NHTSA Complaint #10328768 — 2002 JEEP LIBERTY

ON MAY 2ND ,2010, MY WIFE AND SON HEARD AN EXPLOSION OUTSIDE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS , THEY FOUND THE SPARE TIRE ON THE BACK OF OUR 2002 JEEP LIBERTY HAD BLOWN UP. IT IS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE MADE IN 2002. IT HAS ONLY BEEN USED ONCE FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE OTHER REASON FOR MY COMPLAINT. LAST FALL WHILE DRIVING TO A MARLINS GAME IN MIAMI AS I WAS ACCELERATING ON AN ON RAMP GETTING ON TO I 95 THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED THROUGH THE SIDEWALL AND RIPPED APART. THIS TIRE WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AS WE HAD BOUGHT A COMPLETE SET OF 4. THIS TIRE AGAIN WAS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER. MY WIFE IS NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AND I HAVE A 15 YEAR OLD ABOUT TO GET HIS LICENSE. I REPORTED THIS TIRE FAILURE TO YOUR WEBSITE WHEN IT HAPPENED. OTHER THAN A NOTICE THAT IT WAS RECEIVED I REALLY DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING ELSE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES AS I FEAR THEY SEEM TO EXPLODE AT WILL FOR NO GOOD REASON. COULD SOMEONE RESPOND. *TR