1999 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR Tires Problems

DT: CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT TIRES. BEFORE RECEIVING THE RECALL CONSUMER ROTATED THE TIRES ,TAKING THE TWO FRONT TIRES OFF AND PUTTING THEM ON THE BACK INNER REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL LETTER STATED THAT DEALER WOULD ONLY REPLACE THE TWO FRONT TIRES AND THEY DID. BUT THOSE WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL FRONT TIRES, AND BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN ROTATED AND PUT T ON THE BACK, DEALER WOULDN'T REPLACE THEM IN THE RECALL. THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT TIRE BLOW OUTS. THE FIRST ONE OCCURRED BEFORE THE RECALL. CONSUMER HAD TO FIND THAT SIZE TIRE SO HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID TO PUT THE RECALL SIZE ON THE TIRES. MANUFACTURER REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR THAT TIRE. THE TIRE WAS LOCATED ORIGINALLY ON THE FRONT, BUT IT WAS ROTATED TO INNER REAR AT THE TIME OF THE BLOW OUT. THE SECOND TIME THE TIRE WAS LOCATED ON THE INNER REAR AND IT WAS ROTATED FROM THE FRONT, BUT IT WAS NOT AN ORIGINAL TIRE. IT HAD BEEN ON THE FRONT ABOUT 1500 MILES AFTER IT GOT ROTATED. THE THIRD TIME THE TIRE HAD BEEN ON THE FRONT AT SOME POINT. ALL TOGETHER 3 OF THE 4 TIRES BLEW OUT. ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FRONT TIRES GOT MOVED TO THE INNER REAR, AND IT WAS THE FIRST OF THE THREE BLOW OUTS. THE OTHER ORIGINAL FRONT TIRE WAS USED AS A SPARE TIRE AND IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE INNER REAR.*AK

Mileage: 23,379

RECALL 04V037000 CONCERNING NEWMAR TIRES. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE NO PART WAS AVAILABLE SINCE JULY 31, 2004. *AK

ON THE DATE BELOW, I HAD THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT ON MY 1999 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR WITH MICHELIN 255 80R 22.5 TIRES. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS WELL MAINTAINED, THE DAY WAS FAIRLY WARM IN MONTANA, AND I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY GOING UP A STEEP HILL WHEN THE BLOWOUT OCCURRED. I READ ON AN RV FORUM THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH TIRE EQUIPMENT ON 1999 DIESEL DUTCH STAR MOTORHOME.*MR ANOTHER MOTORIST INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT A RECALL REGARDING THE FRONT TIRES, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD REPLACED THE REAR TIRES AS WELL. THE CONSUMER STATED IF ONLY THE FRONT TIRES WERE TO BE REPLACED, HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ROTATE THE TIRES. *JB

3 TIRES WERE REPLACED WITHIN 11,000 MILES. SIDEWALL BLEW OUT ON ALL THREE TIRES. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 11,000

3 TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED WITHIN 11,000 MILES. SIDEWALL BLEW OUT ON ALL THREE. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 11,980

3 TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED WITHIN 11,000 MILES. SIDEWALL BLEW OUT ON ALL THREE. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.*AK

Mileage: 11,980

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V037000 CONCERNING TIRE FAILURE. BEFORE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED SIDEWALL AND TREAD BLEW OUT, CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FENDER AND WHEELS. DEALER FELT THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIRES, BUT NOT FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK *PH

Mileage: 45,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V037000 CONCERNING TIRE FAILURE. BEFORE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED SIDEWALL AND TREAD BLEW OUT, CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE FENDER AND WHEELS. DEALER FELT THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIRES, BUT NOT FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK *PH

Mileage: 45,000

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT THAT ALSO DAMAGED FIBER GLASS BODY AROUND THE WHEEL. (NAR) *LA *CB

DOT D6H6AK3X159 255 80R22.5 XRV CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW AT 55 MPH. RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. TIRE ON THE REAR DUAL WHEEL ALSO BLEW OUT. TIRES TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED. MOTOR HOME WAS DAMAGED BY TIRES.*AK A THIRD TIRE ALSO EXPLODED (MICHELIN 255/80R 2215), CONSUMER REPLACED WITH ANOTHER TIRE BRAND. *TT