2000 GMC SAVANA Tires Problems

Tire size P 245/75 R 16 Was transporting church members (8) to church function on enter state when the tire blew out for no apparent reason. No more than 1000 miles ware on tires. The blow out caused damage to rear radiator causing overheating and damaging engine

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE PEELED AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S 245/75R16. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH, I NOTICED A VIBRATION OR ROUGH RIDE FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE TREAD SEPERATION AND BLOW OUT OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY GMC 3500 SERIES LONG WHEELBASE SAVANNA VAN. TREAD REMAINED ATTACHED TO CASING SCRAPING A THREE FOOT ARCH ON THE SIDE FENDER PANEL(PAINT SCRAPED FROM STEEL BELTS AND BLACK RUBBER DEPOSITED)AND THE TAIL PIPE WAS PULLED INTO THE WHEEL CAUSING IT TO FOLD IN TWO AT THE AXLE. DEBRISE FROM THE TIRE HIT SEVERAL OTHER CARS AND NO ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM THIS FAILURE. TIRE SIZE WAS 245/75/16E INFLATED TO PROPER PRESURE FIVE DAYS PRIOR, ROTATED AT REGULAR INTERVALS AND VISUALLY CHECKED FREQUENTLY. DT

TOTAL SIDEWALL BLOW OUT OF REAR LEFT TIRE ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH. VAN WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY DRIVER AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TIRE AND ALUMINUM WHEEL DISTROYED. FIRESTONE TIRES WERE PUT ON BY CONVERSION VAN COMPANY (EXPLORER CONVERSIONS) AND SELLING GMC DEALER INDICATED THESE FIRESTONE TIRES WERE NO PROBLEM.)*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDM2F20100 TIRESIZE: P255/75R15)

THIS TIRE HAS DE-LAMINATED, THE TREAD IS PEELING OFF. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME VEHICLE WITH THE SAME TIRES THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IF I WERE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, IT COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. EVEN AT 30-35 MPH IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND SWERVE ALL OVER THE ROAD. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT245/75R1)