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I was delivering an some went wrong with my wheel on my truck.. my tire came off.an my truck lock up.an my truck roll 6 times....my tire on the back driver side was gone...
While traveling at approximately 70 mph on an asphalt surfaced freeway, the right rear tire had a catastrophic side-wall failure and blew out. The failure led to a temporary loss of control of the vehicle before speed was reduced and control was regained. Ambient temperature was about 75 degrees and the tire was approximately 8 months old with approximately 5,000 miles on it.
The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe lt, equipped with Firestone wilderness le tires, line size P265/70R/16. The contact stated that while traveling 45 mph the rear passenger side tire blew out. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 115,539.
2002 Chevrolet Tahoe. Consumer writes in regards to issues with vehicle tires the consumer stated a recall was issued for the tires on the vehicle. However, Goodyear denied his claim, stating the driver side rear tire failure was due to loss of air pressure and no workmanship or material related conditions were found to have caused the initial air loss. The consumer's vehicle was damaged as a result of the tire failure.
The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe with Firestone destination le tires, line size 265/70/R16. The contact stated that the tread was beginning to separate on all for tires. The contact took the vehicle to where the tires were originally purchased and was told that the tires looked as if they were dry rotted. The contact stated that the tires were not old enough to dry rot and believed that failure was a manufacturing defect. The failure mileage was 116,426. The VIN was not available.
- Fort Clinton, OH, USA
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I have had to replace tires, falken ziex S/tz 01 275/55 R 20 this is my 2nd set of 4 tires I have had to replaced. The first set the steel belts crossed over eachother 8 months and less than 10 thousand miles.this second set I just had to replace due to the tires causing my vehicle to vibrate extremely, at highway speeds causing me to slow in order to maintain control of my vehicle. In addition this caused extreme noise in my vehicle. This began approximately 2 years ago, the first set of tires were replaced on a pro rated basis, this second set was not.
Tires have split in numerous areas on all 4 tires. Tires leak, needing air about once a week. Tired have developed bubbles or creatures in between the tread. Tires only have about 8,000 miles on them and tread looks almost new still. When area of leak was attempted to be plugged second later a new leak appears.
Tire valve stem failure. All four of my valve stems failed from what appears to be dry rot within a four week period. I was traveling down the interstate at 70 mph when my right front tire blew out. The valve stem had rotted off. After putting on my spare tire, I proceeded to my destination. Two days later, I had a flat in the parking lot at work. The valve stem had rotted. I check my other tires, and the valve stems on them were rotted also. These tires only have about 20,000 miles on them. The valve stems are that old as this is the third set of tires/stems I have put on my Tahoe. The allstate service truck helped change the tire on the side of road. I was traveling on the Florida turnpike, about 30 miles North of ft. Pierce Florida when the event occurred. A friend has given me a paper that says there was a major lawsuit against this valve stem manufacture and that deaths have occurred. I do not know why my Tahoe did not flip, but it jerked to one side, and was extremely hard to stop. The tire was ruined. I am thankful that I am still alive.
2002 Chevrolet Tahoe front left tire caught on fire. The consumer noticed the front of the vehicle started to shimmy at the right front tire. The fire eventually went out by itself.
Customer that wants to know if a manufacturer is responsible for repairing/replacing items listed and/or contained in the (tsb) technical service bulletin's; at the expense of the manufacturer?
The Chevrolet Tahoe now has 19,000 miles and we never have had a flat tire > on any of the these tires. > yesterday May 7, 2005 we were driving on the freeway at 60 mph. When we > heard a pop sound on the right side of the vehicle. > I soon could feel that the tire was getting flat and pulled over to the > shoulder and observed the the right rear tire had blown out. There was no > objects or pot hole in the roadway that I could have ran over with the > vehicle. > the blow out of the tire was around the seam of the outer sidewall. > > questions": > has there been similar occurrences with this make of Firestone tire? > is this type of sidewall blow out covered under my warranty"
Transmission shifting hard, only 26,000 miles. Ttook to dealership and was told second and third gear was gone. They rebuilt those gears. Pick Tahoe up and within a hr it was doing the same thing. Return to dealership next day, was told it was pump sticking. Replace that. Pick back up and within a hr did the same thing. Return vehicle and they decided to replace for new transmission. A week later it has now starting to have a problem with the power sterring. There appears to be a leak in the lines. This 2002 Tahoe has had problems starting within months of purchase. Sterring colum making clunking nose, required lube twice. Headlights filling with water. Nose in the front drivers side around shock area. They had different repairs such as replacing shocks, greasing. After over a year the dealership added bushings to the shocks, so far ok. Have replace Firestone tires at 25,000 miles for wearing on inside of tire.
Had a front end collision into the side of another vehicle whom ran a red light. We estimated our impact speed at 30 mph upon colliding together. Neither front airbags deployed. Suffered neck and back bruising and muscle strain.
Problems with front alignment on 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe. At approx. 7-8K miles, consumer started having tire problems. He rotated them but to no avail. Dealership was contacted and they said rotate them again. Consumer did. At 14K miles new tires were put on the vehicle. This didn't solve the problem. Chevy said to rotated the tires every 2K miles but the consumer felt this was ridiculous and did it every 3K miles but to no avail. Consumer noted they never tried to repair the problem. (ph
While driving the vehicle at 80 mph, without warning the left rear tire blew causing the driver to pull off the road. Manufacturer of the tire has been contacted.
Cupping problems on 2002 Tahoe began at 12K miles, 2 tires replaced at 30K due to 2nd layer of tire exposed. Told by tire retailer that this is typical for this tire: Firestone willderness at P265/70R16.
Tire blew after being on the road for 2 hours. Swant graber motors (715)537-3247 who replaced the tire said the blowout was due to road hazzard I'm not buy that. They showed me a puncture in the sidewall. How can a puncture occure going down the freeway at 75 mph. On the sidewall? the oppisite sidewall completely discinigraded.
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- Phoenix , AZ, USA