Complaint 1920501

2014 RAM 2500 • TIRES • incident Aug 19, 2023

Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Complaint ID
1920501
Make
RAM
Model
2500
Model Year
2014
Component
TIRES
Incident Date
Aug 19, 2023
Date Received
Aug 19, 2023
Data As Of
Aug 1, 2026

Complaint Summary

TIRES

Owner Narrative

I have a set of 285/60R20 Discoverer AT3 XLT tires that I purchased new for my ‘14 Ram 2500 in December of 2020. On June 7th of this year (2023) I had my tire “cave in” in the middle due to the belts in the tire separating. This defect on the tire caused an extreme wobble and made the vehicle unsafe to drive. The tires in question had 33k miles on them and my local dealer said they would not be warrantied and I was forced to pay $900 to replace both front tires. On August 19, the same defect occurred on one of the 2 remaining tires (tires have 37k miles on them). This defect in the belts/cords again cause the tire to “cave in” and have a death wobble while driving down the road. I own numerous vehicles and have been through several sets of tires on each of them and have never experienced 1) an extreme failure of the tire like this and 2) this high of a failure rate (currently at 50%). These tires are unsafe for the road and need to be recalled!

Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.