Consumer Complaint Detail

GOODYEAR / MARATHON / 9999

PJUN RMOR 4603

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007116628 Incident Date: Aug, 02 2007
Consumer's City: WHITMORE LAKE Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Model Name: MARATHON Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Trailer hitches:fifth wheel assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 21 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Goodyear marathon st265/80 r16. manufactured in 2003. installed on 5th wheel trailer in 2004. had 1st blowout summer 2006 on interstate. this year i had 3 sidewall failures on the other tires. 2 of the 3 had large bulges (3-4 inches in diameter) in the sidewall when the tire was hot. when the tire cooled the bulge increased by a factor of 4. the other failure had splits in the center of the sidewall. all of the goodyear dealers tried to make me believe that these failures were my fault. i kept the last failed tire. coincidently i ran into a gentleman at the goodyear dealer in albuquerque nm who identified himself as a retired goodyear engineer from akron, oh. he told me that this failure was typical of a compounding problem. *tr