GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

TREAD SEPARATION ON TWO OCCASIONS. BOTH WERE ON REAR TIRES. BOTH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. TIRES REMAINED INFLATED, BUT VIRTUALLY ALL TREAD WAS GONE. FIRST OCCURANCE - 8/2300. MOST RECENT 6/28/01. TIRES HAD APPROXIMATELY 40 - 44,000 MILES ON THEM BUT WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. GOODYEAR SETTLED CLAIM FOR THE FIRST FAILURE, SECOND CLAIM IS PENDING.*AK (DOT NUMBER: MO11K8HV23 TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD HEAR A GRINDING NOISE IN THE FRONT END, VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOUR TIMES AND FINALLY WAS TOLD GOODYEAR TIRES NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO BEING DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION. *SLC

CAR WAS 4 MONTHS OLD - DRIVING DOWN I-70 AND HAD A BLOWOUT. THE TIRE SPLIT CLEAN IN TO. WAS TOLD THAT I MUST OF HIT A POT HOLE. ON 9/13/99 I HAD TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, AIRED UP THE TIRE AND I LEFT. LITTLE OVER A MONTH LATER I HAD A BLOW OUT. I DID NOT HIT A POT HOLE. THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH MY OWN MONEY.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

WE NOTICED SOME WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END WHILE DRIVING DURING THE WEEK, BUT ATTRIBUTED THAT TO A PREVIOUSLY REPLACED REAR BUMPER AND NEED FOR REALLIGNMENT DUE TO THAT ACCIDENT. WHEN WE STOPPED FOR GAS ON 6/30/01 WE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WAS VERY LOW. WE FILLED IT WITH AIR AND DROVE LESS THAN A MILE. AT THAT POINT, THE TIRE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY FLAT AND WE CALLED AAA FOR SERVICE. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER REMOVED THE FRONT TIRE AND DISCOVERED ONE 6" TEAR AND ONE 2-3" TEAR . THE TEARS WERE DEEP ENOUGH TO REVEAL THE STEEL BELTS. HE SAID THAT THE TIRE APPEARED TO BE DEFFECTIVE, AND THAT THE DAMAGE WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED AS THE RESULT OF DRIVING OVER SOMETHING.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)

IDENTIFIED BUBBLE IN OUTER SIDEWALL, BEGINNING AT TREAD TO MID-SIDEWALL; SEPARATION ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE'S OUTER SURFACE OF AUDI A6Q. GOODYEAR DEALER CONFIRMED SIDEWALL SEPARATION AND NEED TO REPLACE IMMEDIATELY OR RISK CATASTROPHIC BLOW-OUT. DEALER BLAMED SOFT SIDEWALLS AS BEING "POT HOLE SUSCEPTIBLE". BUT NO DAMAGE TO INSIDE OF TIRE SURFACE! HAVE READ MANY OTHER REPORTS ON THIS TIRE SIZE REPORTING BUBBLES OR CATASTROPHIC FAILURES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: M60FBEDR34 TIRESIZE: 205/55R16)

THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY ANOTHER OWNER OF THE SAME VEHICLE. I WAS ADVISED THAT MY FRONT TIRES WERE BALD. I CHECKED THEM AND FOUND THEY WERE OK. I HAD ALREADY REPLACED TWO OF THEM IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. TURNS OUT THE PERSON ADVISING ME HAD ALSO DONE SO AND THERE WAS STILL ANOTHER PERSON (WE ALL BELONG TO THE SAME CHURCH AND DRIVE THE SAME VEHICLE) EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY AND THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION BUT HAS ELECTED TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE WRONG TIRES ARE BEING SOLD WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THEY FINALLY GOT THE DEALERSHIP TO AGREE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE THE WRONG TIRES AND THEY REPLACED THEM WITH TRUCK TIRES BECAUSE THE VAN IS ON A TRUCK CHASIS. I'M ON MY SECOND SET AND HAVE FEWER THAN 25,000 MILES ON MY VAN!*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

3 CRACKS IN SIDE WALL.1 INCH FROM RIM, IN THE SAME PLAIN OF ROTATION. EVADENCE OF OTHER CRACKS STARTING.*AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

GOODYEAR, WRANGLER TIRES LT22575R16, DOT MKIL230V327, AFTERMARKET TIRES WITH 15,000 MILES, TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED ON DRIVER'S SIDE INSIDE DUAL TIRE, BUT TIRE DID NOT BLOW, AIR IS STILL IN TIRE. AT 35,000 MILES OUTSIDE AND INSIDE REAR LEFT DUAL TIRE FORMED A BUBBLE ON THE TREAD.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, RAIN STARTED TO FALL AND BECAME VERY INTENSE, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES TO SLIGHTLY SLOW DOWN TO LET A TRUCK PASS, HOWEVER CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, CONSUMER HIT A TOTAL OF THREE VEHICLES AND HIT A CONCRETE MEDIAN BARRIER, CONSUMER HAD PURCHASED NEW FRONT GOODYEAR EAGLE HP, H SPEED RATED, ALL SEASON RADIAL TIRES ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, TIRES WERE MARKED INCORRECTLY CAUSING INCORRECT INSTALLATION, THE TREAD FACING DIRECTION WAS OPPOSITE TO THE TIRE ROTATION, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, ALSO IN ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPLOYMENT, TIRE SIZE P205/65H15, NOT DOT NUMBER GIVE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

GOODYEAR TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, AND FIVE THOUSAND MILES ON TIRES. TWO FRONT TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED KNOTS AROUND SIDEWALL. TIRES WERE ALSO STARTING TO CUP, CAUSING VIBRATION WHEN VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK