GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

THIS NOTE IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NHTSA #10940031 OF 1/1/17. THE TIRE THAT HAD JUST REPLACED THE SECOND FAILED TIRE ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE DEEMED TO BE UNACCEPTABLE TO REPAIR ONLY ABOUT 200 MILES AFTER IT WAS INSTALLED. GIVEN 3 OF THESE TIRES FAILED VERY PREMATURELY OVER 7.5K MILES, NEVER MIND 2 IN 200 MILES, THIS SUGGESTED TO ME A POSSIBLE ATYPICAL WEAKNESS IN THE DESIGN OF THESE TIRES SO I SCRAPPED ALL 4 FUEL MAX TIRES AND REPLACED THEM WITH THE FAR SUPERIOR GOODYEAR ASSURANCE TRIPLETRED TIRES. HAVING PUT 70K+/- MILES ON A SET OF PREVIOUSLY OWNED TRIPLETRED TIRES WITHOUT A SINGLE FAILURE UNDER VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL CONDITIONS TO THOSE I USED THE FUEL MAX TIRES UNDER I CAN STATE WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE DAMAGE RESISTANT TIRES THAN THE FUEL MAX VERSION OF THE ASSURANCE LINE IN ADDITION TO HAVING NOTICEABLY GREATER/SAFER TRACTION IN RAIN AND SNOW. *TR

THESE TIRES ARE SHOWN AS BEING THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES GM PUT ON THEIR VOLTS. IN MY EXPERIENCE THEY ARE SEVERELY BELOW NORMAL DURABILITY. MY VOLT'S FL TIRE WAS REPLACED AT 17K MILES (SLOW SIDEWALL LEAK) FOLLOWED BY THE RR FAILING AT 24K MILES (CATASTROPHIC). DESPITE THE USUAL POTHOLE AND ROAD DEBRIS ENCOUNTERS MY PREVIOUS SET OF PIRELLI P4 TIRES RAN 115K+ MILES FAILURE FREE AND THE MICHELINS I HAD BEFORE THEM LASTED 64K MILES WITHOUT A FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, I SEE MY TWO REMAINING FACTORY TIRES ARE DOWN TO 6/32 TO 7/32 OF AN INCH TREAD AFTER ONLY 24K MILES WHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN THEIR DISTRESSINGLY POOR GRIP IN RAIN AND SNOW. TO PUT THAT WEAR IN PERSPECTIVE, THE PIRELLI TIRES STILL HAD FROM 5/32 TO 7/32 OF AN INCH TREAD LEFT WHEN AT 115K MILES. THAT THESE TIRES SEEMINGLY NEED REPLACING AT THE RATE OF ONE TIRE ROUGHLY EVERY 6K TO 12K MILES SUGGESTS THEY SUFFER FROM A FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN DEFICIENCY. I GATHER MY EXPERIENCE IS NOT A FLUKE. A VISIT TO A VOLT OWNERS' SITE FOUND COMPLAINTS OF 5 FLATS IN 36K MILES, 2 FLATS IN UNDER A YEAR, 3 FLATS IN 3 MONTHS, 2 FLATS IN ONE YEAR, 4 FLATS IN A YEAR AND A HALF, 2 FLATS IN 10 MONTHS AND 2 FLATS IN 22K MILES. SUCH DISMAL RELIABILITY AND APPARENT DANGEROUS FRAGILITY SUGGESTS A RECALL, OR AT LEAST AN INVESTIGATION, MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED FOR SAFETY. REFERENCED SITE: HTTP://WWW.MYCHEVROLETVOLT.COM/CHEVY-VOLT-FLAT-TIRE-NO-SPARE-TIRE-WOES#COMMENT-873011

I HAVE A 2014 MONTANA FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER NOT YET THREE YEARS OLD. I HAD A MASSIVE BLOW OUT ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE ON 11/08/2016 ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 58MPH. AFTER GOING TO THE NEAREST LES SCHWAB DEALER IN NAPA IDAHO ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SEPARATING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS RIG IS LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLD WITH ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND MILES ON THE TIRES. I FEEL THAT THEIR IS A DEFECT IN GOODYEAR MARATHON ST TIRES AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND OWNERS COMPED

GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 ASYMMETRIC ALL SEASON TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN WINCHESTER ROAD IN TEMECULA, CA AT 45 MPH AROUND 6:45PM. THERE WAS A LOUD POP, FOLLOWED BY THE TPS WARNING THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE HAD 1 PSI OF AIR LEFT. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. AFTER BEING TOWED FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT WAS DISCOVERED UPON INSPECTION THAT THE INNER SIDE WALL HAD FAILED.

GOODYEAR TIRES DELAMINATING ! GOODYEAR WRANGLER SRA, LT265/60R20E TRAVELING ON I-40 IN ARIZONA IN OCTOBER 2016 AND A REAR TIRE COMES APART FOR NO APPARENT REASON WITH ONLY 24K ON THE TRUCK. SAFELY STOPPED THE TRUCK AND INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED AND THE TRUCK AND R/V DID NOT ROLL OVER AND CRASH ! NOW FEELING BUMPING IN THE OTHER THREE TIRES DUE TO ONSET OF DELAMINATION. TOOK TRUCK TO THE CHEVY DEALER IN LAKE HAVASU CITY AND THEY TOLD ME... WE WILL REPLACE THE ONE TIRE THAT HAS GROSSLY CAME APART BUT...NOPE SORRY WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE OTHERS "WE DON'T SEE A BUBBLE" THE DEALER IN HAS TOLD ME TO "RUN THEM THERE FINE". THESE TIRES ARE SEPARATING TOO AND IF I DO AS THE DEALER SUGGESTS BY "RUN THEM THERE FINE" AND ANOTHER ONE LETS GO AND I WRECK OUT KILLING MY WIFE AND CHILDREN AND SMEAR BODIES ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY, WHO'S ON THE HOOK ??? DISGUSTING HOW THIS DEALERSHIPS DECISIONS ABOUT AN ENTIRE FAMILIES SAFETY AND THAT ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS BASED ON NOTHING MORE THEM PROFIT !!!

NYLON PLY COMING OUT OF SIDEWALL OF A GOODYEAR TIRE ON A 2016 CHEVY TAHOE. DOT PJXP JK1R SIZE P265/65R18 AND 2016 CHEVY TAHOE'S OWNERS MANUAL NOT EXPLAINING HOW TO OPEN THE SPARE TIRE HOIST SHAFT ACCESS DOOR ON PAGE 380 OR 386 OF THE OWNERS MANUAL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 FORD THUNDERBIRD EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR ASSURANCE FUEL MAX TIRES, SIZE: P225/60R16. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TIRES MADE AN ABNORMAL RUMBLING NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND BOTH PASSENGER SIDE TIRES WERE GETTING FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE VALVE STEMS WERE THE REASON FOR THE TIRE FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 290,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS550 EQUIPPED WITH SENTRY THUNDER D7 TIRES, SIZE: 275/30/R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR TIRES EXHIBITED THREAD SEPARATION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT IT WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR FORTERA HL TIRES, SIZE: P255/65R18. THE CONTACT STATED THE "LOW TIRE PRESSURE" MESSAGE APPEARED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONSTANTLY INFLATE THE TIRES DUE TO ABNORMAL LOSS OF AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TREAD WAS CRACKING ABNORMALLY. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN, DOT NUMBER, AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000.

DRIVING ON PAVEMENT THE AMBIENT TEMP WAS ABOUT 70 DEGREES WITH NO ROAD HAZARDS THE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED STRAIGHT ACROSS THE TREAD. A PIECE OF THE TREAD HIT THE INNER FENDER AND DAMAGED BOTH THE LINER AND THE OUTER FENDER. THE TIRE IS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER THAT CAME STOCK ON THE TRUCK 275/60 R20 DOT # M6YNJB1R2915. THE TIRES HAVE ONLY 3200 MILES ON THIS 2016 TRUCK. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS AT THIS TIME.