goodyear kevlar wrangler's

Sorry to hear about your tyre woes Mick.
I am on my second set of MTR's and both sets have been across the simpson and numerous other trips with a hassle.
I love my MTR's.
Lets hope it is just 1 dicky tyre.

Scott

your the first person Ive heard with them - no one else can afford them

Hi mick,
I personally haven't had much to do with them. having said that I have a set + two spares on our camper(87 Jayco Swan modified) that the previous owner had fitted. They had taken the camper around the block twice with them without an incident. They've given pretty good mileage and I've just traveled to St George with a around trip of about 2200 k's. A bloke I've been working with lately is on his second set and swears by them, he drives a 2005 HiLux dual cab.
I'd suggest to approach the mob you purchased them from and just explain what you've explained here to them. surely they'll come good.
3000kms isn't a long distance to travel in a tyres life.
As 120scruiser said, "Lets hope it is just 1 dicky tyre"

Hi Mick,

The radial cracks you're referring to are symptomatic of a compound or construction issue. Can happen if an allegedly American or Australian tyre is actually made in China or Malaysia. I had the same issue with some Cepek FC II's last year. Here is a link to the POST (62635).

With less than 3000km on them, they should be replaced by the dealer.Mine were without question.

Hope this helps.

Cheers Mick O.

Gday Mick,

I wouldn't stress to much mate, I had MTR's as my last set and I am running the Kevlars and have done about 6000k so far. This included Gawler Ranges, Googs Track and numerous tracks on Eyre Peninsular, with no hassles. I bel;ieve it would be just a bad tyre or batch, keep an eye on the others. Dealer should replace with no problems, if not I would see consumer affairs, but Goodyear seem to good with their warranty. IMHO I think overall you will happy with the MTR's..


Cheers

are these they tyres you speak of?goodyear kevlar

certainly look very interesting -although what little ive heard is mostly about how expensive they are

Hi Mick

I also had the same problem with my Goodyear Kevlar M/Ts (purchased June 09). One of my tyres developed the split about 1000km into their use (discovered the problem in Innamincka so I was a bit concerned after that whether the rest of the tyres would hold up - they did).

On return from the trip I returned the tyre to where I purchased and it was replaced after being inspected by the Goodyear rep. So all should be ok regarding a replacement for you.

A wander through the American offroad websites do not bring up similar issues with the tyre, so hopefully it will not be a common problem.

cheers
portlester