2012 Keystone Montana Problems

WHILE PULLING OUR FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILER, WE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION WITH ONE OF OUR POWER KING TOWMAX STR TIRES. THE RESULTING TIRE FAILURE, CAUSE BODY DAMAGE TO BOTH THE PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM SKIRTING ON THE RV. TRAVELING SPEED: 60 MPH. TIRE PRESSURE: 80 PSI. TREAD DEPTH: 6/32".

OUR NEW MONTANA FIFTH WHEEL CAME EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON ST 235/80 R16 LOAD RANGE E TIRES. WITHIN 7 MONTHS OF PURCHASE AND WITH 4500 MILES ON THE TIRES, WE HAD A COMPLETE TIRE FAILURE WITH THE ENTIRE TREAD BEING BLOWN OFF WHILE DOING 60 MPH ON A CLEAR INTERSTATE WITH NO ROAD HAZARD. WE HAD CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE THAT MORNING AND HAD THE RECOMMENDED 80 PSI AS ADVISED ON THE TIRE. ONE DAY LATER, ANOTHER OF THE SAME GOODYEAR TIRES WOULD NOT HOLD AIR AND WE WERE ADVISED BY A GOODYEAR DEALER THAT THIS WAS ALSO "BELT FAILURE." WHILE HAVING THESE 2 TIRES REPLACED, THEY DISCOVERED ANOTHER MARATHON TIRE HAD FLAT AND BOWED OUT AREAS TO THE TREAD. THEY ONLY HAD 2 TIRES FOR REPLACEMENT. THESE WERE NOT GOODYEAR TIRES. WE HAD TO TRAVEL AND PURCHASED 2 MORE REPLACEMENTS NON GOODYEAR TIRES. WE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT BUT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO OUR CAMPER. *TR

ON 4/5/16 TRAVELING ON I-10 IN FLORIDA HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF OUR CAMPER, TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR MARATHON 235/80/R16, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. FOUR DAYS LATER 4/9/16 ON I-65 IN ALABAMA WE HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT, THIS TIME PASSENGER SIDE, AGAIN CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. THIS TIME THE TIRE BLEW SO BAD IT ACTUALLY WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE (THIS WAS THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE AS BEFORE). THE TIRES WERE INFLATED PROPERLY AT 80 LBS PSI. BOTH TIMES WE WERE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE.

ORIGINAL GOODYEAR MADE-IN-CHINA TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AFTER ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES. WE ARE OBSESSIVE ABOUT CHECKING AND ADJUSTING TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE EACH TRIP. EXPERTS RECOMMENDED CHECKING TRAILER AXLE ALIGNMENT, WHICH WE HAD TO DO AT OUR OWN EXPENSE EVEN THOUGH STILL UNDER WARRANTY. NO TROUBLE FOUND. EVENTUALLY WE REPLACED ALL 5 TIRES, AGAIN AT OUR OWN EXPENSE JUST AFTER THE 1-YEAR NO MILEAGE GOODYEAR WARRANTY RAN OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE DANGEROUSLY WORN. THE NEW MICHELINS ARE PERFORMING BEAUTIFULLY AFTER 30,000 MILES. THE GOODYEAR TIRES WERE JUST POOR QUALITY. THANK GOODNESS WE REPLACED THEM BEFORE THEY COULD FAIL PREMATURELY AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER OR TO US.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KEYSTONE MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME FLEXES ON THE TRAILER WHICH WAS CAUSED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE FLEXING OF THE FRAME WAS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE DESIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DECIDED TO PUT PIN WEIGHT ON THE BACK OF THE TRAILER, RE-GLUE THE SIDING AND ADD SCREWS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE PIN WEIGHTS WERE REMOVED AFTER TWENTY FOUR HOURS. THE REMEDY WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,000.