Tire Problems of Land Rover Discovery

I was driving on a popular street on [xxxx] which I do all the time. The street is very well maintained. There are very few potholes and no debris in the street. I do know how to Dodge pot holes. I was headed south. I left my home early it was [xxx]. I heard a popping noise then the truck dropped. I saw the icon on the dash showing about low tire pressure. I was very scared. There wasn’t much traffic I was able to drive slowly to a business parking lot. When I got out of the truck I saw the big whole in the tire and the back bumper hanging off and sensors hanging down and the paneling around the tire off. I purchased this 2024 Discovery [xxx] it was brand new. I have about 6140 miles on the truck. The truck has never been in service for any problems, other than my key fob was not working correctly. I have never got any warning messages about any tire issues on the truck prior to this incident. I had the truck towed to the dealership where I purchased it from. The service person told me the truck needs to go to the body shop because it is not drivable. He told me they could put a tire on it but since you can’t drive it. I said why did you tell me about it for when you can’t drive it. I spoke to the owner of the dealership and he said I hit something. I told him I didn’t. There was nothing in the street. No one has taken the tire off to inspect at it. The truck will be sitting at the body shop for 2 weeks until they are able to work on it. The tire size is p185/75r1482s. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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Perrelli scorpion 255/55r20 tires experience experience excessive wear down to cords in under 15k miles. Tires are in adequate to support the weight of the vehicle.

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Oem godyear wrangler tires started demonstrating uneven cupping that caused noise and handeling issues. After bringing the issue to my dealer's attention at my first oil change (7,500 miles) they informed me that many rovers with the same tires had demonstrated the same issues during the past few months. They explained to me that goodyear and rover were reseraching the problem and to hang tight until a solution and recall were announced. The tires continued to degrade with the handeling and noise factors becoming worse and worse over the next year. At the 15k oil change I asked the dealer to rotate the tires hoping that the issue was only related to the front end. Wihtin a couple of weeks the new front tires (which were originally back tires) started showing the same inside and outside edge cupping. The previous front tires on the back end continued to get worse. I began working closely with my dealer to address the issue and even met with the regional rover serice manager who acknowledged the issue was previously known and limited to wrangler tires on rovers. Since my rover had been aligned on two seperate jigs the dealer service manager assured me that my vehicle was up to spec. The regional rep and later the Land Rover north America office refused to help me negotiate with goodyear to obtain my money back. The party line at Land Rover was 'it's not a problem with our vehicle but instead an issue with their tires. We can't get involved with this dispute since we do not warranty the oem tires'. After much frustration I contacted goodyear and managed to get in touch with a vp of customer satisfaction. The goodyear vp finally admitted that a replacement wrangler specific tire was being released in the future and he paid me full retail value for my goodyears since I documented that the issue began before 20% treadlife had expired. I purchased new michelin cross country's (xpc replacement tires) and at 4,000 miles I don't see or feel any tread life issues.

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