BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES Complaints

MY TIRE LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO COME APART. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CUT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE TIRE TO THE OTHER. I HAVENT RAN ANYTHING OVER FOR IT TO DO THAT. MY FRIEND HAS THE SAME TRUCK AND HIS TIRE IS DOING THE SAME THING.MY FRIEND AND I WENT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER IN SAN DIEGO AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT GETS WORSE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY A MOTORCYCLE AHEAD OF ME APPLIED HIS BRAKES I FOLLOWED SUIT. THE 350Z ROADSTER BEGAN TO SWERVE AND SPIN UNCONTROLLABLY AND STOPPED AFTER I HIT THE SID RAIL RESULTING IN MOTORCYCLIST AND MYSELF GOING TO HOSPITAL THE ISSUES WITH THE TIRES ON THE 350Z ARE WELL KNOWN BY CONSUMERS, NISSAN, AND THEIR DEALERSHIPS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR EXAMINATION AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS BUT THE TIRE DEFECT AND HANDLING REMAIN. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE SINCE THEY HAVE TRIED TO UNSUCCESFULLY FIX THE ISSUE ON OTHER MODEL YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE

REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE950 205/55R16 91 H BLEW OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. MILEAGE ON TIRE WAS 25000. NO CRASH OR INJURY. MUST REPLACE TIRE PREMATURELY SINCE TREAD WEAR WAS GOOD.

OEM TIRES (BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE040) ON MY NISSAN 350Z STARTED FEATHERING ON THE INSIDE OF BOTH FRONT TIRES AROUND 6000 MILES. NOTICED THE SOUND HAD GOTTEN MORE NOTICABLE AROUND 11000 MILES. TOOK VEHICLE INTO NISSAN AT 12548 MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END ON THE 2003 MODEL, BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN CORRECTED. HEARD FROM ANOTHER SOURCE THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL 2004 350Z CARS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.

I HAVE BRIDGESTONE POTENZA P215/45ZR17 TIRES ON MY CAR..THE TIRES DON'T HAVE EVEN 10000 MILES AND I ALREADY HAD TO GET 3 NEW TIRES AND 2 TO BE FIXED... CAUSE OF TWO ARE UNKNOWED ...I THINK IT WAS A POT HOLE IN THE ROAD... REST ARE NAILS IN TIRES... I'M DRIVING ON NORMAL US CITY ROADS. NO DIRT ROADS, NO BEACH DRIVING, NO SNOW DRIVING. AND THE NAILS FIND HOME IN MY TIRES. I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES NAIL GET IN YOUR TIRE, BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU DROVE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU SUPPOSE TO NOT BE DRIVING(CONSTRUCTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THIS) BUT MY TIRES ARE POPED BY NORMAL SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE NAILS ON NORMAL STRAIGHT ROADS... IN MY OPTION THE TIRES ARE MADE OUT OF CHEAP RUBBER WHICH IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSAND THE NAIL OR OTHER SMALL SHARP OBJECTS.

NISSAN 350Z VIN [XXX] AT APPROX. 7700 MILES CAR DISPLAYED ROARING NOISE WHEN BRAKED. NOISE BECAME LOUDER AND CONSISTENT AT LOW SPEED AS MILEAGE INCREASED. DEALER (TROY NISSAN IN TROT, AL.) SHOWED ME CUPPING/UNEVEN WEAR ON INSIDE OF FRONT TIRES. AS PREVIOUS OWNER OF 2003 NISSAN 350Z, I RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. REPEATED CALLS TO NISSAN CORPORATE MET WITH RESPONSE THAT NISSAN DOES NOT ADMIT PROBLEM EXISTS IN 2004 MODEL AND REFUSES TO REPLACE TIRES AS THE WAS THE PRACTICE WITH 2003 MODEL. BELIEVE THIS WILL CONSTITUTE SAFETY HAZARD AS THESE CARS GET OLDER AND THAT NISSAN MUST STEP UP TO THE PROBLEM. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: THE FRONT END AND TIRE DEFECTS. AT 7438 MILES, CAR WAS RUMBLING AT STOP SPEED. DEALER PUT NEW FRONT TIRES AND ALIGNED FRONT END. AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES DEALER INSTALLED NEW FRONT BRAKES. AT 12, 493 MILES THE CAR WAS RUMBLING AT STOP SPEED. DEALER PUT NEW FRONT BRAKES AND ALIGNED FRONT END AGAIN. BOTH TIMES TIRES HAD CUPPED, AND THREAD SEPARATED. IF IT DID NOT GET FIXED IT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. ( A BLOW OUT ). *AK

I HAD 4 NEW BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE 92 TIRES MOUNTED ON MY HONDA ODYSSEY ON JULY 29, 2004. ONE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. I RETURNED TO TO HONDA SERVICE CENTER AND HAD TIRE REMOUNTED. TIRE HELD AIR AFTER REMOUNTING. IN RECENT MONTHS, VEHICLE DEVELOPED UNEXPLAINED VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. TIRE ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT DID NOT CORRECT VIBRATION. ON MAY 26TH, 2005, THE TIRE IN QUESTION FELL APART (TREAD SEPERATED FROM SIDEWALL) LEAVING ME DRIVING ON THE RIM AT ABOUT 65 MPH. THE TIRE HAD LESS THAN 11,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL AND PULL OFF INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. ON MAY 27TH, 2005, I HAD A LOCAL SERVICE CENTER MOUNT A USED TIRE ON THE EXISTING RIM (THE RIM APPEARS TO HAVE NOT BEEN DAMAGED). I'VE SINCE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOTED THAT THE VIBRATION IS GONE. THAT IS, THE VEHICLE DRIVE BETTER ON THE USED TIRE THAT IT HAD BEEN ON THE TIRE THAT FAILED. TO DATE, BRIDGESTONE IS UNWILLING TO REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE I CAN'T PROVIDE THE TIRE TO THEM FOR INSPECTION (IT WS LEFT ON THE HIGHWAY IN PIECES.

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES BULGED WHILE PARKED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO CONFIRMED THAT BOTH INSIDE SIDEWALLS WERE BULGING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK *SB *NM

MY INFINITY 1998 QX4 HAS ABOUT 88000 MILES I BOUGHT A DEMO IN JAN "99 RECENTLY I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3000.00. I TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT WARANTY IT BECAUSE IT WAS AN INFINITY SO I TOOK IT TO AN AAMCO. WHO WARANTEED IT FOR I YEAR.I MUST HAVE CHANGED THE BRAKEPADS 3 TIMES AND ACCEPT FOR THE DRIVERS SEATBELT NONE OF THE SEATBELTS WORK, ALSO DURING THE FIRST YEAR THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED,I CONTACTED INFINITY AND LEARNED THAT TIRES THAT COME WITH NEW VEHICLES WERE NOT WARANTEED.THIS IS MY 4TH OR 5TH NISSAN PRODUCT BUT NEVER AGAIN!