Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||||
| 220197 | 06/13/1997 | 6089038 | Information on tire and wheel runout. *nlm | 01/12/2000 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 12/15/2003 | 1 | ||
| The vehicle was taken to the dealer to have the tires checked because of a leak that was discovered. there was a bump on the inside on the passenger's steadier. the consumer was told that there was a possibility of a blowout at any time. later, there was a blowout but it was on driver's side tire. goodyear, eagle ga, p225/70r15. *ak the consumer found out the goodyear did not manufacturer tires at that time. *sc *jb | |||
| Owner states that while driving her right rear passenger's side tire blew out for no reason. owner also notes that she was almost killed because of this problem. *ak | |||
| 12/01/1994 | 1 | ||
| Goodyear tires bulge. *azk | |||
| TIRES - BEAD | |||
| 4 | |||
| Goodyear tires invicta p225/75r15 rwl dot #m6hhrwr 054 failed on four occasions due to bead separating from the sidewall. | |||
| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||
| 08/01/1999 | 1 | 01/01/1994 | |
| The spare was the original supplied. still bore tags, never been used!*ak | |||
| 01/25/1999 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle experienced fire while using spare tire, due to recall failure (757), however owner not notified due to vin #. mjs | |||
| Spare tire size was the incorrect size. when the spare tire wa used it caused damage to the fron end of the vehicle. the dealaer and manufacturer have been notified. *ak | |||
| 1993-1995 jeep grand cherokees with quadratrac all wheel drive option were sent from the factory without conventional spare tire, but with small emergency type spare tire. *ak | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 04/09/2006 | 1 | ||
| Dunlop radial rover lt235/75r15 tire tread separation, no crash, no injury but only lucky to have caught it in time. 1. driver sensed vibration in steering column 2. while being test driven at high speed the rear right tire experienced slow tread separation followed by catastrophic failure 3. tire was replaced with spare and tire company pro-rated a refund for the 3-year old tire. *nm | |||
| 07/04/2000 | 1 | ||
| The insured had a tread separation on a firestone wilderness at tire. this occured to the right front tire and did damaged the body. the insured also believes that the transfer case is now leaking due to this. (claim# 55-s249-636) *mw | |||
| 08/24/2000 | 1 | ||
| Firestone atx p235/75/r15 tire failure-tread separated while driving on highway. insured lost control and went off road and hit tree. 7/32 nds left on remaining tires. claim rep has retained damaged tire. (claim# 25-5426-042) *mw | |||
| 08/24/2000 | 1 | ||
| Driving vehicle when right rear tire was involved in a blow out. insured lost control and ran off the road. firestone radial atx, p235/75r15. (claim# 25-5429-572) *mw | |||
| 08/20/1998 | 1 | ||
| Pe 00 020/firestone atx tire tread separation: 1994 jeep grand grand cherokee, after market equipment failure at 25,000, tire size p225/75r15. experienced right front tire tread separation while traveling at highway speed of 75 mph. had front end body damages. firestone notified, and replaced two tire at 50% off both tire.*ak dot# hyhh at5. *slc | |||
| 10/01/1997 | 0 | ||
| While driving about 60 mph front right tire had a tread separation. it was firestone, size p235/75r15, and dot h4bndfa436. *ak | |||