I have sworn off of goodyear forever cause im mad as hell and I ain't gonna take it no more! About 1.5 years ago I had a sidewall failure on a brand spanking new GS-D3. Thought it was a fluke, used my warranty and replaced the tire and went on with my life. Well yesterday I had another fail in the same way and I am So pissed. I was with the honey headed to an important function, southbound on 99 @ 75mph when the left rear, Another GS-D3, blew out causing me to spin 540 degrees and wind up facing the wrong way on the shoulder. I thought I must have run over something in the road. As it turned out there was nothing in the tire, no damage to the front tire and no other problem other than the gapping hole in my sidewall.

Consequently, My car saw the back of a tow truck for the first time my honey had to miss a very important family function and even worse, we could have been killed and we spent 3 hours at the local tire dealer waiting for them to locate and mount 2 new rear tires pay the passing through stranded tourist tax and on close inspection there was no penetration on the tire.

I now have 2 new Firestone Firehawks, wide ovals and I am expecting 2 new fronts from a forum member next week. I will never buy another GoodYear tire as long as I live . They are overpriced and underperform. They take no responsibility for the failure of their products and could care less if we had been killed in the middle of the California Desert . I am even thinking of boycotting the superbowl because of that big fat ballon they fly over it with. Am I getting accross the fact that I am slightly pissed?

Bye Bye GoodYear!! F**k off and DIE!!

 

Man thats scary.Glad you are both ok.I dont blame you one bit for not buying anymore of there products.

 

I am certain that if that had happened to me, I would have to do the same thing. Sorry to hear about your stressful situation.

 

Thank goodness you and your S/O are okay. Secondarily thank goodness the car is okay.

Did you have any indication that something was amiss? Were you running normal air pressure in the tires? Did you feel any vibrations or wobbling out of the ordinary? Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending GY or looking to blame you - I'm just trying to understand.

So many of the problems with tires can be traced back to over or underinflation. That whole mess with the Firestone tires and the Ford Explorer was due in large part to the proper inflation of the tires and the loading of the vehicles. I'm really sorry that you had a terrifying experience like that, but if you could share any insight about the factors that lead up to it - that would be a benefit to everyone here.

Again - glad everyone made it through that harrowing experience!

 

I bought my mother a set of Goodyears here in Florida last fall and paid for the hazard, rotate and balance package as well,600.00 worth, and was told this warranty was good all over the US with ANY shop that sold a Goodyear tire.
Now, she lives in Noth Carolina{ Go Heels } and went this past month to have the tires rotated and balanced, and was told no one in Wilmington honored that warranty. Called Goodyear's 800 number and was told everybody honored it, asked Goodyear to tell us which dealer, and they couldn't.
Currently trying to get my money back for the warranty, but now they want to prorate the cost per the miles on the tires.

I am afraid that I am in the same boat.
Never going to be a next time.

 

Funny you should say that because i have a habitt of always checking all fluids and tire inflation AND condition b4 leaving on a trip of any kind. 31 lbs in all four corners which boots up to 33 when the tires heat up. No thumps lumps opr nicks on the tires beforehand. You can actually see where the tread seperated from the sidewall

 

That's a scary story and I'm glad you didn't wreak the car!

 

I'm sorry to hear that.
I can't blame you for being pissed at Goodyear, I'd be too.

Goodyear's a strange company. They make some of the best and some of the worst tires.

 

 

 

Glad to hear that you guys are OK. BTW, if you want quality, go with Michelins

 

I put a new set of non run-flats on my car. I noticed a bubble in the sidewall. It was damaged during mounting and Goodyear only paid for one half. The tire had less than 1000 miles on it. My last set as well!

 

Glad your OK. Just for future reference, there have been alot of posts that state that Firestone will not plug run flat tires. IMHO, Michelin's are the best. You pay for them but as yoru example states, my life, or anybody's life is worth more then teh $100 you might save by purchasing an inferior tire?

I am surprised your blow out was so severe. I thought runflats weren't supose to do that.

DKHIGHPERF

 

That really sucks. Glad you two are okay. I wrote Goodyear off some time ago.

 

Glad every one was OK. I believe the GS-D3 is not a runflat.
Tirerack ranks tire pretty high. Sorry you had the problem.
I run Goodyear tires on both my vettes and Toyota. Never had
a problem. Used Goodyear for over 30 years no problem.

 

Didnt buy the runflats but i did buy the road hazard protection. as these are speed rated tires any puncture causes it to lose its integrity as a speed rated tire so Firestone will replace it free of charge. down to 3/32nds tread left. A good deal for an extra 66 bucks for two tires

 

Good to hear you guys are OK, did you contact goodyear about the tire or plan on following up with a complaint about the defect?
I would be real curious to know what almost did me in if i had a similar problem.

 

I did contact goodyear And they offered to give me a discount on my next full set of goodyears in a form type E-mail

 

I'm also very glad you are ok.... And I will join you very soon in saying goodbye to my Good"for a"Year tires!!!!

 

Gald you and the other half are both ok. I have heard very mixed reviews on Goodyears. As for the Super Bowl ... You didn't miss much. The Fix was in for the Steelers . A really rotten and hard to watch game.