1990 Chevrolet Suburban Tires Problems

“The left rear tire blew out on I 95 while traveling at approx. 70 MPH. This caused the truck to sway back and forth from the left lane then back into the right lane several times. I was lucky that nobody was beside me at the time. When I pulled off the road I saw that the whole tread was gone off the tire. It bent up the quarter panel and ripped the tailpipe out of the muffler. The tread had hit some other cars and was about 1/4-1/2 a mile down the road. The tires all have large bulges of uneven treads. I called goodyear and told them the problem. …”

“About 1 mile after getting off the freeway, I was traveling 35 MPH on a well paved surface street when left rear of the vehicle started to shake and veer to the left suddenly. I was able to control the vehicle and slowly slow down before the tread separated from the tire but it did not completely detach from the tire. About one-third of the tread stayed attached to the steel belts and this causing a slapping of the detached portion of the tread against the body of the vehicle. I was able to stop the vehicle in about 300 feet without an accident. …”

“Consumer stated vehicle was vibrating, vehicle was taken into shop and consumer was informed that tires were separating, which were replaced at the consumer expense after being told that they were not apart of any recall, the tires that consumer purchased, however were on recall, consumer has been unable to get a repsonse from firestone. (firestone wilderness at tires p235/75r15)”

“Pe 00 020/trie tread separation: while traveling at highway speed of 60 MPH, right rear tire experienced a tread separation on a 1990 Chevrolet Suburban, aftermarket equipment; p235/75r15; DOT# unavailable. Driver / two passengers involved, no injury reported. Please feel free to provide any further details. Firestone wilderness at p235/75/r15”

“Pe00 020; consumer was traveling 65mph on highway and heard a noise, tread was flapping up against inner fender well. He was able to pull over to the shoulder , and noticed that the driver's side rear tire tread separated. The tire firestone, steel tex, lt23585r16, DOT vn0rtxk127. Dealership was aware of problem.”