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A chunk of approximately 2-3" blew out of the sidewall of the rear passenger tire. My daughter was driving, and she lost control after the tire blew and hit a tree head on at 45 mph. The vehicle was totaled and my daughter has multiple injuries, including a fractured kneecap, sprained jaw, disc protrusions at C6/C7 and L5/S1. She is having headaches and facial pain and a brain mri was performed yesterday. We'll have those results sometime next week. The tire was purchased in October 2013, was 20% worn and had no signs of inflation problems or signs of anything striking the tire. It was a Goodyear tire.
2000 Chevrolet Blazer 4X4, was parked for three weeks in a driveway of a house during vacation trip. Upon driving the vehicle upon vacation return it was found that the Firestone firehawk 500 235/70R15 right front tire had belt separation causing major vibration, steering difficulty and required tire replacement. Three other Firestone firehawk 500 tires on the vehicle do not indicate any defect upon visual inspection. Firestone recommends replacement of all tires due to age, dot 3303. Tread remaining on tires is 3/32" or more.
On 6/4/2008 I purchased four tires from walmart in yuma, AZ they were douglas tires 205/75R15bwx-trac II. Walmart installed/mounted and balanced the tires. 5 month's and less then 5000 miles later on 11/7/08 my wife called me to say that a tire was flat when I got there to look at the tire I found that the tire had ripped in six different places from the rim to the tread all the way through. I then looked at the other tires to find that they had indented/impressions in the same pattern around the tire as if starting to crack through like the other one did. Also I was having difficultly keeping the proper psi level in them my vehicle manufacture recommends 35psi, but for some reason these tires will leak out to 20 psi I had to put air in them every month to keep them at the proper level. I went back to walmart the next day on 11/8/2008 after arguing with them they finally replaced all four tires but they used the same brand, and now a month later I'm starting to see the same pattern of indent's/ impressions in the side wall and these tires to leak air as bad as the last set of douglas tires the replacement tires walmart installed are 205/75R15bwx-T. I believe that this brand name has defective tires and this needs to be looked into. I also have pictures of the tires that ripped if I can I will add them to the report but if not just request them from me and I will send them via email. Thank you.
I have had numerous problems with my 2000 Chevy Blazer ls 4X4. Under warranty the dealer replaced the oil lines by the oil filter, whole seat mechanism, driver side window motor, rear shock. They also fixed my hood rattle after 5 visits to the dealer and I told them what was wrong the first time it went in. Since then at 40,000 miles the driver side wheel bearing went out and had it replaced and at the same time had the fuel pump replaced since that went out also. At 50,000 miles the same one went out again and had it replaced. Now at 68,000 miles the passenger side wheel bearing is bad. Also on my first wheel bearing replacement, they told me the ball joints were very loose and should think about replacing those also. These things should never be going wrong with such low miles. From what I am reading on the web and hearing from the dealers, this is a very frequent problem that Chevy will not recall and take responsibility. I sure am happy that I haven't had a wheel fall off and kill someone yet.
- Forest Lake, MN, USA
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Our tires, uniroyal nail gard tiger paw P235/70R15, were very new, they had excellent tread left. I noticed a "wobble" developing and w/in a few days the tire exploded. The back left tire tread seperated. Our fuel line was torn out, the inner wall of our wheel well was broken up and had to be replaced. We were w/out our vehicle for almost 2 months. The repair shop informed us that our tires had been discontinued so we received a differnt type of uniroyal tire. It has been 2 months since the car was returned to us. I have noticed the "wobble" again. We are getting new tires tomorrow. Our complaints to uniroyal were ignored. They gave no reason for the discontinuation of the tires. I wonder why it is ok to let people continue driving around on tires that could kill them" why doesn't this government website do anything about all these complaints? maybe when someone dies they will. Won't that be a nice law suit"
Uniroyal, 235 60R15, original equipment, 31000 miles mounted on a Chevrolet, Blazer, 2000. Right rear tire experienced a blowout while consumer was driving at 55mph, there was some damage to vehicle on the right side.
I have tires that show bulges on the sidewall, the supplier states these are were the tire was put together, but there are two to three places on the tire that are now showing these bulges. I tried to contact good year tire but no one would give me the home office address. Don't now of any one that has a problem. (dot number: 105S tiresize: P235/75R15)
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- Tucson, AZ, USA