another blown goodyear
Five weeks ago going to New Orleans we blew a front tire and I had planned to replace the remaining tires upon return to Corpus Christi. Got about 15 miles from home yesterday and an inside passenger ...
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I hate posts like this--they scare me to death. I know there's no way to do a statistically valid assessment of whether there is or is not a problem with Goodyear G670 tires based on a small sample of one-off experiences, so I checked around. That doesn't help much either. I found this from a plaintiff's law firm:
More information on the firm's website: http://www.jerebeasleyreport.com/2014/09/more-problems-with-goodyear-rv-tires/.
Another legal report had this:
Again, more information on the source website: http://www.law360.com/articles/34480/goodyear-must-turn-over-docs-in-faulty-tire-case. (I'm not sure if you can access this article without a legal subscription.)
I'm not sure what that portends for my 245/70R19.5.
I did a quick check and didn't find anything similar for Michelins, but I haven't done anything thorough.
Whatever the risk, my G670s will be coming up on 4.5 years in June next year, right before I leave on a 2-1/2 month, 6000 mile trip. Not sure what I'm going to do, except to be fanatical about checking for signs of heat-related tire problems.
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Goodyear makes the G670 RV in 2 sizes. The larger tire, the 295/80, is made by Goodyear at its plant in Buffalo, N.Y. The other size, the 275/70 is made by Goodyear at its plant in Danville, Va. The vast majority of the failures our lawyer’s know of are occurring with the 295/80 made at the Dunlop plant in Buffalo, N.Y. Most of the failures with the 670 made in Buffalo are occurring with tires that are approximately five years old and have signs of accelerated aging and belt edge failures due these tires running too hot.
More information on the firm's website: http://www.jerebeasleyreport.com/2014/09/more-problems-with-goodyear-rv-tires/.
Another legal report had this:
Ammons added that there were over 25 lawsuits involving the tire's use on Class A motor homes pending nationwide.
Again, more information on the source website: http://www.law360.com/articles/34480/goodyear-must-turn-over-docs-in-faulty-tire-case. (I'm not sure if you can access this article without a legal subscription.)
I'm not sure what that portends for my 245/70R19.5.
I did a quick check and didn't find anything similar for Michelins, but I haven't done anything thorough.
Whatever the risk, my G670s will be coming up on 4.5 years in June next year, right before I leave on a 2-1/2 month, 6000 mile trip. Not sure what I'm going to do, except to be fanatical about checking for signs of heat-related tire problems.
Ugh,
Skip
