THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF THE INCIDENTS WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP TIRES (P265/70R17) THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH MY 2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 27, 2003, MYSELF ALONG WITH MY FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER AND COUSIN ELLISON WAS TRAVELING IN A 2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT. AS WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 16 FROM MACON, GEORGIA TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS THROWN INTO THE AIR. ONCE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HIT THE GROUND, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN WE EXITED THE VEHICLE, WE NOTICED THAT THE THREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. THERE WAS ALSO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DONE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ON NOVEMBER 18, 2004, WHILE MY FATHER AND MOTHER WERE TRAVELING ON I-95 NEAR BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THEY FELT A THUD AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THEY EXITED THE VEHICLE, THEY NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE THREAD HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE. ON NOVEMBER 30, 2004, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PREVIOUS TIRE INCIDENT, MY FATHER AND MOTHER WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 16 NEAR STATESBORO, GEORGIA. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. AGAIN MY FATHER WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ON FEBRUARY 18, 2005, WHILE MY FATHER AND MOTHER WERE TRAVELING IN MISSISSIPPI ON INTERSTATE 10. WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 10, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW COMPLETELY OUT. ON APRIL 3, 2005, MY FATHER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AROUND TOWN IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED VIGOROUSLY SHAKING. AT THIS POINT, HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND SAFELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE TIRES, HE NOTICED THAT THE THREADS WERE SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. *JB
2005
COMMUNICATIONS:HORN ASSEMBLY
THE HORN FAILED TO SOUND WHEN IT WAS NEEDED. THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE HORN IS NOT USED FOR SOME TIME. I HAD THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON MY 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT, AND I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM ON ALL GM CARS AND TRUCKS INVOLVED. I AM TIRED OF BEING SCARED WHEN MY HORN DOES NOT WORK. AFTER A YEAR, GM SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. I THINK NHTSA SHOULD NOW RESOLVE IT FOR THEM!*JB