1997 DODGE RAM 2500 Tires Problems

WHILE DRIVING A DODGE RAM 2500, WITHOUT ANY LOAD AND AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH ON A STRAIGHT SMOOTH ROAD THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BURST FOR NO APPARENT REASON. A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER BELIEVES THAT THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED AND AT A LOW PRESSURE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AS A VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE TRIP WHICH RESULTED IN THE BLOWOUT DID NOT INDICATE A LOW PRESSURE.

Mileage: 418,844

DEAN MUD TERRAIN RADIAL SXT LT265/75R16 MANUFACTURED JANUARY 2006. TIRE'S WITH 22,000 MILES. TREAD SEPARATED FROM CASING CAUSING A BUBBLE, TIRE REPLACED. SECOND TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT THREE WEEKS LATER AFTER TIRE INSPECTION.

Mileage: 112,701

BOUGHT A SET OF B.F. GOODRICH ALL TERRAIN T/A KO LT235/85R16 LRE DOT BFORUH21 ON NOV.21, 2011. MY TRUCK IS A 1997 DODGE 2500 4X4 5.9L DIESEL. HAD 217,260 MILES ON IT. ON WEDNESDAY, APR. 4, 2012 AT ABOUT 10:30 P.M. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING US HOME. THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF IN ONE PIECE AND ALL THAT WAS LEFT ON THE RIM WAS THE PERFECT SIDEWALLS. I SEE B.F. GOODRICH HAS RECALLED THIS SAME TIRE BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 223,121

THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE RIPPED APART WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT 65 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 89,472

THE SPARE TIRE ON MY 97 DODGE PICKUP TRUCK FELL OFF THE TRUCK FROM ITS STORAGE HOLDER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HORSE TRAILER I WAS TOWING, RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE ON THE TRAILER. FORTUNATELY NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. THE CAUSE WAS THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER RUSTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT JUST LET THE TIRE LOOSE. *TR

Mileage: 158,070

I HAVE HAD THREE TIRE SEPARATIONS WITH THE GOODYEAR TRACKER AND TRACKER II TIRES LT245-75R16. GOODYEAR STATES THE TIRE WERE MADE FOR WALMART AND WILL NOT GET INVOLVED. WALMART HAS REPLACED EACH OF THE TIRES BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE UNSAFE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG THE REAR END OF THE PICKUP ROSE 4-6". UPON LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR THE SPARE TIRE HAD FALLEN FROM ITS STORAGE LOCATION UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK. UPON INSPECTION THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE TIRE ASSEMBLY HAD CORRODED AND ONE EAR (HALF) OF THE BRACKET BUCKLED AND ALLOWED THE TIRE TO FALL.*AK

Mileage: 109,500

WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT TIRE LOST ITS SHAPE. CONSUMER STOPPED AND CHANGED THE TIRE. LATER, THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS REPLACED. CURRENTLY,THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR TIRES WERE SHOWING THE SAME DEFECT. *AK THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES HAD BROKEN BELTS. THE TIRES HAD 18000 MILES ON THEM AND THE TREAD WAS AT 55-60%. *NM

Mileage: 18,000

WE WERE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD A LOUD BANGING/THUMPING AND WERE LOSING CONTROL OF THE BACK OF OUR TRUCK. WE THOUGHT WE HAD A BLOWOUT SO WE PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. INITIALLY, THE TIRE LOOKED FINED UNTIL WE LOOKED AT THE BACK OF THE TIRE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. IT LOOKED LIKE A TREAD SEPARATION. WE REPLACED THAT TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE AND TRAVELED TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE TOWN TO BUY A NEW TIRE. WE WERE AFRAID TO TRAVEL ANY FURTHER WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE NOT KNOWING WHAT CAUSED THE INITIAL PROBLEM AND TO MAKE SURE WE WERE PREPARED IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ANOTHER ONE OF THE TIRES. WE STILL HAVE THE TIRE THAT WE BELIEVE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT (HANKOOK SPORT KING).*AK *NLM

FRONT REAR TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. TIRE WERE REPLACED. SIZE LT2475R16E, DOTMK11C20V366, ORGINAL TIRES. *AK *MJ

GOODYEAR WRANGLER, SIZE LT245/75R16, DOT: MD11BT0V446018L ON RAM 250. AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH LEFT REAR GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK *YH

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 65 M.P.H. THE TIRE TREAD AND BELTS SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A TOWING OPERATION NOR WAS IT CARRYING ANY TYPE OF LOAD. THERE WERE 2 OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF LUGGAGE. (DOT NUMBER: C1W288G07R TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

THE LEFT REAR TIRE FAILED CATASTROPICALLY. TREAD VIOLENTLY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE DOING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE OCCURRED, BUT NO CRASH RESULTED. THE FAILED TIRE REMAINED FULLY INFLATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO REST. THE FAILED TIRE SLOWLY LOST PRESSURE AFTER THE INCIDENT AND WAS AT A LOW PRESSURE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO A GOODYEAR DEALER 40 HOURS AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURED. ALL OF THE TIRES WERE WELL MAINTAINED, PROPERLY INFLATED, AND WERE NOT OVERLOADED. ALL OF THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS. THE LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER HAS THE ALL OF THE TIRES AND WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING ON TURNPIKE, TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND BEAT ON SIDE OF VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE, TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE, FIRESTONE FIREHAWK, SIZE P265/75R16. *SLC

PE00 048; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. GOODYEAR, RANGLER, 16INCH. *AK GOODYEAR WRANGLER (P245 75 R16) DOT # MD11BT0V087. *SLC

1997, DODGE, 2500 SERIES WITH GOODYEAR TIRES SIZE LT 245/75R16 E DOT# MD11BTOV446 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON DRY BUT BUMPY PAVEMENT CONSUMER NOTICED 1/3 OF TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. GOODYEAR REPAIRED BODY WORK, BUT CONSUMER REPLACED TIRE WITH GOODRICH TIRE. *AK *SLC

TIRE SIDEWALL FAILED AT FREEWAY SPEED WITH FULL RECOMMENDED PRESSURE, WHILE CARRYING A CABOVER CAMPER. NO TREAD SEPERATION OCCURRED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE COMING FROM REAR. STOPPED VEHICLE ON SHOULDER/ CHECKED & NOTICED NOTHING WRONG. DROVE FURTHER & THEN 1/3 OF THE TREAD FLEW OFF LEFT REAR TIRE. REPLACED IT WITH SPARE. TIRE WAS NOT FLAT, BUT BALD. BOUGHT A NEW TIRE. TRAVELING 60MPH WHEN THE TREAD PEELED COMPLETELY OFF RIGHT REAR TIRE. STOPPED VEHICLE & CHANGED IT WITH SPARE. GOODYEAR WRANLGER RTS LT245/75R16 WITH 47,000 MILES ON 1ST TIRE & 49,000 MILES ON 2ND TIRE. TIRES ON 1997, DODGE, D2500.*AK THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FAULTY TIRES. *SLC

I DRIVE 70,000 MILES A YEAR...I HAVE HAD A SET OF 4 MICHLIN TIRES THAT HAVE SHOWN OBVIOS SIGNS OF TREAD SEPERATION ...VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS SHOWN ON TV WITH THE FIRESTONE RECALL PROBLEM.......I HAVE BEEN A OVER THE ROAD DRIVER AND DO KNOW WHAT I FEEL IS UNSAFE IN TIRES...I TOOK THESE OFF MY TRUCK WITH OVER 1/2 OF TREAD STILL ON THEM,AS IFEARED THAT THEY WERE TO COME APART...I CONTACTED THE DEALER(SAMS CLUB) FOR ADJUSTMENT...THE STORE MANAGER WAS CALLED IN TO THE PROBLEM AND HE CALLED SOME PAPERPUSHER AT MICHLIN AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM....THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AS THE TIRES DID NOT FAIL,THAT IT APPEARED ACCORDING TO DESCRIPTION THAT IT WAS SURFACE CHECKING,BUT IT IS COMPLETELY AROUND TREAD IN AND OUT SIDE ON ALLL 4 TIRES...THESE WERE ROTATED AND BALANCED REGULARLY ON SERVICE CONTRACT WITH SELLING DEALER..SO THEY HAD ALL MAINT REQUIRED.....I DID REPLACE THEM AS I SAID I FEARED FAILURE....I AM WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER REPORTS ON THIS TIRE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: M32KBHX519 TIRE SIZE: LT245/75/R )

2 WRANGLER AT LT 245 75 R16 HAVE FAILED VIA TREAD SEPARATION, THE SECOND AT 70MPH WHICH DID 4755. $ DAMAGE. 4 OF 5 TIRES REPLACED BYGOODYEAR UNDER LIABILITY CLAIM G00T00109. TRUCK REPAIRS PAID BY STATE FARM, MADE BY SYMMONS BODY AND FENDER, INC DANVILLE CA FED ID #: 942536583 PH (925)820 3317 FAX 8897 JOB NO 9151 ON 03/10/2000( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 245 75 )

2 WRANGLER AT LT 245 75 R16 HAVE FAILED VIA TREAD SEPARATION, THE SECOND AT 70MPH WHICH DID 4755. $ DAMAGE. 4 OF 5 TIRES REPLACED BYGOODYEAR UNDER LIABILITY CLAIM G00T00109. TRUCK REPAIRS PAID BY STATE FARM, MADE BY SYMMONS BODY AND FENDER, INC DANVILLE CA FED ID #: 942536583 PH (925)820 3317 FAX 8897 JOB NO 9151 ON 03/10/2000( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 245 75 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )

TIRE BLEW WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH. TWO MORE TIRES WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.

TIRE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE TREAD TO PEEL AWAY FROM THE STEEL BELTS AT HIGHWAY SPEED SMASHING THE TRUCK FENDERS, SHREDDING THE WHEEL WELLS AND MUD FLAPS, AND TWISTING THE RUNNING BOARDS.

VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL AS TIRE BLEW OUT WITH NO WARNING.