NHTSA Complaint #10133727 — 2003 FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT 5TH WHEEL TRAILERS CARLISLE TIRES BLEW OUT. TIRE SIZE 20575/15 C- RATED 6 PLY. THE CONSUMER HAD TWO INCIDENTS WITH DEFECTIVE TIRES. THE FIRST TIRE HAD A BLISTER AND WAS SEPARATING. THE TIRE ONLY HAD 1,000 MILES ON IT. THE CONSUMER SENT THE TIRE BACK TO CARLISLE, AND THEY SENT A REPLACEMENT TIRE. THE SECOND TIME SEPARATED AND BLEW APART WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. WHEN THE TIRE SEPARATED IT DAMAGED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRAILER. THE CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING SOUND, AND SAW RUBBER COMING APART, THEN HAD TO PULL OVER. THE TRAILER DID NOT HAVE A JACK WITH IT. THE CONSUMER WAS DISABLED AND HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE CHANGE THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS IN CONTACT WITH CARLISLE. THEY WANTED PICTURES OF THE TRAILER AND WERE GOING TO PICK UP THE TIRE VIA UPS. THE CONSUMER SAID THE TIRES WERE UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY WERE NOT RATED CORRECTLY. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER OF THE TRAILER, AND FELT THAT THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMEONE SERVICE THE TRAILER. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS VERY UNSATISFIED WITH THE DEALERSHIP OF THE TRAILER. THE DEALER WAS BEST RV IN MANTECA, CALIFORNIA. HAS REPLACED THE TIRES ON THE TRAILER WITH 10 PLY. HAD PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER BECAUSE OF THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE LOCATION WAS THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON BOTH OCCASIONS. *AK