BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRES Complaints

DRIVER REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH.*MR WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE WENT FLAT. ABOUT FOUR HOURS LATER THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. TS *NLM

WHILE DRIVING EAST AT 75 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER MADE A 190' TURN ON THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED AFTER HITTING A GUARDRAIL. THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES, AND A AMBULANCE CAME TO THE SCENE AS WELL AS THE POLICE. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK *TS

THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE THE WHEEL AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER SUDDENLY HEARD A STRANGE NOISE FROM THE LEFT REAR TIRE. *AK AAA CAME AND CHANGED THE TIRE. *JB

THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THE CONSUMER PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND STOPPED, HE CHECKED ALL THE TIRES AND THE NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT AND WAS SHREDDED. THE STEEL BELT INSIDE OF TIRE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SCHWABS, AND ALL TIRES WERE REPLACED.*AK *TS *JB

I HAVE A FORD F150 1997 WITH BRIDGESTONE, DUELER H/T TIRES, SIZE P245/70/R16 106S, DOT ENMT CBF 1900 19905D689P2.MY HUSBAND WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK TODAY ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE UNEXPLICABLY SEPERATED WITHOUT WARNING. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND WAS NOT HURT. THERE WAS DAMAGED CAUSED TO THE TRUCK'S WHEEL WELL AND FENDER.*AK

ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE ISUZU RODEO HAVE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD. *MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED SEVERE CRACKS IN ALL OF THE TREADS/WALLS OF ALL FOUR TIRES AND FOUND THAT THEY DRY ROTTED. *SCC

THE TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY SEPARATED FROM THE CORE AND DESTROYED THE REAR QUARTER SECTION OF OUR 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE TIRES WERE BRIDGESTONE DUELER 684'S AND WERE OEM ON THE PASSPORT. DAMAGE WAS IN EXCESS OF $ 3,000.*AK

THE TIRE BLEW OUT, AND THE TREAD CAME OFF, WHICH LEFT THE CONSUMER TO DRIVE ON THE RIM. CONSUMER DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AND THE TIRES ONLY HAD 6000 MILES ON THEM. *TT PH *JB

MAY 19, 2003 AT 6:30PM - BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/T TIRE BLEW OUT; TIRE SEPARATED FROM TREAD AND FLEW BACK AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. TOOK REMAINING PARTS OF TIRE INTO FIRESTONE AND WAS TOLD BY A REPRESENTATIVE "I CAN WARRANTY OUT THE DAMAGED TIRE AS A DEFECT, BUT CANNOT REPLACE OTHER THREE TIRES - THEY LOOK FINE". I EXPLAINED THE OTHER TIRE WAS "FINE" UNTIL IT BLEW OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, I WAS SHOCKED THAT HE WAS WILLING TO WARRANTY THE DAMAGED TIRE AS A DEFECT, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE OTHER TIRES OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED TIRE AND COMPARED IT TO OTHER BLOW OUTS WHICH HAVE CAUSED FATAL ACCIDENTS AND FOUND MY TIRE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE OTHER BLOW OUTS. THE POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOWED UP TO THE ACCIDENT DID NOT TAKE A REPORT BUT DID SAY THAT EVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS OR LAYING A SPIKE STRIP DOWN WOULD NOT CAUSE A BLOW OUT LIKE THIS AND SUSPECTED A DEFECT.*JB