BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRES Complaints

ROTORS TURNED AND THEN WARPED/WORE SET OF PADS DOWN TO BARE METAL IN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. ROTORS WERE WARPED AT 32,000 (AT TIME OF PURCHASE), 50,000, 63,000, AND 80,000. REAR BRAKES REPLACED AT SAME INTERVAL AS FRONT BRAKES, BUT HARDLY ANY WEAR WAS PRESENT AT TIME OF MALFUNCTION OF FRONT BRAKES. ALL OTHER BRAKE COMPONENTS INSPECTED, NO OTHER FAILURES NOTED. FAILURE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE BRAKES GIVING OUT. RWAL DOES NOT FUNCTION. NO SYSTEM INDICATION TO MALFUNCTION. PULLED FUSE, AND SYSTEM FAULTS AS NORMAL. EXTREMELY POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE/ENDURANCE. *TR

TREAD SEPARATION ON BRIDGESTON DUELER H/T 684 WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, LEFT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED FROM TREAD AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BUMPER, FENDER, HEAD LIGHT. *TR

ON 02/01/06 I PURCHASED 4 TIRES FOR MY TRUCK FROM FIRESTONE AND TODAY I TOOK IT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AS I HAVE A RADIAL PULL IN ONE OF THE TIRES. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES ON MY TRUCK WERE 8,9 AND 10 YEARS OLD AND THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX MY PROBLEM. THE DOT # ON MY RECEIPT IS 7XW8PIB5500 WHICH IS NOT CORRECT AND WITH THE 00 ON THE END THE TIRES WERE OVER 6 YEARS OLD WHEN SOLD TO ME. I CALLED THERE MAIN OFFICE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO AN ADJUSTMENT AGAINST THE AGE OF MY TIRE AND MILEAGE AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE REST WHICH COMES TO OVER $565.00 DOLLARS. IN MY OLD PURCHASE I HAVE LIFETIME WHEEL BALANCE, LIFETIME WHEEL BALANCE FOR LABOR AND RUBBER VALVE, PLUS PROTECT TIRE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT. I ALSO HAVE TIRE DRY ROT ALONG WITH THE RADIAL PULL AND FEEL THAT THE TIRES I GOT WERE WELL OVER THE 5 YEARS AND I EXPECT TO GET FOUR NEW TIRES WITH THE SAME WARRANTY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I PAID FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY SOLD ME TIRES FIRST OF ALL THAT WERE TO OLD AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CORRECT DOT NUMBER. WITH THE WAY THE ONE FRONT TIRE THAT HAS A RADIAL PULL KEEPS PULLING TO THE LEFT IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND WITH THE TIRE ROT THEY COULD BLOW OUT AT ANY TIME AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ALSO. *TR

NEW 2009 HONDA CR-V, WITH LESS THAN 500 MILES I STARTED GETTING BAD VIBRATIONS AND CAR VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT. HONDA OF OCALA TRIED TO BALANCE AND ALIGN THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE VIBRATION. FELT LIKE TIRES HAD A BALD SPOT. AFTER 3 TRIES, THEY DECIDED TO EXAMINE THE TIRES (BRIDGESTONE / DUELLER HT'S) AND FOUND THAT 2 OF THE TIRES HAD BELTS THAT SEPARATED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES IF I HAD NOT PERSISTED. THEY REPLACED THE TIRES AND A RIM WITH SAME TIRES ONLY NEW ONES. A WEEK AND A HALF LATER, CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE VIBRATIONS AND THEY AGAIN THINK IT IS THE TIRES. CAR NOW HAS 2500 MILES AND IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN TODAY. COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED WITH HONDA WHO JUST SAYS THE TIRES ARE NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, SOME WITH CRASHES AND SERIOUS INJURIES BECAUSE OF THESE TIRES. SOME HAVE REPORTED THAT THE SIDEWALLS EXPLODE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY NEW VEHICLE AND I THINK HONDA NEEDS TO STOP PUTTING THESE TIRES ON THEIR VEHICLES AND REPLACE THE ONES OUT THERE WITH DIFFERENT ONE. THIS IS A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT HAS A 2004 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SPORADICALLY THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE LOSES TIRE PRESSURE. IF THE TIRE LOSES AIR PRESSURE IT MAY LEAD TO A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED BY A REPRESENTATIVE THAT HIS VIN NUMBER DID NOT FALL UNDER RECALL #06V235000,(TIRES:BEAD), THEREFORE HE WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE TIRES FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 10.

FRONT PASSENGER TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD AND CAUSE PASSENGER AIRBAG TO DEPLOY, WE WERE LUCKY CAR DID NOT ROLL OVER AND WE ALL WERE KILLED. BRIDGESTONE IS THE TIRE MANUFACTURER (DUELER 684, P245/70R16) AND WHEN I DO A WEB SEARCH ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION COMES UP WITH RECALLS BUT COULD NOT FIND MY TIRE TYPE BUT FOUND ALL KINDS OF BLOGS WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT MY TYPE OF TIRE AND THE TREAD COMING OFF. *TR

I NOTICED AS I WENT TO INFLATE MY TIRES ON MY VEHICLE. THAT MY BRIDGSTONE, DUELLER II, D684Z, DOT#7X-9L-POA-0603, P245/70/R16. THAT THE TIRE HAS CRACKS AND APPEARS TO HAVE TREAD SEPARATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL-7. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/T 687 (NA) TIRES, SIZE P235/60R17. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE SET OF TIRES TWO YEARS AGO. CURRENTLY, THE TWO FRONT TIRES ARE DETERIORATING FROM THE INSIDE. THE REMAINING TREAD DEPTH WAS 1/8 AND 1/16. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE VEHICLE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 77,130.

WE PURCHASED A SET OF BRIDGESTONE DUELER APT III TIRES FROM SEARS ON JULY 14, 2007 FOR OUR 2001 JEEP WRANGLER. AT THE TIME OF INSTALLATION THE JEEP HAD 69,903 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS JEEP HAS THE 2.5L 4-CYLINDER ENGINE AND 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ON JUNE 23, 2009 MY SON DROVE THE JEEP TO HIS AUTOMOTIVE CLASS AT CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CHANGE THE OIL. WHILE ON THE LIFT, THE TEACHER NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS MISSING A SECTION OF TREAD. THEY REMOVED THE TIRE AND INSTALLED THE SPARE. THE JEEP HAS 80,104 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS MEANS THAT THE TIRE FAILED WITH ONLY 10,201 MILES AND APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS OLD. IF MY SON HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER. THE TIRE SIZE IS 265 70 R16 111S AND THE CODE IS DOT V672 JLP 4506. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE REMAINING TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND IF THESE SHOULD BE REPLACED. *TR

DRIVING ON I-40, WESTERN OKLAHOMA, ABOUT 65 MPH. DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE DISINTEGRATED, COMPLETE SEPARATION OF TREAD/BELT SECTION FROM SIDEWALLS. REPLACED WITH SPARE, CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *TR