NHTSA Complaint #10096091 — 1998 FLEETWOOD TIOGA

I WAS TRAVELING ON MY SECOND TRIP AFTER PURCHASING A 1998 TIOGA FLEETWOOD CLASS C MOTORHOME. HEARD A CLICKING SOUND AND IMMEDIATELY THE REAR RIGHT INSIDE DUAL TIRE EXPLODED AND BLEW OUT MY STORAGE COMPARTMENT, BROKE MY STEP, SEVERED THE PROPANE LINE AND BLEW OFF AND TWISTED THE TAIL PIPE. CONTENTS OF THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT WAS DEPOSITED OVER THE HIGHWAY ON !-5 JUST SOUTH OF LONGVIEW, WA. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT. WHILE TRAVELING ON OUR FIRST TRIP TO CALIFORNIA I HAD A BLOWOUT OF THE LEFT INSIDE DUAL TIRE. THIS WAS JUST A MONTH AGO. SAME THING, BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO REPLACE ALL OTHER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AT A COST OF OVER $800. NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE DAMAGE TO OUR RV. ONLY OUR SECOND TRIP OUT! TIRES LOOKED FINE WHEN WE PURCHASED VEHICLE AND HAD ONLY 17,000 MILES ON THEM. TREAD WAS GOOD AND I CHECKED PRESSURE BEFORE EACH TRIP. WE ARE SO DISAPPOINTED IN THIS MAJOR PURCHASE IN OUR LIFE AND BELIEF THESE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED.