GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

INSIDE OF TIRE IS SEPARATING. LARGE BUBBLE , 4" X 6" IN SIZE. NO OTHER LEAKS OR PUNCTURES OR PATCHES/PLUGS IN TIRE. CAUSES EXTREME VIBRATIONS. HAD TO REMOVE AND REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES FOR SAFETY REASONS. 265 70R 17 WRANGLER AT/S *TR

LEFT REAR TIRE FAILED AND BLEW OUT AT 70MPH. THE GOOD THING IS THE TIRE DEFLATED RAPIDLY WITH NO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ON INSPECTION OF TIRE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INNER SIDE WALL HAD A RECTANGULAR RIP/PATCH FROM THE RIM TO THE TREAD. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS OR OTHER ROAD HAZARDS WHEN THE TIRE FAILED. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 25000 MILES ON THEM. *TR

I HAD PURCHASED A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA IN JULY, 2010. THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT REPAIR OF THE FRONT END VIBRATION WAS ON 10/22/2010. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE TIRES WERE ROTATED ON 01/26/11 IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 03/18/11 FOR FRONT END NOISE (THUMP) WHILE TURNING THE WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 07/07/11 FOR THE THUMPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHILE TURNING THE WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 07/28/11 FOR A FRONT END THUMPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 08/16/11 FOR A FRONT END THUMPING NOISE AND THE DEALERSHIP NOTICES THE TIRES WERE WEARING SLIGHTLY CUPPED ON THE INSIDE EDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 09/08/11 FOR A WHINING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BAY AND POWER STEERING FLUID WAS FLUSHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 04/09/12 FOR FRONT END THUMPING NOISE, WHEEL BEARING, TRANSMISSION SURGE, AND WHINE NOISE FROM RADIO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 06/27/12 FOR ROUGH IDLE, TIRE REPLACEMENT, TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 07/27/12 FOR ROUGH IDLE, TRANSMISSION SURGE, THUMP NOISE IN FRONT END AND WHINE NOISE IN RADIO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN ON 10/05/12 FOR TRANSMISSION SURGE, ROUGH IDLE, THUMP NOISE IN FRONT END, AND WHINE NOISE IN RADIO. THE OUTCOME AT THIS POINT IS THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO REPROGRAM THE VEHICLE, GM APPROVED REPLACEMENT OF ALL FOUR TIRES, A REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP, WHEEL BEARING ON DRIVER FRONT SIDE. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE DONE TWO THROTTLE BODY CLEANINGS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS STATED THEY WILL REPLACE THE ROTORS BUT GM WOULD NOT APPROVE REPLACEMENT ONLY TURNING ON THE ROTORS. THIS CASE HAS BEEN OPENED WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WHOM ADVISED ME TO CONTACT NHTSA. GM REFUSES TO REPLACE PARTS BECAUSE THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM CANNOT TELL THEM WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. GM HAS RECALLED THE POLICE VEHICLES FOR FRONT END SUSPENSION AND HAS A LAWSUIT PENDING IN MICHIGAN FOR PERSONAL VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, LINE SIZE (235/80/R17) DOT PJAB35HV4109. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE OTHER TIRES AND NOTICED BUBBLES ON THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES. THE CONTACT HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE STATED THE TIRES WOULD BE INSPECTED BY AN ENGINEER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000...UPDATED 10/22/12 *BF THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE REAR TIRES AND DISCOVERED THE INSIDE DUAL HAD FAILED. THREE OF THE SIX TIRES ON THE AMBULANCE PROVED TO BE DEFECTIVE WITH AIR BULGES ON THEM. UPDATED 10/22/12

TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE OUTER EDGES OF THE TREAD STAYED INTACT AND JUST ALL OF THE CENTER TREAD PEELED AWAY IN ONE PIECE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 BMW 535XI EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS-2 TIRES, SIZE 245/40R19. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN HE WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE BUBBLES IN THE FRONT DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER TIRES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

MY 2009 TOYOTA VENZA HAD 32,116 MILES ON IT AND HAD BEEN IN THE GARAGE FOR A TUNE UP AND TIRE ROTATION/CHECK 1,000 MILES EARLIER, WITH A WRITTEN REPORT THAT THE TIRES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH GOOD TIRE TREAD. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, ~5:00PM, I WAS DRIVING ON THE BUSY THREE-LANE 894/45 IN MILWAUKEE, WI 1.5 MILES SHORT OF THE I94 INTERCHANGE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. CAR PULLED, BUT I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. SAW SMOKE BEHIND MY CAR AND THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR CAME ON. SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW WITH A ~10 GASH. TERRIBLE AND I WAS A BASKET CASE. BY THE TIME THE SHERIFF AND TOW TRUCK CAME, ALL TOYOTA DEALERS WERE CLOSED. HAD TO DRIVE 85 MILES TO MADISON ON THE WEE SPARE TIRE. TOOK CAR TO SMART MOTORS LAST FRIDAY WHO TOLD ME "SOMETHING MUST HAVE HIT THE SIDE". THEY SAW NO OTHER DAMAGE. I LEFT THE CAR THERE AND CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY. ADJUSTER CAME YESTERDAY. THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT THEY FOUND A HOLE IN THE TIRE AND THAT LIKELY CAUSED THE BLOWN TIRE, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. CAN THAT CAUSE A BLOWN SIDE WALL AND LOUD "BANG"? SEEMS ODD THAT THEY FOUND A HOLE AFTER I TOLD THEM I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THAT AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER WAS COMING TO SEE THE TIRE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HEARTLAND CYCLONE TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL WAS LEANING INWARD. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A BROKEN LEAF SPRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000. ..UPDATED 09-28-12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS ALSO FAILURES WITH THE FRONT LIFTING JACKS. THE FIRST TIME THEY FAILED, THE WERE REPAIRED. AFTER THE SECOND FAILURE, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD, BY BEST RV, THAT THE TRAILER WAS TO HEAVY TO HEAVY FOR THE MOTOR ON THE JACKS. THE JACKS WERE NOT REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE AXLES LOOKED AT TO SEE IF THAT COULD BE THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE BLOW OUTS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE AXLES WERE TO LIGHT FOR THE TRAILER AND THE BEARINGS NEED TO BE PACKED. THE BEARINGS WERE PACKED. THE WARRANTY EXPIRED ON THE JACKS,AXLES, AND LEAF SPRINGS, AFTER A (1)YEAR. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE TRAILER EMPTIED IS OVER THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT. UPDATED 10/01/2012 *JS UPDATED 9/26/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM THE MANUFACTURER, STATING THE AXLES DID NOT HANDLE THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT HE WAS TOLD, WHEN HE PURCHASED THE TRAILER. THE CONSUMER WAS PROVIDED STICKERS, TO PLACE ON THE TRAILER AS A REMINDER. UPDATED 10/09/12

TL* THE CONTACT 2008 HEARTLAND CYCLONE RV EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES, SIZE: ST225/75/15 D. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE CENTER TIRE BLEW. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES COULD NOT HANDLE THE AXLE WEIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED EIGHT TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS-2 TIRES, SIZE: P225/55R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD BLOWN FROM THE INSIDE WALL BUT THE OUTER WALL WAS STILL HOLING AIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR A PORTION OF THE TIRES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES AND THE VEHICLE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.