2014 Jeep Patriot Tires & Wheels Problems

I BOUGHT MY JEEP ON THURSDAY JANUARY 23RD 2020. WE WENT CAMPING OVER MEMORIAL DAY THE 25TH OF MAY 2020 ABOUT A WEEK LATER MY TIRE LITERALLY SHREDDED AND IT BENT MY RIM, AND CAUSED ME TO TAKE MY CAR IN AND THE TIRE SHOP SAID I NEED ALL 4 NEW TIRES. THE GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME MY TIRES HAD LOTS OF TREAD LEFT AND THEY WOULD BE GOOD FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR MAYBE LONGER DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH I DROVE THE CAR!

NEXEN N5000 2115/65/R17 TIRE TREAD SEEMS TO MELT AWAY OR PEEL UP AND CAUSES EXCESSIVE USE OF THE BRAKES. THEY WERE ADDED AT 36043 MILES AND AT 59644 I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE TIMES AND THE BRAKES. THE STATED MILEAGE IS 65000. 1 TIRE HAS A CHUNK OF TORN TREAD THAT IS GONE. THE OTHER TIRES SEEM TO BE PEELING OR MELTING AWAY. VEHICLE IS A JEEP PATRIOT. WHEN FIRST PURCHASED THE TIRES MADE THE BREAKING FASTER AND SLIDING WAS REMOVED IN RAIN, SLEET OR MOUNTAIN SNOW. NOW THAT IS ALL REDUCED.

OUR 2014 JEEP PATRIOT CAME EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES . AT 19K MILES ALL 4 TIRES WOULD NOT PASS PA. INSPECTION AND NEEDED REPLACED. THESE TIRES ARE A SAFETY HAZARD TO ANYONE WITHOUT CONSTANT INSPECTIONS OF TREADS. EVEN FOLLOWING PROPER ROTATIONS AND AIR INFLATION REGULATIONS THEY WERE SHOT ! TOTAL JUNK AND VERY UNSAFE TIRES ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN WINTERY STATES. I REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND OF SAFER TIRES....NEVER AGAIN WILL I TRUST FIRESTONE TIRES!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP PATRIOT. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR WHEEL HUB SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

A GOOD YEAR EAGLE TIRE EXPLODED. THESE TIRES WERE ON MY JEEP WHEN I BOUGHT IT 2 YEARS AGO. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES TO MANY DRIVERS. TWO OF THE TIRE DEALERS IN MY AREA REFUSE TO SELL THAT MODEL TIRE DUE TO SUCH PROBLEMS. I HAVE CONTACTED BRIGHTON CHRYSLER IN BRIGHTON MICHIGAN TO ALERT THEM TO THE PROBLEM. I HAVE AS YET TO CALL CHRYSLER OR GOOD YEAR, BUT I INTEND TO FIND OUT WHO PUT THESE TIRES ON MY CAR, AND REPORT THIS PROBLEM. THIS COULD CAUSE INJURIES OR DEATH AND RESULT IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THERE ARE A GREAT MANY REVIEWS ON THE INTERNET REPORTING PROBLEMS WITH GOOD YEAR TIRES OF THIS, AND OTHER MODELS.

VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING ON HW THEN CAR WAS SHIFTING CHECKED AND FOUND TIE ROD END WAS LOSE ALMOST GOING TO BRAKE HAVING LOSE TIE ROD PUT THE LIFE OF DRIVER AND ALL IN THE CAR AT HIGH RISK I CAME TO KNOW THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM IN JEEP CARS

THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH METAL CHROMED LUG NUT COVERS WHICH ARE PRESSED ONTO THE LUG NUTS. TWICE NOW AFTER A TIRE ROTATION AND HAVING ALL 4 WHEELS REMOVED AND REINSTALLED THESE LUG NUT CAPS HAVE COME FLYING OFF. ONCE WHEN SPEEDS WERE 45MPH+ THE OTHER AT 70MPH. DUE TO HAVING MY ARM OUT THE WINDOW I WAS STRUCK BY ONE OF THESE CAPS AND WAS CUT AND BRUISED. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE AFFECTED LUG NUTS BUT THEY ARE REPLACING THEM WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE LUG NUTS USED AT THE FACTORY. 2 TIMES NOW AFTER TIRE ROTATION THIS HAS OCCURRED WHERE SEVERAL OF THESE CAPS HAVE COME FLYING OFF OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER KEEPS REPLACING THEM AND I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO INFORM THEM OF THE ISSUE AND DESIRE TO HAVE THE LUG NUTS REPLACED WITH SOLID NUTS. CHRYSLER AND THE DEALER HAVE SO FAR REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE LUG NUTS WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE SAME FAULTY ONES. AS THESE ARE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEEDS THE CONCERN IS THAT BYSTANDERS COULD BE SEVERELY INJURED IF STRUCK BY ONE OF THESE CAPS, AND OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLES, OR PROPERTY.