Tire Tread/belt Problems of Chevrolet Express

Driving around 45 mph on an open road, driver's rear tire thread separated from tire, damaged rear bumper and frame, the detached thread could have damaged other cars behind me (thankfully it did not), there were no warning lamps and tires were in good shape before the drive, replaced with a spare and drove back home, the car is a 2000 GMC chevy Express van (purchased in 2000), tires were included with the vehicle when purchased, car was not driven much, present odometer 8,000 miles, tire is firestone lt 24575r16.

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I was driving along in my 2000 Chevrolet Express van at the legal speed of 65 mph when suddenly without warning the van began vibrating and shaking violently to the point that I almost lost control of it. I immediately reduced my speed-to about 10 mph until I could find a safe place to examine the tires. The right front tire had a large swollen place on it so I replaced it with my spare tire. Although this vehicle is a 2000 model these tires are the original ones and only have 21,950 miles on them and I am afraid to trust the remaining four. The five tires are michelin xw4. When the failed tire,which was mounted on the front passenger side at time of failure was later examined it showed signs of severe ply separations and outer rubber cracking.

: the contact stated while traveling 75 mph, the front driver side tire blew out. The vehicle was pulled over into the median and the tire was changed. Two hundred miles later, the passenger side rear tire blew out. The vehicle was pulled over to the shoulder and the tire was replaced. The tires were sent to the manufacturer which determined the blowouts were a result of road hazards. Updated 4/6/2006 - the consumer believes the failure was due to tread separation.

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The contact stated the tread separated from the left rear tire. This happened on a rental car that the contact's husband was driving. The tire dealer could not determine the cause of the failure. Updated- the consumer struggled to maintain control of the vehicle, however he did managed to bring the vehicle to a safe stop.

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While driving rear driver's tire tread separated. Consumer pulled and changed the tire. Dealership will be notified. Firestone, lt24575r16.

While driving, the vehicle started to vibrate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who found the left rear tire tread was separating. When the vibration noise was heard a loud vibration followed by a sound as if the rear end had fallen off. The vehicle swayed.

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Belt separated.

The rear passenger side tire tread separated. Consumer changed the tire, and the spare tire started to violently vibrate while driving. The tire had a football size bubble in it. The consumer stated 4 of the original tires failed.

I run a rental car CO. In the past 6 months I have had 5 of the firestone s4s steeltex radial 16 inch tires, that the tread had rolled off the 15 pass van, someone is going to get hurt bad . . I went to the local firestone store and all they want to do is make an adjustment on the tires that failed, but I have this tire on all 7 of my vans and I am afraid to rent them out. . . I need some help from firestone to replace all of these tires. . . Help me before someone gets hurt.

The vehicles left rear tire tread separated and the tire blew out while driving.

The right rear tire experienced tread separation. Which caused the tire to blow out.

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Consumer states that while driving and without warning the front tires have tread separation and it will be hard for the consumer to control the vehicle. Dealer notified size#lt24575r16 please provide.

I noticed a continuous tire thump" and stopped the vehical and checked the tires. The left front tire had a flat spot in the center of the tread, about 2in x 1. 5 in. There were no other abnormatities. After traveling about 30 more miles the "thump" got alot more apparent and I heard a loud "clinking" noise. I stopped and inspected the tire and found the tread was separating from the tire over about a 12 in. Of length where the steel belt stops at the side wall. The tread was still intact. I beleive that if I had not stopped when I did that total seperation of the tread would have occured within the next mile or so. I have the tire if you need to inspect it and/or I can send you photos . (dot number: vn1181a098 tiresize: lt 245/ 75).

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Tire size lt245/75r16 120/116r tread separation and vehicle damage. (dot number: vn11b1a429 tiresize: lt245/75r1).

Firestone, 245 75 r16, dot # an11b1a517, original equipment, 30000 miles mounted on a 1996, Chevrolet, Express. While driving at highway speeds there was some tread separation on back left tire.

This is a fleet repair facility for consumers energy. I have had 4 tread separations on Chevrolet Express vans in the last 6 months. All tires were inflated properly, the vehicles were checked for weight, all were under gvw. All happened while driving on the Expressway. The last vehicle lost the tread and the driver managed to drive 10 more miles on side roads trying to return to the shop. The tire never deflated untill he ran over somthing while driving on the shoulder in the gravel. We still have the casing and tread. (dot number: vn11 b1a tiresize: lt24575r16).

Air temperature 100 degrees fahrenheit, air pressure in tire checked at 80 psi cold, speed 60mph. This is the third tire of this size and make, made in canada. This one and other two had about 9 to 10 thousand miles on the road. Each suffered a tread separation. Others had odi#735190. (dot number: tpc 2012ms tiresize: 24575r16 e).

Tire had complete castastrophic failure of the side wall while on highway driving 54 mph. The entire side wall blew out. This tire had less than 15 days driving time on it since it was the spare that was replaced on Monday, 21 may. The only other time it was used was for 2 days last summer. The tire was brand new!!! (dot number: 120/116r tiresize: lt24575r16).

Pe00 020; consumer was loading up truck and noticed that passenger's rear tire had a chunk of the tread gone. Firestone, steel tex, r4slt245/75r16 , dot#23570urbno5326-1 dot vn11b1a338.

Tread separation after loud noise. (thought a jet was going overhead). Felt no vibration or anything else prior to tire going flat. (dot number: canada tiresize: lt245/7516).

My wife was driving on the freeway bring her car pool home with six children. She heard a loud thumping sound occur all of a sudden. The tire did not burst but we lost a significant portion of the tread. We have had the tires replaced with goodyear tires. The same day this happened we heard these tires were also being investigated. We still have the tires in our possession. (dot number: vn11b1a307 tiresize: lt245/75r1).

While traveling at approximately 67 mph in Chevrolet, Express van, left rear firestone steeltex tire, size: lt245/75r16, dot: vn11b1a478 experienced tread separation with approximately 40,000 to 50,000 miles on tires. These tires were original equipment for this vehicle.

P300 020;consumer was traveling about 75mph on highway and heard a thumping noise. Was able to pull over, and right rear side tire tread had separated. He has contacted firestone, he received a notice. Firestone,#steeltex r4s, p24575r16. There were no injuries. Consumer has experienced 4 other separations, 2 being tread separations and the other being belt separations.

The right rear passenger tire experienced tread separation.