Wrangler st

DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR OF A TIRE, I HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE INTERSTATE THAT ENDED UP TOTALING MY CAR. THE TREAD COMPLETELY SPLIT FROM THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT ANY COLLISIONS OR DAMAGE TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. THE BLOWOUT RIPPED OFF PIECES OF THE FRONT BUMPER, SOME SIDING OF THE CAR, AND CAUSED HUGE COSMETIC DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO WRECKING THE FRAME AND CAUSING SOME INTERNAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING A LEAK OF WIPER FLUID. MY CAR WAS A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY (WITH 60,000 MILES) AND THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER ST TIRE WITH DOT # M671 EKER. (THERE WAS NO SET OF NUMBERS FOLLOWING THE EKER AS ON MOST TIRES, JUST A BLANK SPACE.)

THIS TIRE HAD A MAJOR BLOW OUT THROUGH THE SIDEWALL. SIDE WALL HAD A MAJOR SPLIT ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE INSIDE. NOTHING WAS HIT. THE VEHICLE CROSSED 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC BEFORE CONTROL WAS ESTABLISHED. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN PICKED UP THE 2 DAYS BEFORE AND THE AIR PRESSURE CAN NOT BE VERIFIED. TIRES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE UNDER INFLATED.

CONSUMER HAS A 2000 DODGE, DAKOTA TRUCK WITH ORIGINAL TIRES & 4,000 MILES OF ACCIDENT. DAY BEFORE THE OIL & TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 47MPH IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGED FROM DRY TO SNOWING. CONSUMER WAS FOLLOWING A LIGHT CURVED ROAD & TRUCK PROCEEDED STRAIGHT. CONSUMER HAD NO STEERING WITH TIRES. CONSUMER WILL ADD INFORMATION DUE TO LOW BATTERY PHONE.

TIRE FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED BEHIND MOTOR HOME. AIR PRESSURE HAD BEEN CHECKED THAT MORNING. FAILURE WAS COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION FROM CARCASS. GOODYEAR SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT. FAILURE RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/75R16)