GOODYEAR, LT24575R16, WRANGLER A/T, SERIAL #270904GRF72W, TIRE SEPERATED THE TREAD AND THEN EXPLODED WHILE IT WAS IN THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER UNDER MY 1988 CHEVY C3500. THIS WAS A MATE TO ANOTHER WRANGLER A/T, PURCHASED AT THE SAME TIME, THAT HAD FAILED, WHILE ON THE TRUCK AT 70 MPH. THAT TIRE LOST THE TREAD, BUT NEVER LOST AIR PRESSURE. THE TREAD DAMAGED THE BED OF THE TRUCK, TO THE TUNE OF $780+.WHICH GOODYEAR HAS REIMBURESD ME FOR.THAT TIRE WAS SHIPPED BACK TO GOODYEAR. I SIGNED A RELEASE AT THAT TIME, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER LITGATION CONCERNIONG THE FIRST TIRE. THIS DOESN'T CONCERN THE FIRST TIRE AS GOODYEAR HANDLED THAT PROBLEM PROMPTLY. BUT DUE TO THE LATEST INCIDENT, I FEEL SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT A LITTLE CLOSER,THIS LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON A WARM,SUNNY DAY. THE TIRE HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TRUCK AND PLACED AS A SPARE THE FIRST INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WAS A TEARING SOUND FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. I WAS STANDING BEHIND THE TRUCK AND HEARD THE NOISE. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, AND SAW THAT THE SPARE TIRE HAD SPLIT THE TREAD OFF THE BELTS. I WALKED 5 FEET AWAY WHEN THE TIRE EXPLODED VIOLENTLY. THE TIRE HAD 65# AIR PRESSURE IN IT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE.THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK. LUCKILY I WASN'T LOOKING AT THE TIRE WHEN IT EXPLODED AND THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO FUEL TANK CLOSE TO THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER. METAL SHARDS FROM THE BELTS WERE SENT ACROSS MY DRIVEWAY, AND FRONT YARD.
- NHTSA ID
- 10041061
- Incident
- Sep 28, 2003