Tire Tread/belt problems of the 2001 GMC Yukon

The contact owns a 2001 GMC Yukon. The contact stated that the tires are replacement equipment. In 2004, she purchased four brand new tires when the vehicle was at 50,000 miles. When the tires reached 25,000 miles, each of them failed one by one and had to be replaced. The tires had a hole in them and the radial cord separated in one spot. She again purchased four new tires of the same brand and on June 19, 2007, one of the tires failed and had to be replaced. The tires are continental sport lt/SUV, p26/70r16. The correct tire size was unavailable in the drop down menu at the time of this complaint. The VIN, engine size, and purchase date were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 75,000.

While driving down highway 59 northbound before the louise, TX exit, the tread separated from my back driver side tire causing damage to my fender area and back driver side door. My firestone steeltex at lt245/75r16 tire was not flat, the tread just came off.

I have a 2001 GMC Yukon and it came with firestone steeltex at tires lt 245/75r 16. The tire's dot # is vn11 bac 4700. I was going south on hwy 101 and the front end began to vibrate. Before, I could pull over the tread completely separated from the tire core and was flying all over the highway. The core still held air and I was able to pull over with out any incidents. I drove the vehicle about 1 mile to the next exit where I was able to change the tire and examine the vehicle. The vehicle sustained minor body damage where the tread hit the inside of the wheel well (driver's side front). I have sent the core to firestone and they said that it was caused by sustained high pressure in the tire. I disagree with this because all 4 tires had even treads with out any bald areas in the middle and the tire press was checked right before my trip. When I replaced the 4 tires, the salesman look at the other 3 and he said that they wasn't anything wrong with them. They still have the core if you would like to examine it.

I purchased 4 new continental-made tires for our 2001 GMC Yukon. These tires carry the "general" brand name, model p265-70r16, grabber aw, dot# a3723j82301. I purchased these tires with an understanding that they are warranted against defects and any damage occurring as a result would be covered by the tire company. I have properly maintained these tires throughout my ownership of them. After a little more than a year after purchase, one of the tires unexpectedly and suddenly blew up, causing me to lose control of the vehicle, barely missing an embankment and concrete bridge column. Upon inspection of the tire immediately thereafter, I saw that the tread had completely ripped off the top of the tire. As a result of this, the loose tread was "slapping" every part of the vehicle in the surrounding area causing over $4,000 worth of damage, including, body damage, tailpipe damage, electrical wires cut, a/c lines cut, tail light severed, running boards broken and more. Immediately after, I contacted continental and filed a claim to be reimbursed for this damage. After a lengthy wait, I was informed on January 26, 2005 that they were denying my claim due to a small tire puncture. It is my contention that a small puncture should not cause the tire to absolutely explode the way mine did. Furthermore, continental claims there were other defects in the tire, such as sidewall damage, that were all caused as a result of the accident, and not the other way around. It has since become clear to me that continental has had the same sort of blowouts on similar models. . Read more...

A loud grinding noise was heard coming from the rear. Vehicle was taken to a tire garage for inspection, and mechanic determined that a rock gravel was trapped inside of the tread, and the rocks would cut groves inside of the alloy wheels. This caused loss of air pressure from the tires.

Firestone steeltex radial at, lt245/75r16, dot vn11bac4200. While driving 65 mph the tread came off the tire and began tramping. Tread peeled off the tire. Consumer was able to coast to a stop. The tire still maintained its air pressure. Consumer checked the air pressure after the occurrence, and the pressure was 84 psi. The tire was not overloaded, and it was not under pressure.

While the vehicle was parked the consumer seen that front/rear tire tread had separated. The consumer repaired the rear tires only. The dealership was notified of the problem , but did not resolve. Firestone steel tex#lt245r16 please provide the dot number.

Significant cracks and belt separation on road with one tire. Significant cracks present on all tires on vehicle. Vehicle is a Yukon sl 2500, 2000, eqiupped with firestone steeltex radial r4s. Size of tire is lt 245/75r16.

I have a 2001 GMC Yukon xl with firestone 245-75-16 tires. I was on a trip, when the tires started to separate, causing the Yukon to vibrate.

Firestone, wilderness, p265/70r16, dot 8x72wli, original equipment on a 2001, GMC, Yukon with 19000 miles, during tire rotation dealer noticed both rear tires and front right tire showed signs of tread separation. Consumer was informed that problem would not be covered under warranty.

Tread separation-complete failure-only 2 passengers in vechile--no load-luckily no injury. (tiresize: p265/70r16)( dot number: tire size: p265/70r16 ).