Five problems related to tire bead have been reported for the 2001 Dodge Dakota. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
All 4 tires have crack around the bead of tire. Have spent over $500. 00 in repairs, alignments, and tire balancing. Problem I think is from the steering response of the vehicle. This model needs upgraded tires.
Owner of 2001 Dodge Dakota p/u, with wrangler st tires, at 10000 miles tires cracked around rim, goodyear store only adjusted the front ones, which he said were cracked. The rear, he called dry rotting, normal wear and tear. The front tires 8000 miles later are cracked. I called westchase tire and auto , in houston, texas and the store manager mentioned that it was strange that this had occured again. I checked the NHTSA site and found the same type of failures were being reported since several years back. I am positive that neither goodyear nor Dodge will fess up to any problems with these tires. I just hope that loss of lives do not occur before action is taken. I will have these tires replaced once more and see how long they will last this time.
All four tires original equipment are cracking at the bead. Cracks are several inches long. Goodyear dealer says "heat cracking" and will replace at prorated value. If these tires were recalled per your website, I was never notified. Information is for paper trail.
During a periodic maintenance check it was found that three of the four tires were separating at the bead.
Tires are seperating around the bead area. Dt.