tire recall 02 S/T?

[Ray LaGala 2]

Any recalls on goodyear rt/s tires for 02 s/t ?

 

[Fred]

I don't think so.



Those tires are so bad, even GoodYear doesn't want them.

 

[EddieS'04]

Fred....Thats funny,LOL....it might be true...:lol:

 

[Dre L]

Yes, I recall getting rid of my Goodyear RT/S because they sucked so bad until one of them melted on the highway.

 

[Johnny O]

I'm real anal about rotation and watching my tire pressure and I got 19,000 out of the RT/S's that came on my Ranger. All four were perfectly evenly bald. :huh:

 

[Mark Grumpy]

nobleman,

:lol: I had to read a couple times before I cought on to your recall. Subtle.



I just turned over 20K on my stock GYs - no cupping, no abnormal wear. Should be good for another 30 or so.



I don't recall any since Firestone recall.



grump

 

[Richard L]

I agree with grumpy. I have 22k miles on my 2003 Sport Trac with the Goodyear RT/S tires and other than one flat tire, I have enountered no problems. I think they have very poor wet weather traction so I had them siped which made noticable improvement, but still not up to par with other tires. If I lived somewhere else that had a lot more rain than we get here in central Texas, I would have changed the tires.



Most people get good mileage on these tires but many complain of cupping and other abnormal wear. These conditions are caused by the misalignment and suspension problems not the tires. If you are getting even but rapid wear, it's caused by your driving conditions. Perhaps the pavement surface, spinning tires, hard braking, and overloading the vehicle. Most premature wear is caused by under-inflated tires.



...Rich

 

[Dre L]

I actually managed about 40K miles on the RT/S, but between 30 and 40 they just went shamelessly bald. I mean they were put on when the trac was new, never balanced properly, or went out of balance within a week, and looked good at 10K, 20K, and 30K miles... then around 35K they just went bald. Like overnight. I lost like 5mm of tread per day until they melted at around 40K miles (note: measurements are not exact, it may have been more than 5mm.) I'm not kidding, one of them melted, there was no hole, there was no detachment from the wheel, it just liquified and turned into black goo at 88MPH. (Okay, I think a belt shifted, but it looked like it melted, it's still a crappy tire, and melting sounds better than tread separation, belt shift, etc... try it, say "I had tread separation" you'll get this from your audience: "Oh, is that like gonorrhea?". Say "My tires melted" and they will say "Ohhhh, sweet, got pics.")



There's that and that when I bought the trac, it had Firestones (forresters, mud humpers, tree climbers, bear pavers.. I forget what model they were) on it which looked awesome and handled really nice. Then my dealer (brother-in-law) forced me back to get the recall done before I became dead and he'd never hear the end of it.



Well the goodyears looked like $h!t but they were free and "safe", at least not subject to NTHSB.. NTSA.. NASA.. NHTSAB, (whatever) scrutiny.



For 40K miles I had the "it's a truck, it's supposed to ride like $h!t and I love it" syndrome, then that blessed day where the tire melted came and I thought my engine seized, or the trac farted or something, and pulled over. I immediately phoned my tire dealer who was on speed dial for this momentous event and proclaimed "get me 4 new Pirelli Scorpion STRa tires, I saw a really cool review for them and they were made by italian robots that immigrated to the US, and do not stick icepicks in air bubbles in tires, or generally F up otherwise unless they were programmed to do so."



Once I saw how well better tires made the ride, I questioned the credibility of the alleged "shocks" that Ford put on the sport trac, and ever since then have been all over my suspension like Martha Stewart on a fuzzy sweater.







edit: Firestone Wilderness AT, that's what they were, they looked awesome.

 

[Tom Schindler]

My goodyear tires cupped, but my BFG tires arent.



Could it be the suspension? Nope, the BFG tires are not cupping. Could it be the alignment? Nope, the BFG tires aren't cupping.



Could it be the tires? The Goodyear tires cupped, the BFG's arent cupping.



You decide.





Tom

 

[Johnny O]

I had tread separation" you'll get this from your audience: "Oh, is that like gonorrhea?". Say "My tires melted" and they will say "Ohhhh, sweet, got pics.")

There's that and that when I bought the trac, it had Firestones (forresters, mud humpers, tree climbers, bear pavers.. I forget what model they were)

Reminds me, my first Ranger had OE Firestones when they had the recall. The offending tires had serial numbers that began with the letters "VD". I call the Ford dealer. True story.

"Service, Chuck speaking." (I know Chuck)

"Chuck, this is JohnnyO. My tires got VD on 'em."

"You should be more careful where you drive then."

"So you're saying I should use rubbers on my rubber?"

"Yeah. Shaddup. Bring it in." :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Fred]

:lol:

 

[Jenn D]

Ditto to Caymen's EXACT post.



Wranglers started cupping and one was ruined at 4500 mi., have had my BFG's for almost 10,000 mi. NO CUPPING.