GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JAYCO DESIGNER TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON ST TIRES, SIZE: ST 235/80R16 LOAD RANGE E, DOT NUMBER: 0HUN1LHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BECOME FLAT. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, BUT WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE WITH THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 K-Z SPORTSMEN TRAILER WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON ST TIRES, SIZE 205 75/R14, DOT NUMBER: 0HKCVLHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SWELLED WITH AIR AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BECOME FLAT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SELLER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE TREAD DEPTH AND THE TIRE WAS NOT LOSING AIR. THE CONTACT REBUTTED THE DIAGNOSIS AND INSISTED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR OR WAS LOSING AIR RAPIDLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. KMJ

FRONT TIRES SEPARATED AT THE INNER SECTION OF TIRE. THE GROOVED SECTION OF TIRE SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL CAUSING AN INSTANT BLOWOUT AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PASSENGER TIRE FAILED COMPLETELY. DRIVER SIDE HAS SAME WEAR AND SEPARATION BUT DID NOT FAIL AT THIS POINT. *TR

THE GOODYEAR 245/40/19 LS2 TIRE ON MY 2011 BMW BLISTERED THEN LOST ALL AIR AFTER HITTING A MINOR POTHOLE AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE AT LOW SPEED AFTER THE LOSS OF AIR. NO SPARE TIRE IS PROVIDED ON THIS VEHICLE. THESE TIRES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE FROM BMW OR GOODYEAR AND I HAD TO WAIT FOUR DAYS FOR A REPLACEMENT. THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ONE TO TWO WEEKS I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE FIVE PREVIOUS REPLACEMENTS IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. *TR

I OWN A 2006 ELITE 3 HORSE W/LIVING QUARTERS TRAILER THAT HAS GOODYEAR 614RST, SIZE (235/85/R16) TIRES. ON 8-20-11, DRIVING 70 MPH ON I-90 IN MN,HEARD LOUD BOOM AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT AND TREAD FROM TIRE WAS GONE. A JEEP PATRIOT PASSED AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED IN FRONT OF US. THAT VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED FROM TREAD HITTING WINDSHIELD (SHATTERED) AND FRONT PASSENGER FENDER, ALSO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO OUR ELITE TRAILER. AFTER REPLACING TIRE WITH SPARE,PROCEEDED TO SIOUX FALLS,. PURCHASED A NEW 614 RST GOODYEAR TIRE. ON 8-21-11, 40 MILES FROM RAPID CITY, SD ON I-90, LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND DAMAGED LEFT REAR OF ELITE TRAILER. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE. UPON ARRIVAL TO CUSTER CAMPGROUND, ANOTHER TIRE WAS GOING FLAT. AT GOODYEAR DEALER IN RAPID CITY, I WAS INFORMED THAT THESE TIRES WERE MADE THE 8TH WEEK OF 2006 AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT REMAINING 3 TIRES AND SPARE BE REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED THAT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE TIRES AFTER 5 YEARS OF AGE WOULD BLOW OUT. REMAINING TIRES AND SPARE WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER THAT SOLD THE ELITE TRAILER WAS CALLED AND ALSO INFORMED ME WITHOUT KNOWING OF WHY I CALLED, THAT HE BET I WAS HAVING TIRE BLOWOUTS. THE DEALER KNEW THAT MY VEHICLE WAS 5 YEARS OLD AND HAD SEVERAL RECREATIONAL VEHICLES/ HORSE TRAILERS THAT AFTER TIRES TURNED 5 YEARS OLD, THE OWNERS HAD TIRES BLOWOUTS. THIS PROBLEM IS MORE SEVERE WITH ANY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY USED A COUPLE TIMES OUT OF THE YEAR. OUR TRAILER IS STORED INSIDE AND THE TIRES WERE ON WOOD BLOCKS, THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 14,000 MILES. WE WERE NOT INFORMED THAT RV'S OR HORSE TRAILERS THAT SIT MORE THAN 3 MONTHS IN A ROW SHOULD BE JACKED UP TO TAKE ALL WEIGHT OFF THE TIRES. GOODYEAR HAS PLACED THIS INFORMATION ON THEIR WEB SITE UNDER RV TIRE STORAGE. THEIR WAS NO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DURING PURCHASE OF ELITE TRAILER OR TIRES, OUR TRAILER IS JACKED UP NOW AND ALL WEIGHT IS REMOVED FROM TIRES. ( SEE 10423917 UPDATED 10/11/11 *BF *TR

2011 BMW 535XI WITH M SPORT PACKAGE DEVELOPED BUBBLE ON FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE IS A GOODYEAR LS-2 RUN FLAT TIRE. VEHICLE HAS 1830 MILES ON IT. SERVICE CENTER AGREED TO REPLACE TIRE HOWEVER THEY HAVE BEEN ON NATIONAL BACKORDER SINCE JULY (10 WEEKS BACKORDER). THERE IS NO OTHER ALL SEASON TOURING RUN FLAT TIRE AVAILABLE BY ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. *TR

COMPLAINT ON A 2010 HONDA ELEMENT WRANGLER STOCK TIRES, THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR. AT 11,000 MILES THE TIRES STARTED TO WEAR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES, HAD THEM ROTATED AND ALIGNED. AT 22,000 MILES THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE TIRES CAME ON, BOTH OUTSIDE & INSIDE OF TIRES WERE WEARING BADLY. TOOK THEM TO A DISCOUNT TIRE STORE THEY TOLD ME THE TIRES WERE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON. ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES WAS SPLITTING. BOUGHT 4 NEW TIRES THERE. THE HONDA DEALER SAYS NOW THEY CANNOT COMPENSATE ME ON ANY TIRES THAT I HAVE NOT BOUGHT THROUGH THEIR DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE RAM WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER H/P TIRES, LINE SIZE 275/60R20. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRST BLOW OUT WAS IN THE TREAD. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND NOTICED THAT THE BLOW OUT ORIGINATED AT THE SIDE WALL. ONE WEEK LATER WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT CHANGED THAT TIRE WITH A SPARE AS WELL. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000.

THIS REPORT IS REGARDING THE FAILURE OF A GOODYEAR WRANGLER ATS TIRE, LOAD RANGE D, SIZE 305/70R16. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A MILD TO MODERATE TIRE SHAKE OR IN-BALANCE. A GOODYEAR DEALER RE-BALANCED THE TIRES, BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE SHAKE. WE RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME DEALER WHO THEN STATED THE TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND AND COULDN'T BE BALANCED. THEY DID NOT ADVISE US TO REPLACE THE TIRES OR TO STOP USING THE VEHICLE. TWO MONTHS LATER, AFTER AN HOUR AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE TIRE SUDDENLY DELAMINATED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED OVER $3,000 IN DAMAGE FROM THE TIRE EXPLOSION. CONTROL WAS NOT LOST. LOOKING AT THE TIRE, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THIS WAS THE RESULT OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. HALF OF THE STEEL BELTS ARE COVERED WITH A LAYER OF BONDED RUBBER. THE OTHER HALF OF THE BELTS ARE EXPOSED. THE SEPARATING LINE IS RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE. THE SMALL PORTION OF TREAD THAT REMAINS IS SEPARATED FROM THE BELTS, BUT IS STILL BONDED ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT APPEARS TWO STRIPS OF RUBBER WERE PLACED LATERALLY ON THE FACE OF THE TIRE AND ONE OF THEM DID NOT BOND PROPERLY. I DON'T SEE ANY SIGNS OF PATCHES. ALTHOUGH NOW RUSTED, THE STEEL BELTS WERE BRIGHT WHEN THE TIRE FIRST SEPARATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 ELITE LIVING QUARTER WITH GOODYEAR 614RST, SIZE (235/85/R16) TIRES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BOOMING NOISE AND NOTICED THROUGH HIS SIDE MIRROR THAT THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE. THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE ALSO BLEW OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE SHOP WHERE ALL OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE VIN AND DOT WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. UPDATED 10/11/11 *BF UPDATED 3/29/12 *CN