Goodyear Tire Deaths for RVs

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.

moisheh wrote:
But this should be a warning to stay away from GY RV tires. The replacement for the 159's is the G670. Another GY piece of junk with no warranty!!!

Moisheh

And what make you so sure that lawyers won't be going to court 10 years from now about the tires that you are using today? What makes you think you will not have a catastrophic tire failure next week?
Back during the time these tires were being used, the owners didn't know of the issues, just like you have no idea how good the tires are that you have on your RV.
You buy the tires and hope for the best, no matter who makes them. :R

My research indicates that G159 tires were designed for delivery trucks and the speed rating was 65 MPH, max. Then Goodyear started marketing these to the RV industry. Hopefully, they have all been retired from that application, but if anyone has those tires on their motorhome, I would get rid of them quickly.

From one of the law firms that are/were suing GY:

Lawyers in the section that handles Product Liability cases have handled several cases and learned that Goodyear’s own documents showed the company was aware the tire would fail when operated at highway speeds when used on RVs. Goodyear learned through numerous field complaints and failures that this tire was not safe for RVs. In fact, Fleetwood, one of the largest RV makers, instituted a recall in 1999 that mandated replacing the G159 tires on its large RVs. Despite Goodyear’s knowledge concerning the safety issues with the G159, it continued to sell the G159 as RV tires until 2003.

RV mfrs. do not spec tires. They go to the tire mfr. and get specs and quotes. GY marketed these tires as RV tires knowing that this was false. And they kept that up for many years all along denying any liability!!!!

Moisheh

wa8yxm wrote:
In other forums where this is discussed it is mentioned the affected tires were made in or before 2003. Hopefully nobody is wearing Rubber that old less the unit is perma-parked and thus not dangerous.

Also, the tires in question were designed for short haul delivery and not RV's. I think the RV manufacturer is at fault here for either specifying the wrong tires, or not changing them out when they built the body on the chassis (if made by someone else).

moisheh wrote:
But this should be a warning to stay away from GY RV tires. The replacement for the 159's is the G670. Another GY piece of junk with no warranty!!!

Moisheh

I think this is more the point. Seems that NHTSA has concerns with not only the G159, but it is also concerned with the G670 as not being good replacement.
This issue was reported on the local news.

People would rather report on Prostitutes and women, who after 10 years report some guy patted their A S S!

dougrainer wrote:
OK, What is the purpose? The LAST tire was made in 2003. In the BEST case, the tires were outdated in 2013, but really 2010/11. Which means, this is a NON story. It died(pun) when the last operational tire should have been gone by 2011 at the latest. There should be NONE of these tires anywhere on the road and NONE at a Goodyear Retailer. Doug

My purpose of posting this was I had never heard about it and I thought others might be interested in reading. Plus info for others that may not have heard about it and may be considering replacing their tires with Goodyears, they have this history so may want to steer clear of them.

But this should be a warning to stay away from GY RV tires. The replacement for the 159's is the G670. Another GY piece of junk with no warranty!!!

Moisheh

In other forums where this is discussed it is mentioned the Affected tires were made in or before 2003. HOpefully nobody is wearing Rubber that old less the unit is perma-parked and thus not dangerous.