general problems of the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee

On Nov. 2007 I purchased 4 bridgestone dueler h/t 684ii , p245/70/r16 tires for my Jeep cherokee limited. The car had 67,000 miles on it. In sept 2010 I took the car into sts for the 4th time for a balance and wheel alignment, as the car always pulled to the left since I put the tires on. The car now has 97,000 miles on it and the treads are worn on the side of the tires not the middle or inside side. Sts is now saying I need new tires. Why did they only wear on the outer side of the tire and not in the middle or other side. For the money I paid, these tires are a piece of junk. I have had bf goodrich and had tires much longer than these.

A new goodyear wrangler rt/s tire (not at/s as shown on your pulldown menu), disintegrated while traveling on I-81 in virginia at approximate 65 mph. The tire was one of two wrangler rt/s tires installed on the front of the vehicle earlier in the week at chandler's auto repair in herndon, va. The driver maintained control and pulled the vehicle (1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee) safely to the side of the road. I checked the inflation before we departed on our trip and it was 34 lbs. The occupants in the vehicle reported seeing no objects on the road, potholes or other road hazards--just a sudden pop and then pieces of black material flying by the vehicle. I do not have the remnants of the tire, which was replaced at the wal-mart in staunton, va, but I do have photographs taken at the site. The failure occurred immediately north of exit 225 (southbound) on I-81. This is approximately 160 miles from our home. Allowing for a few errands before departing on our trip, I doubt the tire had more than 200-225 miles on it before it failed. The weather was fair and dry and the air temperature 86 f. I-81 is smooth and in excellent condition at the location of the failure. While I did not report the failure to the police, a virginia state safety patrol vehicle stopped and may have a record. The tread was relatively intact but appears to have separated from the rest of the tire.

Complete blowout along straight piece of highway under normal conditions. Luckily I was able to remain in controll of the vehicle, but the blowout could have easily caused the car to go out of controll resulting in serious injuries. (dot number: mkp9 tiresize: 245/70r15).

This tire is not considered part of the national recall due to the loaction of its production site; however, all four tires are splitting at the same point where the "vd" tires have separated from the wheel. The canada plant should be investigated and consumers should be allowed to have these tires replaced as part of the recall. ( dot number: vnhl tire size: p235/75r15 ).

Tire would not balance properly. (goodyear p 225/75r15 owl as).

1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee tires were the wrong size. ** answer required***. The front cv axles, wheel bearings had to be replaced, the front drive shaft had to be rebuilt, transmission fluid replaced and new filter and new pvc gasket had to be replaced due to the wrong size tires being installed (too small).

Recall replaced compact to full size conventional tire, which is different in size. Original size is 225 75 r15. New recall size is 245 70r15. This could result in different rotation speed.

These particular tires were not made in the decatur,IL plant; however when attempting to sell the vehicle all potential buyers walked away unless the wildreness at tires (regardless of where they were made) are replaced. I am not asking for a free set of replacement tires, but I would like to recieve a substantial discount to replace with other firestone tires that are not under suspension. Thank you, j. Burns. (dot number: w2hl tiresize: p235/75r15).

Cracking and seperation is begining on three tires with dot vn, fouth tire failed last year. Inspected by firestone, they would not provide me with a determination as to how safe the tires were. They informed they were over inflated, 30psi. All I can get from firestone is the run around. ( dot number: vn tire size: p235/75r15 ).