Tire Tread/belt problems of the 2003 Dodge Durango

The contact owns a 2003 Dodge Durango. The vehicle has goodyear wrangler rtf, size p26570r16 tires. During a routine inspection, the contact noticed that the air pressure was extremely low at 32 psi. She also noticed dark circles around the tires where the tread was separating and the sidewall was splitting. She had the tires inspected and was informed that because the tires were four years old, the tread life expired and the tires would not perform properly. The current and failure mileages were 63,000.

I noticed that my right tire was loosing it was tread. I thought that I could just take it in for a wheel allignment, but the shop said that it was a worn out upper ball joint. It is going to cost me around $800. 00 to fix it. I am over on my warranty by 1000 miles and when I call daimlerchrysler they said that there was a pending investigation on this matter, but do not offer any inforamtaion. I then noticed on the internet where others are having the same problems. I think that since there are so many complaints and so many of us owners of the Dodge Durango there should be a recall into this matter. Ball joint problems should not be a problem until 100,000 miles at least.

While driving 55 mph on the highway a loud noise was coming from the left rear tire due to tread separation. Consumer was able to pull over to the shoulder. Firestone, steel tex, lt265/75r16, dot vnw81xy1402.