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I had a complete blowout where the whole tire ripped away from the tire wall. The tire had been installed less than 24 hours. At the time I had slowed down and begun to exit the highway after noticing that my car was shaking slightly. As I reduced my speed from 75 mph to 30 mph, the tire broke loose and I was driving on the rim. Had I not pulled over when I did, I hate to think what might have happened.
The tire that failed was a replacement installed on 3/14/98 and it had only 32,000 miles on it. It was repaired by a Goodyear dealer for a leaking problem on 8/21/2000. The tire completely failed on 9/27/2000 while I was driving to an appointment on highway 97. The car started to vibrate and then I could hear it thumping the wheel well as the tread came off. I was able to brake and drive to the shoulder immediately, with no further damage to the car. After removing the tire, I observed that the entire tread had separated fom the sidewall on the exterior side and the interior side was 50% separated. This damage occured within 50 yards of my first awareness of a problem to the time I stopped. I braked gradually to leave the road at a safe speed. Further examination revealed that there was no obvious hole or damage to the actual tread surface. I decided to report this issue based on the current situation with Firestone tires. I also feel that I am fortunate to have survived without damage to my vehicle. I intend to pursue this incident with the tire dealership and/or Goodyear for replacement or compensation of the failed tire, at no further cost to myself. I would be glad to discuss this incident and I have pictures of the failed tire, although I did not take pictures at the time of the failure. Please contact me immediately if this product is part of a larger product failure investigation. (dot number: Jdr046 tiresize: 195/60R14)
Vehicle pulls to the left while driving at any speed, dealer informed owner of Goodyear tire problem, Goodyear said the problem is with vehicle's suspension. There was a product service bulletin regarding the Goodyear invicta gl tires, size P185/60R14 stating that these tires may experience premature wear, consumer listed dot number as 321615301.
- Middleton, WI, USA
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