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Three plaintiffs claim Power King Towmax STR trailer tires have a tread separation problem that renders them unsuitable for their intended use.
Plaintiffs Julie Hamilton, Jerad Hamilton and Lyle McLean claim that Power King Towmax STR trailer tires are simply not durable enough to be used for their intended purpose.
They accuse defendants TBC Corporation and Dynamic Tire Corporation of marketing a defective and dangerous product and of failing to disclose those defects to consumers.
The tires at issue are designed for use on travel trailers and “fifth-wheel” trailers – camping trailers designed to be hitched to a pickup truck.
According to this Power King Towmax STR class action lawsuit, the tires in question are manufactured in China. But defendants allegedly fail to disclose that fact in any of their advertising, labeling or product information for these tires.
Instead, the defendants promote Power King Towmax STR tires as more durable than they actually are, according to the plaintiffs. The defendants’ promotions hold out these tires as “the standard in premium trailer tires,” and they assure consumers that the tires are specifically designed for “long-lasting and dependable performance.”
“[I]n contrast to Defendants’ representations that the Class Tires are ‘long-lasting’ and ‘dependable,’ the Class Tires are dangerous and defective and inexplicably fail under normal operating conditions,” the plaintiffs say.
“Defendants failed to disclose to Plaintiffs, Class Members and the public that the Class Tires have a high rate of failure, including tread separation. The failures of the Class Tires regularly occur on highways, often at high speed and near other vehicles, posing serious risks of harm to individuals, as well as property damage.”
Because of these defects, Power King Towmax STR tires don’t perform to the standards that consumers can reasonably expect, the plaintiffs say. Were it not for the defendants’ failure to disclose the alleged defects, they claim, neither they nor any of the proposed Class Members would have purchased these tires.
The Hamilton plaintiffs say that in April 2016, a Power King Towmax STR tire on their trailer failed due to tread separation while they were driving on a California Interstate.
McLean, an Arizona resident, says he had to deal with two separate instances of tread separation in 2016, one in March and the other the next October.
The plaintiffs propose a nationwide Class consisting of all persons in the U.S. who purchased a Power King Towmax STR trailer tire. They also propose two subclasses that would represent Class Members from the plaintiffs’ home states of California and Arizona.
They are asking the court to order the defendants to buy back or replace the tires at issue and to stop any further allegedly deceptive distribution, marketing and sales practices with respect to these tires. They also seek an award of damages, restitution, and disgorgement of related revenues, plus an award of attorneys’ fees and costs of litigation.
The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Dan C. Bolton, Daniel L. Keller and Stephen M. Fishback of Keller Fishback & Jackson LLP.
The Power King Towmax STR Defective Tire Class Action Lawsuit is Julie Hamilton, et al. v. TBC Corp., et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-01060, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
UPDATE: On Aug. 24, 2018, plaintiffs in a Power King Towmax STR defective tires class action lawsuit successfully argued to certify a Class of drivers in Florida and Colorado.
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92 thoughts onPower King Towmax Trailer Tires are Defective, Class Action Claims
I purchased all new 4 tires Power King TowMax tire for my horsetrailer in May 2017, and all 4 tires steel belts blown out at the same time today September 2017! These tires had less than 600 miles on them! Thank God I wasn’t hauling a full load of horses! How dare this company manufacture tires that can kill! I want my money back from these defective tires! I am angry and I want to blast this company for not doing a freakin thing about it! There are numerous recalls from way back! Do the research and stop this manufacturing of defective tires. SMH
We just blew out two tires coming from Arizona to Iowa. One in Arizona. The other two days later in Des Moines, Iowa. Came with our 2015 Heartland fifth wheel. Less than 5k miles on the tires. Both tires were on the sunny side during the trip.
Replaced all five tires.
We just replace all 5 on our toy hauler just a year old and gone tread seperation bulging inside. A terrible tire for any rv especially one that weighs over 16000 lbs…
Had a blow out today on my 2014 heartland Silverado 37qb.
Damage to trailer will have to be determined by shop.
These tires are not lasting as long as advertised.
Bought a 2014 heartland Silverado 37qb with 235 85 r16 towmax tires. Blowout today. Tread separation. Spare on now but not sure how long it will last.
I had to have all 5 of my BloMax tires replaced the first year I had my camper…..
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I have a 2015 Jayco Premier with ST235 80/R16 and they have very limited miles. I just went on a trip and about 70 miles into the trip as I was getting on the highway I had a blowout. I installed the spare and moved on another 50 miles to our destination. On the way home from the trip about 50 miles we had another blowout with no spare so friend had to bring me a spare. Fortunately only small amount of fangs that I can fix myself. I just had four new tires installed as well as a new spare. When my tire guys saw the other take-off they said we were lucky as the other two tires were ready to go as well. Stuck with a tire bill on five new tires.
Power King tires came on my camper. About a year after the purchase we were on trip and had a blowout. I thought must have ran over something so replaced with another power king tire…..big mistake. About 3 months later another blowout with tread separation destroying the under side of wheel well. When that happened looked at other tires and they had knots protruding in places so after research replaced the three with Maxxis That left me with one new Power king me thinking it being new it would be ok…..wrong again because it blew out and destroyed the whole side of my camper damage of approximately 2,300.00 dollars. So far power king has cost me with damage to campet and replacement of 4 defective tires a total of 2,750.00. Looking for class action help for me to recover cost . Have pictures witness including the guy bought replacement tires from
We have had two blowouts on our gooseneck horse trailer, brand new trailer by the way, due to tread separation of the Towmax tire. Out trailer now has extensive damage on both sides and Dynamic Tire is being dismissive. Our blowouts happened on nearly brand new tires, on a brand new trailer, within two months of each other on an AZ highway.