1998 Chevrolet Suburban Tires

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER DISCOVERER ATR, SIZE LT245/75R16 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 2 MPH AND GREATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE STEEL BELT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE PROTRUDED THROUGH THE TREAD. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VEHICLE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 205,000.

1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN SUFFERED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WHEN A BLOWOUT OCCURRED.*MR *JB *NM

WE WERE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 70 MPH ON I-35; ALL TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED; THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS OR DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY; WITHOUT WARNING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME APART. THE TREAD CAME OFF OF THE TIRE, WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE WHILE THE WHEEL KEPT TURNING. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON YOUR SITE, THIS APPEARS TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRESTONE/EXPLORER PROBLEMS.*AK

ORGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE, STEELTEX TIRES, SIZE LT245/75 R16 DOT # V611B1A, AT 25,000 MILES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF TREAD SEPARATION ON THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *TT

KUMHO ROAD VENTURE HT TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING AND PULLING A 26 FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER AT 68 MPH . TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT 38,000 MILES, TIRE SIZE 245/75R16, DOT# H211YD1P309. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE TIRE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE FAILED TIRE AND FOUND NO DEFECT. *YH

THE TIRE BLEW UP - COMPLETETLY DISINTERGRATED WITHOUT WARNING - THE PRESSURE HAD BEEN CHECKED BEFORE THE TRIP AND NO ROAD HAZRARDS WERE NOTICED - HOWEVER THE CAR FOLLOWING NOTED THE TIRE LOOKED LOW BEFORE IT BLEW - SO IT HAD TO HAVE LOST PRESSURE DURING THE @10 MILES AND THEN DISENTERGRATED. *AK

TREAD SEPARATION. AMBIENT TEMP 96 DEGREES. INFLATION 80 POUNDS COLD. MUD/SNOW TREAD. TOWING 6200 LB TRAVEL TRAILER WITH EQUILIZING HITCH.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VN11B3A477 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

PE 00 040/TREAD SEPARATION: LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WITH DRIVER AND THREE PASSENGERS, ONE ADULT IN A 1998 CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE LT245/75R16. *AK DOT NUMBERS V611B1A447 AND V611B1A487 FOR THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRES, FRONT TIRES WERE KEPT AT 70PSI AND REAR TIRES 75PSI. *SLC

LT265/75R16, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT TIRE WITH 10000 MILES ON A 1998, CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE DRIVING 63 MPH REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. NO ACCIDENT.*AK *YH

WHEN THUMPING OCCURRED AND VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO RIGHT WE HAD TIRES BALANCED. THIS DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM SO TOOK IT IN TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED MORE THROUGHLY. WE WERE TOLD THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND TO GET THEM OFF IMEDIATELY. THUMPING AND PULLING CEASED AFTER NEW TIRES WERE PUT ON. (DOT NUMBER: TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

THESE TIRES DID NOT LAST ONE YEAR. ODOMETER READING 30249 WHEN TIRES NEW. I CHANGED THE TIRES AT ODOMETER READING 59126 MILES. THE TIRES ARE RATED FOR 50,OOO. I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED BEFORE I TOOK A TRIP TO KANSAS CITY THIS PAST SUMMER IN MAY. I WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER OF THE GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER IN BEAUMONT TEXAS THAT THE REASON FOR THE TIRE FAILURE WAS UNDER INFLATION. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS ONE INFLATION AND THE AUTO MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS ANOTHER. I ASKED THE GOODYEAR SERVICE MANAGER IF GOODYEAR HAD THIS IN WRITING HE SAID NO. I BELEIVE I GOT RIPPED OFF! THE TWO TIMES I HAD MY VEHICLES TIRES BALANCE I WAS NOT TOLD THAT AT THE GOODYEAR DEALERSHIPS THAT THEY WERE UNDER INFLATED. I WOULD NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER GOODYEAR TIRE EVEN THOUGH THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS THEM AS A CUSTOMER BUTADIENE CUSTOMER. I WENT TO ANOTHER COMPANY AND GOT TIRES FOR MY VEHICLE AND MET A GOODYEAR EMPLOYEE AND THE BEAUMONT TEXAS FACILITY THAT TOLD ME HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND EVEN THOUGH HE WORKED FOR GOODYEAR PLANT HE WOULD NOT PURCHASED THEIR TIRES. HE ALSO BY HERE SAY TOLD ME THAT A RETIRED GENTLEMAN AT THE FIRESTONE FACILITY IN ILLONOIS PLANT TOLD HIM THAT THEY MADE TIRES WITH OTHER TIRE COMPANY NAMES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE. I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND A SICK WIFE AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DUPED BY CONGLOMERATE TIRE MANUFACTURES. IF I HAVE BEEN WRONGED AS I FEEL I THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST SUCH PRACTICES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/75R1C)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R1C )

WE HAVE HAD TWO TIRES SEPERATE ON THIS VEHICLE PLUS THREE TIRES ON ANOTHER CHEVROLET SUBURBAN OF THE SAME SIZE AT AN EARLIER DATE. (DOT NUMBER: V611 B1A TIRESIZE: 245X75X16)

THE STEEL BELT BROKE, CAUSING A LUMP ON THE TIRE. CHANGED TIRE OUT IMMEDIATELY. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )