Consumer Complaint Detail

GOODYEAR / WRANGLER HT / 9999

0903

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004267737 Incident Date: Mar, 14 2004
Consumer's City: POQUOSON Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Model Name: WRANGLER HT Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:sidewall
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4UBBS0S2631 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 27 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 09 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While traveling north on i95 around mile marker 120, i had a blowout on a 5th wheel sunnybrook rv while in tow. the tire was a goodyear, 235/85/r16, wrangler ht, load range e, dot 0903. i purchased this sunnybrook on 4/10/2003 and the tire had less than 4,000 miles use at time of incident. the blowout was on the inside mounting of the wheel and the tire parted 360 degrees where the sidewall was affixed to the tread. weather conditions were raining and appx. 60 degrees. all tires had just been checked for proper pressure 3 hours prior to this incident. there have been 4 other incidents with the 03 sunnybrook 5th wheel rvs using this same goodyear tire that are members of the club i am a member of. one of our members is in the process of compiling everyone's information to submit to sunnybrook and also to goodyear. i emailed goodyears consumer relations through their website to report this incident and a tony settimio, reference # 684381 stated that there have been no unusual problems with this subject tire. but yet, i go on the nhtsa website and there have been 44 hits since 2000. *jb