2002 Chevrolet Tahoe Tires

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE EQUIPPED WITH COOPER ZEON XST TIRES, SIZE: P305/45R22 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SIDEWALL DETACHED FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO FAIL. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

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. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH VEHICLE TIRES *TGW 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. *JB

TL* 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.

TL* 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.

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. *CN

TIRE EXPLOTION ON THE FREWAY. *TR

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. *TR

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. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE FRONT LEFT TIRE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY AT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE FIRE EVENTUALLY WENT OUT BY ITSELF. *JB

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?

OEM WILDERNESS FIRESTONE TIRES WEARING UNEVENLY. ALIGNMENT, BALANCE, PRESSURE,ETC ALL IN CHECK. THE INNER WALL WEARS UNEVENLY CAUSING ROAD NOISE, VIBRATION. NO TIRE FAILURE, YET. SPOKE TO DISCOUNT TIRE REPS. AND THEY'VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH THESE ON TAHOES. ONCE A DIFFERENT TIRE IS REPLACE ON THE RIM, THE UNEVEN WEARING STOPS.

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A KNOCKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED. THE DRIVER CHANGED THE TIRE. *NM THE RIM AND LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BEEN COMPLETELY TORE APART AT THE SEAMS. THE SALES DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A TIRE LOOK LIKE THAT BEFORE. *SC

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY. 70-75 MPH, DRY ROAD, 79 DEGREES ON I-10. PASSING A SEMI-TRUCK, LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT, VERY LITTLE TREAD LEFT ON TIRE. VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP THE WEEK PRIOR FOR REG. MAINTENANCE TIRES WERE CHECKED, AIR OKAY, REPLACED MISSING CAPS, TREAD DEPTH WAS 10/32. 2002 CHEVY TAHOE HAS 30,000 MILES. APPROXIMATELY. $1400 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE PLUS A NEW TIRE. *LA

WHILE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE COMPLETELY EXPLODED, SEPARATING THE SIDEWALL FROM THE TREAD. CONSUMER DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANYTHING. PULLED OVER, AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THEN, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT ON RECALL. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS LE, TIRE SIZE P265/70R16. *AK

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. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

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. *JB

TIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATION. *NLM

INAPPROPRIATE TIRES ON SUV'S COULD BE THE CAUSE OF ROLLOVERS.

PROBLEMS WITH FRONT ALIGNMENT ON 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE.*MR 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

SIDEWALL BLOWOUT IN FACTORY EQUIPTED FIRESTONE TIRE ON CHEVY TAHOE

THE CONSUMER HAD A FLAT TIRE THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. WHEN HE REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE IT WAS DAMAGE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH PASSENGER CAR TIRES INSTEAD OF TRUCK TIRES. *YH.*AK

TRAVELING SOUTH ON CA. HIGHWAY 99 THROUGH MACFARLAND CA. ON 11-20-2002 AT APPROX. 2215 HRS THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. WE WHERE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 72 MPH ON STRAIGHT FLAT STRETCH OF HWY AND WERE ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRE, I NOTICED THAT THE SIDEWALL HAD BLOWN OUT. THE TAHOE WAS PURCHASE ON AUG. 9TH OF 2002, AND ONLY HAD ABOUT 3842 MILES. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING, THE TIRE JUST FAILED.*AK

THE SPARE TIRE DOES NOT COME OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. *AK