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Old 05-24-2012, 08:44 PM   #1
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Unhappy Goodyear Marathon are still made in China

The following email is from Goodyear (not a Dealer or Distrubuter) and should finally settle all the talk about finding Marathon us made.




From: [email protected] on 05/24/2012 05:13 PM

Sent by: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Consumer Relations 728 1144 East
Market Street Akron, OH 44316 Voice #: 800.321.2136 Fax #:
330.796.6829

They are currently manufactured in China and have been for several years.

Barbara



From: [email protected] on 05/24/2012 11:37 AM AST




From: [email protected]


[email protected] on 05/24/2012 11:37:15 AM

Please respond to [email protected]


To: <[email protected]>
cc:
Subject: Re: Contact Us request from www.goodyear.com

Barbara

I appreciate the response but this did not answer my specific question, ARE
ANY OF THE ST225 75R15 MARATHON TRAILER TIRES MADE IN THE US? I have been
searching for these tires but unable to locate US produced tires even
thought some on the internet claim to have found them. Thanks again for
your prompt response.

Quoting [email protected]:
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> Sent by: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Consumer Relations 728 1144 East
> Market Street Akron, OH 44316 Voice #: 800.321.2136 Fax #:
> 330.796.6829
>
> Thank you for contacting our web site and for thinking of Goodyear for
your
> replacement tire needs.
>
> Goodyear is the only major US owned and operated tire manufacturer and
our
> world headquarters are located in Akron, Ohio
>
> We are a global corporation with manufacturing plants throughout the
> world.The Marathon Trailer Tires are currently manufactured in China.
>
> However, the vast majority of Goodyear tires sold in the US are
> manufactured in our North America tire plants.
>
> Barbara
> Consumer Relations
>
>
>
> From: [email protected] on 05/23/2012 10:43 AM AST
>
>
>
>
> From: [email protected]
>
>
> [email protected] on 05/23/2012 10:43:22 AM
>
>
> To: [email protected]
> cc:
> Subject: Contact Us request from www.goodyear.com
>
>
>
> A Goodyear website user has submitted a request through the corporate
> contact form. Please address the concern accordingly.
>
> Name: Bennett, Robert
> Email: [email protected]
> Phone:
> Address:
>
>
> , 0
> Message:
> I have been seaching dealers and distributers as well as the internet. I
> want to know where your marathon trailer tires are made, I would purchase
> your product if USA made but have had bad luck with the Chinese made
> version of these tires. I am specifically looking for ST225 75 R 15.
> Thank you for your help Robert Bennett
>
> If you are not the correct recipient, please notify the Goodyear Global
Web
> Operations team of the email error and we will update our website contact
> list.
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Old 05-24-2012, 09:40 PM   #2
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Interesting -- I checked my Marathons and the have a DOT alphabetical code that wmtire indicated would be the MFG code and tire size.

First four characters are "MDHH" and by the info referenced here:

http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...03&postcount=5

and assuming I that i am reading the chart correctly,

The "MD" indicates that it was made at: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY GADSDEN ALABAMA UNITED STATES

HH = my tire size

So now my question: can we believe the tire codes?

Tim
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Old 05-25-2012, 07:07 AM   #3
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Interesting -- I checked my Marathons and the have a DOT alphabetical code that wmtire indicated would be the MFG code and tire size.

First four characters are "MDHH" ...
What is the date of their manufacture?

My old Marathons were also MDHH and made in 2009 (38th week).
My newer Marathons are 2VHH (China someplace) and made in 2010 (16th week).

So maybe they switched to a China plant around 2009-2010, "several years" ago?
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What is the date of their manufacture?
Going from memory, middle of 2009, so they are coming up on 3 years old now.
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Old 05-25-2012, 09:39 AM   #5
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I called Goodyear (800 321-2136), he verified my tires code (same as Barb and Tims) indicates tires made in Gadsden, Ala. They are also stamped "Made in USA". Barbara at Goodyear did not give the complete story (whatever it is!).
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Old 05-27-2012, 12:04 PM   #6
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I'm glad to see you are still with us, REBCAT!

Here is a picture of the new Marathon tire I bought last year. They were made in New Zealand (see sidewall).

CORRECTION TO ABOVE POST, by Virginia Deacon

Sorry, REBCAT! The picture is of the OLD tires that came on our TM when it was new (2006). The replacement tires I bought last year are made in CHINA, as you said.

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Old 06-03-2012, 04:20 PM   #7
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I don't care where they are made. I will never buy another Good Year trailer tire!
8 blow outs are enough.
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Old 06-05-2012, 02:07 PM   #8
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The following email is from Goodyear (not a Dealer or Distrubuter) and should finally settle all the talk about finding Marathon us made.

The Marathon Trailer Tires are currently manufactured in China.
What ain't made in China? Oh wait, I just figured it out. USA jobs...
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