<<Please Read - Caution with Goodyear SR-A Tires!!!>>

[Stout72]

This may not pertain much to trucks, however, like me, a lot of you may own an SUV. Just thought I'd pass this warning along.

Our 2003 Dodge Durango suffered a rollover accident due to a rear tire blowout on the Northbound 14 Freeway in Lancaster, CA on Sunday, July 6th. My family and I were returning home from a 4th of July weekend spent with my brother in nearby Palmdale.

We were doing 70 (the posted speed limit) in the fast lane when the passenger-side rear tire let go. The Durango fishtaled and went into the median, slid sideways and rolled 2 1/2 times (I think). Fortunately and by the grace of God, my wife, three sons and I were relatively unhurt.

I have to tell you that so many people stopped and helped us, among them were two off-duty paramedics and a surgeon. I get all choked up when I think about it or tell others this story. My heartfelt thanks go out to each and every one of those individuals who stopped alongside the freeway and helped us out until the fire department, CHP and ambulances arrived.

For those of you who know the area, this is basically in the middle of the Mojave Desert. So the median was nice, soft sand and scrub brush that I believe cushioned the rollover considerably. Had the Durango rolled on the freeway, things would have been much worse. Regardless, the Durango, with 6200 miles on it and a servive call just 4 days before, was totaled. I have tons of photos, but they're all amout 800K in size, too large to post.

Now that I got your attention, I want to put the word out to watch out for Goodyear Wrangler SR-A standard load tires. I'm pursuing information regarding any known defects with this tire. The offending tire's sidewall separated from the tread ala Firestone. I read the other day that Goodyear had a similar problem with some of their Wrangler LT load range E tires. If you're running these SR-A tires on your SUV or any other vehicle, or have friends that do, have caution. I don't yet know if my accident was a fluke, if there is a historical problem with these tires, or if I'm just the first. Will keep you all posted as I find things out.