| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007116629 | 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: Tires:sidewall |
| 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 |
