Violation

We quit buying goodyears pernamently this year. We just had a freaking set of what was supposed to be 80K good years coodled with nitrogen and the very best of practicies in maintaing tires. come to find out all 4 had a similar factory defect in the stupid sidewall that displayed itself at 21K to 34K miles roughtly across all 4 tires.

700 dollars and a new set of tires later we are on the road again. But something bad happened with GY and there is no way you will ever get us to spend one more dollar with them

 

I looked at each Goodyear failure and the tire die or press must have a raised rib
that's 1/16" wide and 3/32" high, that puts a ring in the rubber all around sidewall, like a decoration.
Being a Habitual Over-loader, these get compressed together, and rub so they get hot.
Never had a single Goodyear tread failure. They got that part down ; so lose the decoration - Its a TIRE.

If you were hauling marshmallows or potato chips its nothing and until you max load the tire, no problem.
(I know; ton of feathers - ton of lead "I make joke." (Purposely spoken in heavy Slavic accent)

 

In a thick German accent heavily butchered I always assert that the butterfly's wings can only flap so much on so little of nothing at all. The ripples that result in life from such a tiny flap causes very large problems sometimes.

 

Yes. Someone tried to Engineer "Cute" into it - and screwed it all up.
If they had just left that sidewall rib out; (actually it indents in,) but whatever, they would be good tires.