GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND ROLL OVER WHERE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK TWO TIRES WERE FLAT, ONE ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ALSO. **YH

REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. TIRE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED. VEHICLE IS A 1997 DODGE PICKUP TRUCK.PLEASE PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE TIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, SIDEWALL TREAD HAD COME COMPLETELY OFF. GODDYEAR WAS CONTACTED. *AK

THE TIRE CAME APART AT THE SEEM JUST LIKE THE FIRESTONE TIRES IN QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE A RETHREAD WHEN IT COME APART. THE TIRE TOTALLY COLLAPSED. THE TIRE HAD JUST BEEN INSPECTED AT AN AUTHORIZED GM DEALER AND PASSED INSPECTION. ACCORDING TO THE WALMART AUTO DEPARTMENT IN KINGSPORT TENNESSE THE TIRE STILL HAS ENOUGH THREAD TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY I BOUGHT FOUR BRAND NEW TIRES (BF GOODRICH) TO REPLACE THE GOODYEAR TIRES, THE ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAR.( DOT NUMBER: HKDR 394 TIRE SIZE: P195/70R14 )

DOT# M68RFC2R109 COMPLETE OUTER SIDEWALL SEPARATION FROM TIRE( DOT NUMBER: M68RFC2R10 TIRE SIZE: P24545ZR17 )

EXPIERIENCED A HIGH SPEED BLOWOUT THAT DAMAGED THE BED OF TRUCK WHEEL WELL BODY SIDE PANEL AND GAS TANK. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AS REPORTED TO STATE FARM. TREAD SEPERATED COMPLETLY FROM THE TIRE AND WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND THE AXLE WITH CORDING EXPOSED. I RETAIN POSSESION OF THE TIRE AND HAVE REPORTED IT TO INSURANCE COMPANY AND RECIEVED A PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR DAMAGES. TIRE CONTINUED TO HOLD AIR AFTER SEPARATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES. THE TREAD APPEARED TO HAVE PULLED OFF AND COMPLETELY SEPERATED. IT IS NOTED THAT THIS TIRE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL OF 8/9/00 ANNOUNCED BY FORD AND BRIDGESTONE. LOSS OF CONTROL WAS MINIMAL AS IT WAS ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 31X10.50R1 )

AFTER TOTAL FAILURE OF ONE TIRE, I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO A GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER AND WAS INFORMED THAT 3 OF MY 4 TIRES SUFFERED FROM SIDEWALL CRACKING. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE PURCHASED AND MOUNTED ONTO MY VAN AT 54381 MILES ON 22 AUGUST 1998. THE DEFECTIVE TIRES WERE REMOVED FROM MY VAN WHEN IT HAD 85611 MILES. THE TIRES HAD COLLECTED A TOTAL OF 31230 MILES. I BELIEVE THE TIRES WERE RATED FOR 65000 MILES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/70R15 )

WHILE DRIVING OUR EXPEDITION ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATLY 55 MILES PER HOUR, OVER SMOOTH DRY ROAD CONDITIONS SUDDENLY THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED, I FELT THE TRUCK LIFT UP A LITTLE THEN WE COULD HEAR THE RIM SCRAPING ON THE ROAD. I PULLED OVER IMEDIATLY AND COULD SEE THAT THE TIRE LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD DISINTEGRATED. AFTER CHANGING IT WITH THE SPARE TIRE I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER WHERE I HAD BOUGHT THE TRUCK, THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO CALL BACK LATER IN THE WEAK TO TALK TO AN REPRESENTATIVE SO I CALLED THEM BACK ON MONDAY AND THEY TOLD ME I MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING AND THATS WHAT MUST HAVE HAPPEND. I TOLD THEM NO I DID NOT AND THAT I AM A CAREFULL DRIVER YOU SEE MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN WHERE ALSO IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THE TIME,BESIDES I WOULD HAVE SEEN OR HEARD THE NOISE IF I HAD HIT SOMETHING. THEY WHERE VERY RUDE TO ME. THEN I TOLD MY WIFE WHAT THEY SAID AND SHE WAS VERY UPSET WITH THEM ( KORUM FORD ) SHE CALLED AND COMPLAINED AND GOT VERY ANGRY WITH THEM OVER THE PHONE AND THEY HUNG UP ON HER, SO WE SENT A LETTER TO FORD MOTOR CO . I THEN TOOK THE TIRE TO GOODYEAR AND THEY AT LEAST TREATED ME WITH SOME RESPECT THEY SAID THE TIRE COULD BE SENT OUT FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY WHICH IF IT SHOWED NO DEFECT IN THE TIRE THEN I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FULL PRICE OR THEY COULD SIMPLY DISCOUNT A NEW TIRE BY 50% SINCE IT WAS A QUESTIONABLE CAUSE. THE GOODYEAR DEALER TOLD ME IN HIS OPINION THE TIRE FORD USES IS TOO LIGHT FOR SUCH A BIG TRUCK, THE EXPEDITION FALLS JUST UNDER THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT FOR THE TIRE AND SINCE IT IS A TALL VEHICLE IT LEANS A LOT AROUND CORNERS PUTTING A LOT OF STRESS ON THE TIRE.THEN I REMEMBERED THAT WHEN THE TIRE BLEW I HAD JUST COME OUT OF SOME S CURVES IN THE ROAD. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW IT ALSO DAMAGED THE RIM WHICH IS A $350 DOLLAR RIM AND THE COST OF A NEW TIRE IT WAS ABOUT $500 DOLLARS!! A BIT EXPENCIVE FOR A BLOW OUT . BUT AT LEAST NO ONE WAS HURT ! HAD I NOT BEEN ATTENTIVE TO MY DRIVING WE COULD HAVE CRASHED INTO THE FULLSIZE VAN N

DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE HAD ALL 4 TIRES ON THIS TRAILER BLOW OUT. ONLY THE ORIGINAL TIRES BLEW OUT -- THEY DID NOT GO FLAT THEY BLEW APART -- GOODYEAR ST225/75R15 LOAD RANGE C, ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE 5TH WHEEL TRAILER -- THE TRAILER WAS NOT OVER THE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING. HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINS REGARDING THIS TIRE. THANKS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: ST225/75R1 )

PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT, AND WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, REAR SIDE PASSENGER'S SIDE BUBBLED. THE FLAT TIRE WAS REPAIRED BY A TIRE DEALERSHIP, BUT HAS GONE FLAT AGAIN. ORGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT, PURCHASED ON A 1997, FORD EXPEDITION. PLEASE LIST TIRE SIZE AND DOT #. *AK GOODYEAR 255/70/R16 *MW