GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

CONSUMER GOT A NEW SET OF TIRES IN REPLACEMENT OF FIRESTONE RECALLED TIRES. THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION COMING FROM TIRES. ALSO, BELTS WERE CROOKED, AND TIRES WOBBLED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER KEPT REPLACING TIRES WHICH DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. TIRE SIZE 26570R17. *AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 60-65MPH AND LEFT FRONT TIRE SHREDDED INTO PIECES , CONSUMER HAD NO WARNING. TIRE WAS ON THE RIM IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. AFTERMARKET NEW TIRES, SIZE P195/70R14 WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILESON THEM. GOODYEAR CLAIMED INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A ROAD HAZARD. CONSUMER WAS NOT OFFERED ANY COMPENSATION.*AK

REAR TIRE BLEWOUT ON INNER SIDEWALL AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

RUBBER FROM TREAD IS PEELING OFF OF ALL FOUR GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS TIRES, SIZE 31X10.50R15LT, DOT UNKNOWN ON 1997, DODGE ,DAKOTA SPORT. THEY ARE ORIGINAL TIRES, AND HAVE APPROXIMATELY 21,000 MILES ON THEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

TREAD SEPARATION, LOST TOTAL TREAD CAP.$ 2800 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: D11Y7HV387 TIRESIZE: T245-75-16)

LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND STRIKE A MEDIAN WALL.*JB (GOODYEAR TIRES) (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT#10-90-449)

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. SIDEWALL BLEWOUT, AND PART OF TREAD CAME OFF. HAD NOT CALLED GOODYEAR. TIRE SIZE P245/75R16. *AK GOODYEAR TIRE, 38 PSI, CONSUMER STATES THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THERE WAS NO DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. *SLC

I AM REPORTING THIS PROBLEM ON MY FATHERS VEHICLE. I JUST LEARNED OF THIS ISSUE FROM HIM, HE IS A 64YO MAN WITH A 8TH GRADE EDUCATION AND I FEEL HE HAS BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. I AM AN ENGINEER WITH A BACKGROUND AS WELL IN LAW. I TALKED WITH HIM ON SUNDAY AND THIS IS THE ISSUE HE HAS WITH HIS NEW DODGE RAM 1500 QUADCAB. THE VEHICLE HE FOUND SHOOK AT SPEEDS OVER 40 MPH, ONLY SLIGHTLY. THIS WORRIED HIM HOWEVER AND HE HAD A FRIEND AT A TIRE DEALERSHIP INSPECT THE TIRES. IT WAS THEN NOTICED THAT THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES HE REQUESTED WERE NOT IN FACT LT OR LIGHT TRUCK TIRES BUT P, PASSENGER CAR RATED TIRES. THEY ARE 4 PLY INSTEAD OF THE 6 PLY AS FOUND IN THE LT MODESL, (SUCH AS I HAVE ON MY JEEP WRANGLER). THESE TIRES BULGE AND IN MY OPINION ARE DEFORMING UNDER THE LOAD OF A HEAVIER VEHICLE. RESULTING IN THE VIBRATIONS AT HIGHER SPEEDS. ALSO, SINCE THE TIRES APARENTLY HAVE ISSUES JUST HELPING THE TRUCK MAINTAIN TRACTION, IF A LOAD WERE TO BE ADDED UPWARDS OF THE GVWR THEN MY LIKELY CONCLUSION WOULD BE THAT THE TIRES COULD HAVE A HIGHER LIKELYHOOD OF FAILURE. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN AND AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT IS PUTTING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE ON THE ROAD AT RISK. AND DODGE IS NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO DO THIS, CHEVY AND FORD DEALERS MY FATHER ALSO NOTICED TO HAVE DONE THE SAME THING OF PUTTING ON CAR TIRES ON THE TRUCKS. THE ISSUE IS OF CORUSE COST HERE, THE TIRES ON MY FATHERS TRUCK WERE 70 DOLLARS A PIECE, WHILE THE REPLACEMENT TRUCK TIRES MY FATHER PUT ON WERE 125. MY FATHER TRADED IN THE TIRES BUT HE DOES HAVE A SIGNED RECEIPT FROM THE TIRE DEALER STATING THE ISSUE OF THE TIRES, ALL THEIR SPECS AND WHY HE SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT. I KNOW MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WORK THEIR TRUCKS HARD, OR USE THEM NEAR THEIR GVWR BUT A TRUCK SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM UP TO ITS SPECS WITHOUT SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS INVESTIGATED AND FOR ALL OWNERS TO BE GIVEN NEW TIRES OR REIMBURSED FOR THEIR COSTS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS TO YOUR PLANS.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW, HOWEVER CONSUMER BELIEVES THE TIRE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY LOW TIRE PRESSURE AND POSSIBLY OVER HEATING, CONSUMER STATES THAT EACH TIME VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE THE TIRES PRESSURE WOULD BE CHECKED FOR PROPER INFLATION, BUT AFTER RETURNING HOME CONSUMER FOUND TIRES TO BE INFLATED AT 60 PSI INSTEAD OF 80 PSI, CONSUMER HAS SINCED REPLACED ALL SEVEN GOODYEAR TIRES/245/70R19.5.*JB

PENSKE SERVICE CENTER SAID ALL 4 RIMS BENT WHEN BROUGHT IN FOR ALIGNMENT - I DO NORMAL DRIVING AND HAVE NOT HIT ANY POT HOLES - DEALER CHECKED AND SAID ALL 4 WHEELS WERE FINE AND WITHIN SPECS, AFTER DEALING WITH THEM FOR 3 WEEKS. 6 DAYS AFTER I GOT IT BACK FROM THEM MY LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AT 70MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. THIS WAS 6 DAYS AFTER THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE WHEN THEY CHECKED TIRES AND RIMS. DEALER SAYS THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A NAIL IN MY TIRE, BUT THERE WAS NO NAIL TO BE FOUND?  DEALER HAS THE CAR RIGHT NOW. CAR STILL SHIMMIES AND THE CAUSE IS SOFT ALLOYS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE RIMS. RIMS BEND VERY EASILY AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. CHECK TO SEE HOW MANY NHTSA CONSUMER REPORTS THERE ARE ON MITSUBISHI RIMS. WAY TO MANY! WHY DO YOU DO NOTHING ABOUT IT? HAVE BUILT WEBSITE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AT HTTP://WWW.MITSUBISHICARS.ORG - DEALER AND MITSUBISHI REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET ALSO SHOWS MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE. THESE WHEELS SHOULD BE RECALLED. PICTURES OF MY TIRE AND RIMS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.MITSUBISHICARS.ORG/MITSU/PROOF.HTML - OH AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND SOME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME DEFECTS. THESE ARE EUROPEAN WHEELS AND THEY ARE NOT SAFE. HAVE THE MARKING JLL ON THEM, THE JLL IS LIKE THE DOT SYMBOL IN THE STATES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/75R16)