2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer Tires & Wheels Problems

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A TIRES. THESE TIRES ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST TIRES I HAVE EVER OWNED IN MY 34 YEARS OF DRIVING! IN DRY CONDITIONS THEY ARE TOLERABLE BUT ONE CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE NOT STICKING WELL TO THE ROAD. WHEN IT RAINED SLIGHTLY IT BECOMES NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITH THESE TIRES. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS AS IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DRIVE ON A SLICK ROADWAY ALMOST LIKE DRIVING ON OIL OR SIMILIAR TO DRIVING A RACE CAR ON SLICK TIRES TO DRIFT WITH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EQUIPPED WITH COOPER DISCOVERER HTP TIRES, SIZE: P275/45R20 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT BEGAN TO FEEL THE VEHICLE SHAKE AND WOBBLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRE WAS ABNORMAL AND APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A DEFECT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE PLACE WHERE THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. *TR CONSUMER STATED I FILED A SAFETY COMPLAINT FOR MY COOPER DISCOVERER H/T+ TIRES TODAY, 7/31/2019.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EQUIPPED WITH CAPITOL PRECISION TRAC II TIRES, SIZE: 245/65R17. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBERS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING WEST ON THE #10 FRY NEAR PALM SPRINGS CA (65-70 MPH) WHEN THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BEGAN TO THUMB AND COME APART. APRX. 80% OF THE TIRE TREAD/BELT SEPARATED FROM THE DEFINITY DAKOTA TIRE. THE REMAINING TIRE NEVER WENT FLAT. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I CALLED AAA AND THEY REMOVED THE TIRE AND REPLACED IT WITH MY SPARE. THE AAA TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THE TIRE CLEARLY FAILED DUE TO A DEFECT. THREE DAYS LATER THE CAR ( CHEVY. TRAILBLAZER) WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, DUE TO THE FLAPPING TREAD CAUSING FL BODY,HEADLIGHT, F BUMPER, L RUNNING BOARD AND FL WHEEL WELL DAMAGE. SEIDNER'S REPAIR SHOP REMOVED THE DEFECTED TIRE, IT WAS DISCARDED IN ERROR AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RETRIEVE IT. THE ORIG SET OF TIRES WERE PURCHASED AT PEP BOYS 5/21/06, WHEN I RETURNED LAST WEEK (5/22/10) TO THE STORE WHERE I PURCHASED THE SET THEY TOLD ME PER THERE CORP. OFFICE CURRENT RECALLS DID NOT COVER MY SIZE. ALSO (5/25/10) THE PEP BOYS CORP. OFFICE HAD A CALL IN TO COPPER TIRE HDQ FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF DEFINITY DAKOTA SIZE RECALLS AND TO REPORT THIS COMPLAINT. AS OF 5/29/10 COPPER HAS NOT RETURNED THERE CALL, OR A CALL TO ME. *TR

GREETINGS NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS ANTHONY HORSLEY, SR. ON TUESDAY MORNING AT 5:30AM, MY COOPER MADE TIRES BROKE DOWN ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF THE OF MY VEHICLE, WHICH IS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND EXIT SAFELY. I PULLED OVER AT A PARKING LOT TO DISCOVER THAT THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND THE LOOSE RUBBER HAD RIPPED A HOLE IN MY BUMPER. THE COOPER TIRE IS A DOMINATOR CLASS 255 - 70 - R16, ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THROUGH DISCOUNT TIRE, WITH FULL WARRANTY. IN FEBRUARY OF 2008 I WAS ALERTED WHEN I BROUGHT IN THE TRAILBLAZER FOR AN ALIGNMENT CHECK THAT THE TIRES WERE BEING RECALLED AND THEY SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES WITH MICHELIN LTX TIRES. I ASKED THEM WHY THEY HAD NOT REPLACED THE REAR TIRES AS WELL AS THEY WERE THE SAME TYPE. DISCOUNT STATED THAT THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO REPLACE THE FRONT TIRES. AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE THAT THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SHOULD LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS MATTER. I HOPE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BY HAVING COOPER TIRE PROVIDING ME A RIGHT REAR TIRE TO MATCH THE THREE TIRES . I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MR. ALEX PENDELTON, MANAGER AT DISCOUNT TIRE, 702.435.1533. THANK YOU *TR

2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH GOODYEAR FORTERA ARMOUR TIRES HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SIDEWALL OF ONE TIRE SEPARATING. *NJ THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WENT FAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT GIVEN AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE FAILED IN THE MANNER IN WHICH IT DID. *JB

BRIDGESTONE DUELER APT TIRE PURCHASED IN 2007 EXPERIENCES 2ND SIDEWALL BLOW OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE OF 4. BOTH TIRES SIDEWALLS BULGED, EXPLODED WHILE TRAVELING ON EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MPH. FIRST INCIDENT IN JULY 2009, SECOND INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2009. SEARS/BRIDGESTONE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT SIDEWALL ISSUES WITH 2 OF THE 4 TIRES PURCHASED TOGETHER. *TR

2002 TRAILBLAZER TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A DIVIDER WALL AND THEN STUCK AN EMBANKMENT. *JB UPDATED 05/02/06.

MONDAY DEC. 19TH. 2005 THREAD CAME OFF OF RIGHT FRONT TIRE. TIRE WAS B.F. GOODRICH #1BF11UC111902 /LT24575R16 VEHICLE WAS 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER TIRE PURCHASED FROM BUSS CHEV. 9-25-02 BUSS CHEV. GOT TIRE FOR SALE FROM U.S. TIRE & EXHAUST COMBINED LOCKS, WI. 54113 COMPLAINT MADE TO U.S. TIRE CONSULANT STEVE KRUEGER. COMPLAINT # AA5440872 CAME BACK AS TIRE WAS RUN FLAT. WE FELT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. ASKED STEVE KRUEGER TO RESUMIT. HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE 2-3 MONTHS. NEVER GOT A ANSWER BACK. THATS WHY I'M FILING THIS COMPLAINT. *JB

THE SPARE TIRE HOIST CABLE SYSTEM TANGLED OR JAMMED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE SPARE TO LOWER FURTHER OR RAISE. I HAD TO USE ROPE TO TIE THE SPARE TIRE TO THE FRAME TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD NOT FALL DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING WHICH CLEARLY COULD HAVE THROWN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE UPWARD. THE DEALER HAD TO CUT THE CABLE AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE HOIST ASSEMBLY: $176.54. THE HOIST HAD BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY ON THREE OTHER OCCASIONS. *JB

ORIGINAL BF GOODRICH TIRES ARE DRY ROTTED, DEALER CLAIMS TIRES ARE O.K., I FEAR POTENTIAL TIRE FAILURE. CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION AT ALTERNATE FACILITIES.

FROM FIRST ATTEMPT TO USE THE SPARE TIRE LOWERING DEVICE IT HAS NOT WORKED. GOES DOWN ABOUT THREE INCHES AND STOPS. TIRE CANNOT BE REMOVED. THIS IS A PROBLEM WHEN STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY AND IS A REAL SAFETY CONCERN. CHEVY HAS TOLD ME THAT NOTHING COVERS THIS. I AM REPORTING THIS SO THAT IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM IT WILL BE RECTIFIED. *TR

THE LUGS:NUTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. CONSUMER HAD ALL FOUR T LUGS: NUTS REPLACED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAD A FLAT TIRE. IT TOOK THE AAA PERSON 45 MINUTES TO REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE. HE INDICATED THAT THE NUT WAS RUSTED (THE VEHICLE IS A 2002 TRAILBLAZER) AND THEREFORE "STUCK"/UNREMOVABLE. IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES AND HE HAD TO PUT IT BACK SEVERAL TIMES AFTER TRYING TO FORCE IT OUT. I OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE MY TIRE MYSELF.*AK

I HAVE 4 (245-70-16) BF GOODRICH OPEN TRAIL T/A TIRES THAT CAME ORIGINAL ON MY NEW 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS 4WD. I HAVE 20,649 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE 5/32 TREAD LEFT, I HAVE BELTS BROKEN IN THE SIDEWALL, CRACKS IN BETWEEN THE TREAD. ALTHOUGH 5/32 TREAD IS "ACCEPTABLE" ACCORDING TO B F GOODRICH I HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED SLIDING IN WET CONDITIONS AS OPPOSED TO WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND THE TREAD DEPTH WAS MORE ABUNDANT. ACCORDING TO B F GOODRICH, THESE TIRES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO REPLACEMENT UNDER THE TERMS OF THEIR WARRANTY. IT'S AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT TO KEEP DRIVING ON THESE TIRES, BUT IF I LISTEN TO THEM AND ACCEPT THEIR POSITION THAT THESE TIRES ARE SAFE, I WILL BE RISKING THE LIVES OF MYSELF, MY WIFE, AND MY PASSENGERS. I HOPE THIS ORGANIZATION WILL INVESTIGATE THIS TIRE AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THEM PULLED FROM MY VEHICLE AND SHIPPED TO YOU FOR EXAMINATION. *JB

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT WITH B.F. GOODRICH "OPEN TRAIL T/A" M+S TIRES (P245/70R16 WOL). THIS INCIDENT MARKS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. WHEN THE TIRES ENCOUNTER FRESHLY-WETTED PAVEMENT OR ANY WET EARTH ON THE PAVEMENT ALL TIRE ADHESION VANISHES AND THE VEHICLE BECOMES AN UNCONTROLLABLE SLED AS IF IT WERE RACING ACROSS ICE. THIS EFFECT IS NOT SPEED DEPENDENT. THE FIRST INCIDENT ALMOST RESULTED IN A REAR-END COLLISION. THE SECOND AND THIRD INCIDENTS NEARLY RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE LEAVING THE ROAD. THESE TIRES APPEAR TO BE SAFE ONLY ON CLEAN DRY PAVEMENT.

TIRE BLOW OUT ON A STRAIGHT ROAD (ROUTE 22, PA) WITH NOTHING TO CAUSE THE BLOW OUT RESULTING IN CRASH WITH ANOTHER CAR AND THE BARRIER WALL. NO ONE WAS INJURED. MR

WHILE DRIVING 60-65 AND WITHOUT WARNING RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, RESULTING IN A FRONTAL SIDE COLLISION.*AK *YH

WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES WOULD LOCK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH