GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

THREE OF THE FOUR ORIGINAL GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES WERE SEPARATED RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

TWO GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES (SIZE: LT235/75R15, DOT#: T300863GRF-92W) ON 1995, FORD, EXPLORER HAVE EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL PROBLEMS. LEFT FRONT TIRE HAS A TWO SQUARE INCH SECTION THAT HAS STARTED TEARING OFF OF THE SIDEWALL WITH APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES ON THE TIRE. ALSO, LEFT REAR TIRES SIDEWALL IS BEGINNING TO SPLIT WITH 25 TO 30,000 MILES ON THE TIRE. THESE TIRES ARE NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK *SLC

I BROUGHT MY CAR IN OCTOBER OF 99 AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH 11 BRAND NEW TIRES FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON I KEEP HAVING BLOWOUTS ALL THE TREADS ARE INTACT BUT THE SIDES OF THE TIRES END UP WITH CHUNKS MISSING FROM THEM. I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY DOING ABOUT 30 WHEN I FELT MY CAR PULLING AWAY FROM ME AND I COULD BARLEY CONTROL IT SO I PULLED OVER TO CHECK IT OUT N THERE WERE 2 CHUNKS MISSING OUT FOT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRE FROM IT BLOWING OUT AND THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A CAN OPENER TO IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE 4 ORIGINAL TIRES MY CAR CAME WITH DID THE SAME THING THOSE TIRES WERE REPLACE AND MY TIRES CAN ONLY BE REPLACED BY GOOD YEAR MODEL P185/60R15 NO OTHER TIRE FITS I HAD 4 TIRES REPLACED IN MAYOF 2000 THEN I REPLACED ANOTHER 3 BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM IN FEB2001 ALL AT MY OWN EXPENSE AND IT IS NOW JULY AND A NOTHER TIRE BLEW IM SICK OF IT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST WEAR AND TARE BUT NOT IM STARTING TO WONDER 11 TIRES IN LESS THEN 2 YEARS SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRONG.*AK (TIRESIZE: P185\60R15)

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. TIRES ARE FAIRLY NEW AND IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 3057060)

ON SUNSET FWY ONRAMP TO HOLLYWOOD FWY SOUTH, MY CAR'S STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSED ME LOSING CONTROL. CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN BEFORE FOR STEERING RECALL.I WAS TOLD STEERING IS OKAY AND NOTHING WAS REPLACED.*AK

WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM STOP SIGN SIDEWALL ON FRONT LEFT TIRE, SIZE P19565R15, BLEWOUT. ALSO, SIDEWALL ON LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON IT. CONTACTED GOODYEAR.*AK GOODYEAR DID NOT REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRANTY, A FEW WEEKS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL OF ANOTHER TIRE, GOODYEAR DID REPLACE THIS TIRE, CONSUMER ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR PREVIOUS TIRE, THE WHEEL WAS DAMAGED IN FIRST TIRE FAILURE. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING 60-65 MPH ON HIGHWAY WITH DRY ROAD CONDITIONS TWO REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT GOODYEAR EAGLE DRIVER'S FRONT AND REAR SIDE TIRES EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WITH 26,000 MILES, SIZE 20560R16, DOT#N/A. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WAS TRAVELING 60MPH IN MOTORHOME WHEN IT STARTED TO VIBRATE. STOPPED TO CHECK ON TIRES AND NOTICED NOTHING. SECOND TIME MOTORHOME VIBRATED. CHECKED TIRES AFTER STOPPING. NOTICED TIRE IN DIFFERENT LOCATION , AND THAT TREAD HAD PEELED OFF AND DAMAGED INSULATION. TOOK MOTORHOME TO TIRE RETAILER. TIRES NOT EXCHANGED DUE TO COST. GOODYEAR WINSTON LT7.50R16 DOT, CODE UPWYWCE037 ON A 1997, ALLEGRO MOTORHOME. NOT ORIGINAL TIRES.*AK

SUSPENSION WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT. HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AT 13,000 MILES WITH REALIGNMENT AND CURRENTLY IS IN THE SHOP TO REPLACE ALL TIRES AND HAVE ALIGNED AGAIN. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SPECS OR THE VEHICLE. NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE FOR SAME PROBLEM.*AK (TIRESIZE: P225/55R16)

CONSUMER STATES HE REPLACED HIS FIRESTONE TIRES WITH GOODYEAR TIRES, HOWEVER NOW THE RIDE IS HARD, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE GOODYEAR TIRES. *SLC