GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

BLOWOUT OF LEFT REAR AND RIGHT FRONT. FIRST OCCURRED 0800 21 APR 01 ON INTERSTATA 64 WEST NEAR RICHMOND VA. SECOND LATER THAT SAME DAY ON INTERSTATE 95 SOUTH NORTH OF RICHMOND. IN BOTH CASES BELT SEPARATION OCCURRED. NO PUNCTURE. HOLES IN SIDEWALL. I TOOK THE ONE TIRE I SAVED TO A GOODYEAR DEALER AND HE DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE HAD A DEFECT RESULTING IN BELT SEPARATION. WEAR ON THE TIRE EVEN THO IT HAD 50000 MILES WAS OVER 20% TREAD LEFT. I WOULD NEVER HAVE EXPECTED TWO BLOWOUTS IN ONE DAY PARTICULARLY WITH THE TREAD AS GOOD AS IT APPEARED. THE TIRES WERE STATE INSPECTED IN LATE JANUARY.*AK (TIRESIZE: 195/60/R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 195/60/R14 )

WRANGLER LOADRANGE E LT 235/85R16, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT TIRES WITH 70000 MILES ON A 1985 FORD, F250. ALL 4 TIRES SHOWED SIDEWALL CRACKS. *AK DOT MDOR 1 DOV 155, TIRES HAVE SIDEWALL CRACKS NEAR THE RIM ON BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. *SLC

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE TRAVELLING AT LOW SPEEDS A WHEEL BENT AND MY TIRE DEFLATED WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 ECLIPSE GT. ON BOTH OCCASIONS I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE; IT EVENTUALLY SKIDDED TO A HALT BOTH TIMES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 250/50/17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 250/50/17 )

GOODYEAR ST 225/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, INFLATED TO 65 PSI PER MANUFACTURER. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, SUNDOWNER, SUNLIGHT HORSE TRAILER. AT 75 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, TREAD PEELED OFF. ONE WEEK LATER AT 55 MPH, LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, TREAD CAME OFF. TO DEALER, WHO FOUND TIRES WERE 2 YEARS OLDER THAN TRAILER. GOODYEAR NOT WILLING TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER.*AK *SLC

TIRES ARE WORN EXCESSIVELY, ALL 4 TIRES AFFECTED. TIRES ACCORDING TO GOODYEAR SHOULD LAST BETWEEN 20000 AND 40000 MILES.*AK GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRES, DOT NK43BMDR199, 17 INCH TIRES, CONSUMER STATES SPARE TIRE IS ALSO WORN. GOODYEAR STATES THAT TIRES ARE NOT THE PROBLEM, VEHICLE HAS VIBRATION AND PULLS TO THE LEFT, COULD BE SUSPENSION OR TIRE RELATED. ENGINE FAILED DUE TO PISTONS TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, CONSUMER STATES EVER SINCE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED, IT DOES NOT RUN NORMAL NOW. ROTORS WERE REPLACED, BRAKES RESURFACED. *SLC

THE TIRE WAS WARPED WITH PARTS OF THE STEEL BELT COMING OUT OF IT. THE TIRE WAS ALSO DRY AND CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE TIRE WAS ONLY DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 18,800 MILES. THIS TIRE COULD HAVE BLOWN OUT AT ANY TIME IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE WABBLING OF THE CAR TO LET ME KNOW TO HAVE IT CHECKED. NO TIRE SHOULD BE IN THIS CONDITION AFTER ONLY 18,800 MILES OF WEAR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/70R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/70R14 )

PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON I-20. I CONTACTED TWO GOODYEAR DEALERS WHO BOTH TOLD ME THAT THE GOODYEAR EAGLE GA WAS WEARING OUT ABNORMALLY FAST ON MUSTANGS. TWO OF THE TIRES ONLY HAD 3/32 OF TREAD REMAINING A( DOT NUMBER: )

TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A FORD, 2000, MUSTANG, TIRE SIZE NOT AVAILABLE, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAD 15 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. ALSO, NOTE TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF WEAR. GOODYEAR DEALER HAS NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF TIRES USED ON 2000 FORD MUSTANG. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

GOODYEAR, LT235/85R16, DOTMNORM5WV486, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH LESS THAN 20000 MILES ON A 1997, NEWMAR, KOUNTRY STAR TRAILER. WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH FRONT LEFT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED TO CHANGE TIRE, HE NOTICED RIGHT FRONT TIRE SHOWED TREAD SEPARATION.*AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE A BUMPING NOISE COMING FROM TIRE. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND. *AK TIRES ARE GOODYEAR LS EAGLE, SIZE P225/60R16, POSSIBLY A SUSPENSION PROBLEM CAUSING TIRES TO WEAR. *SLC