While driving consumer heard a noise from the rear. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. Consumer noticed that the passenger front tire sidewall was separating. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic maintained that it was a common problem due to wear and tear.
2002 Chevrolet Silverado tires complaints
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Firestone tires: uneven, excessive wear; sidewall deformations & splits; noisy and veh pulls to the right.
While driving in the rain at 55 MPH and without warning, the vehicle started to spin around in circles. On another occasion, while driving in rain it kept feeling like vehicle wanted to get away from the consumer. *ak the consumer stated the brakes locked up as well.
While driving driver's side front tire blew out, causing the wheel to lock. The 4-wheel drive will no longer properly operate.
When accelerating, the rear end went out of control. *ak the good year tire dealer stated that the tire was the wrong type for the pick up truck. The tread design and the hard compound was a unsafe tire for the pickup. With a light rear end, it caused the truck to spin at a low speed and accelerate with out warning. The consumer is dissatisfied with good year service. *cb
Oe tires, goodyear wrangler st (235x75x16).ehicle was an empty 2002 chevy silverado. Follow a strict rotation plan and check the air pressure often.ignificant "cupping" noticed on the sidewalls on front and rear tires. *ak very poor traction in adverse weather conditions dry traction is marginal at best on january 3rd, 2004. I was proceeding on the northbound hwy 14 through the mountains from los angeles to lancaster proceeding around a slight right turn between 65-70mph. There was no debris or other hazards in the road. There was a slight wobble and then the complete tire failure on the passenger-side rear tire. The sidewall of the looks like it exploded outward, complete sidewall separation. While I was capable of manuvering my veichle off the freeway, this is a very dangerous problem, that from reviewing tirerack.com and other complaints on the federal safety agency's web site appears to be a common occurance with these tires. I am going to see if the dealer will allow me to exchange my tires with similar priced ones from a differant manufacture, these tires are unsafe and I do not trust my life or anyone elses life on them.
I was driving on a wet road in a 2002 chevy silverado when the vehicle started to hydroplane out of control off the road. I was driving about 55 MPH at the time. Have there been any studies on the perofrmace of vehicles under slick road conditions? Are trucks more likely to hydroplane than other types of automobile? Since this incident I am concerned about the safety of driving my vehicle in poor weather conditions.
When pulling onto a busy highway front tires went out of control. Dealer stated there was no traction in the tires.
All four tires on the vehicle warped and had stress marks located on the inner and outer side of the tire. There were no incidents or fatalities to report but the driver is concerned because these tires are a potential hazard; a accident waiting to happen. The tire are bridgestone lt#p2457r16 1201169. Please provide additional information and the dot number for these tires.
While driving the vehicle 55 MPH the drivers side rear tire tread separated and caused the tire to blowout (bridgestone) please identify tire size and dot number.
Firestone steeltex radial tire [lt245/75r16] [load range e m/s] tread separated [driver side rear of 2002 chevrolet silverado 3/4 ton heavy duty pick up] while towing a fifth wheel trailer at 65 miles per on interstate I-75 in kentucky. It sounded like driving on the grooves used to warn drivers they are going off the road. Then the rear of the truck began to move slightly left/right. We were just starting up a long, steep hill in the slow lane and were able to pull over onto the shoulder in a good spot where people could see us. Many drivers came close, but we were not injured. A trucker stopped to help us. He said it looked like the tire had dry rot. Maybe a foot of tread near the side wall came loose. A small chunk [3''] was also loose. The tire collapsed completely. I feel we might have lost control if we had been passing or going down hill. I checked inflation just a few days earlier.
The tires had been aligned and rotated several times due to excessive wear on the inside and outside. *jg
The front drive side tire blew. Size #p26575r16 dot# w273wma1102. Dealer has been notified. Ph
At first 1200 miles original tires had flat spots all around and chopping up.
No road hazard came in contact with the tire. Outside temperature was approximately 103f. Complete separation of tread from sidewall. Nothing remained on rim but sidewall. Body damage to fender well as well as rubber burn marks, due to centripetal forces from tire tread separating from sidewall.
The right rear tire on my vehicle was cracked all the way around on the sidewall of the tire. This occurred after only 2000 miles. This was an original equipment tire on the truck I just purchased in nov 2001.*ak (tiresize: p265/75r16)
While traveling approx.60 MPH. On highway driver side rear tire suffered major blowout. It is totally split out around outer edge halfway around tire. I have contacted the dealer where truck was purchased and they say it is not a recall tire, and also contacted gm and was told same. I am not sure what to do next except just purchase a whole new set of tires at my own expense. Thank you. *ak (dot number: vn73 wmb tiresize: p265/75r16)
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