2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Tires & wheels Problems

While pulling car trailer down the interstate on 6-27-26 at 70mph, my Free Country ST205/75R16 D106 10 ply trailer tire with less than 200 miles on it blew out. This was the spare for 2 years and has 9/32 tread depth on it still. I recently this spring rotated it to the LR of the trailer. Pieces of the tire blew onto and hit a passing SUV. Luckily nobody was hurt and I was able to get to the shoulder with only some fender damage. The tire was changed and with research I found the warranty was only 1 year. I was not happy with this, but moved on and bought another tire to replace it. Yesterday 7-4-26 I pulled the same trailer and upon arriving to my destination noticed another one of the tires that was purchased at the same time is separated badly all the way around and is on the verge of blowing out. This tire has been on the trailer since I bought the set of tires new, and has just under 8/32 tread left. These tires are under 3 years old, and used well under weight capacity. I keep them aired up near the max to save gas, and check them regularly. I cannot be the only one having problems if 2 out of the 5 I bought are coming apart already. Ultimately these are a safety hazard. If that had been a motorcycle beside me, or a large enough chunk flew off. Someone could have been killed. Pics available upon request.

NHTSA ID

11748371

Incident

Jun 27, 2026

The contact's husband owns a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 equipped with Continental Tires, Tire Line: Cross Contact LX20, Tire Size: 275/55/R20, DOT Number: A32AWD401518. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, the passenger's side front tire was vibrating. Upon inspection, the contact's husband noticed there was a bump on the passenger's side front tire. The vehicle was taken to a tire store where it was diagnosed that there was a tread bump on the passenger's side front tire due to a fractured tire tread belt. The passenger's side front tire was not replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact's husband to take the vehicle to an authorized tire dealer for inspection. The failure mileage was 37,619.

NHTSA ID

11474742

Incident

Jul 19, 2022

Mileage

37,619 mi

P275/55R20 sidewall has developed slices in 4 different areas blowout possible at slow to moderate speeds confirmed by tire center tire sent back to manufacturer by tire service center negative warnings

NHTSA ID

11469986

Incident

May 20, 2022

Tires have 24,300 miles on them were factory installed upon purchase of vehicle in 2018. In April of 2022 while driving on freeway at 65 mph noticed a vibration in steering. Inspected tires when I reached destination and discovered the passenger side front tire had a bulge in the tread and was starting to separate. Replaced at a local tire shop and was told that they had seen numerous tire tread separations of this make and model tire. Goodyear Wrangler SR-A 265/60-20. Tire still had significant amount of tread remaining (Half Worn). In late May of 2022 had another tire tread separate from driver side rear of same vehicle.

NHTSA ID

11468302

Incident

Apr 6, 2022

The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 equipped with Continental Tires, Tire Line: Cross Contact LX20, Tire Size: 275/55/R20, DOT Number: A32AWD402917. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the contact inspected the front driver’s and passenger’s side tires and noticed the threads were coming off in chunks. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was a recall, but the tires were outside the date of manufacturing for the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the tires were beyond the three-year warranty and did not provide any assistance. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ID

11436012

Incident

Oct 8, 2021

3 of the 4 tires on this particular vehicle (ALL 3 HAD SAME DOT#) had APEX SEPARATION @ the bead. 4th tire was removed for having the same DOT as the 3 failing tires. The tire size is LT265/60R20 FALKEN WILDPEAK H/T02 HD. Tires were installed on 12/17/2020 and the incident occured in June 2021 @ 11,500 tire miles.

NHTSA ID

11432259

Incident

Jun 14, 2021

The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 used to haul a 2007 Tracker Marine NX18 boat trailer equipped with Trailer King Tires, Tire line: Value ST Radial, Tire Size: 215/75/R14, DOT Number: ADB6HFST1917. The contact stated that while his son was driving at an undisclosed speed, the boat trailer's front passenger’s side tire had a blowout. There were lumps and bulges on various parts of the tire. The contact's son was able to pull over and replace the tire with a spare. The dealer was not made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure by email. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ID

11431244

Incident

Jul 28, 2021

Severe cracking in the sidewalls of all the tires on my 2018 Chevy Silverado Pickup truck, 44,338 miles, all driven in Michigan. No significant tread wear, just deep cracks on the sidewalls.P285/45R22 110 H M=S

NHTSA ID

11425924

Incident

Jul 22, 2021

MY NAME IS [XXX] FROM JIM'S AUTO SALES, INC. WE PURCHASED A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIRES FROM TURBO TIRES IN IRWINDALE CALIFORNIA OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. WE RECENTLY CEASED PURCHASING FROM THEM AS WE SUSPECTED QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES WITH THEIR TIRES. NOT LONG AFTER, WE RECEIVED AN EXTREMELY VAGUE RECALL NOTICE STATING A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF THEIR TIRES SOLD FROM 2018 ON CAN SUDDENLY FAIL. WE CONTACTED THEM WITH A REQUEST TO HELP US NOTIFY ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR REQUEST HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS. WE REQUIRE ASSISTANCE IN NOTIFYING OUR OVER 1000 POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CUSTOMERS. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE FROM TURBO TIRES OR SENTURY TIRE. I'M FILING THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES YOUR DEPARTMENT CAN ENCOURAGE OUR SUPPLIERS TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATION IN HELPING US KEEP OUR CUSTOMERS SAFE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

11321913

Incident

Mar 1, 2018