GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON A 2000, CHEVROLET, CAVALIER, TIRE SIZE 19575R14, MILEAGE 15,800. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDE WALL OF RIGHT REAR TIRE.NO COLLISION OR INJUIRES OCCURRED.*AK WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT REAR BLEWOUT, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND SPUN, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR TIRE. *SLC

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED WITH ONLY 17,611 MILES ON IT IN 2/01 FROM MY NIECE. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD 3 FLATS AND THE TIRES LOOK HAS THOUGH THEY WERE SHREDDED. NOT ONLY DOES THIS COST ME A FORTUNE BUT IT IS REDICULOUS THAT THE TIRES ARE FAILING A LOW SPEEDS AND LOW MILEAGE. THE TIRE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE CHRYSLER DESIGN IS POOR AND DANGEROUS. THE RIM IS TOO BIG FOR THE WHEEL WELL SO THE TIRE SIDEWALL WAS MANUFACTURED TO BE TOO SMALL AND THEREFORE THE TIRE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH CUSHION. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/50R17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/50R17 )

SO FAR THREE TIMES THE FRONT TIRES HAVE JUST COME OFF THE RIM, OUTSIDE WALL COLLAPES IN. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215/17R70)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/17R70 )

DECEMBER 2000, THE VACUUM LEAK IN THE FRONT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. IT WAS TAKEN INTO MOODY'S TO BE FIXED, THEY BLEW A FUSE FOR THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER. MAY 14, 2001 BRAKE AND ABS LIGHT WENT ON AFTER CAR STALLED IN PARKING LOT. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY HAD TO ORDER PARTS, IT TOOK A WEEK. DEALER FIXED IT ON MAY 22, 2001, THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL, REPLACED FOUR WHEEL ANTI-LOCK.. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED A FEW DAYS LATER. REPORTED TO DEALER, TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS, THERE WAS A WIRE THAT WAS FRAYED. THEY REPLACED THE WIRE AND THEN BLEW THE CIGARETTE FUSE AGAIN. STEERING WHEEL STARTED MAKING A CRUNCHING PLASTIC SOUND WHILE TURNING AND WHILE SHUT OFF ON JUNE 6, 2001. REPORTED TO DEALER ON SAME DAY. TOOK IT IN MORNING OF JUNE 7, 2001, THEY FOUND A BULLITEN ON THAT PROBLEM THAT WAS SENT OUT BY THE MANUFACTURER. THEY CANNOT FIND PARTS IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA, I HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK OR MORE FOR PARTS TO COME IN.( DOT NUMBER: )

THE GOODYEAR TIRES HAVE ALMOST NO TRACTION DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, VEHICLE LOST TEMPORARY CONTROL DURING DRIVING WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HIT A CURB TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. NLM

P255/70R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, FORD EXPEDITION WITH 36000 MILES. ALL 4 TIRES HAD BEEN SLOWLY LOOSING AIR, CONSUMER THEN WENT TO DEALER TO HAVE TIRES INSPECTED, AND WAS TOLD ALL 4 SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION.*AK

TIRES EXTREMELY NOISY SINCE ABOUT 2,000 MILES. TIRES SEVERELY CUPPED AFTER 5/6,000 MILES. RIDE EXTREMELY LOUD, WITH GREAT DEAL OF VIBRATION. SINCE ABOUT 12,000 MILES, EXTREME CUPPING OF ALL FOUR TIRES PLAINLY VISIBLE. TIRES AT ALL TIMES AT MITSHUBISHI RECOMMENDED PRESSURE, AND ROTATED EVERY 5,000 MILES. NO IMPACT DAMAGE TO ANY TIRE, OR RIM. NO SCUFFING OF SIDEWALLS, OR PUNCTURES. TIRES APPARENTLY CUPPED FROM THE START. CAR PURCHASED NEW, WITH 3 MILES. DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN CAUSE FOR SEVERE CUPPING, BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE TIRES. ALSO CONTACTED MITSUBISHI MOTOR, WHO TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ON THESE TIRES. NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. CONCERNED THAT TIRES MAY SUDDENLY FAIL, ES THEY ARE SEVERELY CUPPED (ALL 4) AND RIDE WITH GREAT DEAL OF NOISE AND VIBRATION. DEALER CLAIMS PROBLEM NOT WITH AUTO, SINCE PROPERLY ALIGNED. TIRES ARE BALANCED, AND AT PROPER INFLATION. NOW BECOMING CONCERNED FOR SAFETY, AND UPSET THAT DEALER AND MITSUBISHI DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT CONDITION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: TOX82JM250 TIRESIZE: P215/60R16)

WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH, THE REAR DRIVERS' SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. TEAR APREARED TO BIN IN THE INSIDE OF TIRE, COMING FROM THE TREAD DOWN TO THE CENTER OF THE TIRE, APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2- 3 INCHES LONG WITH JAGGED EDGES RATHER THAN A STRAIGHT EDGE. TIRE SIZE P26570R17.

SINCE AUGUST OF 2000, FOUR OF GOODYEAR TIRES , SIZE: P235/60R15, DOT: UNKNOWN ON 1990, GMC, SAFARI VAN EXPERIENCED SEPARATION AT BEAD OF SIDEWALL WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THESE TIRES WERE NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS/PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK

PURCHASED 6 NEW TIRES (LT215/85R16) 04-28-99 AT UNION STATION IN BAKERSFIELD - 050689 MILES SHOWING - 071963 MILES LATER RT REAR DUAL SHREDDED - THIS WAS 2ND SHREDDING - 1ST HAPPENED PRIOR ON RT FRONT - DATE JUST PRIOR TO 04-28-99 . ON 01-22-01 I PURCHASED 6 NEW TIRES AT UNION STA IN ACTON. CA. ON 06-02-01 RT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT -UPON STOPPING NOTED TIRE WAS READY TO SHRED LIKE OTHER TIMES.ARE OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS? (DOT NUMBER: UNREADABLE TIRESIZE: LT215/85R1)