GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

NOTICED VIBRATIONS THROUGH STEERING WHEEL AND AUTOMOBILE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT.HAD TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED.TECH NOTICED THAT THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD BROKEN BELT. REPLACED TIRE. SAME PROBLEM OCURRED AT 37933 MILES WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE,BUT THIS TIME TIRE WENT FLAT.SAW A PUNCTURE HOLE BUT NO EVIDENCE OF NAIL OR ANYTHING ELSE. NOTICED BUKGE ON SIDE OF TIRE WHEN INFLATED WITH AIR. *AK

TWO TIRES BLEWOUT WITHIN A TWO MONTHS PERIOD, BOTH BLOWOUTS OCCURED ON THE INNER SIDEWALL OF THE INSIDE RIGHT REAR TIRE, THE TIRE TREAD WAS UNDAMAGED BUT A HOLE WAS BLOWN IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE (GOODYEAR G159 UNISTEEL TIRE SIZE 245/70R19.5, LOAD RANGE F) *YH

WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROADWAY, HIT AN OFFRAMP MEDIAN AND BECOME AIRBORN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET, THE VEHICLE THEN STRUCK A TREE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, BRAIN, AND LEG (3RD DEGREE BURNS) (GOODYEAR TIRE). NLM

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE CUPPED. ALSO, TIRES ARE FEATHERED/ CUPPED TIRES.BACK OF VEHICLE GOES ONE WAY, AND FRONT GOES ANOTHER WAY.*AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THREE GOODYEAR TIRES SIZE: P215/70R15, DOT: 4BN3DDWR037 ON 1998, FORD, WINDSTAR. FIRST TIRE HAD 23,000 MILES ON IT, AND BELTS BUNCHED UP IN IT, DISTORTING THE SHAPE OF THE TIRE, EGG SHAPED. SECOND TIRE HAD 30,000 MILES ON IT, AND THE STEEL BELT CAME THROUGH SIDEWALL OF TIRE. THIRD TIRE HAD 46,000 MILES ON IT, AND STEEL BELT BUNCHED UP, ALLOWING A BUBBLE TO FORM IN TREAD OF TIRE. *AK GOODYEAR INVICTA GS. *SLC

ONE TIRE FAILED DUE TO A SIDE WALL BLISTER AND THE OTHER FAILED FROM DRIVING OVER ROUGH STONES. NEITHER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A TRUCK TIRE. TIRE SIZE SPACE WOULD NOT RECIEVE ALL NUMBERS. THEY ARE AP P245/75R 16 M+S. *AK (TIRESIZE: AP P245/75)

WITH ONLY 7242 MILES ON A NEW WINNEBAGO ITSCA SUNCRUISER MOTOR HOME, WE HAD A DOUBLE BLOW OUT. AN ENTIRE CIRCLE OF RUBBER CAME OFF OF OUTSIDE TIRE AND THEN REST OF TIRE BLEW OUT, SOMETHING POKED A HOLE IN THE TIRE BEHIND THE BLOWN OUT TIRE AND IT WENT FLAT TOO. GOODYEAR HAS DENIED CLAIM STATING WE DROVE WITH UNDERINFLATED TIRES FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME. WE HAD TIRES CHECKED BEFORE WE DEPARTED ON 7/6/01 AND HAD NO APPARENT TROUBLE UNTIL BLOWOUT OCCURRED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN THIS MOTOR HOME FAILED ENTIRELY WHEN WE GOT IT. IT WAS REPLACED. THEN WE HAD TO HAVE SPEEDOMETER REPAIRED AGAIN.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/70R19)

THIS CAR WAS OWNED BY MY SISTER, WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS I WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS CAR. *AK

ALL FOUR TIRES HAD WORN OUT EXCESSIVELY. TIRES WERE NEARLY BALD WITH HARDLY ANY TREAD ON THEM. TIRES WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. P225/75R16 WITH 23,000 MILES ON THEM. 1999, JEEP, GRAND CHEROKEE.*AK

RECENTLY I WENT TO THE BODY SHOP TO GET A ROTATION. BUT WHEN I WENT, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT ALL MY FOUR TIRES HAD SEVERE SIDEWALL CRACKS. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IF I HAD DRIVEN THE EXPEDITION OVER 65 MPH THE TIRES MAY HAVE TORN OFF FROM THE RIMS AND FLIPPED MY CAR OVER. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE PROBLEM PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES. TO GET A SECOND OPINION I WENT DOWN TO A PRIVATELY OWNED GOODYEAR SHOP; THE MANAGER, AFTER INSPECTING ONE OF THE TIRES, WHICH ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES HAD DEFECTS IN THEM AND THAT WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CALL THE GOODYEAR HOTLINE. HE ALSO HAPPENED TO AGREE THAT THE TIRES WOULD EVENTUALLY RIP OFF AND FLIP THE CAR IF I DID NOT CHANGE THEM. HENCE I CALLED THE GOODYEAR HOTLINE, WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVE PICKED UP, SHE TOLD ME THAT THE MAN FROM GOODYEAR WHO INSPECTED THE TIRES WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE AN INSPECTION. SO THEN, I DROVE TO ANOTHER SHOP NAMED !0JUST TIRES!1 THAT WAS LICENSED FROM GOODYEAR TO GIVE INSPECTIONS. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRES, THE MANAGER AGREED THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE TIRES AND THAT IF THE TIRES WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY REPLACED I WOULD BE ENDANGERING MY LIFE. HE TOO BELIEVED THAT MY TIRES HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS TO THOSE OF FIRESTONE.I HAVE ALSO HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE EXPEDITION. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR, THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR WAS STOLEN; AND UNDER THE WARRANTY, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE IT. HOWEVER, AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THE NEWLY INSTALLED MIRROR STARTED BECAME SOMEWHAT UNRELIABLE. IT ACCUMULATED SCRATCHES EASILY AND WAS VERY FRAGILE. THE VISUALS THE MIRROR GAVE WERE VERY DULL AND VAGUE. HENCE WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER REPLACEMENT, THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US THAT THE MIRROR WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY; AND SO I WAS NOT GIVEN A REPLACEMENT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: PDCUD3ER33 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)