GOODYEAR TIRES Complaints

WE TOOK DELIVERY OF A NEW AMERICAN EAGLE 42 ' 11. FOOT MOTOR HOME MODEL 42F ON MAY 21, 2008 THIS VEHICLE IS DESIGNED TO CARRY 14,600 LB. IF FULLY LOADED THIS WOULD CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU LOADED THIS MOTOR HOME TO FULL CAPACITY OF WATER, FUEL, PASSENGER (2) WEIGHTS THE FRONT AXLE WOULD EXCEED THE RATING ON THE FRONT AXLE. UPON REVIEWING OUR MOTORHOME FOR HE FIRST TIME ON MAY 21, 2008 (WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO VIEW MOTORHOME UNTIL CONTRACTS WERE SIGNED) WE NOTICED THAT THE NEW MODELS 2009 AMERICAN EAGLE HAD BIGGER RIMS, TIRES AND AFTER FURTHER INQUIRY THE FRONT AXLE HAD BEEN CHANGED FROM 14600 LB TO 16600 WE CONTACTED FLEETWOOD AND ASKED WHY THESE CHANGES WERE MADE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A OVERWEIGHT PROBLEM IF WE CARRIED FULL CAPATICY ON FUEL, WATER AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE CARRY LESS FUEL & WATERL, CARGO, PROPANE WHEN TRAVELING. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE CORRECTED. TO DATE AN OFFER HAS BEEN MADE BY SPARTAN CHASSIS THAT THEY WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM IF WE DROVE 2500 MILES TO MICHIGAN ONE WAY, AND PAID $18995.00 TO HAVE THE RIMS, TIRES, AND AXLE UPGRADED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2009 MOTORHOMES. FLEETWOOD AND SPARTAN KNOW AND KNEW THAT THEY HAD A PROBLEM WHICH IS WHY THEY UPGRADED THE 2009 COACHES TO CORRECT THE FRONT AXLE WEIGHT PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE GOODYEAR ASSURANCE CMFTRD 97T 80,000 MILE TIRES ON MY 98 PONTIAC MONTANA VAN. THEY HAVE LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON THEM AND TWO OF THEM STARTED LEAKING AIR OUT OF THE SIDEWALLS WHICH ARE FULL OF DRYROT TYPE CRACKS. TWO TIRE STORES TOLD ME THEY LOOK LIKE DEFECTS. I TOOK THEM BACK TO THE STORE WHERE I BOUGHT THEM AND THE DEPTH WAS GREATER THAN 3/32 OF AN INCH. I AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, BOUGHT A FREE REPLACEMENT/ROAD HAZARD CERTIFICATE THAT IS GOOD FOR ONLY THREE YEARS AND THE TIRES ARE NOW FOUR YEARS OLD. BECAUSE OF THE TIRE AGE THEY WANT TO PRORATE THESE UNSAFE TIRES AND CHARGE ME $65.00 @ FOR NEW ONES. WHY IS IT THAT THESE 80,000 MILE TIRES ARE NOT ANY GOOD AFTER 30,000 MILES AND MUST BE REPLACED. THIS VAN IS OUR SECOND CAR AND DOES NOT GET DRIVEN ENOUGH TO GET 80,000 MILES IN THE THREE YEARS THAT THE REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE IS GOOD FOR.WHEN I BOUGHT THEM I WAS TOLD THESE WERE ONE OF THE BEST AT THAT TIME AND I WAS SURE TO GET A LOT OF MILES ON THEM. I AM VERY VERY UPSET THAT THESE TIRES HAVE PROVEN TO ME THAT THEY ARE VERY UNSAFE BECAUSE SIDEWALL LEAKS CANNOT BE REPAIRED AND I AM NOT NOW DRIVING THIS VAN BECAUSE I CANNOT TRUST THESE TIRES OR THEIR SAFETY. YEARS AGO, WHILE TRAVELING 700 MILES FROM HOME I HAD A BLOWOUT WITH, A TIRE THAT WAS ONE OF THEM FIRESTONE 500 TIRES. AT 70 MPH MY WHOLE FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS AND TO THIS DAY I TAKE TIRE SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION? I CANNOT JUST GO OUT AND BUY NEW TIRES BECAUSE THESE ARE JUNK. AN 80,000 MILE TIRE SHOT AT 30,000 MILES DOES NOT COMPUTE. THEY REPLACED ONE TIRE AND CHARGED ME ONLY FOR A NEW REPLACEMENT/ROAD HAZARD CERTIFICATE.THEN I TOOK ANOTHER TIRE BACK TO THEM AND THEY CHARGED ME $93.00 FOR THE TIRE. MOUNTING ,BALANCE AND REPLACE CERTIFICATE. ONE FREE ONE AND ONE FOR A FEE AND I STILL HAVE TWO MORE OF THESE BAD TIRES. I COULD PARTIALLY UNDERSTAND THE PRO RATION IF THEY WERE NOT DEFECTIVE TIRES BUT THEY ARE. WHAT NEXT? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD EXPLORER. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER SRA TIRES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

SEVERE AND RECURRENT PULLING OF MY 2009 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID REQUIRING THREE (3) SETS OF NEW TIRES IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AND 16,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE PULLING RESULTS IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING MYSELF AND/OR MY WIFE WITH CHILD. HONDA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT OF THE PULLING PROBLEM. EFFORTS HAVE INVOLVED CREATING A FORMAL CASE WITH AMERICAN HONDA. IN ADDITION TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP, BOTH THE DISTRICT PARTS AND SERVICE MANAGER AND CASE MANAGER SUPERVISOR HAVE BEEN CONSULTED. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE WRITTEN TWO (2) LETTERS DIRECTLY TO MR. TETSUO IWAMURA, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMERICAN HONDA NOTIFYING HIM OF MY CONCERNS. I AM REALLY IN NEED OF ANY SUPPORT NHTSA CAN PROVIDE IN RESOLVING THIS SAFETY ISSUE. PRESENTLY, I DRIVE IN EXCESS OF ONE-HUNDRED (100) MILES DAILY. AND, MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH THE INTENT OF HER USING THIS AS THE FAMILY VEHICLE IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE. THIS PULLING IS VERY UNSAFE AND AT THIS POINT I WOULD NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SELL IT. HONDA IS STONEWALLING ME. WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. THE LETTERS I HAVE WRITTEN TO MR. IWAMURA, WHICH I AM WILLING TO PROVIDE NHTSA COPIES, SAY IT ALL.

LESS THAN A YEAR AGO WE PURCHASED OUR 2005 CADILLAC CTS FROM CADILLAC OF TURNERSVILLE, NJ. I JUST RECENTLY NOTICED A SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING AND DECIDED TO INSPECT THE TIRES AND FOUND THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES HAVE A LARGE BUBBLE IN THE OUTER SIDEWALL. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR / EAGLE RS-A P225/55R16 94H. I LOOKED ONLINE AND NOTICED A LARGE RECALL ON GOODYEAR / EAGLE RS-A TIRES WITH SIDEWALL FAILURE NOTED AND WOULD LIKE TO NOW REPORT THE ISSUE WITH OURS AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE THE TIRES RECALLED AND REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS I AM NOT ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL WE REPLACE THEM. WE HAVE A NEWBORN SON AND GET VERY NERVOUS AT THE THOUGHT OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HADN'T PAID THE CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE MILD SHIMMY AS SOON AS I DID. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU, YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER IS MUCH APPRECIATED. *TR

2009 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB NOTICED IT TWO DAYS AFTER BUYING THIS TRUCK VERY BUMPY RIDE AT 40 TO 45 MPG AND SHAKING AT 55MPH WHEN BRAKING TRUCK JIDDERS PULLS SOME TO THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE BRAKE ROTOR ON PASSENGERS SIDE STARTING TO SCRON HAS BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS UNOTED NISSAN OF LAS VEGAS 8 TIMES THEY SAY ITS OK WELL ITS NOT AND DESERT NISSAN ONCE AGAIN YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IS A GROVE STARTING TO CUT INTO THE ROTOR I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS TRUCK ITS UNSAFE AND THE DEALER OUT HERE WILL NOT FIX THIS TIS TRUCK HAS 3500 MILES ON BRAKE SHOULD NOT BE BAD WE ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE IT BACK ITS A SHAME WHEN A DELAER WILL NOT BACK ITS PRODUCT HAVE COMPLINED TO NISSAN COCUMWER AFFAIRS TWICE REF# 6754354 & REF# 6736952 WITH NO RESULTS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CHARGER WITH GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT 69 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,212. UPDATED 05/13/10. *LJ

APPROXIMATELY, TWO MONTHS AGO, A VALVE STEM ON MY JEEP TIRE WAS CORRODED AND THE TIP CRACKED OFF, CAUSING THE SENSOR TO GO OFF ON THE DASH AND IT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE AIR PUT IN. I REPLACED THE VALVE STEM AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $80.00. JUST THIS PAST WEEK, THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON ANOTHER TIRE...THE TOP OF THE VALVE STEM CRACKED OFF AND I AM NOT ABLE TO PUT AIR IN THE TIRE. I'M SURE IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER VALVE STEMS ON THE OTHER TWO TIRES.

GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES 265/65 17 USED ON 2006 ,07,08 AND 09 MODELS DURANGO ARE UNRAVALING ON THE SIDES. THIS IS KNOWN AS RIPPING ALONG THE SIDES AROUND THE LETTERING ON ALL FOUR TIRES . *TR

THE TIRES ON MY MAZDA 3 5 DOOR, WERE WORN OUT BY 17,000 MILES. I BELLEVE THAT TO BE EXCESSIVE! IF THIS KIND OF TIRE WARE, WAS DISCLOSED WHEN I LEASED THE CAR, I WOULD NOT HAVE! *TR