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10forty2's avatar
10forty2
Explorer
Dec 05, 2014

Another Blowout!

So........ brand new tire.... date code 22-14...... driving to Charleston, SC on I-95.... we start smelling hot rubber. We pull off the interstate and check the tires. Everything looks great. Get back on the highway and less than 5 miles down the road we blow the tire....the SAME one that blew and was replaced less than 2 months and less tha 500 miles ago.

This time it took down the engine tailpipe, the generator tailpipe, and a wiring bundle that I haven't even begun to figure out what it controls. A little body damage and a whole lot of personal grief and insecurity for the 350 mile trip home. PLUS....I'm losing a couple of days on my vacation to get the repairs done.

Goodyear G647. I checked the pressures before we left this morning. Everything properly aired up. No big load...just a weekend trip. The technician that replaced the tire roadside said the tire itself was faulty....the steel belts were rusted inside the tire and the sidewall easily peeled down like pulling your bottom lip. Obviously VERY frustrated...especially after paying over $1K to have one tire replaced! And this is the second one replaced in less than two months. WTH???!!!!!!! Goodyear has got some 'splainin to do!!!!
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  • tommykelly's avatar
    tommykelly
    Explorer
    Jan 12, 2015
    10forty2 wrote:
    GSRoadsideAssistance wrote:
    Thank you for your post, 10forty2. I regret any difficulties you experienced regarding your Good Sam Roadside Assistance membership. I would like the opportunity to speak with you concerning your post. I would be more than happy to contact you…please send me a private message with your Good Sam Roadside Assistance membership number and contact information: telephone and e-mail. I am looking forward to speaking with you.
    Thank you,
    Frank
    Good Sam Roadside Assistance


    I have since spoken with a representative/supervisor and the gentleman was very nice to listen to my frustration. We worked out a solution with which I am satisfied. I wasn't after anything for free...don't get me wrong from that angle. I simply found the pricing VERY unrealistic compared to pricing I could find. Thank you for responding.


    following my brother in law back from Charleston in april 2014 he blew a left rear inside...
    coach-net brought an "H" rated 19.5 tire out way more tire than a "G" rated...his bill was $350.00
    You guessed it....I am now a coach-net Member...AAA will not bring you any kind of tire...no experience with Good Sam
  • jerseyjim's avatar
    jerseyjim
    Explorer
    Jan 12, 2015
    The entire thread separating in one piece....I had that on a car with Dunlap tires. The tire had a 40,000 mile rating...and a starting at 34,000 miles I had two blowouts and this one complete, one piece separation.
    Almost like the tires had a "self-distruct" chip in them to start their thing kin the mid-30s.
    Reported it (via the Dunlap dealer) to the mfr...who called me and issued me a check for like 30 bucks. Never admitting ANYTHING wrong with any of the 3 tires. Simply told me to check the PSI in the future.
    Well, there will be no "future" for me and Dunlap.
    And, BTW, my motorhome (2001) has had 3 sets of tires...all Goodyear 19.5 G670. One blowout outside El Paso. A nail. Not Goodyears' fault.
  • dieharder's avatar
    dieharder
    Explorer
    Jan 12, 2015
    10forty2 wrote:
    Don Don wrote:
    If you blew the same tire you have other issues.


    It was not the same tire...same wheel. Inner tire blew last time. Outer this time. Old tire last time. Brand new tire this time.


    Wait... if they took an old tire and moved it from the outside position to the inside position (since your NEW tire blew on the outside), I would hope that they made sure that your tires DO NOT have a directional pattern. I know that mine do. There is an arrow on the tire near the rim to show which direction they should be rotating when going forward.

    To mount a tire from the outside position to the inside requires flipping the rim around, so your tire which was rotating counter-clockwise when going forward is now rotating clockwise going forward, unless they unmounted and re-mounted that one too (which I doubt).
  • mandmlikerving's avatar
    mandmlikerving
    Explorer
    Jan 12, 2015
    Sorry about your blowout. Did you get a TST TPMS? Please feel free to call me with any questions I am here until midnight daily @ 770-889-9102
  • tropical36's avatar
    tropical36
    Explorer
    Dec 10, 2014
    ddndoug wrote:
    tropical36 wrote:

    Other than that, you almost have to blame it on a road hazard.


    Not trying to be a jerk, but take a look at the tire in the picture again. That is a faulty tire.

    Doug

    OK and could be very wrong here, but then again, I can't be so sure that low air pressures, associated with extreme heat, couldn't cause such a condition.
    I blew a GY 670RV this past summer on the tag for no apparent reason and from the looks of rip in the sidewall, most would swear it was due to a road hazard, but then again the duallies right in front of it had not even a mark on them, so.....
  • 10forty2's avatar
    10forty2
    Explorer
    Dec 10, 2014
    Don Don wrote:
    If you blew the same tire you have other issues.


    It was not the same tire...same wheel. Inner tire blew last time. Outer this time. Old tire last time. Brand new tire this time.
  • ddndoug's avatar
    ddndoug
    Explorer
    Dec 09, 2014
    tropical36 wrote:

    Other than that, you almost have to blame it on a road hazard.


    Not trying to be a jerk, but take a look at the tire in the picture again. That is a faulty tire.

    Doug
  • rgatijnet1's avatar
    rgatijnet1
    Explorer III
    Dec 09, 2014
    This is a perfect example of why some of us, that have the room, carry an unmounted spare tire with us. It eliminates a lot of hassle and ERS has no problem changing our tires right on the side of the road.
  • 10forty2's avatar
    10forty2
    Explorer
    Dec 09, 2014
    GSRoadsideAssistance wrote:
    Thank you for your post, 10forty2. I regret any difficulties you experienced regarding your Good Sam Roadside Assistance membership. I would like the opportunity to speak with you concerning your post. I would be more than happy to contact you…please send me a private message with your Good Sam Roadside Assistance membership number and contact information: telephone and e-mail. I am looking forward to speaking with you.
    Thank you,
    Frank
    Good Sam Roadside Assistance


    I have since spoken with a representative/supervisor and the gentleman was very nice to listen to my frustration. We worked out a solution with which I am satisfied. I wasn't after anything for free...don't get me wrong from that angle. I simply found the pricing VERY unrealistic compared to pricing I could find. Thank you for responding.

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