Exhibit 5.2
June 4, 2026
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
200 Innovation Way
Akron, Ohio 44316-0001
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am the Secretary and General Counsel, Corporate of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), and am rendering this opinion in connection with the registration by the Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Guarantors”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) of the offer and sale of: (i) $1,050,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.875% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”) and (ii) guarantees of the Notes (the “Guarantees”) by the Guarantors, in each case to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 13, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 4, 2026 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-3 filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act on May 29, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”).
I, or members of my staff, have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2026, by and among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein, the Indenture and a copy of the global note representing the Notes.
I, or members of my staff, have reviewed such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. I have assumed that all signatures are genuine, that all documents submitted to me as originals are authentic and that all copies of documents submitted to me conform to the originals.
I have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and the Guarantors, and other sources believed by me to be responsible.
Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
(1) The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio and possesses the requisite corporate power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Notes and the Indenture and to perform its obligations under each.
(2) The Company has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Notes and the Indenture.
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200 INNOVATION WAY, AKRON, OHIO 44316 |