GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

THE GOODYEAR TRACKER TIRES (P245/75R16) EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION, 3 OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION AND SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION, ANOTHER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SUSTAIN DAMAGE, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON A GOODYEAR WRANGLER LT/S TIRE (31 10.5R 15LT) DOT# MN60K60V498 AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RIM. *SLC

52000 MILES AND I HAVE REPLACED THESE ITEMS: BELT TENSIONER, A/C COMPRESSOR, 3 SETS OF FRONT TIRES (THE TIRES ARE WEARING ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE-THE TRUCK HAS BEEN ALIGNED EACH TIME THE TIRES WERE REPLACED), 2 SETS OF ROTORS, 2 BRAKE CALIPERS, 4 SETS OF BRAKE PADS, THE STEERING KNUCKLE THAT BROKE INTO THREE (3) PIECES WHILE THE TRUCK WAS GOING 65 MPH, AND NOW I HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP BECAUSE THE TRUCK JUMPS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE THE TRUCK IS IN MOTION. ALL OF THESE REPAIR COST HAVE BEEN PAID BY MYSELF. DEALER SAID THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DODGE DAKOTA I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT21575R15 )

MULTIPLE REAR AXLE PROBLEMS, EACH DIAGNOSED BY OWNER PRIOR TO FAILURE. (THE DEALER DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THERE WAS A PROBLEM) THIS VEHICLE HAS AVERAGED ONE NEW REAR AXLE EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING THIS YEAR WHICH I AM WAITING ON PARTS. THE ENGINE'S FAULTY MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR QUIT OPERATION WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ON SOME SWITCHBACK ROADS. THE ENGINE ABRUBTLY QUIT RUNNING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL. ONLY QUICK THINKING BY USING THE PARKING BRAKE SAVED THE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE FROM EMINENT DEATH. THE ENGINE RELUCTANTLY RESTARTED AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND WE CONTINUED DOWN THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER, A FEW MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING FOR A SECOND TIME AND WE WERE FORCED TO HOLD THE JEEP ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE HAS DIED FROM THIS VEHICLE! THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURED ON TWO SEPARATE TRIPS, APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR APART, AFTER REPROGRAMMING THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, AND REPLACING THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR AND REMAPPING THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER FOR A SECOND TIME. FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS I OWNED THIS VEHICLE, IT WAS IN THE SHOP OVER 36 TIMES FOR WARRANTY RELATED REPAIRS. WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/65R16 )

TRANMISSION ONGOING, POPPING IN REAR ONGOING, TIRES BALD IN 5,000 MILES. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC AND HAVING THE TRANSMISSION NOT WORK PROPERLY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215 75R15 )

ARE THERE ANY RECALLS ON THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS? IF SO PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW? NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/R161 )

DURING FLAT REPAIR, THIS TIRE WAS REMOVED FROM RIM FOR FIRST TIME. IT WAS THEN SEEN THAT THE BEAD WAS DAMAGED, APPARENTLY AT THE TIME OF ASSEMBLY BY PLYMOUTH. A CALL TO GOODYEAR INDICATED THAT CHRYSLER HAD DONE A RECALL ON THESE EXACT TIRES FOR THE EXACT SAME REASON FOR THE MODEL YEAR EARLIER. THIS IS YOUR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 97V200000 (MFG CAMPAIGN #749). MY VEHICLE WAS ASSEMBLED 9/8/97, JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE PRIOR MODEL YEAR RECALL ENDED. CHRYSLER ALLOWED THE DEALER TO DISMOUNT ALL FOUR REMAINING TIRES TO INSPECT FOR DAMAGE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE OF THOSE TIRES ALSO HAD BEAD DAMAGE. CHRYSLER THEN REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES (OR ANY PORTION THEREOF). DEALER AGREED TO SELL THREE NEW TIRES (TO BE USED WITH THE UNDAMAGED SPARE WHICH HAD NOT BEEN USED) AT THEIR COST, WITH NO INSTALLATION CHARGE. IT SEEMS THAT THE ASSEMBLY PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE 1997 MODEL YEAR RECALL WAS NOT FIXED COMPLETELY, AND THAT THE SAME POTENTIAL HAZARD MAY EXIST IN AT LEAST SOME 1998 MODEL YEAR TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215 65R15 )

JEEP WAS STRUCK ON PASSENGERS SIDE, JEEP STRUCK ANOTHER TRUCK HEAD-ON, HITTING MORE OF THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE, CAUSING HOOD DAMAGE/BROKEN WINDSHIELD, AND DRIVERS GEARS TO COME OUT. DRIVER BROKE STERNUM IN TWO PLACES DUE TO SAFETY BELT NOT WORKING AND AIRBAGS NOT COMING OUT. JEEP WAS TOTALLED OUT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R16 )

ORIGANAL TIRES FROM FACTORY (GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS 265/75R16) HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY GOODYEAR 3 TIMES IN 16 MONTHS DUE TO DEFECTS IN MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP. VEHICLE HAD A MAJOR VIBRATION AT SPEEDS OF 45 AND 65 MPH.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75R16 )

INFRO ON TIRE IS WRONG .CAR IS NOT WITH ME IT AT THE DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THIS IS THE FOUR TIME THIS HAS BEEN WORK ON AND THELEMON LAW IS EFFECT( DOT NUMBER: XXXXXXXX TIRE SIZE: 165/75R/13 )