Problems with 2003 Dodge Dakota WHEELS

On saturday, march 29, 2014, during a trip from saint paul, minnesota to laramie, wyoming, we suffered two blowouts of goodyear wrangler tires in size p265 70 r16. in each instance the tread separated from the tire. the tires were well maintained and properly inflated. at 10:00am, traveling 65mph on interstate 35, north of des moines, iowa we suffered the first blowout. there was a loud whup, whup, whup noise and the vehicle became difficult to steer. we were able to safely reduce speed and pull over. we discovered that the right rear tire tread had completely separated from the sidewall. we had the damaged tire replaced in ames, iowa at a goodyear dealer. at our next stop, i checked the air pressure in all 4 tires. the left rear tire was at 32 psi. i inflated the left rear tire to 40 psi to match the other 3 tires. while traveling 75 mph on interstate 80, east of laramie at 11:00pm we suffered the second blowout. again there was a loud whup, whup, whup noise and the vehicle became difficult to steer. i reduced speed and attempted to brake which sent the truck into a wild fishtail skid. we crashed into the guardrail and the vehicle was rendered inoperable. we got out of the truck and surveyed the damage. it was then we discovered that a portion of the left rear tire tread had separated from the tire. the inner tube of the tire was exposed but still inflated. after the crash i was made aware of a recall by goodyear of their wrangler tires. while the tires described above do not fall into the dot numbers of the recall, i would ask that nhtsa investigate further and broaden the range of recall as the blowout that caused our crash appears to be the same as the blowout that caused a crash in texas that resulted in the deaths of two college students on august 01, 2011. *tr

I have purchased several tires for this vehicle, and the problem is mainly in the front. i have had it aligned as required and it continued to eat the tires in a very few months. i recently (within the last 6 - 8 months) had the brakes, rotors, idler arm, bushings and other items replaced that dealt with the steering and the braking of this vehicle and it is doing the same thing again. when turning left or right, it will pop, and when pressing on the brakes it will grab, release then grab again. the brakes are not making a noise and i know when new brakes are installed that they have to allowed to maintain their fit, however, once they maintain their fit, they shouldn't start grabbing. when i have to press the brakes in a hurry the abs light comes on and it concerns me the vehicle will not stop in time. this has been a problem for the last 4 or 5 years. *tr

To whom it may concern, i own a 2003 dodge dakota quad cab slt. and i have run into a lot of problems with this truck that people i know say they had very similar problems with the same make of vehicle. to start with my truck only has about 62,184 miles on it, for a 2003 model truck, that is considered low mileage. the problems i have run into is as follows: both front wheel hub bearing sets have prematurely failed, in particular, the right front hub tried to lock up on me and almost caused me to loose control of the truck, i have since replaced that hub but still need to replace the left front before it locks up:second is that the steering and suspension system has no provisions for preventative maintenance, i.e. no grease zircs for the ball joints, tie rods,upper and lower control arm bushings, wheel bearings, etc...causing rapid wear and failure:third big issue, i have already replaced all four brake rotors due to warpage. the brake calipers were built with some type of composite plastic pistons that distort due to excessive heat build up in the brakes. which in turn causes uneven pad contact, that then causes excessive heat, accelerated pad wear, brake fade, rotor warpage, and an awful "squeal" when the brakes are applied. i have noticed that my brand new brake pads are actually cracked now because of a combination of the calipers and the hubs going bad: fourth issue is that the transmission causes the engine to over "rev" in the highway passing gear especially with the over drive and cruise control on. when you're driving down the highway and you give it a little more gas to get around somebody, the engine rpm's shouldn't go up to sometimes around 7000, that in turn could cause premature engine or transmission failure. i have been in contact with daimler-chrysler about these concerns but they just keep giving me the run around and not answering my questions. i still have the old parts also.