GoodyearAssurance
Goodyear Assurance; UTQG, warranty, prices, and OEM vehicle fitments.
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NHTSA-reported issues for goodyear assurance
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (41) · Sidewall (22) · Tread / Belt (14) · Spare Tire (1)
What owners described
Sidewall failure appears in 40% of these reports; about 2.7× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 50 reports filed against the Goodyear Assurance across every vehicle it was fitted to that include a written account; a single report can describe more than one problem, so they do not total 100%.
| Reported problem | This subject | All tire complaints | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidewall failure | 40% | 15% | 2.7× |
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 34% | 20% | 1.7× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 22% | 6% | 3.7× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 18% | 8% | 2.1× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 14% | 9% | 1.5× |
| Tread or belt separation | 2% | 13% | 0.1× |
Mileage at failure
37 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 36,000 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 6,000 and 164,508 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Goodyear Assurance. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THIS IS SECOND INCIDENT FRONT DRIVER SIDE OEM TIRE SIDEWALL CRACK NEAR EDGE (EDGE OF WHEEL RIM).TIRE IS STILL AVAILABLE.NOTICED CRACKS ON AUG 9,2014...MILES ON TOYOTA PRIUS 2010 IS ABOUT 36000 MILES FIRST TIME HAPPENED FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SIDE WALL CRACK IN JANUARY 2014. REPLACE WITH NEW TIRE ( MILES ON CAR ABOUT 33000) ALL OEM TIRES ON THE 2010 PRIUS ALMOST WEAR-OUT....REALLY FAST.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET MALIBU EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR TIRES ASSURANCE TIRES, SIZE: P225/55R17. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.
The contact owns a Goodyear Tire. Tire Line: Assurance Max Life, Tire Size: 225/45/VR18. The contact stated that he noticed the front driver's side tire had a big bubble on the sidewall. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The tire was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The tire mileage was 6,000. The VIN was not available.
We had four Goodyear Assurance 215/70R/15 tires installed on our 2008 Tacoma pick-up by Sam's Club in 2019. While driving at highway speed (~55 mph), the driver's rear tire had a blowout of the outside sidewall. There were no objects or potholes run over. After removing the tire and inspecting the tread, there are no signs of any foreign objects in the tread. The tire pressure checks for all the tires were completed within the previous month, and they were balanced and rotated by Sam's Club within the previous three months. Fortunately, this did not occur on a front tire since we were on a heavily traveled two-lane road and we could have lost control with a catastrophic failure like this one. There were approximately 15k miles of use on all the tires.
Complaints are voluntarily submitted to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation and are not verified by NHTSA; they represent owner-reported problems, not proven defects. Counts can be useful as a relative quality signal across comparable tires or vehicles.
Specs
| Brand | Goodyear |
|---|---|
| Model | Assurance |
| Season | N/A |
| Type | N/A |
| UTQG treadwear | N/A |
| UTQG traction | N/A |
| UTQG temperature | N/A |
| Mileage warranty | N/A |
| Noise (dB) | N/A |
| Introduced | N/A |
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Goodyear assurance: what the numbers tell you
Manufacturer treadwear data for the Assurance is not publicly listed. This is common for OEM-only or track-day tires that don't carry a US treadwear warranty. No mileage warranty is published for this tire, which is typical for performance summer and track-day rubber where the manufacturer doesn't make wear-life claims.
Cabin noise data for this tire is not published by the manufacturer. As a general tire built for the passenger segment, the Assurance is positioned against direct rivals within the same category. Comparing it to a tire in a different category (e.g. summer vs all-season) makes the spec sheet misleading because the design targets are not the same.
The Goodyear Assurance has been part of Goodyear's catalog since its introduction, and remains a current-production model.
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Last verified 2026-10-07.