2002 Chevrolet Tahoe Tires & Wheels Problems

My right side wheel feels like it’s going to fall off and indicate the abs and emergency parking brake. I believe it’s a wheel hub bearing that’s coming loose or tie rods I’m not sure and One time the emergency parking brake engage on me and I had to pull over to the side and wasn’t able to drive it. When I turn on the engine or driving , idling I smell gasoline really bad

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE EQUIPPED WITH COOPER ZEON XST TIRES, SIZE: P305/45R22 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SIDEWALL DETACHED FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO FAIL. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

I WAS DELIVERING AN SOME WENT WRONG WITH MY WHEEL ON MY TRUCK.. MY TIRE CAME OFF.AN MY TRUCK LOCK UP.AN MY TRUCK ROLL 6 TIMES....MY TIRE ON THE BACK DRIVER SIDE WAS GONE ... *TR

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND COMING TO A STOP THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND THE BRAKES SLIP AND GRIND WHERE IT TAKES TWICE AS LONG TO STOP THE CAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD ALL PADS AND ROTORS ARE FINE ALSO TOLD IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE THE ABS SYSTEM. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON AN ASPHALT SURFACED FREEWAY, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A CATASTROPHIC SIDE-WALL FAILURE AND BLEW OUT. THE FAILURE LED TO A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE SPEED WAS REDUCED AND CONTROL WAS REGAINED. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 75 DEGREES AND THE TIRE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 5,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND THE ABS CAUSE ME TO NOT STOP IN TIME.. I ENDED UP HITTING THE BUILDING... CRACKING THE BRICK WORK... THE NIGHT BEFORE U NOTICE THE SAME THING... HOPPING WHEN I WAS AT A SLOW SPEED TRYING TO STOP BUT THIS WAS VERY BRIEF AND I STOPPED... I LOOKED ON LINE AND SAW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR.. THIS DEFECT CAUSE INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE... I THEN CALLED CHEVROLET TO SEE IF THE RECALL AFFECT MY VEHICLE, BUT THE ONLY OPEN RECALL WAS A HEAD RESTRAINT.. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, AS I WAS DRIVING THERE THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON.. THE CODE THE PULLED WAS FOR THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THEY DID HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE DUE TO THE RECALL WHICH FIT MY VEHICLE, BUT YET MINE WAS NOT RECALLED... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT, EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRES, LINE SIZE P265/70R/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,539.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH FIRESTONE DESTINATION LE TIRES, LINE SIZE 265/70/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE ON ALL FOR TIRES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO WHERE THE TIRES WERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE DRY ROTTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO DRY ROT AND BELIEVED THAT FAILURE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,426. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH VEHICLE TIRES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, GOODYEAR DENIED HIS CLAIM, STATING THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE FAILURE WAS DUE TO LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE AND NO WORKMANSHIP OR MATERIAL RELATED CONDITIONS WERE FOUND TO HAVE CAUSED THE INITIAL AIR LOSS. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE TIRE FAILURE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 4 MPH WHEN THE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:07E106000 (WHEELS:CAP/COVER/HUB). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

I AM WRITING TO REPORT THE SECOND FAILURE OF A VALVE STEM FROM NTB. THE TIRE IS A MICHELIN TIRE INSTALLED ON A 2002 CHEVY TAHOE. ALL TIRES ARE PROPERLY INFLATED AND ARE MAINTAINED AT THE PROPER LEVEL. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS APPROX. 2 YEARS AGO AND THE TIRE LOST PRESSURE, DELAMINATED AND BLEW OUT. THE CURRENT TIRE LOST PRESSURE BUT IS INTACT. UPON RETURNING HOME MY WIFE ATTEMPTED TO REINFLATE THE TIRE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE AIR IS LEAKING FROM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THE VALVE STEM. BOTH TIRES AND VALVE STEMS WERE PURCHASED FROM NTB. *TR

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TIRES, FALKEN ZIEX S/TZ 01 275/55 R 20 THIS IS MY 2ND SET OF 4 TIRES I HAVE HAD TO REPLACED. THE FIRST SET THE STEEL BELTS CROSSED OVER EACHOTHER 8 MONTHS AND LESS THAN 10 THOUSAND MILES.THIS SECOND SET I JUST HAD TO REPLACE DUE TO THE TIRES CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO VIBRATE EXTREMELY, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING ME TO SLOW IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. IN ADDITION THIS CAUSED EXTREME NOISE IN MY VEHICLE. THIS BEGAN APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO, THE FIRST SET OF TIRES WERE REPLACED ON A PRO RATED BASIS, THIS SECOND SET WAS NOT. *CN

TIRES HAVE SPLIT IN NUMEROUS AREAS ON ALL 4 TIRES. TIRES LEAK, NEEDING AIR ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. TIRED HAVE DEVELOPED BUBBLES OR CREATURES IN BETWEEN THE TREAD. TIRES ONLY HAVE ABOUT 8,000 MILES ON THEM AND TREAD LOOKS ALMOST NEW STILL. WHEN AREA OF LEAK WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE PLUGGED SECOND LATER A NEW LEAK APPEARS. *TR

TIRE EXPLOTION ON THE FREWAY. *TR

TIRE VALVE STEM FAILURE. ALL FOUR OF MY VALVE STEMS FAILED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE DRY ROT WITHIN A FOUR WEEK PERIOD. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH WHEN MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VALVE STEM HAD ROTTED OFF. AFTER PUTTING ON MY SPARE TIRE, I PROCEEDED TO MY DESTINATION. TWO DAYS LATER, I HAD A FLAT IN THE PARKING LOT AT WORK. THE VALVE STEM HAD ROTTED. I CHECK MY OTHER TIRES, AND THE VALVE STEMS ON THEM WERE ROTTED ALSO. THESE TIRES ONLY HAVE ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON THEM. THE VALVE STEMS ARE THAT OLD AS THIS IS THE THIRD SET OF TIRES/STEMS I HAVE PUT ON MY TAHOE. THE ALLSTATE SERVICE TRUCK HELPED CHANGE THE TIRE ON THE SIDE OF ROAD. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE, ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF FT. PIERCE FLORIDA WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED. A FRIEND HAS GIVEN ME A PAPER THAT SAYS THERE WAS A MAJOR LAWSUIT AGAINST THIS VALVE STEM MANUFACTURE AND THAT DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED. I DO NOT KNOW WHY MY TAHOE DID NOT FLIP, BUT IT JERKED TO ONE SIDE, AND WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO STOP. THE TIRE WAS RUINED. I AM THANKFUL THAT I AM STILL ALIVE. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE FRONT LEFT TIRE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY AT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE FIRE EVENTUALLY WENT OUT BY ITSELF. *JB

OEM WILDERNESS FIRESTONE TIRES WEARING UNEVENLY. ALIGNMENT, BALANCE, PRESSURE,ETC ALL IN CHECK. THE INNER WALL WEARS UNEVENLY CAUSING ROAD NOISE, VIBRATION. NO TIRE FAILURE, YET. SPOKE TO DISCOUNT TIRE REPS. AND THEY'VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH THESE ON TAHOES. ONCE A DIFFERENT TIRE IS REPLACE ON THE RIM, THE UNEVEN WEARING STOPS.

THE CHEVROLET TAHOE NOW HAS 19,000 MILES AND WE NEVER HAVE HAD A FLAT TIRE > ON ANY OF THE THESE TIRES. > YESTERDAY MAY 7, 2005 WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH. WHEN WE > HEARD A POP SOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. > I SOON COULD FEEL THAT THE TIRE WAS GETTING FLAT AND PULLED OVER TO THE > SHOULDER AND OBSERVED THE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THERE WAS NO > OBJECTS OR POT HOLE IN THE ROADWAY THAT I COULD HAVE RAN OVER WITH THE > VEHICLE. > THE BLOW OUT OF THE TIRE WAS AROUND THE SEAM OF THE OUTER SIDEWALL. > > QUESTIONS?: > HAS THERE BEEN SIMILAR OCCURRENCES WITH THIS MAKE OF FIRESTONE TIRE? > IS THIS TYPE OF SIDEWALL BLOW OUT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY?

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY. 70-75 MPH, DRY ROAD, 79 DEGREES ON I-10. PASSING A SEMI-TRUCK, LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT, VERY LITTLE TREAD LEFT ON TIRE. VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP THE WEEK PRIOR FOR REG. MAINTENANCE TIRES WERE CHECKED, AIR OKAY, REPLACED MISSING CAPS, TREAD DEPTH WAS 10/32. 2002 CHEVY TAHOE HAS 30,000 MILES. APPROXIMATELY. $1400 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE PLUS A NEW TIRE. *LA

WHILE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE COMPLETELY EXPLODED, SEPARATING THE SIDEWALL FROM THE TREAD. CONSUMER DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANYTHING. PULLED OVER, AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THEN, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT ON RECALL. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS LE, TIRE SIZE P265/70R16. *AK