GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

TWO TIRES LOST PRESSURE IN LAST TWO MONTHS. GOODYEAR, RSA TIRES, MTS P225/55R16 94H. FIRST TIRE WAS 2 MONTHS AGO, FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. SECOND TIRE WAS A WEEK AGO, REAR DRIVER'S SIDE. *AK HEATED SEAT IS INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED HEATING ELEMENT. *SLC

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, FORD, EXPLORER, TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAVE 65 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. WHILE DRIVING AT 70-75 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONTAL TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING SLIGHT LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. TIRE BLEWOUT WHERE RIM ATTACHES TO TOP OF TIRE TREAD. ALSO, NOTICED SPOTS ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE TREAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TWO GOODYEAR TIRES BLEW OUT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF EACH OTHER. TIRES USED ON 1988 FIREBALL TRAVEL TRAILER, FIRST BLOWOUT IN APRIL 2000, DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO TRAILER. SECOND BLOWOUT IN SEPTEMBER 2000 CAUSED $400.00 DAMAGE TO TRAILER. *AK BOTH TIRES WERE P205/75R15 AND WERE BOTH FRONT TIRES. *SLC

CANNOT KEEP TIRES BALANCED. BALANCED 3 TIMES IN LAST 6 WEEKS. ALSO HAD 2 TIRES REPLACED TO TRY AND CORRECT. I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND IN DAYTON OHIO THAT HE HAD SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO GOODYEAR DEALER THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON THE 300M WITH THE 17 INCH WHEEL PACKAGE. EVERY TIME I ASK CHRYSLER DEALER IF THEY KNOW OF SUCH PROBLEM, THEY SAY NO, BUT GOODYEAR DEALER SAYS THAT I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND HE HAS HAD MANY COMPLAINTS, AND THIS IS JUST ONE GOODYEAR DEALER. HE SAYS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRE ON ANYTHING ELSE. ONLY THE 300M WITH 17 INCH WHEELS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: MK438MDR TIRESIZE: P225/55R17)

AFTER BEING DRIVEN PARKED VEHICLE INSIDE OF GARAGE, THEN FOUND OUT THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT WITH A BLOWOUT, AND TREAD WAS SEPARATING. GMC, VANDURA2500, 1991, 235/75R15. *AK

CHEVROLET, MONTE CARLO, 1996, REPLACEMENT TIRES, MILES UNKNOWN, DOT UNKNOWN, SIZE UNKNOWN, MODEL UNKNOWN. PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, VEHICLE ROLLED 3 TIMES, AND WAS TOTALLED. SPEED WAS 30 MPH. *AK

T304579 CGW 74MMC E13 027430, WHERE LETTERING "RSA" APPEARS, 8 INCHES TO LEFT AS LOOKING AT TIRE, AND 4 INCHES TO RIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING OF THE WORD "GOODYEAR" WHERE AREA OF WORDING GOODYEAR IS IMPRINTED, DOWN TO ALMOST AREA WHERE TIRE STRIKES THE GROUND, A BUBBLE HAS APPEARED OUTWARDS, APPROXIMATE SIZE IS 2 1/2 INCHES, OUTSIDE IS AREA OF 1/4 TOP OF GOLF BALL SIZE PROTRUSION. AREA IS VISIBLE WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO RIM NOR TIRE. DEFINITE DEFECT IN THIS TIRE! IF PROTRUSION CONTINUES, IT WILL GROW OUTWARDS FROM THE TIRE, AND SOON WILL BE IN AN AREA UNDERNEATH WHERE TIRE STRIKES THE GROUND! *AK (DOT NUMBER: ??????? TIRESIZE: P195 60R15)

CONSUMER HAS A 1995 DAMON CHALLENGER. TRAVELING AT 35MPH PULLING A 12,000 POUND 5TH WHEEL RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THERE WAS AN AIR BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL. ORIGINAL TIRES ON VEHICLE SIZE ST225/75R15. *AK TIRES ARE GOODYEAR MARATHON TT. GOODYEAR REPLACED ALL 6 TIRES.*SLC

BRAKES SQUEAK/ PULL TO LEFT AND WARP. ALSO, CD PLAYER DOESN'T WORK, HAD 4 CDS REPLACED/ SPRINGS IN SIDE OF SUN ROOF ARE BROKEN AND MAKE NOISES, AND REGULATOR REPLACED INSIDE OF WINDOWS. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEMS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AT 9000 AND 27000 MILES, EACH TIME ROTORS ARE TURNED THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. WINDSHILED HAS A FILM LIKE COVERING WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT OF. GOODYEAR TIRE P205/65R15, DOT M6URREDR228 WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *SLC

THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON THE OUTSIDE WALL AT 8000 MILES, THE SPARE TIRE WHICH WAS MOVED TO THE RIGHT FRONT HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 7000 MILES DUE TO A BUBBLE ON THE INSIDE WALL, THE TIRE ON THE FRONT LEFT BLEWOUT, THE LEFT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A SLOW LEAK, THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THIS TIRE BUT WAS TOLD BY THE REPAIRMAN THAT THERE WAS A FURROW IN THE TREAD AND THE TIRE SHOULD BE REPLACED (GOODYEAR MARATHON 15 INCH TIRES). NLM