BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

I INSTALLED BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES ON MY WIFE'S SUBARU. AFTER LESS THAN 500 MILES THE SIDEWALL DELAMINATED, ALMOST COMPLETELY. PRESSURE WAS 32 LB AND THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS SIGNS OF PROBLEMS. WHEN I CALLED TIRERACK, THE VENDOR, THEY AT FIRST CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NO WARRRANTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND THEN CLAIMED THAT THE TIRE MUST HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE RETURNED ALL FOUR TIRES AND CONSIDER THAT THIS TIRE PRESENTS A HAZARD TO SAFETY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH VEHICLE TREMBLED VIOLENTLY. CONSUMER PARKED AND CHECKED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER DROVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND THE TREMBLING STARTED AGAIN. SEVERAL SECONDS THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION. CONSUMER EXAMINED THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND DETERMINED THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED AND WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE. *AK

ALL FOUR OF TIRES SIDEWALL SEPARATED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. TIRE SIZE P185/70R14. *AK *SC

BRIDGESTONE DUELER 687 P235/60R16 TIRES PREMATURE WEAR, UNSAFE TO DRIVE, SUZUKI HAS 21,000 MILES, STEERING SHAKES, TIRE DEALER STATES IT MAY BE CAR ALIGNMENT WILL NOT REPLACE. TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AT STATED INTERVALS, HOWEVER, MAINTENANCE HAS FAILED TO HELP THE PREMATURE WEAR. I HAVE SEARCHED THE WEB AND CANNOT FIND ANY RECALL ON THESE TIRES. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MANY CARS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A WEAR PROBLEM THIS BAD. I WOULD LIKE THE MANUFACTURER TO NOT ONLY REPLACE THE TIRES BUT LOOK INTO THIS MATTER BEFORE ANY LOSS OF LIFE OCCURS. ARE THEY HIDING SOMETHING?*AK

I HAVE 30,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND ALREADY MY TIRE TREAD HAS WORN DOWN COMPLETELY. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT TIRES ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST 50-70,000 MILES? ALSO, MY FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE ALREADY IN NEED OF REPLACING. I DO MOSTLY INTERSTATE DRIVING AND RARELY USE MY BRAKES, WHAT IS THE DEAL?*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH RIGHT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. BRIDGESTONE, SIZE 285/75R16, DOT K99001D693A7. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH REAR PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING A BLOW OUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO REPLACE TIRE. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT TIRES (BRIDGESTONE) ARE EXTREMELY FEATHERED ON THE INSIDE OF TIRE CAUSING ROAD NOISE, DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AND A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. THIS STARTED AROUND 8,000 MILES.*AK

VEHICLE IS A SUBARU IMPREZA 2002 EQUIPT WITH BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE92 16"TIRES. HIS WEEK AT APPROXIMATELY 10,500 MILES 2 OF THESE TIRES DEVELOPED A PINHOLE LEAK IN THE CENTER OF THE SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY A WEEK APART. THE LEAK WAS SO TINY THAT IT WAS HARD TO FIND. A CALL TO A MAJOR BRIDGESTONE DISTRIBUTOR ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT PRODUCTIVE. THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF SUCH A PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS IN ANY PREVIOUS TIRES THAT I HAVE USED. CAN YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THIS SUBJECT?? THOUGHT IT STRANGE THAT 2 DIFFERENT TIRES OF THE SAME BRAND WOULD HAVE THE SAME DEFECT ABOUT A WEEK APART. THANK YOU.*AK

WHILE DRIVING (2003 TOYOTA) 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE HWY WITH MODERATE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, THE LEFT, REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND COMPLETELY SEPERATED. POTENZA RE92 IS THE OEM VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, WENT INTO MAJOR SKID. *AK