Problems reported with Goodyear RV tires
If you have Goodyear G159, 275/70 22.5 tires on your RV and they are showing premature signs of wearing, you may have a problem. According to the website lawyersandsettlements.com, some RVers are reporting that the tires are showing signs of premature failure.
A number of RV manufacturers including Fleetwood and Monaco used this tire on several of their Class A RV models manufactured between the mid 1990s and approximately 2004.
"My motor home only has 19,000 miles on it and the Goodyear tires are already showing signs of wearing," a Scottsdale, Arizona RVer told the website. To me, something that costs $2,500 to replace, along the magnitude of these tires, should be able to last another 50,000 to 75,000 miles."
Currently, the tire is still on the market, although the website reports that Goodyear and some RV manufacturers have begun limited, "silent" recalls and tire replacement programs. It is estimated that thousands of RVs have G159 tires.
The website reported that although Goodyear recommended the G159 for larger RVs, it was actually designed for regional delivery trucks and was not specifically tested for use on RVs. The website reports that neither Goodyear nor the RV manufacturers ever tested the tire to ensure that it could manage the speeds and loads that RVs frequently handle.
If you suspect your Goodyear tires are wearing out far too soon, please contact a Goodyear dealer or the manufacturer of your RV.
A number of RV manufacturers including Fleetwood and Monaco used this tire on several of their Class A RV models manufactured between the mid 1990s and approximately 2004.
"My motor home only has 19,000 miles on it and the Goodyear tires are already showing signs of wearing," a Scottsdale, Arizona RVer told the website. To me, something that costs $2,500 to replace, along the magnitude of these tires, should be able to last another 50,000 to 75,000 miles."
Currently, the tire is still on the market, although the website reports that Goodyear and some RV manufacturers have begun limited, "silent" recalls and tire replacement programs. It is estimated that thousands of RVs have G159 tires.
The website reported that although Goodyear recommended the G159 for larger RVs, it was actually designed for regional delivery trucks and was not specifically tested for use on RVs. The website reports that neither Goodyear nor the RV manufacturers ever tested the tire to ensure that it could manage the speeds and loads that RVs frequently handle.
If you suspect your Goodyear tires are wearing out far too soon, please contact a Goodyear dealer or the manufacturer of your RV.
posted by Chuck Woodbury at
4/30/2007 07:36:00 AM
9 Comments:
The cost of tire replacement will most likely go up.
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mt, at 4:46 AM, May 04, 2007
I've known about the problems with the G159's since 05. They were discontinued some time earlier because of premature failures with blowouts causing damage. They were replaced by G614's especially on trailers where they tended to have the most failures. Goodyear repaired the damage to my rig and replaced all 5 tires with only a minor fee for 3 of them as 2 had definitely failed.
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Mike, at 7:41 AM, May 05, 2007
I am a firm believer that tires made for RV’s and trucks are not made as good as before. I have traveled with several large 5th wheels since the 70’s with zero tire problems. But since 2003 we have had several tires with tread separation and blowouts, yes with proper air pressure and the tires were under four years old also covered when the trailer was sitting. The tires were 10 ply Goodyear’s and 10 ply Michelin’s. I have to say that Goodyear did pay the $2600 damage to our trailer after three tire failures in one day. But I think that it did help that I had proof that the tires did have the proper air pressure. Now get this, last year while traveling, we had a Michelin fail on our truck in Yuma. Then on the Nevada’s “America's loneliest road” hwy 50, another Michelin failed. After the spare was put on, we pulled into a Wal-Mart to buy four new tires. The only 10 ply tires they had were Goodyear’s. I bought the tires to keep the wife happy, I also made sure they put in the correct air pressure. We decided to stay the night in the next town a little ways down the road and we also decided to leave the RV and the dogs there then drive the 40 miles to Reno for a few hours. On the drive back, the truck felt funny so I slowed down and to our disbelief the back tire was flat! I dropped the wife off to care for the dogs then back to Wal-Mart. After their inspection, the tire had big heat blisters inside the tire plus two more tires had big bubbles on the sidewalls. We wound up with getting new Uniroyal’s at another place and I hope they hold up. I also just bought a new 34’ 5th wheel and the tires that came with it are “Power King Towmax S/T”, I never heard of them so I hope they also will hold up. MJ- San Diego
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Anonymous, at 12:26 AM, May 07, 2007
I have had big problems with exactly these tires on my Beaver 40 feet MH. 3 blowouts at full speed on busy highways in 3 months. Tires got checked regularly by professionals and myself. Almost fatal accident due to the blowout of the front tire at 70mls/h. High repair costs for fixing structural damage caused by blowouts and many months of waiting for parts. Lost faith in RV tires and question how safe actually RV driving is if these blowouts are common and RV industry is not protecting their customers from bad tires.
Does anyone know how to get refund from Goodyear for new tires and damages ? They waived off any responsibility every time I contacted them.
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cpburri, at 3:52 AM, May 07, 2007
I too have had trouble with Goodyear tires, however mine are G614 RST load range G, LT 235/85R16G. I've blown 2 of these and the tire pressures are checked all the time. They hold 110 PSI and make quite the noise. Both claims sent to GY, have been paid promptly. This include a new tire price and damage to the trl. I don't know if my other 3 will hold up or not, getting kinda scared. these have about 10,000 miles on them and the two that blew were within 300 miles of each other. Guess I should go to GY and see if they will replace the others. They do seem to wear quickly too. Should last maybe 60,000 (they are pricy at 260 + per tire. May get 20,000 if they don't blow first.
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Anonymous, at 5:46 PM, May 07, 2007
I have a 2006 Carriage Cameo fifth wheel,, it came from the factory with Power King Tow Max tires, the size is ST235/80R16, Load Range E.
I have less than 5000 mile on them and have had 2 failures in less than 6 months. This unit was new, with only factory delivery miles on it, about 1500 miles.
The distrubuting company has been really good to replace them at no cost, but I have little faith in these tires.
Has anyone else had any problems with this tire??
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papaducky, at 11:06 AM, August 26, 2007
I have a 2007 Carraige Cameo, came with Towmax ST235/80R/16 tires, have 6000 miles on them, have one with steel cord just popped out of the top side right at the tread level and another that looks like the sidewall has large marshmallows all over the outside sidewall. I am an absolute nut about tire pressures. This just happened after a 130 mile trip in 49 degree temperatures, with tire pressure checked imediately before departure at 80 psi cold.
Called Carriage, and basically they said tough, call Towmax.
I'm trying to figure out what brand tire to replace these with so I can head to Florida in 10 days, and not have to worry whether I will get there without having a blowout. Carriage coulldn't care less, sorry I went with them.
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Anonymous, at 5:41 PM, December 18, 2007
It's only fair to update my post of 12/18/2007 regarding . The tire distributor who supplied the Towmax tires on my 2007 Carriage Cameo hs agreed to refund the average retail cost of the two defective tires, aprox $120/tire.
I have ordered and will have installed tomorow a set of Goodyear G614 14 ply tires. The solution was worked out for me by the dealer from whom I bought the Carriage.
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Anonymous, at 9:48 AM, December 19, 2007
12/22/2007
I would like to post what has become the final surprise chapter to my story about the 2007 Carriage Cameo, and the defective Towmax tires.
As I said, the Towmax tires were going to be replaced with Goodyear G614s. That was done, BUT, when the defective tires were being removed from the camper, the technician brought me over and showed me major defects in, what I thought until then were the two tires which I didn’t see any defects. One of these had the same type of steel belt protrusion as the other one, but this time the protrusion was on the INSIDE of the tire, and therefore not visible until the wheel was removed. He then showed me, in the final tire in this set of four, a large bulged area, but this time instead of on the sidewall, it was right in the center of the tread pattern.
I called both our Carriage dealer, a large camper and motor home center in North Central Kentucky, and the customer service rep at the Towmax distributor who provided the tires to Carriage in the first place. I was asked to send additional info along with a picture to the distributor which I did. The outcome was that they now agreed to refund the $120 average retail cost of ALL FOUR Towmax tires, and also asked that I have our local tire dealer have all of them destroyed.
I know for certain that our camper dealer interceded on our behalf on this matter because I was talking to them by phone and email all through this time. I also feel, although I have absolutely no direct knowledge, that the manufacturer, Carriage, also did the same. Carriage maintained a very long arm’s length away from any discussions, and was, at least from me, totally disconnected from this matter. I appreciate any help that either gave me in resolving this issue.
We are just glad that we didn’t stay on the interstate at our normal towing speed of 65mph any longer than we did. If we had, I’m quite sure that not too many more miles down the road, we were going to be in for at the very least a wild ride, or at the worst involved in a very serious accident possibly involving four simultaneous blown tires
Finally, I would like to thank whomever it is that has provided me a place to post, for the first time ever, anything on a “blog” in order that I may be of help to someone else who might read my story.
Be careful out there!
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Anonymous, at 5:46 AM, December 22, 2007
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