NHTSA Complaint #11404767 — 2019 FREEDOM TRAILERS FREEDOM TRAILERS

I HAVE A COMPLAINT ON CASTLE ROCK TIRES, ST205/75R14, RADIAL ST226, D105/101L, DOT JUJT YMT 1418. THESE TIRES WERE ON A 2019 FREEDOM LIBERTY EXPRESS TRAVEL TRAILER, VIN 5ZT2FET1KW006857. MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING HOME FROM FLORIDA. WITHIN 100 MILES OF ATLANTA, HEADING TOWARD KNOXVILLE, WE HAD A BLOWOUT. ALL TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED AND APPEARED IN GOOD CONDITION. I PULLED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND EMPLOYED THE SPARE. LESS THAN 2 HOURS LATER WE HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT. NOW WITH NO SPARE I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAMPER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND TAKE THE BLOWN OUT TIRES FOR REPLACEMENT. CLOSING TIME FOR TIRE STORES WAS APPROACHING SO WE WERE QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT OUR SITUATION. I WAS ABLE TO GET 2 REPLACEMENT TIRES AND PUT ONE ON THE CAMPER. BY THIS TIME DARKNESS WAS APPROACHING AND WE WERE AFRAID ANOTHER TIRE WOULD BLOW OUT SO WE FOUND A CAMPGROUND AND STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT. UPON REACHING THE CAMPGROUND I RESEARCHED THE TIRES THAT HAD BLOWN OUT AND THE FIRST THING I NOTICED ON THE INTERNET WAS THESE TIRES ARE PRONE TO BLOWOUTS. THE FOLLOWING MORNING WE TRAVELED TO THE NEAREST DISCOUNT TIRE STORE AND I REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES ON THE CAMPER SO THEY WOULD ALL MATCH AND USED ONE OF THE OTHER TIRES I PURCHASED FOR A SPARE. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH A MUCH BETTER AND MORE EXPENSIVE TIRE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE MAN AT DISCOUNT TIRE SAID WHEN I TOLD HIM ABOUT OUR BLOWOUTS WAS, THEY GET ABOUT 1 PERSON A WEEK WITH BLOWOUTS WITH THESE TIRES, WE CALL THEM CHINA POPS. THE BLOWOUTS DAMAGED MY CAMPER. THANKFULLY, WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE COULD PULL OVER WHEN THE BLOWOUTS HAPPENED, BUT THIS COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN A WRECK BECAUSE OF THE BLOWOUTS.WE HAD TO SPEND AN EXTRA NIGHT ON THE ROAD AND BUY 6 NEW TIRES BECAUSE OF THE BLOWOUTS. I FEEL THESE TIRES ARE UNSAFE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE CAMPER COMPANY AND THEY REPORT THEY HAVE HAD GOOD SERVICE FROM THE TIRES. TIRE COMPANY PARENT COMPANY HAS NOT RETURNED MY PHONE CALLS.