Tire Size: 265 70 16. While driving on a straight and level highway, the right rear tire sidewall completely shredded. Tire lost all air pressure and separated from the rim. I bought four General Grabber tires in July 2021. This is the second tire that the sidewall shredded. The first one shredded on the left rear side in July of 2024. There are a lot of General Grabber tires being recalled for over-cured sidewalls but it's strange that there are no recalls on this particular tire.
NHTSA complaint #11642525 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I PURCHASED OUR 2015 GMC YUKON XL IN OCTOBER OF 2014. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND HAD MANY PARTS REPLACED ONLY FOR THE NOISE TO COME RIGHT BACK. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES AND ALL THE TIRES ARE WEARING TO THE POINT THAT BELTS ARE NOW SHOWING. WHEN TALKING TO CONTINENTAL THESE FACTORY TIRES HAVE AN 80,000 MILE WARRANTY BUT THAT TIRE WEAR WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER FACTORY TIRES. AFTER CALLING GMC, CONTINENTAL AND MY LOCAL DEALER, I FINALLY WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GIVE ME $250 TOWARD NEW TIRES BUT I COULD ONLY USE THAT TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF CONTINENTAL TIRES. RECENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SAME TIRES THAT ARE ON MY VEHICLE FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS I HAVE BEEN HAVING. WHEN I CALLED CONTINENTAL, I WAS TOLD THAT MY TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. HOW CAN I HAVE THE EXACT SAME ISSUES THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL BUT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE MY DOT IS NOT IN THE 1 MONTH RECALL. I HAVE NOW HAD TO SPEND $1000 TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT AND COST $70,000 TO PURCHASE 2 YEARS AGO.
NHTSA complaint #10929935 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THREAD OF THE LEFT BACK TIRE FLOWERED UP AND IT POPPED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON A FLAT. A COLLISION ALMOST TOOK PLACE, MY HUSBAND WAS ALMOST SMASHED BETWEEN THE CONCRETE WALL AND THE TRUCK WHILE TRYING TO CHECK THE TIRE, ON STAR RESPONSE WAS GOING TO TAKE 1HR 45 MIN. AFTER GETTING TO A SAFE PLACE WE CHECKED THE OTHER 3 TIRES AND NOTICE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE PRESENTED MISSING PART OF THE TIRE WALL AS A PUZZLE PIECE MISSING, TIRES HAD EXACTLY 30K MILES WITH THIS TRIP. TIRES ARE CONTINENTAL P275-55R20-111S WE TOLD THE DEALER TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE.
NHTSA complaint #10929800 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I PURCHASED A NEW, 2015 GMC YUKON XL IN DECEMBER OF 2014. I HAD BEEN DEALING WITH A VIBRATION RELATED PROBLEM AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS STARTING IN OCTOBER OF 2015 IN MY SUV THAT THE DEALER BALANCED, ALIGNED, ETC. PROBLEM STILL EXISTED IN DECEMBER OF 2015, AGAIN RAN TESTS AND FOUND NOTHING. CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN EVERY TIME I WENT INTO DEALER AND ON JUNE 28, 2016 AND WAS TOLD MY TREAD WAS WEARING UNEVENLY, AND AFTER A ROAD TEST WITH THE HEAD TECHNICIAN IT WAS FOUND THERE WAS HIGH ROAD FORCE ON THE TIRES. TODAY I CAME IN FOR MY OIL CHANGE AND MY DEALER HAD AN ALERT TO CHECK MY TIRES (ORIGINAL ONES THAT I REPLACED AT MY COST ON 6/28/16) FOR THE EXACT TIRE ON MY TRUCK GIVING ME THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE A HIGH SPEED VIBRATION AND TREAD WEAR PROBLEMS. MY OLD TIRES WERE OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL BUT I FEEL THAT THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. MY DOT# WAS A32AWBDE2414 AND I HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. GM PAID PARTIAL WARRANTY ON THEM. MY COST WAS $519.45.
NHTSA complaint #10928815 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE TRUCK. IS HELD ON BY A HOIST AND CABLE SYSTEM. THE CABLE BROKE ALLOWING THE TIRE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. LUCKILY THE VEHICLE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND NOT GOING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL FOR MY FAMILY OR OTHERS ON THE ROAD! SO FAR I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND GMC. THEY WANT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW DO NOT WANT TO COVER THE PART BECAUSE ITS MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS OLD. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THIS PART FAILED AND COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY TO MY FAMILY AND OR OTHERS. INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING ON 12/9/11.
NHTSA complaint #10439188 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL - ONLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT HUB AND BEARING FOR $550.
NHTSA complaint #10403659 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON XL EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK VENTUS AS TIRES, SIZE WAS 305/50R/20XL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN VIBRATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE SHOP WHERE THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON THE OUTSIDE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE A SECOND TIME AND WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE SHOP. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. THE CONTACT STATED HE DID NOT HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE COST AND HE FELT IT WAS A SAFETY DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.
NHTSA complaint #10384365 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC YUKON XL EQUIPPED WITH ORIGINAL SIGMA STAMPEDE RADIAL TIRES, SIZE P265/70/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD AND BELT CAUSED THE TIRE TO EXPLODE. THE DEALER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE WHEN CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000.
NHTSA complaint #10367140 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WAS DRIVING APPROX 60MPH ON NEWLY PAVED 4 LANE HIGHWAY (US 31). VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A NOISE AND THEN SHAKE. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH APPROX 80% OF THE TREAD AND BELT SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND NUMEROUS HOLES IN THE TIRE. MANY SHARP STEEL PRONG ENDS WERE STICKING OUT OF THE TIRE AND THE SEPARATED TREAD/BELT. DESTROYED THE WHEEL WELL COVERING. 2002 YUKON XL. TIRES HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN MARCH 2008. WHEN LOOKING AT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE, IT HAD NUMEROUS LARGE CRACKS FROM THE TREAD EXTENDING INTO THE SIDEWALL. TO AVOID HAVING ANOTHER BLOWOUT/SEPARATION, QUICKLY REPLACED THAT TIRE AND RETURNED BOTH TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. HAVING THE DEALER CONTACT COOPER AND INSPECT THE REAR 2 TIRES AS WELL (VISUAL INSPECTION DID NOT SHOW THE TREAD/SIDEWALL CRACKS).
NHTSA complaint #10277517 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I OWN A 2003 YUKON XL. PURCHASED 4 MICHELIN TIRES FROM NTB IN APRIL 2007, $700.00. NEW TIRES HAVE 18,000 MILES ON THEM. JAN 2009 VALVE STEM FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY NTB, NO DAMAGE TO TIRE. MAY 2009, SECOND TIRE WENT FLAT DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR WITH MY KIDS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HOME FROM COLLEGE. TIRE WENT FLAT, IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TIRE WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, $225.00. CAUSE OF DAMAGE WAS VALVE STEM, TR 413. ONE WEEK LATER, THIRD TIRE WENT FLAT GOING BACK TO COLLEGE. IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF OF HIGHWAY. MICHELIN TIRE ALSO RUINED, CRUSHED SIDE WALL, ANOTHER $225.00. WENT BACK TO NTB AND COMPLAINED. AT MY REQUEST INSPECTED 4TH TIRE AND IT HAD A BAD STEM AND WAS LEAKING. ALL STEMS WERE THE TR-413 AND NOT A HIGH PRESSURE STEM. THIS STEM IS FOR UP TO 40 PSI. RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURE IS 35 PSI, BUT AT HIGH SPEEDS AND IN HOT TEXAS, PRESSURE FOR SURE RISES ABOVE THE MINIMUM 40 PSI. ORIGINAL SPARE HAS HIGH PRESSURE VALVE STEM. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. NOW I FOUND OUT THAT THESE STEMS ARE ON RECALL AND DEFECTIVE. NTB WAS NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING AND THEY ARE THE EXPERTS. HELP ME!!
NHTSA complaint #10272347 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I HAD A TIRE FAILURE WITH A SET OF GOOD YEAR EAGLES LS1. THE TIRE HAD FIVE TO SIX CRACKS IN THE INNER AND OUTER SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST ONE TIRE, BUT, IT ENDED UP BEING ALL FOUR TIRES. I TOOK THE TIRE IN TO GET ANOTHER ONE ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE FLAWED AND THAT I WOULD AND OR SHOULD REPLACE THEM AS THEY WERE NOW A SAFETY HAZARD. I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES. MY QUESTION IS, AT WHAT POINT DOES A TIRE BECOME FLAWED? AND WHO SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO LOSE A LIFE BEFORE WE CAN MAKE THESE TIRE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE? I CONTACTED GOOD YEAR AND I GOT THE SUBSTANDARD RESPONSE THAT I HAD GOT A FAIR PRICE FOR NEW TIRES, AFTER ALL, THEY DID PRORATE THEM. AGAIN, AT WHAT POINT IS A TIRE FLAWED? AND SHOULD THE CONSUMER HAVE TO BEAR THE COSTS FOR THESE CORPORATIONS?
NHTSA complaint #10194021 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SPARE TIRE CARRIER WINCH CABLE FAILED ON 2002 GMC YUKON XL AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE SPARE TIRE COLLIDED WITH THE AUTO FOLLOWING ME CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
NHTSA complaint #10118019 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
PROBLEM WITH STEERING RUBBING OR GRINDING NOISE AND UNEVEN TIRE WEARTHIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE THE YUKON WAS NEW. I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO A DEALER OVER FOUR TIMES, HOWEVER THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10102264 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY 2000 GMC YUKON XL CAME WITH DEFECTIVE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRES. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ONE OF THE FOUR TIRES BLEW OUT. UPON EXAMINATION OF ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE CAR BY MY MECHANIC HE FOUND ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SIGNS OF VERTICAL SEPARATION OF THE SIDEWALL AND PARTIAL TREAD SEPARATION OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND BIZARRE WEAR. THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT HAD COME APART ON ONE OF THESE VERTICAL SEPARATIONS. I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND DROVE IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WHAT-SO-EVER WITH THESE FIRESTONE TIRES AND THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF MY SUV WAS THE PROBLEM. I TOLD HIM HE WAS CRAZY AND THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND I WANTED IT IN WRITING. THE MANAGER GAVE ME IT IN WRITING, AND HAD THE TIRES REPLACED BUT CHARGED ME OVER $200 AND GAVE ME MORE OF THE SAME BRAND OF TIRE ON THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY GMC DEALER AND HAD HIM CHECK TO SEE IF AN ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED AND I WAS EXPLAINED IN WRITING THAT AN ALIGNMENT WAS NOT NEEDED.
NHTSA complaint #10098734 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY 2000 GMC YUKON XL CAME WITH DEFECTIVE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRES. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ONE OF THE FOUR TIRES BLEW OUT. UPON EXAMINATION OF ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE CAR BY MY MECHANIC HE FOUND ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SIGNS OF VERTICAL SEPARATION OF THE SIDEWALL AND PARTIAL TREAD SEPARATION OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND BIZARRE WEAR. THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT HAD COME APART ON ONE OF THESE VERTICAL SEPARATIONS. I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND DROVE IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WHAT-SO-EVER WITH THESE FIRESTONE TIRES AND THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF MY SUV WAS THE PROBLEM. I TOLD HIM HE WAS CRAZY AND THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND I WANTED IT IN WRITING. THE MANAGER GAVE ME IT IN WRITING, AND HAD THE TIRES REPLACED BUT CHARGED ME OVER $200 AND GAVE ME MORE OF THE SAME BRAND OF TIRE ON THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY GMC DEALER AND HAD HIM CHECK TO SEE IF AN ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED AND I WAS EXPLAINED IN WRITING THAT AN ALIGNMENT WAS NOT NEEDED.
NHTSA complaint #10098734 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
INCONSISTENT TIRE WEAR ON 2001 YUKON XL, THE FRONT TIRE WEAR ALONG THE INNER SIDES (2 INCHES) FASTER THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE TIRE. TIRES ARE STOCK FIRESTONE 265R16 SIZE. THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS CHECK SEVERAL TIME BY GM DEAL AND BY THIRD PARTY. EVERY TIME THE ALIGNMENT WAS WITH IN SPECS. THE TIRE HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY 10,000 MILES TO INCREASE USABILITY. TIRES FAILED AT 62000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND YUKON I HAVE OWNED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10095998 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON MY GMC YUKON ARE FAILING TO PERFORM PROPERALLY. CUPPING AND IMPROPER INSIDE WEAR ARE A SEVER PROBLEM. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN MAINTAIN AND ROTATED FOR 35,000 MILES. ALAINMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED BY 2 DIFFERENT SOURCES 1 BEING THE GM DEALER. TIRE WARE IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFTEY MATTERWHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.
NHTSA complaint #10090424 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL AT, LT245/75R16, DOT VN11BAC4200. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE AND BEGAN TRAMPING. TREAD PEELED OFF THE TIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP. THE TIRE STILL MAINTAINED ITS AIR PRESSURE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE AIR PRESSURE AFTER THE OCCURRENCE, AND THE PRESSURE WAS 84 PSI. THE TIRE WAS NOT OVERLOADED, AND IT WAS NOT UNDER PRESSURE.
NHTSA complaint #10087230 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.