BRIDGESTONE DUELER 684 TIRES Complaints

TREAD SEPARATION - SUDDEN FAILURE - PEELED TREAD RIGHT OFF CARCASS (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: 31X10.5-15)

SOME VIBRATION THEN TOTAL TREAD SERERATION WITH DAMAGE TO SIDE OF VEHICLE AND RUNNING BOARD (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: LT245/75 R)

SIDEWALL FAILURE IN BOTH INCIDENTS (DOT NUMBER: ELMTCLL156 TIRESIZE: P245/70R16)

TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION FROM TIRE. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT245/75R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )

PE-00-020; BRIDGESTONE, DUELER AT, TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16, DOT NUMBER 7BWHPT2127, TIRE HAD 30 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. TIRES WAS REPLACEMENT ON A 1997, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN. WHEN DRIVING 65 MPH RIGHT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED RIGHT AT THE TOP AND AROUND THE WHOLE TIRE, SIDEWALL SPLIT FROM THE PRESSURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

P245/70/R16. WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PE00020, TIRE SIZE P23575R15 WITH ABOUT 15,000, WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A LOUD THUMPING NOISE WHICH MAY INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE TREAD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS WAS THE INBOARD TIRE OF A PAIR ON THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 70 EASTBOUND OUT OF KANSAS CITY IT EXPLODED, SPLITTING THE STEEL BELTS CROSSWISE. EXCEPT FOR THE AREA OF THE BLOWOUT THE TIRE REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT AND DID NOT SEPARATE. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 85 DEGREES F. NO ROAD HAZZARDS WERE OBSERVED OR FELT PRIOR THE THE EXPLOSION. TIRE PRESSURES HAD BEEN CHECKED 30 MILE EARLIER AND WERE 60-65 PSI PER VEHICLE MANUAL. PROTRUDING BELTS STRUCK THE SEWAGE HOLDING TANK KNOCKING A CORNER OUT OF IT AND SPILLING CARGO ON THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP ON OUTBOARD TIRE WITHOUT ACCIDENT.TIRE WAS PURCHASED ON 8/5/99 IN TEMPLE TEXAS FROM FIRESTONE STORE #007196-4361, HAD APPROXIMATELY 6000 MILES ON IT OVER SOME EXTREMELY HOT ROADS. A REPLACEMENT TIRE (COOPER TIRE) WAS PURCHASED FROM HIGGINSVILLE TIRE SERVICE HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 660-584-2504. HIGGINSVILLE DEALER EXAMINED TIRE AND SAID THAT HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY TRAUMA IN AREA OF BLOWOUT AND PRESUMABLY GAVE CREDIT BASED ON 70 PERCENT TREAD WEAR(WHICH SEEMED EXCESSIVE TO ME). NO CREDIT WAS DOCUMENTED ON THE INVOICE BUT TIRE WAS CHEAPER THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED AND CHEAPER THAN THE ONE THAT BLEW UP. (TIRESIZE: 215/85/R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/85/R16 )

I HAVE TRIED TO E-MAIL BRIDGE BUT THE E-MAIL KEEPS GETTING SENT BACK. BOTH REAR TIRES FAILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EACH OTHER. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT2358516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT2358516 )

UNABLE TO STEER STRAIGHT LINE AT 70 MPH 95 DEGREES, WANDERS OVER ROAD, OKAY WHEN TIRES COLD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: CLL417 TIRE SIZE: P245/70R16 )