2015 Forest River Cardinal: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Sep 29, 2017 · 8,000 miles · MA

Our 2015 forest river cardinal model no. 3850rl (bought new in 2015) came equipped with goodyear marathon tires 235/80r16. With less than 10,000 miles on the tires, we experienced 3 blowouts on one trip in 2017. Tire pressure was checked prior to beginning the trip and were all set at 80 psi. The first failure we were lucky enough to notice the tire had lost air while stopped at a rest area. The second the passenger side front tire blew out while traveling on the ny state thruway (i90) within 150 miles of the first failure. The third happened a week later while traveling on ny state thruway (i87) 180 miles into our trip. The fact that we had 3 failures in one trip is highly suspect. Tires were all inflated to the mfg specification of 80 psi prior to traveling.

Filed May 27, 2016 · Tires · 15,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 forest river cardinal equipped with goodyear marathon st tires, size: st235/80r16. While driving 65 MPH, the rear driver side tire blew out. The dealer replaced the tire with the spare. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle and tire failure mileage was 15,000.

Filed Dec 21, 2015 · Tires · 3,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 forest river cardinal equipped with goodyear marathon tires, size: st235/80/r16 (na). While driving 60 MPH, the rear driver side tire blew out and damaged the driver side of the camper. The front driver side tire had bubbles. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where the tires were replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The tire and vehicle failure mileage was 3,000.

Filed Dec 7, 2015 · Wheels · 7,500 miles · TX

On nov. 30, 2015 while traveling at 55 MPH an original purchased, goodyear marathon trailer tire, st235/80r16, failed catastrophically with approximately 7500 miles of travel on the rv. The blowout caused moderate damage to the right wheel well area. On dec. 3, 2015 while traveling at approximately 20 miles per hour during a normal turn radius, a second original purchase goodyear marathon, st235/80r16 tire failed catastrophically, causing extensive damage to th the left wheel well area on the rv, travel mileage on the rv at this time was approximately 7700 miles. Previously, in june 2015, another original purchase goodyear marathon st235/80r16 tire was observed, while stationary with an approximate 4 " dia delamination blister on the left front wheel assembly of the stated rv. The travel mileage on the noted rv was approximately 5000 miles at the time. All tires noted above were at proper inflation pressures and the the rv is not overloaded. As an owner and operator of rv's for over 25 years, in my experience, the noted tires are either defective or not the correct load rating for this weight of rv (approx. 14,000 lbs,) the tire rating is load rating "e" , with 10 ply rating for the noted tires. The fact of catastrophic, sudden blowouts at low travel mileage and low to moderate speeds, as noted above, is potentially dangerous to the owners and to adjacent traffic if the rv gets out of control. Prudent followup with goodyear on cause, trends and corrective action (recalls) is recommended.

Filed Oct 24, 2015 · Body, Suspension · 7,515 miles · TX

L goodyear tires. All four marathon st235/80r16 load range e, dot number 2vun 1kge 3213 tires with 80 psi cold on our cardinal 3880 fifth wheel VIN number [xxx] made by forest river, purchased new on may 16 2015 failed within hours of each other on august 7, 2015. The tires had 7515 miles on them when the front driver?s side fifth wheel tire thread separated and the tire went flat. I put on the spare and we continued on to westcliff colorado where I purchased a new replacement tire. We continued about 10 miles on i25 when the rear driver?s side tire thread separated and blew out. This was within an hour of the first tire failure. We were traveling at 60 MPH and were able to pull onto the shoulder of the road and call forest river curbside service assistance. They sent jm tire out to replace the blown out tire with the spare. We limped into trinidad colorado to jm tire where, after inspection, the remaining two passenger side tires were also found to be defective; one having a bulge in it, and one with additional evidence of thread separation. I was advised that they could fail at any time. The blown out driver?s side rear tire tore up the driver?s side slide hydraulics of the fifth wheel causing the slide to open out into i25 and the lower outer panel of the slide to be destroyed. All four goodyear marathon tires were defective with thread separations. I have written statements from both jm tire (where we bought 4 new load range g tires not manufactured by goodyear) and discount tire in amarillo tx, an authorized goodyear tire dealer, that all four tires were defective. I have pictures of all damage and of each of the failed tires. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).