2000 GMC SIERRA Tires Problems

ON AUGUST 6, 2007 MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A SET OF USED 265/75/R E FIRESTONE STEELTEX FROM MYERS TIRES IN MORGAN CITY ,LA. WE DID BUY THEM USED. THE OWNER TOLD US THAT THEY JUST TOOK THEM OFF OF A FORD PICKUP A FEW DAYS BEFORE. SO WE HAD HIM PUT THEM ON OUR 2000 GMC SIERA STEPSIDE PICKUP TRUCK. ON SATURDAY AUGUST 11,2007 MY HUSBAND AND I ALONG WITH MY 11 YEAR OLD SON WAS ON HWY 90 GOING TO HOUMA LA FROM PATTERSON LA THE TIRE THAT WAS ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TORE APART AND DESTROYED THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE BED OF OUR TRUCK AND WE COULD NOT OPEN THE DRIVERS SIDE BACK DOOR AND IT ALMOST FLIPED US ON THE HIGHWAY. WE LET THE OWNER KNOW WHAT HAPPEN AND HE IS NOT HELPING US WITH NOTHING. I ASKED HIM IF HE CAN PAY FOR...

THREE WEEKS AGO VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BECAUSE PIECES OF STEEL WERE STICKING OUT OF THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. DEALER SAID, "THE TIRES WERE FINE". PRESENTLY, WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD SEPARATED. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED MASSIVE TIRE UNDULATION ON THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES ON THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO ONLY ADJUSTED THE TIRES WITH THE TIRES THAT WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE FAILED TIRES. CONSUMER HAD PURCHASED A NEW SET OF TIRES BY ANOTHER BRAND. CONSUMER STATES THE DEALER HAD SHOWN THEM A LETTER STATING THE FIRESTONE TIRES ARE BUILT TO GM SPECIFICATIONS. MODEL/STEEL TEX TIRE 245/75R16 E *SCC

INITIALLY PATCHED THE TIRE IN THE CENTER OF THE TREAD, THE NEXT PROBLEM WAS AT LEAST TWO TO THREE INCHES AWAY AND WAS BURSTING ON THE INTERNAL WALL OF THE TIRE.

WHILE DRIVING, LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, SPIN COUNTERCLOCKWISE, AND HIT THE MEDIAN BARRIER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, ALSO THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *SLC

TIRE BLEW OUT, EXPLODING SIDEWALL, COMPLETE TIRE FAILURE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNCUIRD019 TIRESIZE: P255/70R/1)

TIRE EXPERIENCED BELT TO BELT SEPARATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W273 TIRESIZE: P26575R16)

WHILE DRIVING, LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, SPIN COUNTERCLOCKWISE, AND HIT THE MEDIAN BARRIER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, ALSO THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *SLC

TIRE SPLIT ON THE INSIDE & OUTSIDE SURFACES. GENERAL TIRE-AMER1550, LT245/75R16M+R DOT ADTTDOA030

THE VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH TIRES THAT WERE INADEQUATE FOR TRAILER TOWING AND OFF ROAD TRAVEL, THE DEALER REFUSES TO CHANGE THE TIRES BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DID NOT REQUEST THE CHANGE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75R16 MAX LOAD 2601 LBS AT 44 PSI, 4 PLY LOAD RATING B). NLM

I HAD NO TROUBLE WITH THE TIRES UNTIL LATE MAY, 2000. DURING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF JUNE 2000, I HAD FIVE FLATS ON THESE TIRES. APPARENTLY, THE TEMPERATURE IN TEXAS WAS A FACTOR. THERE WAS NEVER ANY FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE HOLE IN THE TIRE. THE HOLES WERE ALWAYS OF A RUPTURE TYPE, NEVER A CLEAN PUNCTURE. THE FLATS ALWAYS OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON GRAVEL ROADS. THE LAST FLAT WAS ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. I WAS AGAIN ON A GRAVEL ROAD AND WAS FORCED TO BRAKE SUDDENLY. IMMEDIATELY UPON BRAKING, I EXPERIENCED A RAPID, ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS, DEFLATION OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE, AS THE STAR SHAPED HOLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 INCHES IN DIAMETER. AFTER THIS FAILURE, WITH LESS THAN 12,000 MILES WEAR ON THEM, I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES ON MY TRUCK. AT THAT TIME, NOTHING HAD...

WHILE TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED ME TO CRASH INTO THE HIGHWAY. DIVIDER. I WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND THE ONLY VEHICLE INVOLVED. I WAS NOT TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL BUT WAS SEVERLEY SORE AND BRUISED. I DID MISS ONE DAY OF WORK. THE TIRE WAS A REPLACEMENT TIRE BOUGHT IN NOVEMBER 1999. THE TIRES HAD APPROX. 15,000 MILES. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT I WAS TRAVELLING APPROX. 65 MPH. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ABOUT 1:00 A.M. I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRE AND OF THE TRUCK. I ALSO STILL HAVE THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W273WMA349 TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

TIRE BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING, SPARE TIRE WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM CARRIER, AS A RESULT CONSUMER HAD TO PURCHASE TWO NEW REAR TIRES. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON TX SH 123 IN OUTSIDE LANE. SUDDENLY, MY TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS NUDGED FROM BEHIND, LIFTED UP AND WENT INTO A BACKWARDS SLIDE ACROSS 3 LANES INTO THE OUTSIDE NORTHBOUND LANE. I WAS STRUCK THERE BY A CHEVY ASTRO VAN, AND PUSHED OFF THE ROAD INTO THE BARDITCH. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTATALED, BUT NO INJURIES. ONE DRIVER IN EACH VEHICLE, NO PASSENGERS IN EITHER. BOTH DRIVERS WORE SEAT BELTS. HER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT MINE DID NOT, SINCE I WAS HEADED BACKWARDS. UPON INSPECTION, BOTH REAR TIRES WERE BLOWN OUT ON MY TRUCK.( DOT NUMBER: JROM184303 TIRE SIZE: P265/75R16 )

I HAVE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 265/75 R16 TIRES ON MY PICK-UP. I AM A DISABLED PERSON AND I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRESTONE TIRES THAT CAME ON MY GMC TRUCK. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE 16" TIRES ALONG WITH THE 15" TIRES WICH FIRESTONE HAS BEEN RECALLING. I URGE YOU TO MAKE FIRESTONE TIRE CO. RECALL THE 16" TIRES ALSO. BECAUSE OF THESE TIRE PROBLEMS I DO NOT FEEL SECURE IN DRIVING ON THESE EXISTING FIRESTONE TIRES. THANK YOU