2001 Oldsmobile Silhouette Tires & Wheels Problems

I PURCHASED GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES P225/60R16 THEY NOW HAVE 25,000 MILES ON THEM AND ARE COMPLETELY BALD. SAMS CLUB MEASURED THE TREAD AT 0/32. SAMS OFFERED ME A PRORATED WARRANTY OF $35 PER TIRE, I PAID $73. (OUT THE DOOR $184 FOR 2)THEY WERE SOLD TO ME AS A 50000 MILE TIRE, THEY ARE UNDER WARRANTY AND WORE OUT AT HALF THE WARRANTY. ISN'T THIS A FAULTY TIRE? I CAN'T AFFORD NEW TIRES AGAIN AND THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN DURING THE RAINY SEASON. I TRIED TO EMAIL GOODYEAR BUT THE LINK DOES NOT WORK. HUMMM, I BET THEY KNOW THAT. OTHER PEOPLE ON LINE SAID THEY GOT NO WHERE WITH THEM. PLEASE HELP. SHOULDN'T THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE TIRE? I SEE THEY HAVE MANY LOOP HOLES. HOW CAN I GET HELP. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE ON THIS SAME TIRE WEARING OUT TOO EARLY. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CHECK THE BOX THAT THERE WERE DEATHS OR INJURIES SEEN BELOW. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY DAUGHTER OWNS A 2001 OLDS SILHOUETTE, THIS PAST WEEKEND, HER FRONT WHEEL BECAME LOOSE CAUSING THE WHEEL SECURE POINTS TO BECOME OVAL. UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT THE WHEEL STUDS SHOW METAL FATIGUE AND ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE VEHICLES FRONT WERE BROKEN OFF EVEN WITH THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER. I ASKED AROUND TO A FEW MECHANICS THEY STATED THIS WAS UNUSUAL. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 4 STUDS ON EACH OF THE FRONT WHEELS SECURING THEM TO THE DRIVE LINE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED FIVE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER OCCURRENCES SIMILAR TO THIS? *TR

I PURCHASED FOUR TIRES FOR MY VAN. THE FRONT TWO I REPLACED LATE LAST YEAR. THE THIRD ONE I REPLACED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THE REASON FOR THE REPLACEMENT WAS BECAUSE THE TIRE CAME APART. TODAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE OTHER TIRE STARTED TO BUMP. I CHECKED IT AND IT HAS CAME APART ALSO. THE TIRE SIZE IS 225/60R16.THEY ARE MASTERCRAFT, SENSYS 01.*JB

TIRES "DEFLATE" DAILY DUE TO POORLY MANUFACTURED RIMS. TIRES WON'T SEAL AND HOLD AIR. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE (6 YEARS). NUMEROUS SETS OF NEW TIRES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITH THE SAME RESULTS. *TR

ON 11-25-03 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL TIRE SHOP TO GET A LEAK REPAIRED. THEY INSPECTED THE TIRE AND MARKED SEVERAL PLACES ON THE TIRE AND TOLD ME THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE SO I PURCHASED A NEW TIRE AT A PRO-RATED PRICE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS TYPE TIRE AS I SEE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCES SIMILAR IN NATURE. *NLM

THE TREAD/STEELBELT ON THE GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES INSTALLED AS OEM ON MY 2001 CHRYSLER MINIVAN (PURCHASED NEW SEPT. 2002) HAVE SEPARATED AFTER 13 MO./28,000 MILES. THE SEPARATION IS WORSE ON THE FRONT THAN ON THE BACK WITH ONE TIRE HAVING A 12 1/2 IN. SEPARATION AND NUMEROUS SMALL SPLITS/SEPARATIONS AND THE OTHER HAVING A 6 INCH SEPARATION AND NUMEROUS SMALL SPLITS/SEPARATIONS. THE DEALERSHIP RESPONDED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR/TEAR WHICH IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BELIEVE. THERE ARE 7 OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS TIRE WITH NHTSA, FIVE OF WHICH ARE FOR STEAL BELT SEPARATION. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY. *LA

BEFORE TRAVELING, THE DRIVER CHECKED THE TIRES AND NOTICED THAT A NAIL WAS IN ONE OF THE TIRES. THE DEALER CHECKED ALL OF THE TIRES AND FOUND THAT THE STEEL BELT WAS SEPARATING FROM ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK 11/3/2003 - OPERATOR 161 - CORRECTED THE DOT NUMBER AT CONSUMER'S REQUEST. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING, ON JULY 3, BOTH FRONT TIRES TREAD SEPARATED. DEALER REPLACED BOTH TIRES. ON JULY 26, BOTH REAR TIRES TREAD SEPARATED , FORCING CONSUMER TO PULL OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST INDEPENDENT SHOP. GOODYEAR, EAGLE LS, SIZE P225/60R16, DOT#UNKNOWN.*AK

OLDS 2001 SILHOUETTE PREMIERE WHEELS ON MY CAR AND APPARENTLY MANY OTHERS ARE FORMING BUBBLES AND DETERIORATING CAUSING FLAT TIRES. OLDS SECRETIVELY DEVELOPED A PLAN TO RESURFACE THESE WHEELS BUT FOR CARS EVEN RECENTLY OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WON'T REPAIR THIS LATENT DEFECT. THEY KNOW IT IS THERE THEY KNOW IT IS A HAZARD, AND THEY LEAVE OWNERS EXPOSED. *LA

FRONT RIGHT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55MPH. CONSUMERS TOOK VEHICLE INTO A REPAIR SHOP TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED TIRES, AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HAD 2 MORE TIRES WITH SAME PROBLEM, SEPARATED TREAD. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

2001 OLDS SILHOUETTE PREMIERE MODEL HAS DEFECTIVE WHEELS. THEY DETERIORATE CAUSING FLAT TIRES. OUTTEN OLDS AT RT. 61 HAMBURG PA. ACKNOWLEDGES GM HAS DEVELOPED A METHOD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE AS GM HOPES CONSUMERS WONT HAVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL WARRANTY RUNS OUT. CONTINUAL FLATS ON MY CAR. PROBLEM FOR POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS, GETTING STUCK IN BAD URBAN AREAS, ELDERLY NOT ABLE TO FIX FLATS ON ROADWAY GETTING HIT BY PASSING MOTORISTS. OUTTENS WEB SITE WWW.OUTTENCARS.COM PHONE 610-562216. JACK WILLIAMS TIE IN POTTSVILLE DISCOVERED MY PROBLEM. I WENT TO OUTTEN MY DEALER. THEY SEEMED REGRETFUL THAT GM REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE WHEEL PROBLEM. *NLM

ALL FOUR TIRES WERE LEAKING AIR AND DEFLATING. THIS WAS CAUSED BY CORROSION ON THE INSIDE OF THE CHROME WHEEL. *AK THE FLAWED PLATING ON THE WHEELS HAD WHITE OXIDE ON AREAS WHERE THE CHROME HAD SPALLED. *SCC *JB