BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

EXTREME TIRE BLOW OUT(ONLY SHREDS LEFT)HESITATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER IN TRAFFIC/GAS PEDAL SENSOR?*AK

BRIGESTONE, RD-604 STEEL, P2115/75R15 TIRE. I WAS DRIVING ALONG ON A CITY STREET WHEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF TREAD PEELED OFF THE TIRE. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS A CITY STREET AND I WAS GOING UNDER THE POATES SPEED LIMIT SO I WAS ABLE TO STOP.*AK

6/2001 PRIUS; MILEAGE ~20,000; BRIDGESTONE POTENZA 175/65/R14RX ORIGINAL TIRES; WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON SURFACE STREETS, REAR RIGHT PASSENGER TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. DEALER RECOMMENDED GOING TO TIRE VENDOR FOR WARRANTEE REPLACEMENT. PLAN TO PURSUE ISSUE WITH TOYOTA.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 52 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE (BRIDGESTONE A/T REVO). *MR *CB *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, AND WITHOUT WARNING THE LEFT REAR SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. SIZE#P20570R15 . DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THERE WERE 3 SPLITS FROM THE EDGE OF WHEEL THE MOUNTS TOWARD THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. *TS *JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SHREDDED. DEALER NOTIFIED SIZE#P21560R16 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT#. *PH

ALL FOUR TIRE TREADS WORN OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED A MONTH AGO AND THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE TIRES WERE NEW. BRIDGESTONE DUELER AT TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *PH

THE FRONT TIRES AFTER 19.500 MILES INSIDE EDGE OF TIRE DOWN TO STEEL BELT. OUTSIDE EDGE OF TIRE LOOKED BRAND NEW. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE THE DEALER INSPECTED THE CAR. THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TIRES AND ALIGNING THE FRONT END AT A WHOPPING FEE OF $732.00 AND TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL TIRE WEAR FOR 19K MILES. I TOOK THE CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT TIRE SHOPS AND WAS ASSURED THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND THAT A NEGATIVE CAMBER OF THE ALLIGNMENT WOULD CAUSE THIS TYPE OF WEAR PATTERN. I DO NOT DISPUTE A TIRE OF THIS CALIBER WILL WEAR QUICKLY. THE WEAR PATTERN IS WHAT I DISPUTE. THIS CAR HAS AN ALLIGNMENT PROBLEM!! I PURCHASED TWO NEW YOKOHAMA TIRES WITH THE SAME SPECKS AS THE ORIGINAL BRIDGESTONE TIRES AND HAD THE FRONT END ALLIGNED AND WILL MONITOR THE WEAR VERY CLOSELY AND REPORT BACK MY FINDINGS. *AK

THE BRIDGESTONE TIRE, TURANZA EL42 ,215/65R16, BLACK WALLS. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS LEFT ON HOLD SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO RESULTS. *AK THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED . THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND VIEWED SMOKE IN THE REAR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE CONSUMER SAW THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. *SCC *JB

POTENZA 175/65/R14XL (OEM TIRES) WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR THE PRIUS, WEAR QUICKLY AND ON THE EDGES. THIS RESULTED IN MY TIRE TREAD HAVING A 1/32 RATING, WHILE THE MIDDLE OF THE TIRE STILL HAD A LONG LIFE LEFT.*AK WHEN MAKING SHARP TURNS AT LOW SPEEDS (ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CAR IS COLD), THE STEERING WHEEL WILL VIBRATE (SOMETIMES AUDIBLY, SOMETIMES NOT). WERE THIS TO HAPPEN AT EVEN A SLIGHTLY HIGHER SPEED, ACCIDENTS MAY OCCUR. THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. IT NOW OCCURS AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY.