2010 Keystone Montana Wheels Problems

“Good year marathon 235/80r16 tires. During vacation last year 4 of these tires developed tread separation. 2 were discovered before they came apart and were replaced, 2 other tires the tread separated and came apart while driving on the highway, one was the spare with less than 400 miles on it. These 2 tires caused over $6,000 dollars damage to the 5th wheel. I considered this a product liability issue and kept all tires and rims. I contacted good year and they requested all tires be sent to them by way of the local good year store and I complied with this request. …”

“On interstate 85 about 20 miles sw of atlanta at 60 MPH, towing Montana 5th wheel, the street side tire on the front leading axle had a sudden belt and tread failure. Tire case did not deflate and we were able to pull over to the road shoulder. Tire was a goodyear marathon st235 80r 16 load range e with about 3000 to 4000 miles and came as oem tire on the unit. The tire on the trailing axle on the same side had just been replaced when I found a 2 in long section of the inside, where tread meats the side wall, coming apart during a pretrip inspection. …”