NHTSA Complaint #11132172 — 2012 DUTCHMEN VOLTAGE

TIRE: GOODYEAR MARATHON ST23580R16 MOUNTED ON 2012 DUTCHMEN VOLTAGE V3200 5TH WHEEL TOY HAULER THIS IS THE EXPLOSIVE FAILURE OF TWO GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES WITH 100 MILES OF EACH OTHER RESULTING IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE RV EACH TIRE HAD BEEN CHECKED PRIOR TO TRIP AND WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. TIRES WERE PURCHASED MAY 2016 AND HAD LESS THAN 3000 DOCUMENTED MILES. ON 09/17/18 WHILE TRAVELLING TO OUR DESTINATION AND AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH ON HWY 98 NEAR THE TOWN OF CRAWFORDVILLE FL, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT REAR. CHUNKS OF TIRES WERE SEEN FLYING OFF THE REAR AREA OF THE RV. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD EXPLODED APART. MODERATE DAMAGE TO RV. ON 09/17/18 WHILE RETURNING FROM OUR DESTINATION AND TRAVELLING AT 65MPH ON INTERSTATE-10 NEAR LAKE CITY A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM THE LEFT REAR OF THE RV. CHUNKS OF TIRE AND RV FLEW OFF INTO THE INTERSTATE. THIS CAUSED A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS AS WELL HAS MY WIFE AND I. VEHICLES AND SEMI'S HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID DEBRIS PLACING US IN JEOPARDY. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THE LEFT REAR GOODYEAR MARATHON EXPLODED APART CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE RV. PRIOR TO EACH TRIP EACH TIRE WAS INSPECTED AND INFLATED TO 76PSI. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM MID 80'S TO LOW 90S. NO OBSTRUCTIONS OR HAZARDS WERE STRUCK PRIOR TO TIRE FAILURES.