2012 KEYSTONE MONTANA Problems & Recalls

WHILE PULLING OUR FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILER, WE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION WITH ONE OF OUR POWER KING TOWMAX STR TIRES. THE RESULTING TIRE FAILURE, CAUSE BODY DAMAGE TO BOTH THE PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM SKIRTING ON THE RV. TRAVELING SPEED: 60 MPH. TIRE PRESSURE: 80 PSI. TREAD DEPTH: 6/32".

ON 4/5/16 TRAVELING ON I-10 IN FLORIDA HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF OUR CAMPER, TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR MARATHON 235/80/R16, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. FOUR DAYS LATER 4/9/16 ON I-65 IN ALABAMA WE HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT, THIS TIME PASSENGER SIDE, AGAIN CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. TH...

Mileage: 12,000

ORIGINAL GOODYEAR MADE-IN-CHINA TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES. WE ARE OBSESSIVE ABOUT CHECKING AND ADJUSTING TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE EACH TRIP. EXPERTS RECOMMENDED CHECKING TRAILER AXLE ALIGNMENT, WHICH WE HAD TO DO AT OUR OWN EXPENSE EVEN THOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. N...

Mileage: 4,000

ORIGINAL GOODYEAR MADE-IN-CHINA TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES. WE ARE OBSESSIVE ABOUT CHECKING AND ADJUSTING TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE EACH TRIP. EXPERTS RECOMMENDED CHECKING TRAILER AXLE ALIGNMENT, WHICH WE HAD TO DO AT OUR OWN EXPENSE EVEN THOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. N...

Mileage: 4,000

OUR NEW MONTANA FIFTH WHEEL CAME EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON ST 235/80 R16 LOAD RANGE E TIRES. WITHIN 7 MONTHS OF PURCHASE AND WITH 4500 MILES ON THE TIRES, WE HAD A COMPLETE TIRE FAILURE WITH THE ENTIRE TREAD BEING BLOWN OFF WHILE DOING 60 MPH ON A CLEAR INTERSTATE WITH NO ROAD HAZARD. WE HAD...

Mileage: 4,500

I PURCHASED A NEW5TH WHEEL RV IN JULY 2013 AND I HAVE HAD 2 TIRE BLOW OUTS WITHIN 8 MONTHS SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I ALWAYS CHECK AND MAINTAIN THE RECOMENDED 80 PSI COLD PRESSURE THAT THE TIRE CALLS FOR AND I KEEP MY HIGHWAY SPEED BELOW 65 MPH. IT APPEARS TO BE TREAD SEPERATION AND IT HAS DONE EXTENSIVE ...

Mileage: 700

APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES FROM HOME, #1 BLOWOUT OCCURRED NEAR MILE MARKER (MM) 175 ON I-75, RT REAR, TREAD COMPLETELY TORN OFF, WRAPPED AROUND AXLE, PUT HOLE IN JACK HYDRAULIC LINE AND DID STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT SIDE. HAD GOOD SAM PUT ON SPARE. #2 BLOWOUT OCCURED AT MM 145 ON I-75, LEFT REAR, MINIM...

Mileage: 4,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A KEYSTONE RV TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH FOUR GOOD YEAR MARATHON TIRES, SIZE: T235/80 R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAULING THE TRAILER THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, WHO REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR D...

Mileage: 11,174

I HAVE A 2012 KEYSTONE COUGAR 324RLB AND I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN AUG. 2011. IT HAS ST235/8016 POWER-KING TOW-MAX STR TIRES (DOT 83B5 GPB 1211) THAT CAME NEW WITH THE TRAILER. THESE TIRES HAVE VERY LOW MILES ON THEM, LESS THAN 5000 MILES. ON LABOR DAY 2013 I HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE CURB SIDE REAR ...

RETURNING HOME FROM A 3 NIGHT TRIP TO CHAMA, NM WHEN PASSENGER REAR TIRE OF OUR 2012 5TH WHEEL TRAILER BLEW OUT. WE WERE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON I-40 OUTSIDE THE EASTERN CITY LIMIT OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THERE WAS AN EXIT ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY SO WE COULD PULL OFF WITH ROOM TO REPLACE THE TIRE. PLASTIC W...

Mileage: 6,600

WHILE OUTSIDE OF SALT LAKE CITY UTAH ON INTERSTATE 15 WE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION ON OUR 2012 KEYSTONE MONTANA 3100RL. THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME APART. THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR MARATHON STS235R 16. THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE 49TH WEEK OF 2011 AND CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE TRAILER WHEN WE BOU...

Mileage: 12,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KEYSTONE MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME FLEXES ON THE TRAILER WHICH WAS CAUSED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE FLEXING OF THE FRAME WAS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE DESIGN. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 3,000