2005 R-VISION TRAIL-LITE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 R-VISION TRAIL-LITE EQUIPPED WITH UNIROYAL LAREDO HD/H TIRES, SIZE: 225/75/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE INNER TIRE BLEW OUT AND DETACHED THE PROPANE TANK LINES. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE TIRE AND, AS A RESULT, THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE TIRES AND OBSERVED THAT THE TREADS ON ALL FOUR REARS TIRES WERE SEPARATING. THE TWO REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12T019000 (TIRES). THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

CONSUMER RV TIRE BLEW OUT AND COLLECTED WATER WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIRES WERE INFLATED TOO MUCH SO HE REDUCED THE PRESSURE. *KB THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE RIGHT TIRE HAD BEEN RUBBING ON THE WHEEL WELL AND THAT IT HAD WORN HOLES IN THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL. 3 DAYS LATER, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WENT FLAT DUE TO THE RUBBING ON THE WHEEL WELL. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 2 INCHES BETWEEN THE WHEEL WELL AND THE TIRES, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY USING A LONGER AXLE. THERE APPEARED TO BE NO MORE THAN AN INCH BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL WELL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RV AND EVEN LESS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY USING WASHERS AND A HIGHER AIR PRESSURE THAN RECOMMENDED.*JB