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On March 26th 2011 while traveling westbound on I 76 in Colorado our driverside front tire blew out. The tire was a tempra trail cutter radial rt lt 255/85R16. After a loud shotgun type noise, our vehicle went out of control. We regained control and brought the vehicle to the side of the interstate and stopped. We contacted cooper tire who manufactures this brand on 03/29/2011 and we were told that this tire was not currently under recall.
The contact owns a 1996 Dodge Ram 3500 equipped with general tire highway scout (na) tires. The contact stated that he made several attempts to locate the tire manufacturer and was unsuccessful. The tire size was 215/85R16 and the dot number adop1ld1204 were listed on the highway scout tires. The contact was driving approximately 65 mph, when both rear tires blew out and the tread separated. The failure caused damage to the rear fender. The failure occurred twice; six tires blew out and the tread separated within three months. There was only a quarter inch of tread depth remaining on the tires. The contact called the tire manufacturer but discovered that they were no longer in business. The VIN was unavailable. The current mileage on the tires was approximately 18,000.
While inspecting the tires consumer noticed that they dry rotted and separated at the base where the tread was connected. Dealership inspected the tires, and acknowledged the failure. But did not provide the cause of the failure, instead offered consumer 50% off a new set of tires.
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
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1/2 in from the rim the tire looks like sun rot as well as all the way around the sidewall, it is cracked and splitting aon the front and back tire, my mechanic said that this is very unsafe and if the tire gets hot the front and back will blow out, these tires only have 26000 miles on them, I haul a horse trail and a camper and am very concered about a blow out, while hauling a load. Both techs that looked at these tires said that the cracking and splitting is not right" can you give me advice to help ?"
Front right tire separated at 65mph almost causing a major accident and possible death. Dealer was notified at 2,410 mileage about front end vibration/shimmy. No cause found. Vibration in front end reported numerous times to dealer without problem being found since it continued. Was told "normal ride" for truck. Truck experienced numerous problems with front end suspension, rattles in dash from vibration, steering column excessive play etc, etc, etc. Remaining tires show signs of bluging and cracking. Tire was defective from begining in my opinion and put me at risk! dealer rebalanced/rotated tires many times and simply concluded the vibration/shimmy was normal for truck and stated I might have a better ride when loaded. (dot number: Load E tiresize: Lt24575R16)
I carry a heavy camper, although in spec for the tires, about 25% of the time. Two tires failed by tread separation at about 13000 miles, no more than 5000 miles loaded. I paid for replacements. There was lots of tread left. Two more had failed by about 25000 miles, with about 5000 miles of loaded operation. These miles were at greatly reduced speed because of fear of failure. Again I replaced the tires, they were not given to me. Goodyear says the truck is at fault, Dodge says the tires are bad. No one laughed out loud. In all cases the tires had lots of tread left and the failure was delamination around the tread area. The tires did not lose air and therefore no accident vehicle damage resulted. I went thru the customer arbitration board at Dodge, claiming they selected inappropriate tires, to no avail. A concensus of tire people was that the engine had too much torque for the tires even though no overloaded. I became concerned that, since no assurances were given that the problem would not recur, the next failure might produce a accident. I threw away 4 virtually new tires and replaced them with cooper tires at my own expense. Good tire wear and no problems have been encountered with the cooper tires in almost 20000 miles. I would be happy to provide more information if requested. (tiresize: Lt24575R16)( dot number: Tire size: Lt24575R16 )
Tire had wires from side cord working it's way out and sticking out of tire. A small hole was repaired and caused the cord to seperate and the tire to bulge at the place of repair. (tiresize: P245/75R16)( dot number: Tire size: P245/75R16 )
Right rear outer tire of Dodge dually seperated and exploded at 45 mph causing $2500 in damage. Second tire, left rear outer, partially seperated at 65 mph causing $500 in damage. Remaining tires removed and the third tire was found to be seperating badly also. I have two of the three failed tires, plus the fourth. Manufacturer was notified by E-mail, but no response.
I am the owner of a 96 Dodge Ram 1500 ext. Cab truck. I purchased the truck with 33000 mile from vancouver Dodge in vancouver, Washington on Jan 17, 1998. At the time of purchase the vehicle was equipped with Firestone firehawk ATX tires size 30 X 9.50 R15.( dot number: Tire size: 30X9.50R15 )
Transmission slips and fails on ingrades.... excessive tire wear on the front tires and excessive fuel consumption.. and rough vibration in the front end even after a tire change and balance, and front end alignment... gas milage is 230 miles to a 26 gallon tank of gas( dot number: Tire size: P225/75R16 )
Loud clunking noise and sensation in steering linkage while braking and turning corners. Dealer had same problem with another Ram pickup. Dealer replaced upper and lower ball joints. Fixed problem. However, after additional 10,000 miles problem is re-occurring. Also, three of original five tires had defects including significant bulging and ply separation. Resulted in poor traction, excelerated wear, and bouncing. Owner replaced two tires. When third tire failed, owner replaced all the tires. Dealer stated they receive many tire complaints from new vehicle owners with Goodyear tires.( dot number: Tire size: P245 75R16 )
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- Apache Junction, AZ, USA