BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRES Complaints

DRIVING WEST ON INTERSTATE 8 AT APPX 77 MPH; 60 MILES EAST OF YUMA WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. VEHICLE SWERVED SEVERELY BUT WAS MANAGEABLE. ROADWAY WAS DRY, 90 DEGREES F, NO DEBRIS, TIRE STILL IN OWNERS POSSESSION. *TR

VEHICLE PURCHASED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 (2007 CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT). ON TWO(2) SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE LATEST BEING TODAY, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED ON WET ROADWAY. TODAY THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED THREE (3) TIMES AND ON ONE OCCURRANCE I ALMOST LOST CONTROL. THESE TIRES ARE DANGEROUS!!!!! THE CORRECT TIRE SIZE IS 235/60R17. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND PULLED OFF TO EAT. WHEN I PULLED INTO TIE RESTAURANT THE CAR HANDLED FUNNY SO I CHECKED THE TIRES WHEN I GOT OUT BUT THEY SEEMED OK. I CAME OUT FROM EATING AND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS TOTALLY FLAT. ON INSPECTION THE SIDEWALL WAS BLOWN OUT ABOUT 2-3 INCHES IN A JAGGED PATTERN. LATER LOOKING AT THE TIRE AT HOME THERE APPEARED TO BE ANOTHER CRACK IN THE TIRE. I CALLED BRIDGESTONE TO REPLACE THE TIRE AFTER MY BRIDGESTONE DEALER STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE AND IT WAS DISCONTINUED. THEY STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE. ALSO THEY STATED THAT THIS TIRE WAS NOT THE TIRE THAT CAME WITH THE HONDA CR-V ORIGINALLY. THEY WERE NOT EVEN ABLE TO FIND THE TIRE IN THEIR SYSTEM. I FIND THIS CURIOUS. *JB

EVENTS LAST WEEK, ONE OF OUR 2005 SILVERADO'S (HAS 40,000 MILES), WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HAD A SERIOUS TIRE BLOW OUT. IT TORE COMPLETELY APART. WE HAVE PICTURES TO DOCUMENT THE CONDITION OF THE TIRE. THE RIM OF THE TRUCK WAS DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THE TIRE BLOW OUT. AFTER THE TIRE BLEW OUT, THE TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY ON THE RIM. LUCKILY, THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER AND NOT DAMAGE THE TRUCK ANY FURTHER. THE TIRE WAS A BRIDGESTONE DUELER A/T. UNDER THE SELECT TIRE SIZE THE CORRECT INFORMATION IS 26570R17. I WAS UNABLE TO PUT THIS INFORMATION IN THAT BOX. FAILURE THE TIRE BLEW OUT. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE WE HAD THE RIM REPAIRED AND THE 4 TIRES REPLACED. *TR

LIGHT VIBRATION AT 75 MPH AND SECONDS LATER AN EXPLOSION. COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION ON FRONT RIGHT SIDE TIRE BRIDGESTONE DUELER 684. TIRE ALMOST NEW, ABOUT 2,000 MILES ON IT. DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR AND RIGHT FENDER. *TR

THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE BLEW OUT . WE WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 75 MILES. THERE IS ONLY 5,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND TIRES. THERE WAS NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO NAILS OR ANYTHING IN THIS TIRE. WE ALMOST GOT KILLED BY A SEMI BEHIND US. THANK GOODNESS WE DIDN'T. *TR

CHEVY PU CREW CAB LESS THAN 7000 MI ON BRIDGESTONE DUELER A/T 693II P26570R17 TIRES ARE CRACKING ALMOST HALF WAY AROUND IN THE TREAD GROOVES TWO TIRES SO FAR I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT NEW THEY SAID IT WAS A DEFECT AS DID TWO OTHER TIRE SUPPLIERS BUT THE BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE DEALER IS NOT WANTING TO REPLACE TIRES ON UNION RD IN MY TOWN I JUST HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER TIRE CO THAT DOESN'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR POOR WORK AND TAKE CARE OF PROBLEM TIRES BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET HURT!*JB

ON MY 2007 SILVERADO 4X4 THAT NOW HAS 4,870 MI.,I'M ON THE 2ND SET OF BRIDGESTONE DEULER TIRES. THE TIRES WON'T BALANCE PROPERLY,2 OF THEM ARE OUT OF ROUND ACCORDING TO EQU. USED BY GM DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER ALSO REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM AGAIN .I'M CONCERNED THAT THE TIRES COULD COMPLETELY FAIL AND BE A SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AND OTHERS!!! *JB

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA TWO MONTHS AGO. WITH LESS THAN 9,000 MILES ON BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRES, THE LEFT REAR TIRE PRETTY MUCH DISINTEGRATED WHILE TRAVELING ON I10 AT 75 MILES PER HOUR. THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN PART OF THE TIRE. THERE WAS NO BANG AND THE TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. IT APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OR A DESIGN FLOW. I KEPT THE REMAINS OF THE TIRE AS WELL AS THE OTHER THREE TIRES AND PURCHASED A SET OF 4 NEW TIRES OF A DIFFERENT BRAND. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 CHEVROLET K1500. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE DUELER APT III, SIZE LT225/75R16 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE AND WITHIN 45 DAYS OF EACH OTHER. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND THE RUBBER WAS CRACKED. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 167,138 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 166,000. UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR