GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 JEEP CHEROKEE EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR PSA RUN FLAT TIRES, SIZE P255/45/R20.(NA) THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED AND CAUSED A BLOWOUT. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALER AND THE CONTACT HAD THE TIRE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD ARE SEPARATING. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR RS-A EMT RUN ON FLAT TIRES THAT CAME STANDARD ON MY 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT8. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY A TIRE TECHNICIAN WHILE HAVING MY TIRES ROTATED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND VICE VERSA. I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE TIRES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

OEM TIRES HAVE EXTREMELY POOR WET PAVEMENT TRACTION. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED LESS THAN 30 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. IT HAD RAINED HEAVILY FOR AN EXTENDED TIME THAT DAY AND CONTINUING MODERATELY INTO THE EVENING. APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION WHERE I INTENDED TO MAKE A TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET, I BEGAN SLOWING TO WHAT I CONSIDERED A SAFE AND PRUDENT SPEED GIVEN THE ROAD CONDITIONS. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED RESULTING IN SLIDING COMPLETELY STRAIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, LUCKILY ON A GREEN SIGNAL LIGHT, AND WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC IN MY PATH. REALIZING I WAS NOT SLOWING SUFFICIENTLY TO NEGOTIATE THE TURN, I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND CONTINUED DOWN THE SAME STREET TO A SAFE AREA TO TURN AROUND AND RETURN TO THE STREET I INTENDED TO TURN ONTO. SECOND INCIDENT, AGAIN ON WET PAVEMENT, WAS AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. WHEN THE SIGNAL LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN, I STARTED NEGOTIATING A LEFT TURN. APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 10 MPH, REAR TIRES LOST TRACTION AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TRIED TO SWAP ENDS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY WIFE YELLED AT ME TO STOP DOING WHATEVER IT WAS THAT I DID TO CAUSE SUCH ACTION, TO WHICH I REPLIED. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN START MOVING FORWARD AT A SLOW PACE AND WAS JUST AS SURPRISED AS SHE WAS BY THE BEHAVIOR OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A NISSAN MAXIMA THAT I HAD TO REPLACE ALL TIRES BECAUSE OF A DEFECT THAT CAME TO ME IN THE MAIL AFTER I BROUGHT MY NEW TIRES AND WAS NOT REIMBURSED. I ALSO HAD PROBLEM WITH FRONT ROTORS THAT THEY KEPT REPLACING NUMEROUS TIMES UNTIL MY WARRANT RAN OUT AND THAN I HAD TO REPLACE THEM WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE ROTORS SO IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.NOW AFTER ALL OF THAT AND MORE I AM NOT ABLE TO DRIVE MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE OUT OF NOWHERE MY TRANSMISSION BLEW UP AFTER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT BECAUSE OF YEARS NOT MILEAGE AND NO MATTER WHERE I WENT I WAS TOLD THAT IF I WOULD REPLACE IT WITH A NEW OR USE TRANSMISSION THAT I WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO ONE WANTS TO WORK ON IT.I WAS TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT ONLY THE 2004 HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 F150 WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, LINE SIZE LP265/70/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AS A REPLACEMENT. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES FOR A TRAFFIC STOP, THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS ALSO FLAT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SIDE WALLS WERE WEARING, CAUSING THEM TO GO FLAT PREMATURELY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH GOODYEAR ALLEGRA TIRES, LINE SIZE P205 75/R14 DOT PJKC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE OF THE TIRES FAILED BETWEEN 12,000 AND 26,000 MILES. THE CONTACT OBSERVED SEVERAL SMALL CRACKS ON THE TIRES PRIOR TO THE THEM FAILING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DISTRIBUTOR PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES. THE DISTRIBUTOR ALSO ADVISED THAT THE TIRES WERE NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,499 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 159,819.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET IMPALA 1LT WITH THE ORIGINAL GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES, SIZE P225/60/R16. THE CONTACT NOTICED PREMATURE AND UNEVEN WEAR ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES. TWO DEALERS WERE NOTIFIED, THE FIRST WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND THE SECOND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND TO REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSAFE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED AND THEY AGREED TO CALL THE DEALER ON THE CONTACTS BEHALF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED BOTH REAR TIRES. THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 30,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

FOLLOWING A REAR END COLLISION, MY 2006 MAZDA3 MILEAGE DROPPED FROM ~24MPG TO ~8MPG, WITH NO TORQUE AT ALL FROM ~20MPH. SIGNIFICANT STEERING TROUBLE, AWFUL TIRE NOISE, AND LOUD KNOCKING WHEN TURNING WERE DISMISSED BY THE LOCAL DEALER AS "WELL WITHIN SPECS". REQUESTED BRAKE CALIPER AND ALIGNMENT CHECK, REFUSED BY THE SAME DEALER; TECH PERFORMED A ROAD TEST, DECLARED THE PROBLEM DUE TO TIRE FEATHERING AND DEMONSTRATED 120MPH TIGHT CURVE AS REMEDY. THREE SETS OF TIRES, ONE SET OF WHEELS [3 OF OEM WERE WARPED], ENTIRE COMPLEMENT OF MOTOR MOUNTS, TWO SETS OF ROTORS LATER, I'M ABOUT TO REPLACE CALIPER MOUNTS AND AXLES. CAR IS UNSAFE, AND DEALERSHIP DISREGARD OF WARRANTY AND TSBS, AND OF BASIC SAFETY STANDARDS WAS OUTRAGEOUS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN (ONGOING) [SPINE INJURY FROM COLLISION WAS NEARLY FATAL] CIRCUMSTANCES. *TR

TREAD ON GOODYEAR WEATHERHANDLER FUEL MAX TIRES GONE AFTER 13,000 MILES. TIRES SQUEALED WHEN GOING AROUND CURVE, MAKINGS TURNS. TIRES WERE PURCHASED AT SEARS WITH A 65,000 WARRANTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA EQUIPPED WITH GOOD YEAR RADIAL TIRE P225-55R17 95T, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NUMBER M643HHDR061, SERIAL NUMBER 0266496130292535. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE TIRE SIDEWALL WHICH HAD A LEAK. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED THEY ADVISED THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUE TO A DEFECTED SIDE WALL. THE DEALER STATED THE CONTACT DROVE OVER AN OBJECT ON THE ROAD CAUSING THE TIRE TO FAIL AND THEY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST FOR THE TIRE REPLACEMENT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,050.