GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

TWO OF GOODYEAR TIRES ARE WORN. TIRES HAVE TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. TIRE SIZE AND MODEL UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WANDERS AND SWAYS BACK AND FORTH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE BENT. VEHICLE CAME FROM FACTORY THAT WAY. GOODYEAR, INTEGRITY, P185/65R14 . RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BULGE ON OUTSIDE. *AK NEW VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, ALL 4 WHEELS WERE BENT AND WARPED FROM THE FACTORY, THE TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE. GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES ON VEHICLE WERE DEFECTIVE AND WERE REPLACED DUE TO DEFECTIVE BELTS. VEHICLE HAS A HANDLING PROBLEM. NLM

I NOTICED RECENTLY A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, I THOUGHT ONE OF THE TIRES NEEDED BALANCING, SINCE I DID NOT FEEL ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE ROTORS. I WENT TO HAVE THE TIRES CHECKED, AND THE GOODYEAR DEALER SAID THE TIRES HAD A DEFECT IN THE BELTS. HE RECOMMENDED REPLACING ALL 4 TIRES, BECAUSE HE SAID THEY ALL LOOKED BAD. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT DAY (10/12/01) TO HAVE THEM REPLACED, BUT WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, I WENT TO DRIVE TO WORK ON THE FREEWAY ON 10/11/01 AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW UP. I THINK THAT GOODYEAR SHOULD REPLACE THESE TIRES AT "NO CHARGE" INSTEAD OF PRO-RATING THEM, BUT THAT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A RECALL RIGHT? I WOULD NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. WHAT IF THEY HAVE BAD TIRES, BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANY VIBRATION LIKE I DID? CAN THESE TIRES BLOW UP WITHOUT ANY WARNING TO OTHER DRIVERS?*AK (TIRESIZE: P215 70R15)

WHILE LOOKING TIRES OVER ON A FORD, F150 NOTICED A TEAR ON SIDEWALL OF TIRES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. TECHNICIAN NOTICED PROBLEM, AND STATED THAT TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON.*AK

WATER VALVE FAILED RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK, THE DEALER REPLACED VALVE AND REFILLED SYSTEM, OIL COOLER LINE LEAKING, DEALER RESEALED HOUSING AND REPLACED COOLANT BRIDGE OIL LEVEL SENSOR SHORTED . NLM

WITH ONLY DRIVER IN VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELINMG AT 65 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD COMMENCED TO SEPARATE WHILE STILL INFLATED ON A 1995, CHEVROLET, SILVERADO; AFTER MARKET EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT 70,000 MILES, TIRE SIZE LT 265/75R16, DOT# MDWSETOV386. GOODYEAR WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

RIGHT FRONT TIRE IS CRACKING ON SIDEWALL AND IS ABOUT TO LOSE TREAD.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TREAD, NOT THE SIDEWALL SEPARATED IN CENTER OF TIRE DOT 4B18FJDR1300. *TT

I`VE REPLACED THE TIRES 3 TIMES IN 2001. I`VE HAD TIRES BALANCED NUMEROUS TIMES. I`V E REPLACED ALL 4 SHOCKS IN 2001. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16)

HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT WHILE ON INTERSTATE. GOODYEAR DEALER INSPECTED TIRE AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO CUTS OR PUNCTURES THAT CAUSED THE BLOWOUT.GOODYEAR OFFERED A DISCOUNT ON A NEW TIRE BASED ON TREAD WEAR.GOODYEAR DEALERS , HOWEVER DO NOT HAVE THE TIRE NEEDED. I CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND THEY SAID THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER AND I SHOULD JUST BUT A USED TIRE TO USE UNTIL TIRES ARE AVAILABLE.I DON'T WANT TO USE ANY USED TIRES AND I AM NOW AFRAID OF MY OTHER TIRES ON ANY INTERSTATE DRIVING.GOODYEAR WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE TO TRY TO HELP ME IN ANY WAY EXCEPT TO SAY THEY DON'T HAVE MY PARTICULAR TIRE. I WOULD BE WILLING TO UPGRADE TO A BETTER TIRE AND INSTALL A COMPLETE NEW SET IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER THEIR DISCOUT ON THE BETTER TIRES. I FEEL THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED FAIRLY AS THE TIRE DEFECT WAS NOT ANY FAULT OF MINE...CAN YOUR ORGANIZATION HELP ME IN ANY WAY? I HAVE SOME MORE INTERSTATE TRIPS TO MAKE AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITHOUT HAVING NEW TIRES INSTALLED.ND. *AK (TIRESIZE: P275/60R17)

THE ORIGINAL TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE STEERING, THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE BLOW OUT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARD, BUT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. (TIRE SIZE P195/70R14 90S GOODYEAR/ DOT M6RWHKDR 0200) *YH