Goodyear Wranglers Were %&*@ Garbage
At 15,000 miles, my first Wrangler AT had a shoulder puncture, My "free" replacement tire cost me $104. That was under the road hazard warranty I bought from Goodyear (waste of $$). Since the Goodyear tires had all the road feel of lard-filled rubberized novocaine, and I was ever so slightly annoyed at the "free tire", I traded them in on Michelin LTX tires of the same size and range. Apart from front end wear due to the track bar, the Michelin tires are going strong at 20K.
As a Goodyear parting shot, during the front end wear problem, I placed the remaining Goodyear spare on the right front. ("Why chew up a good Michelin," I thought. ) That Goodyear went 75 whole miles and then, with a "pop," had a separation while parked in the driveway. It still had the nubs on the tread. No more goodyears for me, ever.
The scary part is other people who have Goodyear tires share the road with us.