NHTSA Complaint #10576879 — 2012 HEARTLAND CYCLONE

ON A RECENT TRIP TO BIG BEND TEXAS WE EXPERIENCED 3 BLOWOUTS ON OUR HEARTLAND TOYHAULER. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND DID NOT HAVE CELL SERVICE. FORTUNATELY WE WERE TRAVELING WITH CLOSE FRIENDS THAT HAD THEIR 5TH WHEEL. WITH NO HELP IN SIGHT THE MEN CHANGED THE TIRES THEMSELVES TWICE WITHIN 100 MILES. WE HAD TO USE OUR SPARE AND OUR FRIENDS SPARE TO MAKE IT TO A TOWN WHERE WE COULD GET BOTH BLOWOUTS REPLACED. LET ME ADD THAT BEFORE WE LEFT TOWN WE HAD TO REPLACE A TIRE BECAUSE OF A BLOWOUT FROM ANOTHER TRIP. SO WE'RE HEADED HOME WITH 2NEW TIRES AND A RECENTLY REPLACED TIRE. SON OF A GUN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER BLOWOUT ON THE NEXT DAY. SO NOW ALL 4 TOW MAX P230 85R16 TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. WE CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE EACH DAY AND WE'RE EMPTY IN THE TOY HAULER AREA. ALL THREE BLOWOUTS OCCURRED ON A PAVED ROAD WITH NO POT HOLES OR OTHER OBSTACLES IN SIGHT. OUR SPEED NEVER EXCEED 60. NEEDLESS TO SAY OUR RV IS STILL IN THE SHOP GETTING THE DAMAGE REPAIRED. WE ARE NOW IN THE MARKET FOR 4 NEW AMERICAN MADE TIRES AND WILL GO TO A LARGER 14PLY TIRE. *TR