2000 GMC Yukon Tires & Wheels Problems

Tire Size: 265 70 16. While driving on a straight and level highway, the right rear tire sidewall completely shredded. Tire lost all air pressure and separated from the rim. I bought four General Grabber tires in July 2021. This is the second tire that the sidewall shredded. The first one shredded on the left rear side in July of 2024. There are a lot of General Grabber tires being recalled for over-cured sidewalls but it's strange that there are no recalls on this particular tire.

1. DRIVING ON WELL LIGHTED INTERSTATE AT 8:30 PM GOING 60 MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT RIPPING 360 DEGREES AROUND OUTER EDGE OF SIDEWALL. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF SAFELY AND CHANGE TIRE. *TR

DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE AT SPEED LIMIT,TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, FLEW INTO WHEEL WELL. CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL, AND OFF COURSE TIRE DAMAGE. UNKNOWN PARTS REPAIRED/REPLACED...WILL TAKE CAR INTO DEALERSHIP TOMORROW MORNING. *JB

CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE - SIDE WALL SPLIT. *JB

MY 2000 GMC YUKON XL CAME WITH DEFECTIVE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRES. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ONE OF THE FOUR TIRES BLEW OUT. UPON EXAMINATION OF ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE CAR BY MY MECHANIC HE FOUND ALL FOUR TIRES HAD SIGNS OF VERTICAL SEPARATION OF THE SIDEWALL AND PARTIAL TREAD SEPARATION OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND BIZARRE WEAR. THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT HAD COME APART ON ONE OF THESE VERTICAL SEPARATIONS. I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE AND DROVE IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WHAT-SO-EVER WITH THESE FIRESTONE TIRES AND THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF MY SUV WAS THE PROBLEM. I TOLD HIM HE WAS CRAZY AND THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND I WANTED IT IN WRITING. THE MANAGER GAVE ME IT IN WRITING, AND HAD THE TIRES REPLACED BUT CHARGED ME OVER $200 AND GAVE ME MORE OF THE SAME BRAND OF TIRE ON THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY GMC DEALER AND HAD HIM CHECK TO SEE IF AN ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED AND I WAS EXPLAINED IN WRITING THAT AN ALIGNMENT WAS NOT NEEDED. *JB

COMPLETE TREAD PEELED OFF. SENT TO FIRESTONE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE TIRE WAS OPERATED WITH "INSUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE"!!! V672WL10200 SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED!!! (NOTE: THE D.O.T. FIELD CUT OFF LAST NUMBER???) MR

SIDEWALL FAILED. VEHICLE WAS GOING AT 5 MPH WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED. TIRE WAS NOT ABUSED IN ANYWAY. *AK

VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT DURING BRAKING AND WAS GETTTING WORSE...DEALER SAID TREAD WAS CROOKED AND WOULD ONLY REPLACE ONE TIRE NOT A PAIR...THIS AFFECTS DRIVABILITY. THE TREAD WAS NOT CROOKED WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.....WHAT HAPPEN...........????? THANKS. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

BLOWOUT OF RIGHT, REAR TIRE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING FREEWAY SPEED (WITH 3 KIDS IN CAR)IN LOS ANGELES. CRASH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL, BECAUSE WE VEERED INTO LANE TO THE RIGHT, BUT DRIVER(MY HUSBAND) HANDLED TRUCK PROFESSIONALLY (NO BRAKING) AND WE DRIFTED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH TIRE SHREDDED. LEFT REAR TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 21,000 MILES MOUNTED ON A 2000, GMC, YUKON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WANTED TO PRORATE THE TIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES FIRESTONE IS COMPLETELY NEGLIGENT HAD REPORTED UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR TO FIRESTONE.*JB

I HAVE HAD 2 CATASTROPHIC FAILURES ON THE SUBJECT FIRESTONE TIRES @ 60 AND 70 MPH RESPECTIVELY. FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE FIRST TIRE IN MAY, 2001. AFTER THE SECOND FAILURE, 8/30/02 I FOUND A RECALL CALL NOTICE ON FIRESTONES WEBSITE FOR THE WILDERNESS LE TIRES MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO(WHICH MINE WERE) HOWEVER IT ONLY COVERS DOT#V672WL21700. I HAVE APPEALED TO THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER WITHOUT ANY SATISFACTION. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PROBLEM EXTENDS BEYOND THE RECALL NOTICE AND SOMEONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE FIRESTONE IS FORCED TO MAKE A BROADER RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER STATES HE TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE RECALLED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE (P265/70R16) TIRES, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS ONE OF THE RECALLED TIRES AND ALL 5 TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED, CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME BACK TO HAVE TIRES REPLACED, HOWEVER WHEN THE DEALERSHIP TOOK VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT ONLY ONE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING, THE CONSUMER WANTS ALL FIRESTONE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE TO BE REPLACED AT THE MANUFACTURER'S COST (WILDERNESS LE P265/70R16 IIIS). *YH

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRES, P265/70R16, WERE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL, HOWEVER TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES THAT CAUSED TREMBLING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH, DEALER STATED TIRES WERE FINE, CONSUMER FEELS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THE BRAND OF REPLACEMENT TIRES AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT. *AK (TIRESIZE: 26570R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 26570R16 )

SPARE ON FIRESTONE IS 16 INCH TIRE,. IN OWNERS MANUEL TIRES SUPPOSE TO BE SAME SIZE. THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

AT .155" DEPTH OF TREAD AND EVEN WEAR, TIRE DEVELOPED 30 TO 40 DEEP RADIAL CRACKS, 1" TO 2" LONG, BETWEEN THE TIRE OUTSIDE EDGE TREAD BLOCKS AND PROCEEDING TOWARD THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY INFLATED TO 36 - 50 PSI (80 PSI COLD MAX) AND WAS IMEADIATELY REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE APON DISCOVERY OF DEFECT. THERE IS NO VISIBLE EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TIRE AND IT NEVER BEEN OFF THE RIM. THE TIRE STILL HOLDS AIR. (DOT NUMBER: V611 TIRESIZE: LT245/R16)

I DID NOT SAVE EITHER OF THE FAILED TIRES BUT THEY WERE BOTH REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW 13 MONTHS AGO.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

PEE0 020, CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS WOBBLING. LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TREAD SEPARATED FROIM THE RIM. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. *AK