We have classified the 2 complaints from 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder about TIRES into the following categories.
On november 28, 2015 my passenger front tire explosively failed coming out of a left turn at about 25 mph causing my car to drop and swerve, crashing into a tall street curb and storm sewer drain causing $2000 damage to my car. the outer sidewall separated circumferentially from the tread. this premium tire was only seven months old with minimal wear. i check my tire pressure and fluids every time i buy gas, overhauled the suspension that summer and didn't believe it was my fault. i took the tire still on the damaged wheel to a tire failure expert who ruled out pre-existing damage, unusual wear or signs of driving with low or high tire pressure; he stated there was a zipper failure resulting from a bad tire. this was the second goodyear assurance tripletred to fail on my car. i contacted goodyear and filed a claim with their property claims team. i had replaced the wheel and tire and got two conservative estimates. they required the tire to be taken off the wheel and shipped to them for inspection. without explanation, it sat delayed at the goodyear tire and service center for weeks. the claim, #492513, was quickly denied; i received a letter which i followed up with a phone call to clarify. goodrich claim's team stated that they were unable to determine why the tire blew out so they refused to honor the warranty. there were no signs of it being my fault but they also didn't find an obvious defect that would cause the blowout so they conveniently denied taking responsibility for their tire or the damage from the crash that resulted from it's failure. the manufacturer of a critical component like a tire can't just refuse to be responsible when it fails and they don't to know why. i was a lifetime loyal goodyear customer until this. i have the tire and wheel and photos and won't give up until they pay for the damages.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mitsubishi eclipse spyder equipped with goodyear assurance tripletred tires, size p215/55r16. while driving 25 mph, the front passenger side tire blew out and caused the contact to drive over a curb. the contact inspected the tire and found that the tire tread was separated. the manufacturer was unable to locate the cause of the tire failure. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 160,000.
I had a nail in my tire and went to have it fixed. upon removing tire the tech informed me and showed me that the inner part of the good year tire 215/50r17 was cracked. i had tire replaced with 2007 good year tire i had saved from my last purchase, that had side wall issues also. i replaced all tires with another brand, did not keep the tires. my previous tires when i purchased the vehicle 2003 were also good year and they had dry-rot ( i was led to believe at the time) i got them with the vehicle when i purchased the vehicle. all four tires were replaced at that time 2007 with another set of good year 215/50r17. now i have dunlops 215/50r17 purchased 7/21/2011 hoping to do better. i hope that this information is of help in possibly preventing a serious injury to someone. updated 09/06/11 *tr
One of my goodyear eagle rsa p215/50/r17 tires had a nail in the traid of the tire. when i took it to goodyear to my surprise there was a crack in the inside sidewall that would have blown out on the road. there was no cracking on the outside so i had no idea.