2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Tires Problems

“My son who is 17 years of age was driving and notice something wrong . We check his tire and notice metal threading coming from the inside area of the tire. We took it to the local dealer for new tires and was told this was a manufacturer defect. This vehicle is not even 5 years old.”

“I am filing this complaint about greendiamond tires of ny. I worked there 2 1/2 years and was let go because I spoke out about the poor quality of the tires being built. There have been numerous tires that have had catastrophic failures,resulting in the company covering them up by paying for damages done to vehicles. I have in my possession several tires with these defects. I told management about the numerous problems with the tires and my position at the company was eliminated. …”

“I was driving on I-16 running about 65 MPH all of a sudden l hear something like a cannon going off. My truck started weaving it took all I had to stay in control. I was finally able to get to the side of the road looking in my rear view mirror seeing a big transfer truck coming my way trying to dodge the huge piece of tire that came off my truck. I finally was able to get out because of the traffic. The back left side of my truck was all crunched in where the tire had beaten it to death thank the good lord I was ahead of the traffic so they had time to slow down. …”

“Tire failure due to ply separation. 50% of my tires experiencing this problem. One failure was catastrophic, resulting in damages to the truck. This event could and has caused injury and death for others who have experience this type of failure. Tires have about 20,000 miles on them and proper inflation and recent balance.”

“General ameritrac tires-oem tires on my 2004 Chevrolet SILVERADO 1500 extended cab, two wheel drive, with 22,000 miles have tread separation. Steel belt under tire tread is visible.”