GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD MUSTANG EQUIPPED WITH 4 GOODYEAR GT TIRES, SIZE: 234/45/17. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FAILED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE TIRES WERE INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TIRE TREAD WAS 10/32. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS 75,294. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET IMPALA EQUIPPED WITH GOOD YEAR TIRE SIZE P235-50-R18. THE DOT AND SERIAL NUMBER WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE THREAD SEPARATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE.

I TOOK MY 2009 TOYOTA INTO MY LOCAL TIRE DEALER TO HAVE IT ALIGNED. MENTIONED THAT IT WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAYSPEEDS AND KIND OF BOBBLING WHEN I STARTED UP. SERVICE MAN SAID IT MIGHT BE THE TIRES, NOT THE ALIGNMENT. IT WAS. THE THREE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE CAR, THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT NOT WARRANTED, ALL SHOWED TREAD SEPARATION. (HE ALSO SAID HE'D "NEVER SEEN THIS KIND OF PROBLEM ON THREE TIRES AT ONE TIME.)THE STEEL BELTS WERE COMING THROUGH THE TREAD. THE MAN SAID THAT DRIVING ON THE TIRES MIGHT BE DANGEROUS, SO I HAD TO PUT NEW TIRES ON IT--NOT GOODYEAR. THE FOURTH TIRE, WHICH I PUT ON THE CAR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO (WHEN THE SIDEWALL BUBBLED) WAS FINE--PLENTY OF TREAD, NO SIGNS OF WEAR THAT MIGHT HAVE COME FROM POOR MAINTENANCE. NOTE THAT YOUR FORM ONLY ALLOWS ME TO NOTE ONE TIRE LOCATION. THREE TIRES ALL SHOWED THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SERVICE GUY DIDN'T KNOW WHICH LOCATION THE GOOD TIRE WAS ON, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU THREE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FOR THOSE THREE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2011 BMW 535I XDRIVE VEHICLE WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS RUNFLATS 245/40 R19. THE CAR HAS ONLY 19,000 MILES AND FROM THE DAY THAT I PURCHASED IT (IN FEB 2011), I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT TIRES 8 TIMES AND RECENTLY THE REAR TIRES 2 TIMES. A TOTAL OF 10 TIRE REPLACEMENTS. SOME REPLACEMENTS WERE DUE TO BUBBLES ON SIDEWALLS. THE OTHERS WERE DUE WHAT APPEARED TO BE CUTS ON THE INSIDE/OUTSIDE SIDEWALLS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY BMW OWNERS OF SIMILAR VEHICLE AND EVERYONE IS RUNNING INTO THE SAME PROBLEM. GOODYEAR INITIALLY WAS REPLACING MY TIRES AT NO CHARGE BECASUE THEY TIRE DAMAGE ALWAYS WAS WITHIN TIRE WARRANTY WINDOW UNTIL LAST YEAR WHEN THEY CHANGED THEIR ROAD HAZZARD WARRANTY POLICY AND NO LONGER COVER THE EXPENSE. THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TIRES. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THESE TIRES..... *TR

THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD 2 BUBBLES FORMING ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. JFT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 BMW 550XI. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR TIRES, SIZE 245/40/R19. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING CARIOUS SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SEVERAL BUBBLES ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED ALL FOUR TIRES WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF BOTH THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 39,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD F-150 EQUIPPED WITH GOOD YEAR TRACKER 2 TIRES, SIZE: 31X10.50R15LT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO CHECK THE FRONT WHEELS AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED AND A HOLE WAS IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED A SECOND FAILURE WHEN WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH WHEN A LOUD BANG WAS PRESENT. WHEN CHECKING THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFLATED AND A HOLE WAS IN THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE DEFECT BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS132, 990. ..UPDATED 02-28-14 *BF UPDATED 03/13/2014 *JS

IN NOVEMBER 2013 AFTER DRIVING IN RAINY CONDITIONS LEFT REAR EAGLE RSA FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. NO KNOWN CAUSE OF FAILURE OTHER THEN IT JUST BLEW OUT ALL OF THE SUDDEN. TIRE WAS REPLACED ABOUT A WEEK LATER WITH ANOTHER EAGLE RSA. LAST NIGHT (JANUARY 2014) WAS DRIVING IN SNOWY CONDITIONS AND THEN GOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN AGAIN THE TIRE BLOWS BUT THIS TIME THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF CAR BUT STILL THE REAR WHEEL. DURING THIS BLOW THE CAR SWERVED MOMENTARILY BUT I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND THEN I HEARD THE NOISE INDICATING IT HAD BLOWN. IN NEITHER CASE WAS THERE AN INDICATION ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TIRE BEFORE IT BLEW INCLUDING THE TREAD DEPTH. BOTH TIRES HAD BEEN ON THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR (CAR WAS BOUGHT NOV/ DEC 2012 AND NEW TIRES WERE ON THE CAR WHEN BOUGHT) AND HAD LITTLE WEAR ON THE TREAD DEPTH WHEN THEY HAD BLOWN. *TR

TOOK OUR CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AND MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT ALL 4 TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH THESE TIRES. CAR IS A 2012 INFINITY GX25 AND CAR HAS ONLY 18,000 MILES ON IT. BOTH CAR DEALER AND GOODYEAR STORE SAID THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. BECAUSE OF DANGER, WE ARE HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED. *TR

GOODYEAR EAGLE GT 205 45/R17 88V TIRES ON A MAZDA MX-5 GRAND TOUR, 2006. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 25000 MILES ON THEM WITH LOTS OF TREAD LEFT WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. ONE TIRE WENT FLAT AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL FOUR, INCLUDING THE FLAT, TIRES HAD DEVELOPED SLICES OR CRACKS ALONG THE ENTIRE INTER WALL OF ALL FOUR TIRES. IT APPEARS LIKE THE WALL AND INNER BELT HAVE SEPARATED AND THE RUBBER JUST BECOMES STRESSED AND WEEK AND CRACKS. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MULTIPLE (POSSIBLE ALL FOUR) TIRES FROM GOING FLAT AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE PICTURES AND AM CONTACTING GOODYEAR THROUGH SAM'S CLUB TIRES. *TR