GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70-75 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BOUGHT USED 1999 INTREPID , TIRE SIZE 20570R15. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE "FLAT SPOTS" WHICH CAUSES TIRES NOT BE BALANCED PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE TIRE THAT FAILED WAS A REPLACEMENT INSTALLED ON 3/14/98 AND IT HAD ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS REPAIRED BY A GOODYEAR DEALER FOR A LEAKING PROBLEM ON 8/21/2000. THE TIRE COMPLETELY FAILED ON 9/27/2000 WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO AN APPOINTMENT ON HIGHWAY 97. THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THEN I COULD HEAR IT THUMPING THE WHEEL WELL AS THE TREAD CAME OFF. I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE AND DRIVE TO THE SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY, WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE CAR. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE, I OBSERVED THAT THE ENTIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FOM THE SIDEWALL ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE AND THE INTERIOR SIDE WAS 50% SEPARATED. THIS DAMAGE OCCURED WITHIN 50 YARDS OF MY FIRST AWARENESS OF A PROBLEM TO THE TIME I STOPPED. I BRAKED GRADUALLY TO LEAVE THE ROAD AT A SAFE SPEED. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS HOLE OR DAMAGE TO THE ACTUAL TREAD SURFACE. I DECIDED TO REPORT THIS ISSUE BASED ON THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. I ALSO FEEL THAT I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. I INTEND TO PURSUE THIS INCIDENT WITH THE TIRE DEALERSHIP AND/OR GOODYEAR FOR REPLACEMENT OR COMPENSATION OF THE FAILED TIRE, AT NO FURTHER COST TO MYSELF. I WOULD BE GLAD TO DISCUSS THIS INCIDENT AND I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FAILED TIRE, ALTHOUGH I DID NOT TAKE PICTURES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY IF THIS PRODUCT IS PART OF A LARGER PRODUCT FAILURE INVESTIGATION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: JDR046 TIRESIZE: 195/60R14)

IGNITION SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE TURNED ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD WORK, DEALER REPLACED SWITCH. *SLC

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, OLDSMOBILE 88, TIRE SIZE P205/70R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRE HAD 17 THOUSANDS MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN DRIVING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE. TIRES WERE CHECKED AND SHOWED EVIDENCE OF TREAD SEPARATION, REAR TIRES SHOWING MORE EVIDENCE THEN FRONTAL TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1997 JAYCO DESIGNER 3530 FIFTH WHEEL, TIRE SIZE LT21585R16, WRANGER BSL. PASSENGER'S FRONT TIRE AND REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF ON TWO DIFFENRENT OCCASIONS, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. WILL BE CONTACTING GOODYEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GOODYEAR TIRES WERE REPLACED MANY TIMES DUE TO THE PREMATURE WEAR CAUSED BY THE ALIGNMENT WHICH ALSO CAUSED VIBRATION, VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO THE CUSTOMER WITH TIRES THAT HAD NO TREAD. *SLC

GOODYEAR TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE ROLLOVER INJURING 2 PASSENGERS. *SLC (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER)

TRUCK HAS VIBRATION AND SHIMMY AT ALL SPEEDS. TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 1900 MILES. TRUCK STILL HAS VIBRATION . TIRES WERE BALANCED 6 DIFERENT TIMES . DEALER SAY ITS IN THE TIRES AND THE TIRE PLACE SAYS IT IS NOT THE TIRES. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH TIRES OR RIMS BUT TRUCK STILL HAS VIBRATION . *AK (TIRESIZE: 31X10.5X15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 31X10.5X15 )

THE FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO MY TIRES. HAD ONE TIRE LOOSE TREAD LAST YEAR AND NOW ANOTHER TIRE IS STARTING TO DO THE SAME THING. THE STEEL WIRE OF THE BELT IS COMING THRU THE SIDE WALL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 195/75/14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 195/75/14 )