Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
TIRES
08/07/201177000
 I purchased two goodyear integrity tires on 6/10/11 from duncan's auto repair in lincolnton, nc. yesterday, 8/7/11, i drove less than 5 miles from my home to pick up dinner and back home (all on hard surface roads). there was no debris in the road, i did not run off the side of the road, and i did not hit anything. when i pulled into my garage and turned the car off, i heard a hissing noise and found that my tire was rapidly going flat. my husband took the tire off and found that the inside sidewall on the right front tire was split in three places. he put the spare tire on so that i could go to duncan's auto repair immediately the next morning. i did some online research prior to taking the tire to the shop where it was purchased and saw multiple complaints for sidewall splits in goodyear integrity tires. i have three other goodyear integrity tires on my car, all less than a year old. i am concerned about similar incidents. thankfully i was not going above 55 mph and did not have my two children with me. a serious accident could have occurred if i had been going faster or was further from home.
06/09/20118000
 Cooper tires lifeline gls 215/70r15. description; cracking of the entire inside bead on all four tires , replace tires at a prorate cost to consumer
12/10/201040000
 Me and a co worker purchased goodyear regatta 2 tires approximately 2 years ago. both of our vehicles have developed unsafe tire out of round conditions that make it very difficult to drive our vehicles safely. both tire sets have under 20,000 miles on them. goodyear has been unresponsive to complaints and i feel these tires are dangerous. there have been reports of blowouts due to sidewall failure at highway speeds with these tires. i believe they should be recalled immediately.
08/30/2008130001
 While on a trip to attend a wedding in grand rapids, michigan, we experienced a sidewall blowout of a bridgestone turanza el42 (21565r16 98t) on our 2006 dodge caravan. the blowout occurred pulling into a parking place at a low angle, at a low speed, and with a relatively low curb height
07/12/2007111/24/2006
 I own an '05 dodge grand caravan with 1 douglas touring 215/65/r16 on driver's front. tire blew at approx 60 mph in clear road conditions. *ak
TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
02/17/2008395001
 I had a flat tire on my 2006 dodge grand caravan and was unable to get access to the spare tire, stored under the front of the car. the system to lower the spare tire only lowered it a few inches and then the piece that you turn with the handle assembly only would jerk around if you turned the handles extremely hard. i tried doing about 30 turns though to no effect. the mechanism in the floor was turning with alot of effort but the tire was not being lowered. this was on a cold snowy day and i was on a side road with little room to lay down on the pavement and reach under trying to see what was wrong. i spent 3 hours waiting for aaa and then gave up and took the damaged tire to a walmart leaving my wife in the car on the jack - my only choice. while i was getting the tire patched, which was lucky, aaa arrived and refused to work on the situation as they said it might end up with equipment dragging underneath the car. so if there had not been a tire center nearby we would have been really stuck with no way to remedy the situation. my mechanic tells me this should never happen - there was ice all over the release mechanism and it was broken. he said he sees this alot on fairly new cars like mine. this is a huge safety hazard. i don't think i should pay for the expensive repair, which i will have to do to sell the car. i travel in remote northern parts of new england and not being able to access my spare could cost me my life. i am now storing the spare dangerously in the passenger compartment. i think this should be fixed for free, but if its going to wear out again, i hesitate to have the spare down there. this is a horrible, dangerous design and i think these cars should be recalled and a different system developed. it is also ridiculous to have to have several feet on the side of the car to kneel and pull the spare out. that can be very dangerous on many road situations. i would like to know what the manufacturer suggest i do. *tr
TIRES - TREAD/BELT
08/04/2004107/28/2004
 Bridgestone/ firestone tires experienced seam failure. *bf the consumer requested that all four tires be replaced as good faith due to the prior history of the bridgestone/firestone seam failures. *sc the consumer experienced a tire failure 2 weeks after purchasing the vehicle. *jb