GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

ORIGINAL TIRES ON A 1996 CADILLAC, ELDORADO, EAGLE GA M+S P225/60ZR16. TWO FRONT TIRES APPEARED TO HAVE A SLOW LEAK. BUT AN HOUR LATER, THERE WAS A 7 INCH SLIT IN THE TIRES. CONSUMER REPLACED LEFT FRONT TIRE, THEN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH, RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD CAME OFF.*AK

PE00-020; CONSUMER HAD FOUND THAT TIRE WAS CRACKING ON SIDEWALL WHERE IT HAD TURNED INTO LITTLE HOLES AFTERWARDS. DODGE, RAM, 2500 1995, P245/75R16.*AK

TIRE SIZE 19565R15, BOUGHT THE TIRES ONE WEEK AGO, AND FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TIRE SIZE 22575R15; WHILE DRIVING IN LOW SPEEDS THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE AND VIBRATION WHICH A DEALER SAID WAS DUE TO SEPARATION INSIDE THE TIRE. THERE WERE NOT VISIBLE CRACKS ON THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE. NO PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER TIRES AS OF YET. *AK ALL TIRES REPLACED WITH GOODYEAR INVICTA GA. *YH

TIRE SIZE 31X10.50R15LT. BOTH REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL TEARING AWAY FROM FRONT TO MIDDLE WHICH MAY CAUSE A TIRE BLOWOUT. TIRES WON'T PASS VEHICLE INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MODEL LT245/75R16, DOT#MK11RT0C375, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1996 DODGE, RAM Z10, WITH 40,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF, BUT THE TIRE IS STILL INFLATED, CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $1700 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE REAREND PANEL.*AK THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS OF TIRE TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING. ONE OF THEM CAME OF THE VEHICLE AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING NO DAMAGE. THE TIRE INCIDENT CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THIS VEHICLE AND THE CUSTOMER WANTS REIMBURSMENT FOR REPAIR COST. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MORE THAN THREE SETS OF DIFFERENT TIRES, STILL VIBRATION IN BACK OF TRUCK, TOYOTA HAS NOT FIXED PROBLEM YET.*AK (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P22575R15)

THESE TIRES DID NOT LAST ONE YEAR. ODOMETER READING 30249 WHEN TIRES NEW. I CHANGED THE TIRES AT ODOMETER READING 59126 MILES. THE TIRES ARE RATED FOR 50,OOO. I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED BEFORE I TOOK A TRIP TO KANSAS CITY THIS PAST SUMMER IN MAY. I WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER OF THE GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER IN BEAUMONT TEXAS THAT THE REASON FOR THE TIRE FAILURE WAS UNDER INFLATION. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS ONE INFLATION AND THE AUTO MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS ANOTHER. I ASKED THE GOODYEAR SERVICE MANAGER IF GOODYEAR HAD THIS IN WRITING HE SAID NO. I BELEIVE I GOT RIPPED OFF! THE TWO TIMES I HAD MY VEHICLES TIRES BALANCE I WAS NOT TOLD THAT AT THE GOODYEAR DEALERSHIPS THAT THEY WERE UNDER INFLATED. I WOULD NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER GOODYEAR TIRE EVEN THOUGH THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS THEM AS A CUSTOMER BUTADIENE CUSTOMER. I WENT TO ANOTHER COMPANY AND GOT TIRES FOR MY VEHICLE AND MET A GOODYEAR EMPLOYEE AND THE BEAUMONT TEXAS FACILITY THAT TOLD ME HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND EVEN THOUGH HE WORKED FOR GOODYEAR PLANT HE WOULD NOT PURCHASED THEIR TIRES. HE ALSO BY HERE SAY TOLD ME THAT A RETIRED GENTLEMAN AT THE FIRESTONE FACILITY IN ILLONOIS PLANT TOLD HIM THAT THEY MADE TIRES WITH OTHER TIRE COMPANY NAMES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND A SICK WIFE AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DUPED BY CONGLOMERATE TIRE MANUFACTURES. IF I HAVE BEEN WRONGED AS I FEEL I THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST SUCH PRACTICES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/75R1C)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R1C )

ON MAY22 A TIRE SEPARATED. GOODYEAR WAS NOTIFIED, AN OTHER FAILED ON OCTOBER 3. TIRE WAS ADJUSTED AT GOODYEAR DEALER. OCTOBER 22, THE TIRE SEPARATED ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. THE TRED SEPARATED AND FLEW INTO THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE TRAVELING WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN, A YOUNG MOTHER, AND 2 SENIOR CITIZENS, PLUS A VERY VALUABLE JUNIOR RODEO HORSE. A FRIEND CAME BY AND HELPED US GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. GOODYEAR WAS NOTIFIED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2000 THAT THESE TIRES WERE MALFUNCTIONING, AND DID NOT DISCLOSE TO US THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. THEY WERE TOLD THAT WE HAUL. HORSES AND CHILDREN, AND CHOSE TO KEEP IT A SECRET. THESE CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED A TERRIBLE TRAUMA BEING OUT ON THE FREEWAY WITH THIS TIRE FAILING AND CAUSING A TERRIBLE NOISE WHEN IT HIT THE FENDER, CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT. THIS IS A VERY SCARY THING. GOODYEAR ADVERTISES THAT THEIR TIRES ARE SAFE FOR FAMILIES. NOT TRUE. (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )