2000 GMC YUKON Tires Problems

DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE AT SPEED LIMIT,TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, FLEW INTO WHEEL WELL. CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL, AND OFF COURSE TIRE DAMAGE. UNKNOWN PARTS REPAIRED/REPLACED...WILL TAKE CAR INTO DEALERSHIP TOMORROW MORNING. *JB

Mileage: 38,054

COMPLETE TREAD PEELED OFF. SENT TO FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE TIRE WAS OPERATED WITH "INSUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE"!!! V672WL10200 SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED!!! (NOTE: THE D.O.T. FIELD CUT OFF LAST NUMBER???) MR

I HAVE HAD 2 CATASTROPHIC FAILURES ON THE SUBJECT FIRESTONE TIRES @ 60 AND 70 MPH RESPECTIVELY. FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE FIRST TIRE IN MAY, 2001. AFTER THE SECOND FAILURE, 8/30/02 I FOUND A RECALL CALL NOTICE ON FIRESTONES WEBSITE FOR THE WILDERNESS LE TIRES MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO(WHICH MINE WERE) HOWEVER IT ONLY COVERS DOT#V672WL21700. I HAVE APPEALED TO THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER WITHOUT ANY SATISFACTION. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PROBLEM EXTENDS BEYOND THE RECALL NOTICE AND SOMEONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE FIRESTONE IS FORCED TO MAKE A BROADER RECALL.*AK

SIDEWALL FAILED. VEHICLE WAS GOING AT 5 MPH WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED. TIRE WAS NOT ABUSED IN ANYWAY. *AK

VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT DURING BRAKING AND WAS GETTTING WORSE...DEALER SAID TREAD WAS CROOKED AND WOULD ONLY REPLACE ONE TIRE NOT A PAIR...THIS AFFECTS DRIVABILITY. THE TREAD WAS NOT CROOKED WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.....WHAT HAPPEN...........????? THANKS. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

AT .155" DEPTH OF TREAD AND EVEN WEAR, TIRE DEVELOPED 30 TO 40 DEEP RADIAL CRACKS, 1" TO 2" LONG, BETWEEN THE TIRE OUTSIDE EDGE TREAD BLOCKS AND PROCEEDING TOWARD THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY INFLATED TO 36 - 50 PSI (80 PSI COLD MAX) AND WAS IMEADIATELY REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE APON DISCOVERY OF DEFECT. THERE IS NO VISIBLE EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TIRE AND IT NEVER BEEN OFF THE RIM. THE TIRE STILL HOLDS AIR. (DOT NUMBER: V611 TIRESIZE: LT245/R16)

BLOWOUT OF RIGHT, REAR TIRE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING FREEWAY SPEED (WITH 3 KIDS IN CAR)IN LOS ANGELES. CRASH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL, BECAUSE WE VEERED INTO LANE TO THE RIGHT, BUT DRIVER(MY HUSBAND) HANDLED TRUCK PROFESSIONALLY (NO BRAKING) AND WE DRIFTED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRES, P265/70R16, WERE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL, HOWEVER TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES THAT CAUSED TREMBLING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH, DEALER STATED TIRES WERE FINE, CONSUMER FEELS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THE BRAND OF REPLACEMENT TIRES AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH TIRE SHREDDED. LEFT REAR TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 21,000 MILES MOUNTED ON A 2000, GMC, YUKON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WANTED TO PRORATE THE TIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES FIRESTONE IS COMPLETELY NEGLIGENT HAD REPORTED UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR TO FIRESTONE.*JB

CONSUMER STATES HE TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE RECALLED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE (P265/70R16) TIRES, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS ONE OF THE RECALLED TIRES AND ALL 5 TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED, CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME BACK TO HAVE TIRES REPLACED, HOWEVER WHEN THE DEALERSHIP TOOK VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT ONLY ONE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

SPARE ON FIRESTONE IS 16 INCH TIRE,. IN OWNERS MANUEL TIRES SUPPOSE TO BE SAME SIZE. THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER FELT VIBRATION AND IN REARVIEW MIRROR COULD SEE TREAD FLAPPING, THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRE HAD EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE SIZE P265/70R16, DOT # V672WL11800. *SLC

I DID NOT SAVE EITHER OF THE FAILED TIRES BUT THEY WERE BOTH REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW 13 MONTHS AGO.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT. *AK (TIRESIZE: 26570R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 26570R16 )

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

PEE0 020, CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS WOBBLING. LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TREAD SEPARATED FROIM THE RIM. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. *AK

TIRE BLEW OUT @35MPH-VEHICLE PURCHASED 7/6/00.GM SAYS NOT GOING TO REPLACE TIRES.WILDNERNESS LE TIRES AREN'T IN THE RECALL. WANT ALL FIRESTONE TIRES OFF MY VEHICLE!!! I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON ANY FIRESTONE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 1155MS TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P26570R16 )

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT AT 65 MPH (~60 DEGREES) WHEN THE PASSENGERR REAR TIRE SEEMED TO FALL A PART. BY THE TIME I PULLED OVER THE TIRE WAS COMPLETLY DESTROYED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIRE DO THAT BEFORE. WHEN I TOOK THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE THEY COULDN'T TELL WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE TIRE. THEY SAID THAT I PROBABLY HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. I DON'T REMEMBER HITTING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO DOT NUMBER ON THE FIRESONE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS MADE IN MEXICO WITH THE FOLLOWING NUMBER ON IT 3156 EX BM 20562-3.*AK( DOT NUMBER: BM 20562-3 TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

CONSUMER HAS 2000, GMC YUKON WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, WILDERNESS LE TIRES WITH APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 300. TRAVELING AT 65MPH IN COLD CONDITIONS PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. NO DAMAGES OR INJURIES. TIRE SIZE P265/R1670 AND DOT# UNKNOWN. TIRE WAS REPLACED AT DEALER WITH NO PROBLEM.*AK

THIS TIRE, ALTHOUGH NOT IN THE RECALL GROUP PERFORMED JUST AS THE OTHERS WHEN IT BLEW AT 65MPH. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND WILL ALSO TAKE PICTURES. I WILL BE HAPPY TO KEEP THE TIRE FOR YOUR INSPECTION. PLEASE ADVISE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P70/R17 )

RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO AL AFTER HAVING OUR YUKON XL FOR APPROX. 2 WEEKS, WE HAD A BLOWOUT AT 4AM. WE HEARD A CLUNK AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, THE BLOWOUT OCCURRED. THE TREAD TOTALLY SEPARATED. WE WERE NOT REIMBURSED FOR THE TIRE AND HAD TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. NOW THAT WE KNOW FIRESTONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TURN THESE TIRES IN TO FIRESTONE AND GET A COMPLETE REFUND AND THEN GO BUY ANOTHER BRAND OF TIRES. FIRESTONE HAS SAID THEY WILL INSPECT THE TIRES FOR FREE AND IF THEY SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH ANY TIRE, THEY WOULD REPLACE THAT TIRE WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP THE FIRESTONE TIRES. CAN YOU HELP?*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

THE TIRE TREAD CAME APART AND CAUSED US TO HAVE A BLOWOUT ON THE FREEWAY. WE PAID TO HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED AT A FIRESTONE DEALER BECAUSE THE GM DEALER TOLD US IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE. THE FIRESTONE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT WE HAD RUN OVER ANY ROAD HAZARDS TO CAUSE THE TIRE TO COME APART. WE ARE TRYING TO GET GM TO REPLACE THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND SINCE THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR. IN LIGHT OF RECENT NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THESE FIRESTONE TIRES, WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING WITH OUR FAMILY ON THESE TIRES. WE FEEL FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT HAVING AN ACCIDENT AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265\70RI6 )