Problems with 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD TIRES

Driving at 55 mph on hwy 528 about 20 miles east of orlando, the truck began to shake and then we suffered a catastrophic tread separation of our rear driver's side tire. we were trailering a camper at the time. by the time i was able to bring the truck to a stop on the shoulder of the highway we had sustained close to $3000 worth of damage to the rear driver's side fender and wheel well. this was the 2nd kumho lt 245/75 r16 of the set that had a separation. the first one we were able to slow done in time to prevent any damage to the vehicle. the tires only had 18000 miles on them and inflation pressures had been checked within 24 hours of the incident each time. after calling kumho several times after the 1st incident, they gave a 67 dollar credit on the tire. the second time they have not returned my multiple phone calls. i have now replaced and kept the remaining tires of the set. i kept them hoping that nhtsa would take them for testing. i filed a complaint by phone with nhtsa on 11/3015 and meko told me i would be receiving forms in the mail to complete the complaint. it has now been over 2 months, and i have not received anything from you! my complaint # was 10807471. these are dangerous faulty tires and need to be recalled. someone needs to hold kumho responsible fro these tires before more lives are lost secondary to catastrophic separations.

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd equipped with kumho road ventures a/t tirs, size 245/75 r16 (na). while driving approximately 60 mph, there was a vibration coming from the rear passenger side tire. the contact decreased the speed to 10 mph and the rear passenger side tire blew up. the tire was replaced with a spare and the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. it was diagnosed that the tread separated. the tire was replaced. also, while driving approximately 60 mph, the rear driver side tire blew up. the tire was replaced with a spare. the manufacturer was notified of the failures. the approximate vehicle failure mileage was 184,000 and the approximate tire failure mileage was 14,000.

Experienced tire separation at 70mph of a firestone steeltex radial a/t lt245/75r16 load range e m/s. tire separation damaged the right rear quarter panel and forward rear quarter panel. took the truck to a tire store to have the other tires inspected. the remaining tires where all found to be separating. *tr

Driving silverado truck with goodyear eagle gt2 tires, less than one year and not many miles. blow out to front tire, separation rip on side of tire-lucky i was not on freeway or would have lost control it happened so fast. if you have these tires, i would get new ones. scary! *jb

I own a 2002 chevy silverado 2500 on which i have four michelin ltx m/s 245/75-16 tires. after 18 months and 10,000 miles the sidewalls began to crack. i have michelin tires on all four of my vehicles and have never had one crack even on 6 year old tires. i called michelin, but they say that is normal weathering. now they are cracking to the point that the tread could easily separate. my tire dealer is going to replace them, but michelin will not reimburse them as michelin denies there is a problem. i see from online blogs that sidewall cracks in this tire are appearing all over the country and michelin is stonewalling it. this is a life threatening situation which should be investigated. *tr *js

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd. the vehicle has firestone steel tex a/t radial tires, size l245/75/r16 (na). while driving approximately 70 mph on normal road conditions, the contact heard a loud noise outside of the vehicle. the vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road and inspected. the driver noticed that the rear passenger side tire exhibited complete tread separation. the tire was changed and replaced with a spare tire. the manufacturer was notified of the malfunction. the dot number was excluded from nhtsa campaign id number 04t0003000. the failure and current mileages were 49,000. updated 6/22/09 *cn updated 06/25/09.*jb

My tire tread came completely off as i was going 70mph on florida turnpike yesterday, almost causing an accident, and ripped my whole plastic dust protector, (not sure of proper name) off. tires are firestone steelex at lt 245/75/r16 which had 40,000miles, but showed very little wear. aaa came and got me on the road again, but was really a frightening experience. any other complaints on these tires? these were the original tires on my chevy silverado which i bought new, and have maintained faithfully. *tr

Steel belted radial tire firestone steel tx radial a/t lt245/75r16 separated at highway speed of 65 mph. driver maintained control of vehicle but truck wheel well and bumper and body of truck are damaged. driver recovered steel belt fragments from freeway and tire is available. firestone has requested we send tire to them. five new tires will be purchased to avoid additional incidents. *jb

Chevrolet k2500 2002, bridgestone dueller a/t tire damaged the vehicle. *bf *jb

Blowout of bridgestone dueller at 693, lt285/75r/16, dot no.ejlfccb2501 causing loss of vehicle control and $4,000.00 damage to truck. near total loss of vehicle control causing vehicle to leave roadway.*ak *mr