Tire Blowout problems of the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado

The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado equipped with cooper dean mud terrain radial sxt, size: 119/116n (n/a). While driving 65 mph, the steering wheel started to wobble and made a loud abnormal noise under the vehicle. The contact stated that the front driver side tire blew out. An independent mechanic replaced the tire. The tires were replacement tires. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 149,910 and the tire failure mileage was unknown.

I had just entered onto the interstate and had gone about 5 miles when my front right tire blew sending me to the side of the road. I have always rotated these tires every 6000 miles and kept 32-34 pounds of air pressure in them. When the tire blew the whole tread from around the tire separated leaving only the two sidewalls attached to a severely damaged mag-alloy wheel. I was the only one in the vehicle and suffered no apparent injuries. However it is a little unerving to have this happen at 65 miles per hour. I went to the firestone dealer and was told that this paticular tire was under no recall and there are no complaints. I am sure I will have no luck getting reimbursed for the tire/tires and rim but feel it necessary to at least make a complaint regarding this tire. Like I said proper maintenance had been performed on these tires and the dealer commented the remaining three looked similar in wear with no abnormalities. All three remaining tires had exactly the same amount of wear. I appreciate the opportunity to report this incident and will appreciate any help I can get.

Driving on a grated dirt road, the right front tire blew and almost took us of the road. We were going camping and was fortunate it did not happen when we were going passed the step ledges. When the tire blew it forced us off the road and into some brush. No vehicle or passenger injury (luckily). I just want to report this issue so that maybe firestone will do a recall on some of the other tires that are obviously defective. Please take this near miss into consideration, because if this tire blew about 8 miles earlier we could have went off the embankment. (tiresize: p265/75/16).

The tire separated and blowed out,destroying the rim. ( dot number: w273wma238 tire size: p26575r16 ).

The tire separated and blowed out,destroying the rim also. ( dot number: w273wma238 tire size: p26575r16 ).

A 10 inch piece of rubber blew out the side of tire on a trip to virgina. My wife was driving the truck and the tire blew at 70mph. She was able to get the truck stopped without a crash. A state trooper came and changed the tire. She took the tire to a firestone dealer and they acted like the tire blowing out was no big deal. I think it is!!! being 600 miles from home all she could do was buy a new tire, but the dealer made sure that they kept the tire that blew out. I wonder why!!!!!( dot number: tire size: 16in. ).

This truck had a goodyear tire blowout while driving about 45 mph. The truck was less than a year old, but there was vibration in the steering since the first day it was purchased. Goodyear replaced all four tires and the vibration stopped. The blown up tire was defective.

Just reporting this as it seems premature for a tire to blow, especially sidewall with only 12,000 miles on. Cannot say for sure cause of failure but it did go completely flat . It was fine when I left and properely inflated, went out within a mile, truck started to handle rough so I pulled into a parking lot and tire was resting on rim completely flat with sidewall slit open. . Since it is a wilderenss tire and they have some defects I thought I should mention this. Tire was repalced and disposed by pomps service who replaced it. No one could really say what caused it to go and I shrugged if off as bad luck and bought new one. Maybe it was defective to start. If this helps you take a bad tire off road, great. Don't need someone else hitting the ditch because of bad tire. If I had been running along on interstate at faster speed I would have been in ditch. . Fortunately I was just starting out and close to home and slowed down and got off road when I felt vehicle handle sloppy. . ( dot number: tire size: p265/75r16 ).

First incident - traveling on i435 kansas city, mo at 65mph. Right rear tire blew at 21:00. 2nd incident - traveling on us 71 at 50mph. Right front tire blew at 23:30. ( dot number: tire size: p265/75r16 ).

While driving my pickup on a 4 lane road the right front tire sidewall blew out. There was no apparent reason for the blowout. The tire had a hole in it the size of a grapefruit next to the tread. I took the tire to a chev dealer in phoenix arizona and they gave me a discount on another tire but would not replace it free. I also went to a firestone store owned by firestone. They told me there was nothing they could do except sell me a new set of tires. They did tell me that a passenger tire for a pickup was not the idea tire. However, they told me to appeal to women drivers and get a smooth ride they put passenger tires like mine on Chevrolet trucks. Great huh? I just missed having an accident. Nobody after looking at the tire could tell me what caused it to explode. ( dot number: tire size: p265/75r16 ).