NHTSA Complaint #10289192 — 2007 KEYSTONE RAPTOR

FIRST CARLISLE RADIAL TRAIL TIRE TO BLOW ON OUR THREE AXLE 34 FOOT RV TRAILER ON AUGUST 12,2009 WHILE TRAVELING WEST THROUGH A 9 MILE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH TWO WAY TRAFFIC ON THE EAST BOUND SIDE OF INTERSTATE 80, ABOUT 73 MILES EAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, THE CENTER CARLISLE TIRE ON THE CURB SIDE OF OUR THREE AXLE 34 FOOT RV TRAILER BLEW OUT. THIS WAS AT ABOUT 5 MILES INTO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. AS SOON AS WE WERE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WE PULLED OVER AND REPLACED THE BLOWN TIRE/WHEEL WITH THE SPARE, AND CONTINUED INTO COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA WHERE WE SPENT THE NIGHT. WE LOCATED AND PURCHASED A NEW REPLACEMENT NON-CARLISLE TIRE IN OMAHA, NE. BEFORE CONTINUING ON TO OUR HOME IN COLORADO SPRINGS, CO THE NEXT DAY. NOTE: I CARRY A COMPRESSOR AND TWO TIRE GAUGES, AND ALWAYS CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURE FOR 62 TO 65 PSI (COLD) EACH DAY BEFORE TRAVELING. THE ESTIMATED MAX WEIGHT OF THE RV TRAILER ON ALL OF THESE TRIPS WAS AROUND 9,000 LBS. WE ALWAYS KEEP OUR SPEED BELOW 65MPH WHILE TRAVELING WITH THE RV TRAILER. *TR