GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

HOW MANY MUST DIE BEFORE NHTSA STEPS UP TO THIS DISASTER? THIS IS UNEXCUSABLE! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

TIRE EXPLODED ON NEW ASPHALT IN 104 TEMPERATURE. THE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT. I NORMALLY WOULD GO ON WITH LIFE BUT I HAVE TWO OTHER FRIENDS WITH SAME TIRES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED ALL TIRES WITH DIFFERENT BRAND. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: 255X65X15 )

FIRST FAILURE OF LT215/85R16 M+S LOAD RANGE E: COMPLETE FAILURE OF TIRE; TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE AND SIDE OF RV. HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 50 MILES. WAS GOING 65 MPH FOR 40 MILES AND THEN 70 MPH FOR 10 MILES WHEN FAILURE OCCURED. TRAFFIC GOING 75 MPH. 2ND FAILURE: SAW CHUNKS OF TIRE FLYING OFF AFTER ONLY 15 MILES OF TRAVEL. FOUND CENTER OF TREAD GONE WITH OUTER PART OF TREAD LOOSE FROM REST OF TIRE. AGAIN TRAVELING 70 MPH WITH TRAFFIC DOING 75 MPH. *AK( DOT NUMBER: MK0P1D0V14 TIRE SIZE: LT215/85R1 )

COMING APART AT SEAM. ANOTHER TIRE DOES NOT HAVE DOT NUMBERS. IT IS ALSO COMING APART. *AK( DOT NUMBER: MKT2E2BR29 TIRE SIZE: 205-55-R16 )

RUBBER WAS SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD, AS TALKED ABOUT IN THE CNN ARTICLE ON AUG 3RD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: ? )

STEERING: STEERING WHEEL VIBRATIONS, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, ESPECIALLY WHEN BREAKING, AND POPPING NOISES. HAD TO REPLACE RACK AND PINION AT 37,100 MILES. REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS AT 54,354 MILES. REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARM JOINTS AT 59,421 MILES. TIRES: TIRES LOOSE AIR PRESSURE AND GO FLAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON INTERMITANTLY, RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO TIRES. TIRE BURST WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT OF A THIRD TIRE. DOOR LOCKS: INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF RIGHT SIDE SLIDING DOOR POWER LOCK. WILL NOT LOCK/UNLOCK WITH POWER CONTROL. RADIO TAPE DECK: TAPE PLAYER ACTIVATED WITHOUT TAPE IN THE DECK. UNABLE TO STOP TAPE PLAYER. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/65R15 )

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM JACKSON,MS ON INTERSTATE 20 ON SAT. JULY8,2000, OUR CAR STARTED VIBRATING AND MAKING A NOISE. MY DAUGHTER ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG AND WHAT TO DO. I TOLD HER THAT I THOUGHT WE HAD A BLOW OUT. I INSTRUCTED HER TO BRAKE AND SLOW DOWN AS MUCH AND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO KEEP THE CAR ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN AND SHE WAS MAINTAINING CONTROL UNTIL SOMETHING STOPPED THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND SHE LOST CONTROL AS IF SOMETHING WAS PHYSICALLY PULLING THE WHEEL HARD TO THE RIGHT. SHE THEN LOST COMPLETE CONTROL AND THE CAR STARTED TURNING TO THE RIGHT. WE THEN HIT A BRIDGE ABUTMENT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, THE CAR SPINNED COMPLETELY AROUND FROM THE FIRST IMPACT WITH THE BRIDGE AND THEN WE HIT THE BRIDGE ON THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE, WE WERE KNOCKED CLEAR OF THE BRIDGE AND HEADED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TOWARD A LARGE STAND OF PINES AND THE CAR CAME TO REST JUST PAST THE DRIVING LANE ON THE HIGHWAY. WE HAD A WITNESSES FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, ALSO DRIVING AN SUV, WHO TOLD US THAT THEY SAW THE ENTIRE ACCIDENT AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE THE STEEL BELT OF THE TIRE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MECHANISM UNDER THE CAR AND THEN SHE LOST TOTAL CONTROL. WE WERE TOLD BY THE STATE TROOPER WHO ACCOMPANIED US TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAT HE WAS GLAD WE HIT THE BRIDGE LIKE WE DID BECAUSE IF WE HAD NOT WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY ROLLED OR HIT THE STAND OF PINES AFTER GOING AIRBORNE HEAD ON. HE STATED THAT HE HAD SEEN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN A SITUATION LIKE OURS THAT THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE CRITICALLY HURT OR KILLED. MY HUSBAND AND I FEEL THAT THE FIRESTONE COMPANY AND/OR THE FORD MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPLACE OUR VEHICLE WITH A NEW ONE AND AT THE LEAST, PAY OUR MEDICAL EXPENSES WHICH WERE MINIMAL ACCORDING TO THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WE HAD. WE ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE! WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL EVERY ONE WE ARE ACQUAINTED WITH KNOWS HOW NEGLIGENT THE MANUFACTURERS ARE IN THIS MATTER. *AK

THE LEFT REAR TIRE SIDE COMPLETELY SHREDDED;NO APPARENT PUNCTURE,ONLY 33000.00 MILES ON TIRES/RATE OF SPEED WAS 70 MPH, COULD HAVE VERY EASILY RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT FOR A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER. SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT LOOKED AT THE TIRE COMMENTED THAT IT WAS NOT YOUR NORMAL FLAT TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: RT/S )

THE FIRST FAILURE WAS AN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT GOODYEAR WRANGLER AT ON THE RIGHT REAR. THE TREAD SEPERATED AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND CAVED IN THE SIDE OF THE PICK UP BED BUT DID ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE 5TH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER I WAS PULLING. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS A KELLY SAFARI AWR LT245X75/R16 ON THE RIGHT FRONT. THE TREAD SEPERATED AT HIGHWAY SPEED DENTING THE PASSENGER DOOR AND ROCKER PANEL AND BREAKING THE FENDER WELL AND SOME BUMPER COMPONNENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS UNLOADED AT THE TIME. IN BOTH CASES, THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE 90 DEGREES F. IN THE FIRST CASE, GOOD YEAR DID NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL. IN THE SECOND CASE, KELLEY PAID FOR THE LOSS COMPLETELY. BOTH TIRES WERE LOAD RANGE E WITH ABOUT 40,000 MILE OF USE. BOTH TIRES HAD LOTS OF TREAD LEFT (THE WEAR BARS WERE NOT EVEN BEGINNING TO SHOW.) THE FIRST TIRE (GOOD YEAR) THREW APROX 80% OF THE TREAD BUT REMAINED INFLATED (80PSI) AND ON THE RIM. THE SECOND TIRE (KELLY) THREW ABOUT 50 % OF ITS TREAD BUT ALSO REMAINED INFLATED (65 PSI) AND ON THE RIM. THIS SECOND INCIDENT PRESENTED A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT CONTROL SITUATION BEING ON A FRONT WHEEL, BUT I WAS STILL ABLE TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH CONTROLL TO CLEAR THE ROADWAY AND STOP WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE. IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S NEWS ABOUT SIMILAR FIRESTONE TIRE FAILURES ON SUV TYPE VEHICLES, I FELT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IT IS NOT JUST FIRESTONE OR FORD WITH THE PROBLEM. LARGE SUV TIRES ARE LOOSING TREAD ALMOST AS READILY AS COMMERCIAL VEHICLE RE-CAPS.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245X75/R16 )

ANTILOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. NO CAUSE FOUND. TIRES WORN OUT AT 32000 MILES IN SPITE OF SCHEDULED BALANCE AND MAINTENANCE BEING PERFORMED. REPLACEMENT SET IS ALSO NEARING WEAR OUT PREMATURELY.( DOT NUMBER: )