Forest River Cardinal tire blowout problems

Filed Mar 29, 2021 · Suspension · 4,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 forest river cardinal. The contact stated that since owning the trailer, he has had to replace all four tires a total of 11 times due to tire blowouts. While driving 55 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal sound coming from the trailer. The contact pulled over and upon inspection of the trailer he noticed a blowout of the rear driver's side tire. Upon replacing the tire, the contact discovered significant undercarriage damage because of the failure. The contact stated that the shackles installed on the trailer had underperformed and had linked the defective shackles to the recurring tire failures. The contact reached out to the manufacturer however, no assistance was provided. The rv was not repaired. The failure mileage was 4,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jul 25, 2019 · Body, Tires · 3,900 miles · CA

We have a 2017 forest river cardinal. We have only taken our trailer out five times for approximately 3900 miles. The last trip to arizona on interstate 40 toward flagstaff. The temperature was around 80 degrees with light rain. The psi was 80 lbs in this tire when it blew out on july 12th, 2019. The second tire blow out on interstate 40 near yucca rest stop around 20 miles from needles, california. Psi was 80 lbs when this second tire blew out. The temperature was around 102 degrees. This happen in july 17th, 2019 the third tire to blow out happen also on interstate 40 about, 40 miles to barstow, california. Psi was 80 lbs when this third tire blew out. The temperature was around 112 degrees. This happen in july 17th, 2019. Now we had no spare the entire trip was traveled at 55 miles per hour, per california state law. State law in arizona is 75 miles per hour but because we have such a large trailer we always travel at 55 miles per hour. Tire size 235/80r16 load range e *as

Filed Jun 9, 2019 · Tires, Wheels · 4,800 miles · CA

Purchased new 5th wheel trailer in december of 2017 with goodyear marathon st235/80r16, load range e tires installed. While driving at 55 MPH on a somewhat curvy and hilly state highway with 4800 miles on rv, the left rear tire tread came completely off the tire damaging the rv in the process. I pulled to shoulder and failed tire had a significant leak, but did not blow out so I replaced it with the spare. I have TPMS installed on all 4 wheels which reports tire pressure and temperature. All 4 tires were nominal just prior to failure. All tires have been maintained at the required cold pressure of 80 psi prior to every trip. The rv is stored indoors without any sun exposure.

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 Jul 7, 2017 · Body, Electrical · 2,800 miles · FL

Goodyear marathon tires less than 3000 miles, air pressure 80 psi lug nut torqued. Right rear tire blew while driving down ]highway 19 thru ocala national forest at 60 miles per hour. Camper is equipped with tyron straps but still did not prevent tire from tearing fender off, wiring, metal damage,hyd line punctured and fiberglass damage.

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).

Filed Sep 4, 2014 · Electrical, Tires · WA

While driving west between omaha ne and vancouver wa I had two tire failures. The first required purchasing a new tire of a different brand. Damage caused by the second failure is estimated at $3,400 with more possible. And the purchase of 4 replacements as akuret is not available anywhere near where I was traveling.