general problems of the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe

While traveling at approximately 70 mph on an asphalt surfaced freeway, the right rear tire had a catastrophic side-wall failure and blew out. The failure led to a temporary loss of control of the vehicle before speed was reduced and control was regained. Ambient temperature was about 75 degrees and the tire was approximatley 8 months old with approximately 5,000 miles on it.

The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe with firestone destination le tires, line size 265/70/r16. The contact stated that the tread was beginning to separate on all for tires. The contact took the vehicle to where the tires were originally purchased and was told that the tires looked as if they were dry rotted. The contact stated that the tires were not old enough to dry rot and believed that failure was a manufacturing defect. The failure mileage was 116,426. The VIN was not available.

2002 Chevrolet Tahoe. Consumer writes in regards to issues with vehicle tires the consumer stated a recall was issued for the tires on the vehicle. However, goodyear denied his claim, stating the driver side rear tire failure was due to loss of air pressure and no workmanship or material related conditions were found to have caused the initial air loss. The consumer's vehicle was damaged as a result of the tire failure.

I have had to replace tires, falken ziex s/tz 01 275/55 r 20 this is my 2nd set of 4 tires I have had to replaced. The first set the steel belts crossed over eachother 8 months and less than 10 thousand miles. This second set I just had to replace due to the tires causing my vehicle to vibrate extremely, at highway speeds causing me to slow in order to maintain control of my vehicle. In addition this caused extreme noise in my vehicle. This began approximately 2 years ago, the first set of tires were replaced on a pro rated basis, this second set was not.

Tire explotion on the freway.

2002 Chevrolet Tahoe front left tire caught on fire. The consumer noticed the front of the vehicle started to shimmy at the right front tire. The fire eventually went out by itself.

Cupping problems on 2002 Tahoe began at 12k miles, 2 tires replaced at 30k due to 2nd layer of tire exposed. Told by tire retailer that this is typical for this tire: firestone willderness at p265/70r16.

Problems with front alignment on 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe. At approx. 7-8k miles, consumer started having tire problems. He rotated them but to no avail. Dealership was contacted and they said rotate them again. Consumer did. At 14k miles new tires were put on the vehicle. This didn't solve the problem. Chevy said to rotated the tires every 2k miles but the consumer felt this was ridiculous and did it every 3k miles but to no avail. Consumer noted they never tried to repair the problem. (ph.

Inappropriate tires on SUV's could be the cause of rollovers.

Truck was equipped with passenger car tires instead of truck tires. .