GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT, AND WELL MAINTAINED. ORIGINAL TIRES WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE TREADWEAR. ON CLEAR DRY WELL MAINTAINED TOLL ROAD WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY BLEW OUT. MY WIFE (THE DRIVER) WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL AND MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS IF SHE HAD NOT KEPT HER HEAD AND NOT SLAMMED ON BRAKES OR PANICKED AND OVERSTEERED. WE FELT IT NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SET OF TIRES, EVEN THOUGH THE REMAINING TIRE'S TREADWARE SEEMED FINE. WE SAVED THE PIECES OF THE TIRE THAT BLEW, TOOK DIGITAL PICTURES, AND VIDEO. I QUESTION SAFETY OF THE TIRE AND LARGE MINI-VAN MATCHUP. HOPEFULLY, SHOULD THIS HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE, THEY TOO ARE FORTUNATE, AS WAS MY WIFE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/65R15 )

NOTED ON MAR7TH BY MECHNIC FLAT SPOT OR AS HE PUT IT THE TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND AND WEARING VERY WRONG. HE STATED CAR WAS IN GOOD ALIGNMENT. SO HE RECOMMENDED WE TAKE IT BACK TO ORIGINAL DEAL WE HAD PUT ON THE TIRES. MAR.8TH TAKEN TO TIRE SHOP THEY ROTATED 3 FO THE TIRES AND LEFT THE BAD ONE IN PLACE. MAR 21ST BACK TO OUR MECHANIC WHO AGAIN CHECKED ALIGNMENT PER TIRE SHOPS SUGGESTION. OUR MECHANIC ALIGNED CAR BUT SAID THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. SO HE MOVED THE TIRE TO THE BACK AND PUT ON A CAM BOLT TO HELP KEEP IT RIDING AS SOOTHE AS HE COULD. MAR 22ND CALLED GOODYEAR IN CINNCINNATI AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM, THEY RECOMMENDED WE TAKE IT BACK TO TIRE SHOP TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. THE Y SUGGETED THE TIRE SHOP CHECK ALIGNMENT AGAIN. APPT. SCHEDULED FOR MAR 26TH , APPT CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH IN FAMILY, RESCHEDULED FOR MAR 27TH. MAR.26TH RECEIVED A VERY RUDE PHONE CALL FROM CINNCINATTI STATING THEY HAD TALK IT OVER WITH TIRE SHOP AND WERE TOLD THEIR WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE EXCEPT THAT OUR CAR WAS INPOOR ALIGNMENT. I DON'T UNDERSSTAND THIS BECAUSE NOBODY AT THE TIRE SHOP MADE ANY THOUGHT OF THIS ON OUR FIRST VISIT TO THEM ON MAR8TH WHEN WE HAD ALREADY HAD THE CAR CHECKED BY OUR MECHANIC ON MAR 7TH AND NOTED THE PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH. WE CANCELLED OUR APPT. FOR MAR 27TH IN ABSOLUTE DISGUST AND WE PUT ON MANY MILES ALREADY RUNNING BACK AND FORTH HAVING THIS CHECKED OUT. OUR HOMETOWN MECHANIC STILL BELIEVES THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO US.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/60R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/60R16 )

THE TIRE PROVIDED FOR THE SPARE TIRE RECALL IS NOT THE RECOMENDED TIRE SIZE FOR THE VEHICLE. THE OWNERS MANUAL SAYS ONLY THE FACTORY SPECIFIED TIRE CAN GO ON AN ALL TIME FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. HOWEVER JEEP STILL PROVIDED A DIFFERENT TIRE SIZE. IN ADDITION WITH THE LARGER SPARE INSIDE THE REAR COMPARTMENT, YOU CAN NO LONGER USE THE SAFETY NETTING OR THE PRIVACY COVER BECAUSE THE TIRE IS LARGER THAN THE ORIGINAL SPARE. THE SAFETY NETTING IS VERY IMPORTANT IN A CRASH TO KEEP OBJECTS FROM HITTING OCCUPANTS INSIDE. YOU CAN NOW NO LONGER USE THE NETTING. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO PROVIDE THE CORRECT SPARE!!!*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75-16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75-16 )

GOODYEAR, P245/75R16, DOT M670BL0R037 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, DODGE, RAM 1500 WITH 29000 MILES. RIGHT FRONT AND REAR TIRES HAVE SPLITS IN SIDEWALL. REAR SPLIT IS 10 MM FROM RIM AND IS 22 MM LONG, 5 MM DEEP AND 3 MM WIDE.FRONTR SPLIT IS 40 MM LONG, 6 MM DEEP AND 3-4 MM WIDE. *AK GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS. *SLC

RIGHT REAR TIRE, AND INSIDE PART OF TIRE WAS SHREDDED. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A PONTIAC, GRAND PRIX 2000, TIRE SIZE IS P225/60R16. HAD 23 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. *AK TIRE WAS GOODYEAR EAGLE LS, CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS NO DETECTION OF ROAD HAZARD AND THERE WAS NO TREAD DAMAGE. *SLC

2 GOODYEAR TIRES, ONE DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER TIRE HAVE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, ON ONE OCCASION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, TIRES WERE 15 INCH, GOODYEAR HAS REPLACED ALL TIRES AND IS GOING TO FIX DAMAGE DONE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

WE HAD FOUR AQUATRED III TIRES PLACED ON THE VEHICLE ON MARCH 28TH. MY WIFE AND I COULDNT PICK UP THE CAR ON THE 28TH, SO WE DROVE TO MUELLER TIRE & BRAKE STORE ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 29TH. THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE WESTLAKE STORE IS: [XXX]. THE ADDRESS IS 25409 DETROIT ROAD, WESTLAKE, OH, 44145. AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR AT 9:17:54 A.M. (ON THE INVOICE), I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. I DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES ON I-90 EASTBOUND TOWARDS DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD JUST TURNED ON MY RADIO WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE TIRE NOISE SEEMED TO BE INCREASING. I TURNED OFF THE RADIO, AND STARTED MOVING TOWARDS THE RIGHT HAND LAND. THE TIRE NOISE CONTINUED TO INCREASE. I WAS HOPING IT WAS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, BUT I DECIDED TO GET READY TO PULL OFF ON THE WEST 117TH EXIT (EXIT NUMBER 166). MY HOPES OF PRECAUTION DISAPPEARED WHEN I STARTED SMELLING BURNING RUBBER. I THEN LOOKED IN MY DRIVERS SIDE REARVIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED THAT MY LEFT REAR TIRE WAS BELCHING SMOKE. THE REAR OF THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. I PULLED OFF A LITTLE WAYS ONTO THE EXIT RAMP. I THEN GOT OUT TO SEE IF I COULD POSSIBLY DRIVE THE CAR TO A SERVICE STATION, BUT THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TREAD WAS OK, BUT THE INNER AND OUTER SIDEWALLS WERE COMPLETELY SHREDDED. IM NOT QUITE SURE HOW I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: DOT#2800 TIRESIZE: 185/65R14) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH IN THE RAIN, RIGHT FRONT TIRE LOST AIR. THEN, CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT TIRE HAD EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL SEPARATION. GOODYEAR, INTEGRADY, 215/70R15, DOT M634. *AK DOT#M634C9WR. *SLC

AT 31700 MILES I NOTICED A BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. I REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES WITH THE IDENTICAL BRAND. AT 41239 MILES, I AGAIN NOTICED A LARGE BULGE IN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE IN THE SIDEWALL. I AGAIN WILL HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED BEFORE I HAVE A BLOW-OUT. I HAVE READ OTHER REVIEWS ON THIS TIRE AND IT SEEMS MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS IF I DIDN'T CATCH THE PROBLEM BEFORE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK (TIRESIZE: P205 55 16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205 55 16 )

AT 26K MILES THE TIRES HANDLED POORLY IN WET AND SNOWY WEATHER, THE TREADS ARE LOW FOR THE VEHICLES MILEAGE (GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST P235/75R16 - DOT T3024545). NLM