NHTSA Complaint #10104807 — 2002 JAYCO GREYHAWK

DRIVING 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE 44. FELT SUDDEN VIBRATION. THOUGHT IT WAS ROUGHNESS IN THE ROAD, SO I MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LANE. VIBRATION DID NOT STOP. I THEN THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATING BECAUSE I HAVE HAD EIGHT (8) PREVIOUS FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL TIRES SUFFER CATASTROPHIC TREAD SEPARATION FAILURES! BEFORE I COULD MOVE TO THE RIGHT AND GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE TREAD PEELED ALL THE OFF. IT DAMAGED THE MOTORHOME SEVERELY. NOTE THAT, ALTHOUGH ALL 8 PREVIOUS TREAD SEPARATION FAILURES OCCURRED EXPLOSIVELY, THIS ONE DID NOT EXPLODE. I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY, LET THE AIR OUT OF THE FAILED TIRE AND INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE UNTIL I COULD GO GET A NEW REPLACEMENT TIRE.*AK