2017 Ford F-350 SD: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Aug 3, 2026 · Tires · 10,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-350 equipped with Goodyear Tires, Tire Line: Wrangler All Terrain Adventure, Tire Size: LT275/70/R18, DOT Number: (N/A). While the contact's friend was driving 55 MPH, there was a blowout of the rear passenger’s side tire. The driver prevented a crash; however, the failure caused a significant amount of damage when the truck bed lowered and nearly separated from the chassis, the hubcap detached, and the exhaust pipe was bent in half. The driver pulled over to a truck stop and installed the spare and secured the truck bed to the frame with harness straps to prevent the truck bed from separating. The contact notified the manufacturer about the failure and requested that the tire be shipped for inspection to determine any potential liability. The contact had not yet submitted the tire or any documentation to the manufacturer. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000.

Filed Jun 21, 2024 · Tires · GA

Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure, LT275/70R18 Tire installed new on [XXX] at 79892 miles. Tires were properly maintained including proper inflation and rotated. On [XXX] at 112745 miles the driver side rear tire suffered a sudden and catastrophic tread separation failure. At the time of failure, tire had been in service for 33 months and 32,853 miles, and had significant tread life remaining. Vehicle was travelling at approximately 55 mph on an asphalt highway on a hot, dry day. The separated tread damaged the rear body panel and severed the body structural support member in half. The vehicle was brought to a controlled stop, the separated tread was retrieved from the roadway, and the spare tire was installed. The tire was replaced the following day. Given that the tire was only about 50-60% into its usable life and well within the 50,000 mile warranty, this failure was unexpected. Goodyear has not provided any method to contact them directly and instead referred me to local retailers who have been unable to process the warranty claim. A second, much newer tire of the same model on the same vehicle failed in a different manner just 3 weeks and 1000 miles later, causing me concern of structural or material defects with these tires. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Jun 21, 2024 · Tires · GA

Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure, LT265/70R18. On [XXX] at 113806 miles, I discovered that the driver's side front tire on the vehicle was flat in my driveway. Investigation revealed a puncture in the tread of the tire, caused by a gravel stone still lodged in the tire. Based on the amount of protrusion of the stone and the lack of any visible wear on it, I concluded that the stone must have originated in my gravel driveway when returning home the night before. The tire had been installed on 6/20/2023 at 104513.5 miles, being in service for 1 year and 9293 miles, not even 20% into its expected life. Initial assessment of the damage to the tire, including the puncture size and longitudinal shape, suggests that repair will not be feasible and the tire will require replacement. While a flat tire due to foreign objects is commonplace, the safety concern here is that a simple small stone from a gravel driveway should not have been able to cause the failure of a 'Kevlar reinforced' all-terrain truck tire. I believe the materials or construction of these tires may be defective and may have insufficient tensile strength in the tread material, causing them to yield and fail at much lower forces than are to be expected from tires in highway use. At any rate a well-packed gravel driveway that has been in use for many years should not be a challenge to the safety and performance of a truck tire rated for highway use. This tire failure comes less than a month and 1000 miles after a more dramatic and catastrophic failure of another tire of the same model on the same vehicle. While coincidence cannot be ruled out, two failures of the same model tire, both related to weak or defective tread sections, points to possible defects that should be investigated. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Jun 6, 2023 · Wheels · 43,000 miles · IN · 1 injury

The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle began to vibrate and the brake pedal was depressed to gain control of the vehicle however it failed. The vehicle began bouncing and the front passenger’s side tire exploded. The contact sustained injuries to her neck but did not receive medical attention. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000.

Filed May 18, 2023 · Wheels · NC

I purchased this vehicle brand new off the lot in Feb. 2018. It is a 2017. That should have been my clue. It was a good price. One week after purchase I had to have them add air to my tires as 3 out of 6 were losing air. This continued to happen frequently. They said the valve stems(TPMS) that came on the wheels were oxidizing on the rims causing corrosion and they would replace them. They eventually replaced the outside 4 wheels with new factory rims. The same problem existed. It came to the point that I was afraid to travel with vehicle as I pull horses with a heavy trailer over mountains etc... I was afraid that the air would come out, valve stem would blow out and cause me to wreck and cause injury to myself or a vehicle next to me or my precious cargo. You can see this as I only have 23,000 miles on said vehicle. It is unsafe because of that possibility and also me having to pull over anywhere in my travels to change a tire frequently on a busy highway or mountain with a trailer attached. It still keeps happening. I have to have stems replaced again and again. It's listed on the internet and ford truck forums, as many people are having the same issue. Why doesn't Ford care enough about people to replace these rims/wheels with an after market or safer, more reliable rims/wheels. It appears that the holes in these wheels are oblong and the 2 metals are not the same and this allows the the 2 unlike metals to come in contact causing the corrosion which causes the unreliable issue of air leaking which causes unsafe proper psi in tires which also causes instability. I do not feel safe. This truck has spent many days in the shop for this unsafe issue. I can get copies of all repairs made from dealership if needed. The date listed of incident is the LAST time it was taken in for wheel repairs. I picked it up last night.

Filed Jan 1, 2022 · Wheels · TX

On dual rear wheel setup. Galvanic corrosion between metal valve stem and aluminum wheel caused air to leak out resulting in an unsafe condition where unequal tire pressures between the inner tire and outer tire caused unpredictable situation under normal driving condition and would have multiplied under towing condition where added weight on tire would have decreased my response time in the event of a tire failure.

Filed Nov 7, 2021 · Tires · TX

The VIN is from my tow vehicle, your system wouldn't take the VIN of my Fifth Wheel RV (4YDF37329J4700954) which the tire that failed is installed on. The tire in question was purchased in April of 2021 and had approximately 500 miles on it when the tread separated from the tire and became wrapped around the axle of the RV. The tire is a Sailun S637 ST235/80R16.

Filed Sep 1, 2020 · Steering, Wheels · 45,000 miles · FL

I was on the highway going aprox. 65mph when out of nowhere the truck started shaking and wobbling, I lost control of steering untill I came to a stop. I got to the side of the road and got out thinking I had a tire blowout, but there was nothing wrong with my tires. The truck has been fine since but it was very scary for this to happen.

Filed Dec 27, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 17,000 miles · OH

Was on the highway, in a 65mph zone, when I hit a bump, and the whole truck started to violently shake. I tried to pull over, thinking it was a tire blow out, but the steering wouldnt react. I slowed down, and about 20mph, as people around me almost hit me, the truck came back in control, and stopped shaking. I speed back up like nothing happened.... My wife and son was witness. This also happened at around 12k milage, but this time was much worse......all tires were fine, and after it came back in control...it hasnt done it again, yet...

Filed Dec 19, 2019 · Steering · 16,000 miles · MI

Truck shakes violently after hitting a bump on the expressway. Thought I had a tire blowout.

Filed Oct 3, 2019 · Wheels · 36,000 miles · MI

I had a continual lost of air pressure in one of my tires during the removal of the original equipment tire at discount tires the manager informed me that the chrome was flaking off on the inside of the rims where the tire seals to the rim a possible manufacture defect that could cause poor seal and deflation of my tires or worst. If not for the nail puncturing my tire I would not have found the defect in the manufacturing of the 4 rims on my truck. Because the one tire was not repairable I had to buy 4 new tires that how I found that all 4 of the rims had the same defect. My concern is my truck safe to drive on these 4 rims or could I have a tire failure because of a lost of tire seal from the chrome flaking off inside the rims. I do have picture.

Filed Sep 27, 2019 · Steering · 30,000 miles · AZ

My 2017 ford f 350 xlt 4x4 sb has 30,000 miles. On tues. Morning my wife and I were driving back to mesa,az. From panguitch, utah. A couple miles into our trip , while driving 55 MPH we hit a bumpy area of the road and the truck starting shaking violently, like having a blowout. I had to pull over to see what what was happening. I could see no damage to any tires , so we kept driving and it happened again less than 10 minutes into the drive.. This time I slowed down until I regained control. We did not have any more issues the rest of our trip to mesa. We were pulling a 40 ft. Fifth wheel #13,500. At the time. We were just finishing up our summer trip when this happened. This happened about 45 days earlier just outside cheyenne, wy., after reading a lot of similar incidents from other ford owners. I felt that I needed to report this issue