NHTSA Complaint #10242481 — 2008 AIRSTREAM BASE CAMP

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 AIRSTREAM CLASSIC LIMITED (NA). THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES, SIZE 225/75R/15 (NA). ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE TREAD BELT SEPARATION, WHICH RESULTED FROM BOTH THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURER DEFECTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE FOUR DEFECTIVE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER AGREED TO REIMBURSE THE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,900 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000. UPDATED 12-04-08 *BF AIR WAS SEEPING INTO THE LINER OF THE TIRE. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS NOTICED ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE WHICH WAS DELAMINATING. THE THIRD TIRE FAILURE WAS INSTANT BLOWOUT. UPDATED 12/10/08.*JB