Tire Problems of Chevrolet Silverado 2500 - part 2

Complete sudden tire failure sigma tire stampede radial as lt265r75/16, dot upw8 twt 3206 cp g04l the tire had about 28000 miles on it while mounted on my Chevrolet 2500 four wheel drive crew cab truck right front wheel, and had 1/3 to 1/2 of the original tread remaining. I was on I-26 in south carolina traveling at about 70 mph. I felt a very slight vibration, just slightly different than normal road vibration and about 15 seconds later, the right front tire completely disassembled. The tread separated from the tire body between the two steel belts. Fortunately I was in the right lane in light traffic, and was able to bring the truck under control without hitting anything, or rolling over. The tire was inflated to manufacturer's recommendations, and I had hit nothing that would have caused the tread separation. I had stopped for fuel about 20 minutes earlier, and the tires looked normal at that time. I was not hauling a load, or pulling a trailer at the time. In roughly a million miles or driving I have never had a tire fail like this, and don't ever want another failure like it. I have always had some sort of warning of an incipient failure. The tires were on the truck when I bought it about one and one-half years ago, so I don't know where they were purchased. I had the truck aligned twice, and the tires rotated as part of normal maintenance. The separated tread caused about $4000 damage to my vehicle. I have contacted sigma product liability and filed a report with them.

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Tire belt failure, with tread separation . I purchased a matched set of four cooper discoverer atr m&s lt265/75r16 tires brand new. They have been regularly checked for air pressure and balanced an rotated. On June 28,2008, 26 months after purchase and with about 24000 miles on them the front left tire failed . I replaced tire with spare. On 10/10/08 with about 27000 miles on it the front right tire failed in the same manner. With 2 of 4 tires coming apart in tis manner, I removed the remaining tires as I feel there must be a defect. They are unsafe and I have replaced them with new firestone tires.

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My tire tread came completely off as I was going 70mph on florida turnpike yesterday, almost causing an accident, and ripped my whole plastic dust protector, (not sure of proper name) off. Tires are firestone steelex at lt 245/75/r16 which had 40,000miles, but showed very little wear. Aaa came and got me on the road again, but was really a frightening experience. Any other complaints on these tires? these were the original tires on my chevy silverado which I bought new, and have maintained faithfully.

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