NHTSA Complaint #10537759 — 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA

I PURCHASED A 2011 CHEVY IMPALA AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2012. SINCE THEN, I HAVE PUT ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS-2 TIRES. UNFORTUNATELY, STARTING ON JUNE 13, 2013 I HAVE HAD A SERIES OF SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS. THE FIRST BLOWOUT WAS JUNE 13. THE SECOND WAS JULY 29. THE THIRD WAS AUGUST 27. THE FIRST TWO BLOWOUTS HAPPENED WHILE AT SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. FORTUNATELY, THE THIRD ONE HAPPENED WHILE IN TOWN AND DRIVING LESS THAN 25 MPH. I HEARD A SOUND VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I HEARD PRIOR TO THE OTHER TWO BLOWOUTS, SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED MY TIRES. I HAVE A PHOTO OF THE BUBBLE THAT FORMED ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. NOT THREE MINUTES LATER, THAT BUBBLE BLEW OUT AND THE TIRE QUICKLY DEFLATED. THIS IS NOW THREE TIRES, ALL GOODYEAR EAGLE LS-2, THAT HAVE BLOWN OUT IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS LEFT AT NHTSA, I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH MY VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SHOP OWNER AT THE TIRE STORE TOLD ME "THAT'S A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, A FAULTY AND BUSTED BELT" UPON SEEING THE PHOTO OF THE BUBBLE. *TT