Goodyear Tire Deaths for RVs
Just thought I would post this story on the Goodyear Tires... https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/04/05/goodyear-motorhome-tires-may-have-caused-95-deaths-injuries-government-report-clai...
Forum Discussion
wa8yxm wrote:
I will say again only this. The tires affected were made prior to 2003 or 4, You should not see them anywhere other than a junk pile today. I'd not wear them or any other tire made in 200x,
The whys and hows and such. Who's fault it is and so on, it appears this is all being hammered out in court.. I forget the law, though I once wrote an article on it.. Part of the consumer protection act..
I would be interested in following it.. but alas. Discussion should be Generic
ALL tires can fail. No matter how well built. Some do it faster is all.
Would I refuse Goodyear? Moot question they do not make a tire to fit my ride.
There were 94 deaths or injuries from this one line of tires that were reported to NHTSA/Goodyear, probably more that went unreported and yet they continued to manufacture and market them for RV use. In my mind that's unconscionable action and makes it easy to skip over Goodyear when tire shopping (already do after I got a set on my current car that had a blowout and cracked sidewall at <20k miles)
