The contact owns a 1994 Chevrolet Suburban equipped with two Lionhart Tires, Tire Line: LHS, Tire Size: 305/30/ZR26, DOT Number: TB2ACY50. The contact stated that he had installed two Lionhart tires on the front of the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle was a secondary vehicle that was not driven often. The contact stated that he observed a bulge on the tire, and the tire sidewall was separating from the tread next to the bulge. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 4,500 on a new installed engine. The tire failure mileage was 2,000.
1994 Chevrolet Suburban: tire blowout or tread separation
10 of the 858 complaints about the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Tire blowout or tread separation by model year
What owners say
1994 chevrolet suburban, right rear tire blew out damaging the heater lines and right rear quarter panel. *bf ohio traffic crash report # 10-0678-91. *jb updated 04/14/10
Tread separation, lost total tread cap.$ 2800 damage to vehicle. *ak (dot number: d11y7hv387 tiresize: t245-75-16)
After I purchased a replacement set of tires ( identical to original eqmt tires) I noted a vibration would develop above 63 MPH. I took the car back to dealer ( a firestone store )... They re-balanced the tires...the vibration continued...a second trip to the dealer resulted in nothing- they said the problem must be in the vehicle even though I pointed out there was no vibration with the old tires...they refused to test drive the car. After driving the vehicle some 43,000 miles ( mostly staying around 60 MPH) one tire blew out in the sidewall with a radial failure from the treadbelt to the bead.. A 'catastrophic' failure. No accident or damage to the vehicle resulted but the vibration went away as soon as the spare hit the road. The dealer adjusted at 50% cost of a new tire on a "road hazard" warranty even though the tire was obviously defective from new. Now I am running on 3 remaining tires and now find a simular vibration develops at 70 MPH. *ak (tiresize: 245 75 r16)
I have had 7 bridgestone (either dueler a/t and or dueler h/t develope lumps on the tire tread and blow out violently 3 within 30 seconds, 3 within 1 mile and 1 had a lump as I am writing this complaint form. I have had passengers on 3 occations, luckily I was able to control the vehicle and come to a safe stop.*ak (dot number: d689q tiresize: lt24575r16)
Tread separated from body of tire. Tire serial # dk 32644-s p4402 21643-b (dot number: achl213035 tiresize: p235/75r15) (dot number: achl213035 tiresize: p235/75r15)
Approximately 80% of the tread separated from the tire carcass. It remained attached to the tread which was still attched to the carcass and damaged the left rear fender and door (approximately $800 in damage + $125 cost of the tire, see later). The carcass blew out immediately. Control of the vehicle was not lost. I sent the tire to firestone for analysis and possible coverage of my damage due to a product defect. Their response was that the tire had been damaged by a road hazard and they were therefore not responsible for the damages. In any event, I don't believe that their tire should catastrophically fail but I didn't believe I would have much success fighting their decision. The tire itself was covered by a road hazard warrentee and was replaced free of charge. The tires were nearing the end of their service life but still had a depth of tread within legal requirements. I have since replaced all 4 tires with those of another manufacturer. I send you this information for use in your current analysis of problems with these size tires. Ultimately, I would be satisfied with reinbursement fo the body repair on my vehicle. The tires needed to be replaced because of normal (and acceptable) wear. (tiresize: 245-75r16)( dot number: tire size: 245-75r16 )
I purchased this vehicle as a new demo with 3210 miles. In feb 1995 with only 8000 miles on this vehicle while traveling at 65+ miles per hour on the fwy the left rear tire exploded ( tread separation) . Almost causing accident and roll over!( no accident or injuries occured). When I pulled to the side of fwy the left rear tire was completely ripped to shreds. I changed the tire installing the spare. I took failed tire to local firestone tire dealer ( kennedy firestone) for warranty adjustment. They said I must have hit something on the fwy. I explained I never hit anything the tire just blew apart at high speed with no waring. They did not adjust tire for warranty what so ever @ 8000mile. I had all four tires replaced with bfg all terrian tires and have never purchased firestone products since this incident.*ak (tiresize: lt245/75r)( dot number: tire size: lt245/75r )
Firestone wilderness ht tires(255 70 r15) experienced tread separation.
On road less than 5 minutes. Speed 5 to 8 MPH. Fist sized blowout in center of tread. *ak (dot number: don't see tiresize: lt245/7r16)
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban?
10 of 858 owner complaints about the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban (1%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban
ABS 283Brake failure 165Wipers 151Grinding brakes 19Stalling 13Jerking 12Seat belt 8Pulling 8Spongy pedal 7Loss of power 5Sudden acceleration 5
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