Tire Sidewall Problems of GMC Sierra

The contact owns a 2010 GMC Sierra equipped with procomp x treme mt tires, size 12. 50/r20lt. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds he noticed vibration in his tires. After inspecting the tires he noticed fractures on the sidewalls of all four tires. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer or an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000 on the vehicle and 30,000 on the tires. The VIN was unavailable.

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Truck tire tread separated twice and sidewall blowout from the inside.

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I purchased my 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4. I put it in 4 wheel drive to go through some ice and it made a very loud clank. Not long after that when I put it in reverse or drive it also made the same loud clank. It did not sound like that when I first bought the truck. Now the truck has trouble going into 4 wheel drive and also gets hung in reverse. It has almost caused me to get in a bad accident. My cruise control also has have 6 malfunctions. I had the dealer fix it initially. I have fixed it subsequently due to the fact they said it was a blown fuse. The 4 wheel drive and transmission problems were addressed 3 times and all the dealers said nothing was wrong. An independent mechanic said there is a defect with my transmission and transfer case. That is it with the truck. Now just last Thursday Feb 3, my bridgestone tire separated. My tire dealer said the tire was defective. There was no evidence what so ever that there was any damage to the tire to cause the blowout. It should not have separated. It caused a fire. It was quickly put out.

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Firestone steeltex a/t, lt245/75r16, load range c, original equipment installed on 2000 GMC Sierra 1/2 ton, 4wd, pickup, purchased new by me, April 2000. On Aug 14, 2004, approx 12:00noon, I was driving about 30mph , pulling a boat/trailer on a state maintained gravel road in lewis & clark county, mt. , when the right front tire suddenly went flat with no sound of blow-out. After immediately stopping, I noticed the tire was comletely shredded. The entire outer sidewall had separated from the tread area by about 95%. The wheel was slightly bent. No other damage. No injuries. Nothing done to correct as yet.

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Sidewall of firestone wilderness at tire blew out while driving at low speed.

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I had to purchase four new tires for my 2002 GMC Sierra on 10/2/03. Firestone in martinsburg, wv advised me that my truck tires that gm placed on the truck that was ordered new were not suitable for the weight of the truck. The sidewall of the tires were very weak. I am concerned that there are other trucks out there with the same problem. I went to the dealer who will not assist me with this issue. I sincerely hope there have not been any accidents due to this problem. Can you investigate and make sure the problem is resolved if this is not just an isolated incident.

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I was driving when the left front tire went flat from a small, sharp piece of gravel. I changed the tire and drove home. At home I inflated the tire to determine the cause of failure. Along with discovering the gravel puncture, I observed 3-4 spots around the sidewall of the tire that were raised above the rest of the sidewall. The raised places can be described as large blisters of 6-8 square inches in size. The "bubble" spots were found only on the outside sidewall. None were observed on the inside sidewall. I then observed the other tires on the vehicle and found depressions or unevenness in the sidewall of the other tires. (dot number: w273 wma tiresize: p265/75r16).

Right/ rear firestone steel-tex tire, size: lt245/75r16, dot: vn11v1c4800 is starting to show signs of deformation in sidewall, tire is original equipment and has approximately 7,000 miles on it, deformation is approximately 2 to 3 inches in length.

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Truck was making bearing/tire noise. Dealer could not look at it for a week so had costco do a safety check. They found that the front tire belts had seperated. I replaced all 4 on the ground tires with michelins. The noise is gone. This truck is used to tow a comping trailer and usuall has max sidewall air pressure (44#) in the tire. ( dot number: tire size: p265/75r16 ).

Sidewall failure. Huge tear in sidewall(not due to any impact). Tires had less than 3000 miles on them. Replaced them all the next day. Therefore, I'm not sure of tire size or dot code, date of incident or mileage on vehicle(irrelevant). ( dot number: tire size: 16 ).

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Side of the tires blew out for no apparently reason, firestone rhs 245/75r16 lde.

Pe00-020; tire size p2657516, dot w273wma408, original equipment, a big crack developed in the sidewall where the sidewall meets the tread, to the point where consumer can stick finger in it, and tread is beginning to separate. Firestonw wilderness at tires.

I had one blow-ut, on the right front, and after further investigation, of the remaining tires, the left front tire was defective also. . . The core was coming thru the sidewall, and the 2 rear tires were showing signs of premature cracking in the sidewalls. I contacted firestone about the problem, and there reply was. . . . The only tires affected, were those that were on Ford vehichle's only. I have waited long enough to see that the problem has been more widespread, than they had originally anticipated. That is the reason for my contacting you. Any assistance you can provide, in getting my refund, for replacing the tires will be greatly appreciated. ( dot number: ).