IN THE GLASS I DIDNT DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN OTHER THAN PRESSED ON THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE WINDOW.*AK

GOODYEAR, WRANGLER RTS TIRES, SIZE P215/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT TIRES WITH 100 MILES ON A 1997, JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH PASSENGER'S FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT.*AK