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2001 Chevrolet Tahoe Sidewall Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • February 23, 2012

    Sidewall · Tires

    Goodyear silent armor tire is prematurely failing in its sidewall and / the continuity of the product's integrity is compromised. This has already led to a premature blowout in the highway (defined as the exact same reason for the current goodyear silent armor recall and nevada lawsuit) and can be seen on two of the 3 remaining tires. The only exception is that this was on a tires produced in 05-10 (one of them) and…

    ODI 10450640

  • July 15, 2006

    Sidewall

    We were driving through the desert at 74 miles per hour in 115 degree temperature when our goodyear wrangler rt/s p265/70r16/111s had a complete blow out on the freeway. Our tires are only a couple months old and we had a complete safety check including tire pressure before leaving on our trip. The tire side was completely destroyed on the exterior wall of the tire. *jb

    ODI 10162564

  • December 11, 2002 · 17,000 miles

    Sidewall · Tires

    Blowout (outside sidewall). Tires were used on a 2001 chevrolet tahoe with only 17,000 miles use. Speed of the vehicle at time of incident was approx 60mph. This occurred at night when temperature was about 58 degrees. I have included this information so you can see that neither excessive speed or temperature was a contributing factor. Ts

    ODI 10000487

  • November 7, 2002

    Sidewall

    The consumer was checking tires for inspection when he noticed that the left front tire side wall was cracked on the outside. (firestone wilderness le p26570r16). The dealer has been notified. *ts *nlm

    ODI 8022371

  • August 27, 2001

    Sidewall

    While driving at 50 mph half of left rear tire came off the rim , sidewall separated. Tire size p26570r16, dot number 8x72wl1300. *ak separation was on both sidewalls, dealer determined failure was a manufacturers defect and replaced tire and rim. *slc

    ODI 895523

  • July 31, 2001

    Sidewall · Tires

    Tire size 26570r16, dot 8x72wl21101, original equipment on chevrolet, tahoe, 2001 with 6558 miles. Consumer drove about 10 miles at low speeds when right rear tire sidewall exploded, no prior warning or tread separation. Chevrolet dealer will replace all 4 tires with goodyear tires.*ak tire was a firestone wilderness le. *slc

    ODI 893459