1997 Chevrolet Suburban Tires Problems

“I had the universal joints replaced, (dealer stated it was needed), and ever since, I have noise which seems to come from driveshaft. I had them ( dealer ) check, and they said that it was the tires, or perhaps a bearing. This noise was not present prior to getting u-joints, however I also had cupping on a right front tire, and they replaced a model, or something. I saw on the ntsa bulletin no. 9610 of jan 4, 2000 , that 1997 suburbans had a component problem.”

“I purchased this Suburban used from valencia nissan with 23,000 miles on it. They stated the tires were new at that time. On the indicated date, I was towing a travel trailer on the freeway at 60mph, the truck started to rattle then the left rear tire exploded. I safely stopped on the shoulder. I had my wife, 4yr old & 2yr old in the vehicle with me. After inspecting the tire, the tread completely separated from the tire in the same fashion that the recalled firestone tires did. I wanted to know if this set of tires was also under recall. …”

“The contact owns a 1997 Chevrolet Suburban. While driving 65 MPH, the contact heard a loud noise and lost control of the vehicle. He crashed the vehicle into a wall. The driver side rear b.f. Goodrich tire tread separated and caused the failure. The road conditions were dry. The front end of the vehicle was damaged. The vehicle was towed. The contact still has the tire and the tread. The DOT number was unknown. The tire failure mileage was 45,000 and the vehicle current and failure mileages were 132,000.”

“While traveling less than 5 MPH in a rolling backup the right rear tire on our Suburban literally exploded. I pulled off the side of the road immediately, and found a very large hole in the sidewall of the tire. There were no foreign objects in the road, and no indication of any kind of puncture to the tire. The sidewall of the tire blew outward, and left a hole approximately 4 wide by 7 inches long. The vehicle was less than two months old, and had approxmately 1200 miles on it. I had the vehicle in for its first oil change 3 days earlier, and among other things had the tire pressure checked. …”

“Dt: the consumer stated the right rear tire came apart on the interstate. The consumer has written to bridgestone. They would need the tire to be sent to them to determine the cause of the tire separation. Consumer refused to send the tire to the manufacturer. There was damage to the vehicle.”