Eight problems related to tire have been reported for the 2000 Chevrolet Suburban. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Tread separation on continental sport lt SUV tire size p265/70r16. Tires were purchased from walmart and 3 out of 4 have had thread separation. The first two, the seller replaced them with new one and since it happened in the city at low speed, no damage. Third one was at interstate i4 at 70 mph. Speed and suddenly the rear back tire make a banging noise hitting the fender and under the vehicle and following by heavy vibration and blow out. I was able to control the car and safely get to the break down lane. Heavy damage to the left fender, running board and damage to brake line and the driver side of the vehicle from rubber hitting the car. My car is chevy Suburban and tire has less than 10,000 miles on them. The tires are continental p265/70r16. As I went to walmart, they do not carry the continental tires any more. Have not done any repair on the vehicle yet and have filed a complain with walmart only so far.
The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban 1500. The vehicle has firestone wilderness at tires. The contact stated that the steel belted tire loosened. There was also a flat spot in the middle of the tire. While driving at low speeds, he can feel the difference. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The contact changed the tire himself. The failure mileage was 56,000. Updated 06/12/09 updated 06/16/jb.
P265/70r16, dot unknown, original equipment on a 2000, Chevrolet, Suburban with 4000 miles. While driving 15-20 mph rear left tire exploded, no injuries. Firestone wilderness at tires.
While driving with my 3 children and preagnant wife we experienced a total failure of the left rear tire. I was traveling about 80mph, I heard a repeating thud which sounded like the thud produced when driving over expansion joints, however, I noticed it was louder than typical and didn't coincide with expenation joint timing. I took my foot off the gas and began to slow down by coasting. All this transpired in about 4 to 10 seconds. Then bang, we hear a loud noise, and our vehicle rear drops. I looked behind me and I see tread and peices of tire flying everywhere. I coasted for a few seconds, not wanting to upset the balance of the vehicle and then gently applied the brakes. We stopped. The only thing left on the rim were the two side walls. There wasn't any tread left. I have since retrived the tread. The tread is separated from the carcus of the tire. I assume this is the repeating thud sound I heard. Then the tire carcus and tread ripped completely from the side walls. My rim is scratched and dented. Gm says this cost $480. Tire is obviously gone. About 2,000 miles earlier I had firestone, check, and rotate tires on the vehicle and after the incident I checked the other tires and tire pressures where 35psi +or - 2psi. Upon examination of the tread that came off tire it can be seen that there is a puncture which looks like a nail or screw penetrated the tire. My gm dealership is saying that this caused the tire pressue to go down and I drove on it so it got hot and this caused the faulure. I believe that the tire may have lost some pressure, but I think it was probably a slow leak. My wife and I didn't notice a low tire by the way the vehicle was handling. It is my belief that the low pressure may have precipitated the tire failure, but the tire was defective because it shouldn't have failed so catastophically with only a minor tire pressure loss. If the tire would have been almost flat, then we would not have felt the vehicle drop.
I had two tire separation failures in two weeks. Please contact me. (dot number: v672wl2 tiresize: p265/70r16).
Cupped and waved treads on tires / firestone will not replace/blames mfgr. (tiresize: p265/70r16)( dot number: tire size: p265/70r16 ).
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Tire failure - tire separating. ( dot number: ).