| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007124140 | Incident Date: Oct, 08 2007 |
| Consumer's City: PENSACOLA | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER |
| Model Name: UNKNOWN | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1UJBJ02R671 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 24 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 22 2007 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: We noticed these tires were failing just before they actually blew apart. the first one i noticed in waco tx, just after parking in an rv park. a piece of rubber the size of your hand was missing ? but the tire was still holding air. i replaced that tire with the spare and took the tire to a goodyear dealer (wingfoot) in waco who replaced it at no charge except for mounting and balancing. later i went to the dealer in selma, tx where i purchased the camper (in jan 2007) for some interior warranty work. the service writer glanced at my tires as he walked by and said: ?you have a major problem with those tires, the tread is separating. you need to go to a goodyear dealer as soon as you leave here and get at least 2 of those tires replaced and check the others?. i went to a goodyear dealer in san antonio but the manager wanted nothing to do with this situation ? he insisted there was nothing wrong with the tires after looking at and feeling them and suggested i talk to someone at a goodyear company store. we returned to our campsite in flatonia, tx and the next morning went to a local tire dealer (who didn't handle goodyear) and asked him to inspect the tires. he jacked up one axle at a time and spun the tires. all 3 tires were out of round, 2 very badly and one somewhat. he put the spare (the new goodyear from waco) on the ground replacing the worst tire and said i needed to go to the goodyear dealer in la grange, tx and get all 3 replaced as all were separating and very dangerous. that dealer in la grange agreed they were separating and replaced all 3 on a prorated basis. one of the original tires (mounted as a spare when we bought the camper) is now on the ground; i?ll watch it very closely for signs of separation. all 5 tires that came with the unit were 225/75 r15 load range d with dot codes: ohhh mlhr 3206 or 3306. *jb |
