Tire Tread/belt Problems of Chevrolet 2500

Chevrolet 2500 owners have reported 11 problems related to tire tread/belt (under the tire category). The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 09/02/2005

Tire failure, tread separation, firestone steeltex radial a/t, lt245/75r16 120/116r, load range e, canada 33777urbn05327-1.

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2 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 07/12/2005

I had my firestone steeltex radial a/t tires rotated by the dealership(jay wolfe cheverolet) on my 2001 silverado 2500 hd short bed crew cab. Tire size lt245/75r16 load range e. This was done on 07/05/05. I had noticed a wobble in the steering wheel and a slight pulling to the right, that seemed to become more noticeable the more I drove it. I checked tire pressures,lug nuts, tread wear. Everything looked fine. Tires have 51,780 miles on them, and were not down to the tread wear indicators. On 07/12/05 I was traveling down I-35 n at 60 mph when all of the sudden the front right tire completeley seperated the tread from the rest of the tire, luckily, the tire did not blow out, and I was able to keep it under control and bring it to a stop on the side of the highway, the tread seperation did quite a bit of damage to the vehicle, right front quarter panel,wheel well shroud,rockerpanel, right outside mirror. I am awaiting an estimate from the body shop. I have replaced all four tires with michelins, that same day. I have kept the failed tire and tread that seperated.

3 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 10/17/2004

Bfgoodrich p245/75r16 tire - radial long trail t/a tread and outside side wall came apart on interstate at 70 mph. Was able to control truck and pullover safely. Tires / less than 5 months old.

4 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 08/16/2004

While driving, the consumer noticed that the vehicle started vibrating from the rear. The consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle and pulled over. The consumer noticed that the rear driver tire blew out. The driver was able to change the tire and drove it to the dealer for inspection. Firestone steel tex p24575r16 load range d #dot vn11b1c. The consumer has contacted firestone. Please fill in additional information.

5 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 04/21/2004

While driving my 2001 Chevrolet 2500 hd crew cab 4x4 south on us 59 in houston texas the tread fully separated off the right rear firestone steeltex a/t 245/75r16, load range e, dot no. Vn11bac5300 at approximately 10:30 on April 21, 2004. Just prior to separation, truck started vibrating (speed was approximately 65 mph). The vibration then became violent followed by loud noises. At this time I noticed large chunks of rubber flying all over the highway, followed by what appeared to be the entire tread. The entire event only lasted seconds. I pulled over as soon as possible finding the tire still fully inflated, but missing the entire tread. There were no injuries, but damage has been estimated at $4018. 38. I have rotated my tires on regular basis and maintained Chevrolets recommended pressures. I can prove the tire that lost it's tread had been at 80 psi from December 2003 to days prior to the seperation. I filed a claim with bridgestone/firestone north american tire, llc and paid to ship the tire to them. Their response dated 5/5/2004, claim ref. No. 913329 was "we have carefully inspected your tire. We did observe signs that the tire had been operated for an unknown period of time while being in an over-deflected state causing the detachment you experienced. . . We must respectfully deny your request for compensation. " my tires have been at Chevrolet recommended air pressure since I bought this truck new. I have also never exceeded the gvwr, gawr frt or gawr rr load ratings. What I have found out through the internet is there seems to be lots of other folks that have had the same problem. I am in the process of taking them to small claims court vs. Filing with my insurance because firestone has a defective product. I hope this agency can help protect consumers from future injuries and driving up our insurance costs. If allowed, post my email as bcothran@houston. Rr. Com - I would like to hear from others who have been thru this.

6 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 02/22/2004

I have had two firestone steeltex a/t tires size 245/75r16 load range e that the tread has came off of the carcass but the tires have not lost air. . . Property damage was done to vehicle. Sent claim off to bfnt llc. Claim was denied. Said due to under inflation. I have found two other local individuals with same tires manufacturer cod vn(canada) three weeks apart with same problems.

7 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 10/06/2003

Experienced tire belt separation and blow out while traveling. The tire failed without warning causing damage to the vehicle of $2200. 00 and required replacement of the tire. The tire had 27000 miles of use at the time of the failure. The tire involved was firestone steeltex radial, load range e - m/s #08426 lt245/75r16 120/116r, da432t d20d dot vnii bic 5000, made in canada 31055 ur bmd5326-2.

8 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 1998 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 09/20/2003

The rear driver side tire experienced tread separation while driving 35 mph. The cause of the failure was undetermined. The left side of the vehicle was damaged as a result of the separation. The consumer replaced all five tires and sent the faulty tire to continental tire of north America as they requested.

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9 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 07/11/2003

Rear passenger tread delaminated from tire while traveling at speed limit on freeway. Vehicle pulled over to side of road. The tire was completely inflated. . . Just the treat had seperated from tire causing major damage to vehicle. Had not run over anything in roadway to cause this event. . . . . Looked up road and found safer and wider spot to change tire. . . . In process of slowly approaching other area. . . . . Tire exploded. Tire was not at hot temperature. This appears to be a tire defect.

10 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 07/05/2003

While driving the left rear tire experienced tread separation while traveling 70mph on the highway, causing damage to the left rear fender. Tire information:firestone, steeltex r4s,r45/75r16, 28000 miles on tires. Original left rear.

11 Tire Tread/belt problem of the 2001 Chevrolet 2500

Failure Date: 01/17/2003

Tire failure of firestone steeltex r4s tire.


Other Common Tire related problems of Chevrolet 2500

Problem Category Number of Problems
Tire Tread/belt problems
11
Tire problems
5
Tire Sidewall problems
3
Tire Pressure Monitoring System problems
1
Tire Blowout problems
1

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