GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

THIS CAR HAS HAD 10 DEFECTS WITHIN THE PAST YEARS. NO SAFETY DEFECTS MENTION WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

THE SIDE WALLS ARE SEPARATING ON 3 OF THE TIRES. THE TIRES WERE WARRANTED FOR 4 YEARS EVENTHOUGH ON VEHICLE 5 YEARS. THE OTHER TIRE SIDEWALL NOT SEPARATING DUE TO NOT BEING USED. MFG NOT HELPING.

@ 7000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY WENT OUT & HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT 14000 MILES FRONT END MISALIGNED, NEEDED 2 NEW FRONT TIRES & ALIGNMENT, @ 21000 MILES DRIVERS WINDOW QUIT, @ 21797 BRAKES BEGAN GRINDING NEEDED REPLACEMENT PADS,@ 21000 MILES ENGINE STARTED SPARK KNOCKING & CONTINUES TO DATE. 5 ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT NOT CORRECTED.@27,462 MILES DEALER DECARBONED ENGINE & AGAIN 300 MILES LATER. STILL SPARK KNOCKING. BEGINING LEMON LAW PROCESSES 3/28/99. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

PONTIAC PRIDES ITSELF ON DRIVING EXCITEMENT, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE THAT IT IS A DRIVING NIGHTMARE. THIS CAR HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE LIST OF CURRENT AND PAST PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDES: THE TRUNK LEAKS/ INCORRECT SPEEDOMETER THAT CAUSED TWO SPEEDING TICKETS/DRIVER'S FLOOR AND UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT ARE ALWAYS WET. ALSO,REPLACED BATTERY TWICE/ALTERNATOR/STARTER/ RADIATOR AND ALL HOSES AFTER A SUDDEN "EXPLOSION." IN ADDITION, THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR ONCE. THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER NO LONGER WORKS, RIGHT SIDE POWER WINDOW DOES NOT GO BACK UP/THE TAPE DECK IS BROKEN, FRONT LUMBAR I SEAT BROKE AROUND 40,000 MILES. THE FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT WHEEL BEARINGS HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES/TIE RODS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE ON THE RIGHT AND TWICE ON THE LEFT/ ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT WITH IN 15,000 (TYPICAL OF MOST PONTIACS JUST GOING BY THE COMMENTS OF OTHER PONTIAC OWNERS THAT I KNOW. THIS LIST IS QUITE LONG AND EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CAR IS NOT PAID FOR YET AND ONLY HAS 125,000 MILES ON IT AND IS A 1992 MODEL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/55/R16 )

I BOUGHT THIS VAN IN FEB OF98 AND HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END I HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE AND THE FIRST TIME IT HAD TO HAVE NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AND NEW TIRES THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR.THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT IT ATE UP TWO MORE TIRES.THEY SAID IT HAD TO BE THE TIRES. I REPORTED THIS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND THEN ON FEB 99 THE BRAKES WENT OUT AGAIN.I ALSO TRIED TO WORK WITH COLLEGE FORD. MY HUSBAND DECIDED TO TRADE THE VAN IN ON A TOYOTA CAMERY BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SAFE IN THE VAN AND FORD DID NOT WANT TO HELP US IN ANY WAY. WE PAID $25000.00 FOR A SAFE VEHICLE BUT GOT A LEMON AND NO HELP. $5500.00 OUT OF MY POCKET TO LEASE THE CAMERY AND ALL THE PAYMENTS FOR THE VAN JUST WASTED.I JUST THANK GOD WE WERN'T KILLED.( DOT NUMBER: P215 TIRE SIZE: 70R15 97S )

TIRE HAD A SIDEWALL SEPERATION ON THE HIGHWAY RESULTING IN ACCIDENT; THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW TWICE, ON THE STOCK TIRES, FIRST TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST BAD LUCK, HOWEVER TWO TIMES SEEMS TO BE FISHY. THE TIRES HAVE PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT. I AM INTERESTED TO FIND OUT IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE.( DOT NUMBER: MKHCFJDR19 TIRE SIZE: 195/60R14 )

5/21/96, MY SON AND I WERE IMPACTED AT LEFT FRONT OF OUR 1996 PLY VOYAGER VAN BY A 1987 CHRYSLER. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY LOCKED UP, WE SLID SLIGHTHLY TO THE RIGHT SIDE -- THE FORCE FROM THE IMPACT WAS ENOUGH TO SHATTER THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING, THE STARTER, DAMAGE THE RACK AND PINION STEERING, AND CRUMPLED THE FRONT END IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED. THE SHOULDER HARNESSES LOCKED UP, BUT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE CAR WAS ALEGEDLY LOOKED AT BY CHRYSLER ENGINEERS AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT "THE SENSOR HAD NOT BEEN HIT"... MY SON AND I BOTH SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. MY QUESTION, WITH THIS SPEED, AND THIS FRONT END DAMAGE, WHY DID THE BAGS NOT DEPLOY? I DON'T BUY NOT HITTING THE SENSOR. I'VE READ REPORT AFTER REPORT IDENTIFYING THE SENSOR AS DEPLOYING AT 8MPH... THIS ACCIDENT WAS SERIOUS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE SCENE SAID 5MPH FASTER AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY.( DOT NUMBER: )

DEALER NOT REPAIRING LOUD NOISE OR PAINT DEFECTS ON DELIVERY OF NEW VEHICLE( DOT NUMBER: )

MODEL Z71 WHEN TRANMISSION BURNS UP IT SPRAYS TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERYWHERE, AND IS EXTREMELY FLAMABLES. IT GOT ALL OVER TWO OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE BEHIND ME, THE FIRST TIME, THE SECOND TIME IT GOT ON THE EXHAUST PIPE AND SMOKED SO BAD A PASSER BY WAS GOING TO CALL THE FIREDEPARTMENT( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT ON WAY OUT OF TOWN. WHITE SMOKE POURED OUT FROM BEHIND THE JEEP. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND USED OUR PHONE TO CALL FOR HELP. WE WERE TOLD FROM A MECHANIC THAT IT SOUNDED AS IF THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT. WE WAITED FOR THE JEEP TO COOL OFF, THEN ADDED WATER TO THE RADIATOR. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE AT 35 MPH UNTIL WE FOUND A SERVICE STATION TO PULL OVER AT. AT THAT TIME THE TECHNICIAN TOLD US THAT IT WAS INDEED THE WATER PUMP AND THERE WAS NO MORE THAT COULD BE DONE THAT DAY (SATURDAY-5:00P.M.). WE GOT OUR VEHICLE TOWED BACK HOME TO LAFAYETTE, LA. THE NEXT MORNING AND AT THAT TIME THE TOWING/SERVICE TECHNICIAN ALSO SAID IT LOOKED AS IF THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. IS THAT COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE WITH THIS MILAGE? ALSO, THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND WE HAD THEM FIXED A MONTH AGO AT LAFAYETTE MOTORS INC. COULD THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE WATER PUMP OR IS THAT IMPOSSIBLE? ALSO, WAS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE ANY WARNING AS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT? WE GOT NO WARNING, BUT THE SMOKE POURING OUT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )