Problem tire brands

[MF1455v]

There are a lot of posts on TBN for tire recommendations. After this weeks findings I wanted to start a thread about problem tire brands. Here is my post.

While rotating tires on my 2003 Dodge Ram 3500 dully I discovered the tires were weather cracking beyond belief, in a strange location. See the attached pictures. The tires are Good Year wranglers, 2 years old and have 27K miles on them. The tires are OEM tires that came on the truck. I have always kept them rotated and they have a lot of tread still left.

I have never had good luck with Good Year tires and usually replace them early for one reason on another. Thinking back, I've had 6 sets on new vehicles from GM, Dodge, and VW and all performed poorly. O.K. new vehicle, manufactures did not put a high quality tire on. Maybe, but not my experience, the VW had Good Year Eagles new, lasted barely 24k miles and were bald. Car had full size matching spare so to save money (mistake) put spare on the ground and only buy 3 tires matching Eagles. The 3 purchased made it 22k and original spare was in fair condition. So the one I bought lasted less time than the ones that came on the car.

So has anyone else had the same experience with Good Year or another tire brand.

 

[MF1455v]

Second picture!

 

[MF1455v]

Last picture!

 

[GerardC]

If it were me, I would contact Good Year and send them the photos. Maybe you can find some things out and with any luck, get something for your efforts. Gerard

 

[KennyV]

That is not weather cracked… that looks like heat failure /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif. What kind of load do you carry, and what tire pressure are you running? That looks bad. KennyV.

 

[MF1455v]

The 2 worst tires came off of the front. Only load they have seen for the last 7k miles is a Cummins Diesel engine. I keep 50 psi in them. Outer rears never get rotated due to white lettering showed signs of this. Keep same 50 psi in them and the most weight they see is 12,000 lbs on gooseneck trailer and that is only about a third of the time.

Did not think about heat but that would make sense given the location of the cracking. With the loads I mentioned that should n't be a problem, or will it? Thanks.

I am going to talk to Good Year, but don't want to put a set of these tires back on the truck.

 

[goodoleboy]

I know some small cracking on the outer wall is normal. But i think that last shot looks real deep. Did you rotate tires yourself or did you take it to the shop. If the shop did ask their opinion. Foward a few pictures to NSTB and to Goodyear maybe youll get some free tires. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Dargo]

I'll have to look to see what tires are on my Cummins diesel Dodge. Right now it is in the shop getting a few more modifications. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Anyway, when I bought it it had some "off brand" tires on it. The tread was pretty decent, so I thought I'd drive them until they wore out. Dang! I've put 60K miles on these stinking tires and they don't seem to be wearing any!! Again, when I get the truck back this week I'll have to see what they are. It figures! If you loved the tires, they would wear out immediately. I didn't really like these, and it's sort of like they are made of steel!! I've even left four nice dark black lines in the pavement for over a hundred yards doing a nice burn out with them. They'll smoke like crazy! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif They just won't wear out!

 

[Egon]

As others have suggested the tires exhibit the same type of cracks one sees on tyres that have been run on very low air pressure and have gotten hot. There also seems to be a lot of brake pad dust on the tires and rims.

I keep 80 psi in the Goodyear tires on our 2500. On the third set in 100K miles but the truck does a lot of hauling and towing near or just over the load ratings.

Egon

 

[Bird]

What tire pressure is listed on the sidewall? If I'm not mistaken, it is 80 psi on those tires, and I know a few years ago, manufacturers (especially B.F. Goodrich, but others as well) said to never run them at less than 80% of the pressure listed on the sidewall; i.e., it would appear to me that you should not run those tires at less than 64 psi.