NHTSA Complaint #10520685 — 2007 JAYCO GREYHAWK

REAR INSIDE DUAL TIRE (DRIVER SIDE) SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION. APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES LATER THE PASSENGER INSIDE DUAL ALSO HAD COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. 1ST FAILURE DAMAGED RV WATER LINE, MUD FLAPS. 2ND FAILURE CAUSED LOSS OF WHEEL COVER. ALL REAR TIRES AND FRONT (ALL SAME BRAND) HAVE BEEN REPLACED. TWO FAILURES IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL BY BF GOODRICH FOR CERTAIN SIZES OF TIRES. MINE ARE NOT COVERED DUE TO SIZE. MY FAILURE TYPE IS AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL. SAME RUBBER COMPOUND AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS. VEHICLE IS A JAYCO MELBOURN 31 FEET IN LENGTH. 1ST TIRE HAS BEEN SENT OFF PER INSTRUCTIONS FROM STATE FARM. SECOND TIRE WILL BE PRESENTED TO LOCAL DEALER. FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE (SAME BRAND AND TYPE) BUT 1 YEAR NEWER SHOWING SIDE AND TREAD CRACKING. REMOVED BOTH FRONT TIRES DUE TO CONCERN FOR FRONT TIRE FAILURE AND LOSS OF CONTROL. REAR DRIVER DUALS (FIRST BLOWOUT) WERE REPLACED WITH SAME BRAND, STYLE AND DOT NUMBER SHOWS 2011 MANUFACTURE DATE. ALL TIRES WITHIN MANUFACTURE DATE RECALL PERIOD. THE RECALL SHOULD COVER THE ENTIRE SIZE LINE OF THE STATE BRAND AND TYPE. *TR