Tire Sidewall Problems of Nissan Xterra

Tires are developing a series of cracks extending from the tap into the sidewalls.

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I bought 4 goodrich longtrail ta 60,000 miles tires for my nisssan SUV x-terra, 2 tires bought from tire kingdom on 1/3/11 (invoice # [xxx]?ri )when my vehicle mileage was 131,050, & 2 tires bought 9 days later from firestone on 1/12/11 (invoice # 116904) when my vehicle mileage was 131,190 (I have both receipts). I bought the tires at local establishments (2 bought at firestone on 49th street north in pinellas park, FL 33781 phone: 727-544-6601, and 2 bought at tire kingdom in tyrone blvd in st. Petersburg, FL 33711 phone: 727-345-2404). While cleaning my car and washing the tires on 1/18/2013, I noticed that the drivers front tire is cracking where the tread meets the sidewall. I am very concerned for my life and that of any passengers, since this should not be happening to tires that are just 2 years old. My auto mileage as of 1/20/2013 is 142,343. This means in two years since I bought these tires, I have traveled only 11,293 miles. I am now concerned for my life and that of any passengers with these goodrich manufacturer defective tires. These are extremely dangerous defective tires, which rubber is crackling and I am very concerned the tread will separate from the sidewalll causing a blow out and a threat to life. This is the only vehicle I have. On 1/19/2013 I went to firestone and pointed out the defect showing already in one of the tires. N/c on invoice # 139939 dated 1/19/13 rotation of tires not done and defect complaint not fixed. The salesman acknowledge defect and wanted to sell me brand new tires, which I can't afford, and should not have to pay for mftg defect,. These tires should me covered under goodrich limited warranty for workmanship and material defects. . Read more...

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I purchased 4 firestone destination le tires in 2004 for my 2001 Nissan Xterra. After 24000 miles I noted that there were small pieces of the sidewall missing on all four tires - evenly spaced around the sidewall of the tire. On the rear passenger tire, the largest missing piece was approximately . 75" on each side. I did not take pictures and I experienced no driving problems with the tires. I took the car back to the firestone store and they replaced all four tires at no cost. I am sending this because this clearly looks like some type of defect since I was seeing the same pattern on all four tires (and have never seen anything like that before). If other people are seeing something similar, I wanted to have it noted that I also had this issues.

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While driving 65 mph, the consumer heard a noise coming from the rear. The consumer pulled over and noticed that the driver's rear tire sidewall split.

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B. F. Goodrich, p265/70r15, original equipment on a 2000, Nissan Xterra with 34000 miles. Left rear tire sidewall blewout at 70 mph. Consumer states many tire dealers verified that the tires were defective. Consumer bought four replacement tires. (radial longtrail t/a and dot # aptrav114200).