NHTSA Complaint #10429538 — 2010 DUTCHMEN GRAND JUNCTION

1)8 TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 8000 MILES ON EACH TIRE. FIRST NOTICED IS UNUSUAL TREAD WEAR AND BULGES IN THE TIRE CASING. BULGES CAN BE EITHER IN THE TREAD OR THE SIDEWALL NEAR THE RIM. 2)FAILURES HAVE BEEN TIRES GOING FLAT, TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE SIDEWALL. I HAVE HAD TWO SETS OF FOUR TIRES SUPPLIED BY THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER DUTCHMEN EXHIBIT THIS PLY SEPARATION AFTER APPROXIMATELY 8000 MILES. 3)ALL THE TIRES HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED, FIRST TIME BY THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER ALL AT ONCE AND THE SECOND SET ONE AT A TIME AFTER FAILURE WHILE ON THE ROAD. FOUR ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE AND ONE NON-DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS RETURNED THRU THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER, OF THE SECOND SET I HAVE ONE DEFECTIVE AND ONE SPARE WITH LESS THAN 178 MILES ON IT AND TWO OTHER DEFECTIVES ARE BEING HELD BY THE DEALERS WHO REPLACED THE TIRES, THE LAST DEFECTIVE HAS BEEN SENT TO RECYCLE. THE TIRE ID IS TRAIL EXPRESS "POWER TOWING" DOT CODE 1KMM16A 1311 SIZE ST235/80R16 LOAD RANGE E. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MODEL NUMBERS ARE YTR06 AND/OR HA109. UPDATED IVOQ 11/08/11. *KB