NHTSA Complaint #10781523 — 2007 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 2500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A ROAD TREK POPLAR TRAILER (NA) EQUIPPED WITH REPLACEMENT BF GOODRICH COMMERCIAL T/A A/S TIRES, SIZE LT 245/75R16. THE TRAILER WAS HITCHED TO A 2007 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 2500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT BULGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TREAD. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY THE RETAILER. THE CONTACT EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE ON ALL FOUR TIRES. EACH FAILURE WAS ON THE REAR PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE TIRES. ON JULY 19, 2015, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE BEFORE THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,226.