1999 Chevrolet Suburban Tires

ORIGINAL TIRES ON FIRESTONE, TPC 2012MS, LT245/75R16 LRE, 23553-UR-BM 05326. PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGING TO VEHICLE.*AK *JB

2 FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P245/75R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER STATED HE COULD TELL BY THE VEHICLE'S HANDLING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES, DOT # V611 B1A. *SLC

WHILE PULLING MY TRAVEL TRAILER AT APROXIMATELY 60MPH. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE HAD GOOD PRESSURE AND ACTUALLY NEVER BLEW (IT STILL HAS GOOD PRESSURE). THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE GOOD AND I CAN NAME NO CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS SHOWING NO SEPARATION OF WEAR PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE TRIP. WE HAD BEEN TRAVELING ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS. THANK YOU. *AK (DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

V1 WAS DRIVING AND FRONT DRIVER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE IS A FIRESTONE ATX TIRE. (CLAIM# 43-R546-775) *MW

BLOWOUT ON FIRST TIRE OCCURRED AT 65 MPH WITH 4 PEOPLE IN VEHICLE, SIDEWALL BURST. FIRESTONE DEALER ASSERTED THAT SOME CUT MUST HAVE OCAUSED FAILURE. INFLATION PRESSURES REGULARLY CHECKED. SECOND TIRE FAILURE FOUND AT NORMAL INSPECTION. APPROXIMATELY 4" FAILURE IN RUBBER ON SIDE WALL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 2012MS TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)

RUPTURED VALVE STEM IN PASSENGER SIDE REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRE (P245 75 R16). *SLC

THE TIRE BLEW WHILE TURNING LEFT ON AN UP HILL CURVE. APPROXIMATELY 95% OF THE FRONT SIDEWALL SHREDDED. NO VISABLE DEFECTS IN THE SIDEWALL OR TREAD. THIS OCCURED AFTER 3.5 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS DRIVING AT SPEEDS FROM 55 - 75.( DOT NUMBER: VN11BAB TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

BRIDGESTONE DUELER HT TIRES P265/75R16 DOT 7BW8PDA028 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING $3500 IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

VEHICLE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY UNSTABLE, DUE TO BELT FAILURE OVER HALF OF THE TIRE, TIRE BEGINNING TREAD SEPARATION, PER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX R45 LT245/75/R1GE)*ET

EXTREME VIBRATION AT HIWAY SPEEDS. FIRESTONE DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH TIRE. (TIRESIZE: 245/75/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )

TREAD CAME LOOSE FROM TIRE DURING NORMAL OPERATION. TREAD BEATUP THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AND DAMAGED THE REAR HEATER CORE AND SUPPLY HOSES. IT KNOCKED THE MUFFLER UP AND DAMAGED THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY. WE HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO A FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY AND HAD THE TIRES CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THESE TIRES HAVE A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAPPEND WITHIN ONE WEEK. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED 50 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRS OF OVER $2000.00 HAD TO BE MADE. THERE WER NO INJURIES TO PASSANGERS. (TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER 1998, IN EARLY MARCH 1999 THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 4000 MILES. ON INTERSTATE 240, 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE I-40 JUNCTION, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-40 AND I-240. BEFORE TAKING THE TIRE OFF OF THE VEHICLE, I TOOK PICTURES OF THE REMAINS OF THE TIRE. DO YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS? (DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

LEAVING FOR HERSHEY PA. ON 10/04/00, AFRAID OF TIRE FAILURE TO AND FROM. CALLED FIRESTONE DEALER HERE LOCALLY, THEY BRUSHED ME OFF. WHAT TO DO?? I DON'T WANT TRADGEDY TO HAPPEN.*AK (DOT NUMBER: TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

WE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT ON A VACATION (7/6/00) ON NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY;SIX CHILDREN AND WIFE WERE IN CAR AT 55 MILES PER HOUR; I WAS ABLE TO SAFETY GET CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. MY DEALER REPLACED TIRE WITH MATCHING TIRE. IT TURNS OUT ALL TIRES ARE THE RECALLED FIRESTONE TIRES VERIFIED BY A FIRESTONE DEALER. I AM ON A WAITING LIST FOR REPLACEMENTS. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SAME TIRES ON OTHER SUBURBANS AROUND MY AREA AND ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT FORD. A SLOWER REACTION ON MY PART COULD HAVE MEANT MY 6 CHILDREN HURT. THOUGHT I WOULD FINALLY REPORT TO SOMEBODY FOR RECORD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TWO OF THE FIRESTONE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *MJS

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: TWO DIFFERENT BLOWOUT/TREAD SEPARATIONS. FIRST, WAS A LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS GOING FLAT, AND TREAD SEPARATION. SECOND, LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT/TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH WITH DRIVER/ONE PASSENGER IN A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, LT245/75R16, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. *AK

THE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ENTIRE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT COMPLETLY. THE POLICE SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A FAILURE BEFORE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE CURRENT FIRESTONE TIRE DEFECTS. THIS VEHICLE IS USED TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN WITH AND THERE WERE 4 OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

TWO TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION, FORTUNATLY ROUGH RIDE NOTICED, TIRES REPLACED WITH COOPER TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 245/70R )

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SHOWED CUPPING, NOW ALL 4 TIRES SHOW SIDEWALL CRACKING AND TREAD CRACKING (BOTH ON THE TREAD FACE AND SIDEWALL). TIRE LIFE I ALMOST OVER AT LESS THAN 24000 MILES DESSPITE PROPER INFLATION AND ROTATION CCNDDUCTED SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. DUNLOP TIRES INSTALLED ON ANOTHER VEHICLE AT SAME ADRESS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME ANDD WITH MUCCH GREATER MILEAGE SHOW NONE OF THESE SIGNS.( DOT NUMBER: URBM053261 TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE CAME APART. THE OUTER TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE INNER CORDS. THIS TIRE IS NEW AND THE AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECKED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HIS VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. HE PULLED OVER, AND LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BUBBLES AND STARTED TO SEPARATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. TIRE WAS FIRESTONE STEEL RADIAL #LT245/75R16 LOAD RANGE E MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO. TIRE WAS TURNED IN TO FIRESTONE AND REPLACED. *AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE DEVELOPED A PRONOUNCED VIBRATION RATHER RAPIDLY WHICH RESULTED IN STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND UPON EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMALITY WAS OBSERVED IN THE SHAPE OF THE TIRE. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION THE TIRE TREAD WAS OBSERVED TO APPEAR TO BE SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. TREAD WAS "BUBBLED" AWAY FROM THE BELTING. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )

TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, NOTICED A SQUIRMING, WIGGLING, AND THEN A "WUMP,WUMP,WUMP". PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ABOUT HALF INFLATED AND BLISTERED ALL AROUND THE OUTSIDE ON THE SIDEWALL NEXT TO THE TREAD. (TIRESIZE: 245/75R-16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75R-16 )

THIS WAS A REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR A REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR FIRESTONES!. HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS TIRE WHEN I NOTICED SMALL CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL. DEALER REPLACED TIRE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. (TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )

TIRE DEALER SAID TREAD SEPARATED, TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH SAME KIND. (TIRESIZE: 245-75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245-75R16 )