Tire Tread/belt Problems of Dodge Ram 2500 - part 1

265/70/17- busted belts in 2 tires, liner separation in another. Available for inspection removed all 4 due to safety concerns.

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The contact owns a 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 equipped with capitol precision trac ii tires, size: 265/70517 (na). While driving 60 mph, the vehicle began to wobble. The contact pulled over to inspect the vehicle and noticed that the front passenger tire failed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was confirmed that the tire tread separated. The tire was replaced. The tires were replacement tires. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 197,000 and the tire failure mileage was 50,000.

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Tread separated from tire - resulting in extensive damage to truck this was the 2nd cooper tire on this truck to do this - but we found that problem before it came completely apart - I do not have the info on the earlier tire because I took it to my tire dealer and they replaced it with another tire - same kind. This tire was from the other side that came apart and did the extensive damage this time.

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I was driving my truck and all of the sudden the ride got rough, before I had time to pull over, there was a loud bang. I looked back and saw that the tread had come off of my tire. The tire did not lose air, but the tread flew back and damaged the rear corner panel of my truck and also flew up and damaged the side panel of my truck.

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Driving home from a camping trip when about 18" of tread flew off my tire. So I pulled over to the side of the road and change the tire.

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Tread separation at freeway speed causing extensive damage to driver's side of vehicle.

I have had three tire separations with the goodyear tracker and tracker ii tires lt245-75r16. Goodyear states the tire were made for walmart and will not get involved. Walmart has replaced each of the tires but I believe they are unsafe.

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A hole blew out on the outside of the tire. I was doing about 70 mph (the speed limit in missouri) when the front tire blew out. When I got stopped and looked at the tire the tread was pealed off and shredded. But it looks like the tire blew a hole right out the side by the tread.

The contact owns a 1996 Dodge Ram 2500. The vehicle had a set of brand new cooper dominator sport a/t tires. While driving 50 mph, the tires blew out and caused the contact to drive into a ditch. The dealer removed the failed tire and replaced it with one of a different brand. The dealer stated that there was no recall issued for the failure. The contact stated that he just received a recall notice in the mail stating that his tires were on recall and he would need to bring the defective tires in for inspection. The blow out was caused by tread separation. The contact stated that he has no proof in order to get reimbursed for the tires because the dealer would not return the tire. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage is 350,000 and failure mileage was 340,000.

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At 62 mph steeltex radial at dot vnw81xl m/s 265-75-r16 threw the complete tread of the rear tire and beat the truck up to the tune of $4,000. 00 by insurance estimate. Tires all wear evenly about 3/4 thread left rotated every other oil change,only slight weather checking noted at that time. Tire beat the bed in about 16",destroyed running boards,twisted rear bumper,destroyed rear tail light assembly. Afraid of other tires. Parked it until I can get an answer as to what my rights are. Will have to pay high insurance deductible and get tires removed before somebody gets killed. After looking at the entries on this web site concerning these tires something appears to be very wrong here. Someone should have gave us firestone steeltex owners a heads up about a potential problem instead of saying these are not the tires that are defective and dropping the price to talk you into buying them.

I was driving south on I-95 when I heard my left front tire separating . I canceled my cruise control as soon as I realized what was happening , when I hit the cancel button the tire exploded. My truck had a total of 2500 miles on it when this happened . It damaged the bumper ,fender, headlight,door, cab, rim and step bar nothing has been done to repair my truck yet , I also still have the old tire.

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On 4-21-2006, my right rear tire catastrophically blew out. The entire perimeter of tread separated, doing at least $2,158. 80 damage to my truck. I did not lose control and there was no other damage. On 4-22-2006, 234 miles after the first blowout, the left rear tire blew out in a similar fashion. Damage this time was $1,896. 82. The tires were cooper dominator sport a/t, size lt 265/75-16e. The dot code for both tires was upw8 xdj 3104. The first tire had 22,467 miles at the time of blowout; the second 22,701. In both cases I was heading eastbound on I-40, the first time at mp 259, 14 miles west of santa rosa, nm; the second at mp 122, about 60 miles east of amarillo, TX. Both tires were inflated to 80 psi, checked the morning of 4-21-06. My speed for at the first blowout was 60 mph; 53 mph at the second. Temperature at the first blowout was 70; for the second was 85. Pavement in both cases was smooth, dry asphalt. Two identical tires that were properly inflated, were not overloaded, were being driven well under the speed limit, should not blow out like this. There is obviously a serious problem with these tires.

During evacuation of vehicles prior to hurricane rita texas parks and wildlife department staff were proceeding northbound on I-59 near edna, texas, in a 2001 Dodge 3/4-ton 4x4 with bridgestone dueler mt tires when a loud explosion was heard and a large piece of tread flew from the left rear of the truck. Several vehicles had to swerve to avoid being struck by the large piece of tire tread almost resulting in a serious accident. Staff were able to pull over and discovered the tread had separated from the tire causing damage to the left rear fender. The tire retained air but the tread was completely separated from the tire leaving the steel belts and underlayment exposed. Local firestone dealers told us we would be charged top replace the tire.

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Consumer states that the left front tire blew out on his 2004 thor jazz 5th wheel trailer. It is the original tire. There was damage to the fender. Consumer checked the tire pressure the day before. He took the tire to a goodyear dealer because there wasn't a carlisle dealer nearby. He was told there was no sign of the tire running low and they thought it was a defective tire.

While towing a trailer at approximately 75 mph (speed limit) on interstate highway 10 west between wilcox, az and benson, az, the left rear tire tread separated. As a consequence, the right front tire developed a flat spot rendering it unusable. The separated tread caused significant damage to the pickup towing the trailer and incidental damage to the front of the trailer. No one was injured. Two tires were replaced. The left bed side and associated parts were replaced and the dents in the bed were straightened. The old tires are available.

: the contact stated, while traveling at 60 mph, the front left tire tread separated completely from the tire, causing it to flatten. The vehicle and trailer were damaged from the accident caused by the tire failure. There have been 12 failures within a six-month time period for the set of tires in question. The manufacturer alleged the tire failure was due to driving on under inflated tires.

While driving at 65 mph on August 31, 2004 front passenger tire blew. On September 9, 2004 while driving at 45 mph the right tire tread separated. As result, there was a damage to the passenger door and the underneath the vehicle, for over $2000. Bridgestone, model dueler, at 693 lt285/75r16, dot#ejlfccb190.

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Firestone wilderness at tire p265/75r16 114s on a 2001 Dodge ram crew cab 4wd vehicle - tread came off of tire at 55 mph.

While driving left front tire lost its shape. Consumer stopped and changed the tire. Later, the tire was taken to the dealer and it was replaced. Currently,the right and left rear tires were showing the same defect. Three of the four tires had broken belts. The tires had 18000 miles on them and the tread was at 55-60%.

We were traveling on interstate 44 in missouri and all of a sudden we heard a loud banging/thumping and were losing control of the back of our truck. We thought we had a blowout so we pulled over onto the shoulder. Initially, the tire looked fined until we looked at the back of the tire and the damage to the side of the truck. It looked like a tread separation. We replaced that tire with the spare tire and traveled to the next available town to buy a new tire. We were afraid to travel any further without a spare tire not knowing what caused the initial problem and to make sure we were prepared if something happened to another one of the tires. We still have the tire that we believe had a tread separation.

While traveling on the highway on January 23,20 04. At approximately 60 mph, the tread on the front passenger side tire separated, resulting in complete destruction of the tire. On March 23, 2004 while driving at the same speed, the tread on the rear driver side tire separated, resulting in tire failure. Hercules, terra track, r123, lt245/75r16, the tires had only 17,000 miles on them. The first incident occurred with no warning. The vehicle jerked and pulled to the right. The tire was inflated but the tread in the center was gone. The second incident occurred while in motion. A loud noise was heard, the vehicle swerved across the lanes. Tread wrapped around the axle. The tire didn't go flat. The right rear tire was out of shape and had to be replaced. (terra track r123).

While driving with the cruise control on the passenger side front tire tread separated. 40 percent of the tread was left.

Problems with all four tires on vehicle. . The outer steel belt separated, which caused the vehicle to vibrate when driving at 25 to 35 mph. The consumer replaced all the tires on the vehicle.

Tires manufacture by pirelli for light duty pick-up truck. The tire size is lt245/75/16 load range e-ply speed range -q style is scorpion a/t m/s. The problem is all four tires were manufacture in brazil at sem camara. The failure to outer belt steel is separating this happened at 31,153 miles. When operating the vehicle it feel like you are walking on top of foot and vibration moving at 25 to 35 mph hour. The tires are available for review. The tire dealership (discount tire centers) had no interest in calling pirelli area service manager around the problems I was experiencing. I knew I had a disaster coming if I didn't remove all four tires quickly from the vehicle. The inter tire casing look excellent with no hot spots or heat cracks. I have following detail information on these tires. Lt 245/75/16, scorpion a/t m&s, #8-36p047, speed q, load range (e), origin brazil, 2498 36px47, dot xl 11 8325, european ee0054589, inside tire casing bar code #3003358969, #4003037116, the thread depth averages is 7/32,6/32, 8/32,6/32 .

Consumer purchased a 2003 rinker boat trailer in July 2003. In August 2003 the left front tire blew out without warning on the interstate. The following July 2004 another tire blew out. The consumer did not remember location of the tire on the trailer at that time. The next tire blew out in April 2005 and again the consumer did not remember which tire it was. On July 17, 2005 the right front tire blew out. This was the forth blowout. Each time a blowout occurred there was damage to the trailer. The last tire blew out on September 4, 2005. The last blowout was on the left back tire. The consumer replaced these tires at his own expense each time. There has never been an accident as a result of these bloods.

I was driving a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 v-10 along interstate 50 in sacramento, CA in the fast or left lane and had installed brand new super swamper ssr 305/70/16 tires w/4,000 miles on them and while driving approximately 70 mph the left rear tire flew apart. The tread had separated from the steel cord in 2 large pieces and flew back at the car behind me causing a major car accident involving 3 cars not including mine. It caused extensive damage to my truck (apprx. $3,000. 00) the police did an onsite report and after speaking to everyone had decided to let me go without a citation or using my insurance because it was determined that the person behind me caused the accident by trying to swerve and miss the flying debris hitting her car. I tried to take them back to the store where I purchased them and received a response of call the manufacturer which I did with no luck. All I have at this point is pictures but no dot#.

My 1996 Dodge Ram 2500 came new with 5 goodyear wrangler rt/s 245/75 r16 tires. I replaced 4 tires at 78,000 miles with 3 new rt/s tires and rotated in the original spare. I kept the best 2 tires for spares. I used an old spare for about a week and noticed some vibration. The goodyear dealer indicated the tread was separating. While on the turnpike, the tread on the right front tire separated catastrophically at 75 mph and damaged the quarter panel, wheel well, lower passenger doorframe, steering mechanism (track bar), front bumper cowling, and dented the right rear quarter panel. The tire didnt go flat, but threw off all the tread. Fortunately, I retained control of the vehicle and no one was injured. The tire that separated was the original equipment spare, manufactured in 1996. This tire failed at about 30,000 miles. I brought the failed tire to the local goodyear dealership, perry tire and alignment in stillwater, where the owner forced me to send it to goodyear for analysis. As the tire was over 4 years old, he claimed goodyear would not warrantee the tire, but might make some adjustment. I stupidly did this, acting in good faith and trusting the integrity of both companies. Its one year later, and guess what: I have received no notification from either company, perry tire has changed ownership, and goodyear has "lost" my tire. By the way, goodyear's representative said they never deal directly with the customer - dealers do that, then goodyear deals with them. At about 55,000 miles, one of the newer tires had tread separation; another has worn unevenly to show the belt. Both were detected before failure on the road. The bottom line: 3 of 8 of my goodyear wrangler rt/s tires failed due to tread separation, one providing significant risk to my family and others. I am without the tire that disintegrated, and am considering seeking legal action. I understand tires wear out, but they should not fail in this manner even if worn down to the belts.

While driving with my wife & two grand daughters, at 60-65 mph in a 1996 Dodge Ram 2500 pulling challenger travel trailor, left rear tire had a tread separation; original equipment, tire size lt245/75r16, damaging left rear fender well and side panel. I had to replace pickup box side panel. The tread wrapped around axle and damaged left rear brake line. The tire did not blow-out. I maintained control of vehicles, which were fish-tailing, and was able to slow down and stop on shoulder of hiway. The hiway was clear of debris and I had been driving about 1 hour with temperatures of 90 - 95f.

Goodyear wrangler, size lt245/75r16, dot: md11bt0v446018l on ram 250. At approximately 40 mph left rear goodyear wrangler tire experienced tread separation, causing damage to vehicle.

The left rear tire failed catastropically. Tread violently separated from the tire doing considerable damage to the vehicle. Loss of control of vehicle occurred, but no crash resulted. The failed tire remained fully inflated after the vehicle was brought to rest. The failed tire slowly lost pressure after the incident and was at a low pressure when it was brought to a goodyear dealer 40 hours after the failure occured. All of the tires were well maintained, properly inflated, and were not overloaded. All of the tires have been replaced due to safety concerns for myself and others. The local goodyear dealer has the all of the tires and will be able to provide identification numbers. ( dot number: ).

While driving on turnpike, tire tread separated and beat on side of vehicle causing damage, tire did not deflate, firestone firehawk, size p265/75r16.

Two years ago, 2 out of 4 tires had tread separation, consumer replaced tires with same make. 15000 miles later, consumer experienced another blowout with one of the replacement tires, still had 50 % of tread left. P245/75r16, load range e, original equipment. Goodyear will only replace one tire, dot # md11c20v505, goodyear wrangler at.

1997, Dodge, 2500 series with goodyear tires size lt 245/75r16 e dot# md11btov446 original equipment. While driving 50 mph on dry but bumpy pavement consumer noticed 1/3 of tread separated from tire. Goodyear repaired body work, but consumer replaced tire with goodrich tire.

While driving about 70 mph tread on the rear passenger's side tire came off. Driver was able to maintain control of vehicle. Original tire equipment on a 1996, Dodge, ram. Tire size lt24575r16. Tire mileage at 29,000. The driver first noticed vibration followed by loud thumping. Then the tire tread came off and shortly the tire blew out.

Orignial equipment on 1998 Dodge, 2500 the 10 ply tires, tire size p24575r16. While driving vehicle it experienced a vibration due to all tires' tread separated which may have caused a crash. A tire dealer inspected the tires, and determined that tread separated. Please provide further information. Two of the tires are experiencing tread separation.