It's a Shame!
It's a shame RV manufactures (Keystone, specifically) resort to putting marginal tires, on their "luxury" fifth wheels. I realize it's a cost factor, but they are shooting themselves in the foot as fa...
Forum Discussion
LBL 1206 wrote:
I read about the failures and problems of Chinese manufactured tires on forums ranging from the popup to the 5th wheel. it seems to me if there is such an epidemic of failures across the the total RV community and not just by the authors of reported problems on these forums; why isn't the NHTSB involved? they have been on other tire failures such as with the Firestone tires back in 1998/99. I am thinking maybe those that are having these major tire problems need to document them and send it to the NHTSB. The alleged problem(s) is/are with the tire industry and not w/the RV manufacturer or the RV dealership...
Because these are not for passenger use, there's little to no regulation or standards for them...period.
Lyle
