1993 Chevrolet Pickup Truck

I PURCHASED THE TIRES IN FEBRUARY OF 2001, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THEM, I WENT OVER A SMALL CURB IN THE SNOW. BOTH FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT AT THE SIDEWALLS. I E-MAILED GOODYEAR AND TOLD THEM OF MY PROBLEM.THEY RESPONDED BY REPLACING TIRES AND CHARGING ME FOR THE LABOR. MAY 15, 2001, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55-60 MPH. WHEN MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT AT THE INSIDE SIDEWALL FORCING THE TRUCK TO PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT AND OFF THE ROAD. MY RIGHT SHOULDER WAS INJURED DUE TO THIS INCIDENT. I FEEL THAT THESE TIRES HAVE A POTENTIALLY DEADLY DEFECT AND I WOULD LIKE SOME KIND OF INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. RICHARD JEFFORDS. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225 75 R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225 75 R16 )

LOW TIRE AFTER SHOPPING, AIRED UP 50 PSI TO DRIVE HOME. AS AIRING UP THE TIRE STARTED TO SEPERATE/SPLIT DOWN THE CENTER OF TIRE AROUND ITS' DIAMETER. QUICKLY RELEASED AIR AND CHANGED TIRE. TIRE WEAR WAS AT THE WEAR TREAD, SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED SOONER. THESE WERE ON THE VEHICLE AT TIME OF PURCHASE WITH APPROXIMATELY 68,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. (DOT NUMBER: VN11 BAB TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

THE FIRESTONE TIRES WERE INSTALLED ON OUR PICKUP AT AROUND 15,000 MILES ON THE PICKUP ITSELF, AT 28,246 MILES WE WENT TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND REBALANCED AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE THAT CAME OF WOULD NOT BALANCE. THEY TOOK IT APART AND DISCOVERED THE INNER LINER OF THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY COMING APART AND TURNING INTO POWDER. FIRESTONE SAID IT HAD BEEN RAN AT LOW PRESURE AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE INNER LINER COMING APART, AND THAT IT WAS NOT "ADJUSTABLE" . THE TIRES WERE NEVER RAN LOW AND WERE CHECKED ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS SERVICED EVERY 2,000 MILES. I STILL HAVE THE "TIRE" AND THE REST FROM THE SAME MATCHED SET, I REMOVED THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED! THE TIRE CAN BE MOUNTED AND INFLATED AND WILL NOT LOOSE PRESSURE, WITH OUT ANY DISTORTION, OR ANY SIGNS OF A POTENTAL PROBLEM. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PILE OF RUBBER FROM THE INNER LINER INSIDE THE TIRE THAT KEPT SHIFTING AROUND THROWING THE TIRE BALANCE MATHINE OFF IT WOULD HAVE NEVER CAUGHT. OR UNTIL THE AIR INSIDE ESCAPED INTO THE CORD BODY CAUSEING THE CASEING TO SEPERATE.IT IS CLEARLY A "MANUFACTURING DEFECT" AND BECAUSE THE REST OF THAT SET WAS FROM THE SAME PRODUCTION RUN, WE DO NOT BELIEVE FIRESTONES EXPLANATION AND DID NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THE REST OF THAT SET. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND THINKING OF OUR SAFETY. RICK S. & AMY S. COLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDW8AXC134 TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16 )