E2 tire blowout--att: he ruide

E3 tires - ?? what to replace with.

I'm in the process of searching for replacement tires also. Even though I have a 2008 model E3. Tires are made in China, nothing really wrong with that, but I haven't had good luck with "ST" tires on my flatbed trailer.

If I find a decent tires with better load capacity, I'll keep you all posted.

I have 6 to 7 months to find new ones.

Later,

Bob

Hi Folks


If intrested here is the NHTSA recall notice on Durango tires:

06T003000

Here's a bit more info:

tiredefects.com

And lastly, here is the phone number to Cooper Tire:

800-854-6288

You will need the DOT number on the inside wall of the tire when you talk to Cooper Tires. My 2007 E3 is not in the recall.

Hope the info helps....

E2 Durango Tire Tread Loss

I have a Fleetwood E2. On June 24, 2009 I was driving south on I-15. Just outsdie of Nephi Utah the RT Tire on my trailer blew at 75 mph. Upon further inspection the tire had actually lost its tread. The weather was cool and it was raining. Miserable changing the tire on the side of the road with big trucks racing by at 80 - throwing up sheets of rain.

As with some of you I contacted Cooper Tire only to find that this size of tire (235/75R15) was not under recall. I was able to file a claim with Cooper for the damage the tire did to my trailer. Contacted the dealer and they had no idea about any tire problems and directed me to my local tire dealer....note in my area only Discount Tire had carried this tire and they no longer stock nor had any information about problems with this tire.

Due to the amount of posts here regarding problems with this tire there should be some way to force a recall, hold Cooper Tire or Fleetwood accountable.

Luckily there have not been any accidents with injuries -

I have run into dead ends on getting these tires replaced by the RV Dealer, Coleman or Cooper Tires. Going to have to by three new tires for a trailer that is little over two years old and used less than 25 times on weekend campouts............

Would love to hear some feed back on this

Donovan

E2 Tire Blowout

Hello everyone,

I just wanted let everyone know that I also own a 2007 Fleetwood E2 and on July 17 we were on our way to Utah for a much anticipated camping weekend. We were only approximately 70 miles into our trip, traveling on a very busy highway when we had a tire blow out which did significant damage to the underside of our trailer. Luckily no one was hurt. (Let me tell you that it really sucks trying to change a tire on the side of the highway in the middle of the summer heat with semi's passing you at full speed ) The tire blow out completely destroyed the wheel well, the entire back side of the inside cabinets, part of the plumbing and from the looks of it, some of the electrical wiring may have been affected. The doors of the cabinets on the inside were even blown off from the concussion. We were only traveling the speed limit of 75 mph, even though we have less than 1,000 miles on the tires we always check the tire air pressure, which is included in all the other pre-trip checks on the trailer before we left on our trip and the tire pressure was fine. Needless to say it was pretty sad to see the contents of my cabinets flying all over the freeway as we were pulling over to the side of the road. Our much needed camping trip suddenly came to an abrupt end. We had to return home since there was now a huge hole in the side of our trailer. Since we had not gotten very far in our trip, it seemed like the logical thing to do.

When we got home I immediately did a search on the computer and came up with a lot of other people that had this issue and was surprised to find out that our tires may have been recalled (which we were never notified of). My husband is taking the trailer and the tire back to the dealer this morning. I was wondering if Cooper tires paid for any of the damages on anyone else’s trailer, was it covered under the Fleetwood warranty or is this going to have to be paid out of pocket.

Fleetwood E2 Series Tire Blowout -

A couple of weeks back I posted my experience about my Blowout of the Durango Series Tire on my Fleetwood E2 - now here is the rest of the story.

I contacted Cooper Tire to find out about the tire recall - all of the Durango series tires were recalled - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SIZE OF THE TIRE THAT WERE PUT ON THE FLEETWOOD LINE OF CAMP TRAILERS. Considering all of the blow out stories I cannot believe that Cooper Tire isn't up against a huge law suit yet!... I would think a money hungry attorney would want to jump all over this.............WHERE DO IS SIGN UP?

Anyway - I filed a claim with Cooper Tire, for the replacement cost of the tires and damage to my trailer. I will not know for another 90 days if Cooper Tire is going to honor the claim - will post results here.

On another note. I did return the trailer to the dealer that I purchased it from and received no help whatsoever, they walked around the trailer, inspected the damage, looked at the tire and in not so many words told me that I was out of luck. Then they showed me the door and with a smile said they would be happy to sell me another trailer...WTF!!!!

I have since found that Fleetwood is filing for BK -