6.9

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
9,000 miles

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problem #1

Oct 092017

E-450

  • 9,000 miles
While on a trip and while returning home the R/R inside tire tread separated causing the vehicle to sway. I was traveling on highway 231, a 4 lane highway, . I was traveling 65mph at the time of the tire failure. I was able to pull into the Florida welcome center located on the Florida Alabama line. I had to call someone out to change the tire. After returning home to panama city, Florida I took the vehicle and tire back to pep boys to have it replaced. I advised the service writer that I hade purchased road hazard insurance when I purchased the tires and advised him as to what happened and he advised me that tire separation was not a road hazard and that I would have to pay $50 dollars to have the tire replaced. The tires I bought for my motor home were definity Dakota H/T lt 225 75R 16. The service writer advised me that they no longer sold this tire and replaced it with a cooper tire. They put the tire that was on the R/R outside at the time of the inside tire failure on the inside of the wheel and put the new tire on the outside. Now I am having problems with the R/R inside tire not holding air. I feel that these tires are not safe to use on another trip. The service writer did not look to concerned about the problem.

- Panama City, FL, USA