2003 Forest River Rockwood: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Apr 15, 2006 · Tires · MO

Carlisle tire on 2003 rockwood travel trailer had a blowout while traveling down highway. Rubber came off of tire and struck side of trailer leaving black marks. Tire was properly inflated. Carlisle will not replace as we are not the original owners of the travel trailer. We have discovered that there have been numerous problems with the carlisle tires made from 2002-2004. Cost to replace tire is $100. We still have old tire.

Filed Aug 22, 2005 · Tires · CA

Dt: the consumer stated that 5th wheel trailers carlisle tires blew out. Tire size 20575/15 c- rated 6 ply. The consumer had two incidents with defective tires. The first tire had a blister and was separating. The tire only had 1,000 miles on it. The consumer sent the tire back to carlisle, and they sent a replacement tire. The second time separated and blew apart while the consumer was traveling at 55 MPH. When the tire separated it damaged the underside of the trailer. The consumer heard a popping sound, and saw rubber coming apart, then had to pull over. The trailer did not have a jack with it. The consumer was disabled and had to have someone else change the tire. The consumer was in contact with carlisle. They wanted pictures of the trailer and were going to pick up the tire via ups. The consumer said the tires were unsafe, especially since they were not rated correctly. The consumer contacted the dealer of the trailer, and felt that the dealer should have had someone service the trailer. The consumer stated that he was very unsatisfied with the dealership of the trailer. The dealer was best rv in manteca, california. Has replaced the tires on the trailer with 10 ply. Had property damage to the trailer because of the tire blew out. The location was the right rear tire on both occasions.

Filed Aug 17, 2005 · Tires · CA

Dt: the contact stated there were 4 blow outs on the trailer. The contact felt that the trailer manufacturer put tires on the trailer that were not sufficient enough th hold the weight of the trailer, and that there should be a bigger size tire. The contact contacted the manufacturer, but they hav enot returned the call.

Filed Oct 25, 2004 · Tires · 10,000 miles · FL

Sudden blowouts on 3 of 4 carlisle 205 75 r 14 tires on travel trailer. Purchased new on 9/12/03. First blowout on 3/3/04. 2nd on 10/1/04. 3rd on 10/21/04. Have contacted carlisle w/ no repsonse. All blowouts were sudden wtih separation of tread. All tires at 50 psi and w/in load range.

Filed Oct 7, 2004 · Tires · CT

Re: claim #26875 for blowout of 4 tires and trailer damage due to blowout of 4 tires (tire size st205 75 r14 load range c) installed by oem. Forest river 25' shamrock rv trailer was purchased new in spring of 2003. Total mileage on tires is about 4,000 miles. In july of 2004 during a family vacation from connecticut to michigan and back we had 3 carlisle tires blowout (heard blowouts and inspection of blown tires appeared to reveal ply separation). Before leaving on trip tire pressure was checked to be at 50 psi per tire side wall rating. First blowout occurred about 7:00 p.m. Only about 50 miles into trip. Blown tire was saved and trip was continued. Second carlisle tire blew (again heard blowout) after about 800 total trip miles west of detroit (about 200 miles on that day) and 2 replacement tires were purchased (replace tire that just blew and also to replace spare from 1st day). Second blown tire was also saved initially and both damaged tires were brought to bering springs, mi vacation area. No carlisle tire dealers were found in area to return damaged tires to for inspection/replacement and trailer/tow vehicle did not have room to store 2 damaged tires for remainder of trip. Tire pressure was again checked and found to be 50 psi. Trailer was weighed on commercial scale with a total trailer tire weight of about 5,700 lbs well under rating for the 4 trailer tires of 6,680 lbs (1,670 lbs per tire by 4 tires on trailer). 2 damaged tires were then discarded. On return trip from michigan third carlisle tire blew at 10:00 p.m. In canada just west of niagra falls. 3rd replacement tire purchased in upper new york state and 3rd replacement tire was discarded. Fourth carlisle tire blew labor day 2004 weekend trip to rhode island. This tire is being returned to carlisle for inspection. Carlisle contact: yvonne jackson carlisle tire & wheel co. 25 windham blvd.,aiken, sc 29805 phone:1.800.260.7959 ext. 414 email: [email protected].