BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

IN THE PAST 2 YEARS , THERE HAVE BEEN 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THE RIMS BEND VERY EASILY OUT OF SHAPE FOR NO APPARENT REASON, AND THEN THE TIRES BEGIN TO LOSE AIR SLOWLY AND CANNOT HOLD ITS PROPER AIR/TIRE RATIO AMOUNT THEREBY CAUSING DRIVING TO BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE TIRES DO NOT REMAIN PROPERLY INFLATED.*AK

ORIGINAL TIRES ON A SUBARU, OUTBACK, 2002 DOT 0BXOC684701, P22560R16 07H. PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT AT 55MPH, SIDEWALL DETACHED FROM TREAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I HAVE HAD THREE TIRE BLOWOUTS, ONE WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE TIRE.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN CONSUMER NOTICED BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE FLAT. THE INSIDE OF TREAD HAD SEPARATED ON BOTH TIRES (P195/55R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, MAZDA, PROTEGE WITH 38000 MILES) *AK *SCC

ALL 4 TIRES HAVE WORE OUT WITHIN 17000 MILES. DEALER AND TIRE MANUFACTURER AGREE THIS WAS NOT NORMAL. P20565R15. PLEASE FILL IN DOT NUMBER.ORGINAL TIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED BACK RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, AND HAD A ROLLOVER. DEALER NOTIFED.SIZE P25565R16, DOT#1065. *AK

THE INTERIOR BELTS OF THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE INSIDE PROTECTED SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE FROM THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE TIRE ALL THE WAY UP THE SIDEWALL TO ABOUT 1-2" FROM THE RIM. THE TEAR IN THE EDGE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE TIRE IS UNDER THE TREAD (FROM INSIDE OUT) AND IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THAT TREAD, THERE IS A MISSING CHUNK OF TREAD. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE FROM THE OUTSIDE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE MS. RIVER BRIDGE IN N.O. AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NOTHING VISIBLE IN THE ROAD. ABOUT 1,000 CARS RODE DIRECTLY BEHIND ME AND NONE HAD TIRE FAILURE. POLICE LOOKED FOR DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND FOUND NONE. THE ONLY NOISE HEARD WAS THE "POP" OF THE TIRE AND IMMEDIATE AIR DEFLATION. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE WALL. I BROUGHT THE TIRE BACK TO THE FIRESTONE STORE WHERE I WAS PROMPTLY TOLD THAT THERE WERE NEVER PROBLEMS WITH BRIDGESTONE TIRES AND THAT "SOMETHING CUT THAT TIRE". HOW COULD SOMETHING CUT A TIRE UNDER THE TREAD AND ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE BOTTOM, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF EXTERNAL PUNCTURE AND CAUSE A TEAR ALL THE WAY UP THE INSIDE SIDEWALL? I COULD SEE THEM TELLING ME THAT I HAD HIT A CURB OR SOMETHING IF THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN TO THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL...BUT IT WAS NOT...AND I HIT NOTHING. I HAVE SAVED THIS TIRE FOR INSPECTION. SINCE 1970, THIS IS THE 3D TIME I HAVE BEEN STUCK W/FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE TIRES AND THE 3D TIME I'VE HAD PROBLEMS. THE FIRST TIME, THE CAR HAD A BLOWOUT WHEN IT WAS 2 WKS OLD. THE 2D TIME, 4 OF THE 5 TIRES WERE "OUT OF ROUND" AND NOW THIS IS THE 3D INCIDENT. I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER TIRE. PLEASE HELP. THANKS.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND CAUSED DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND HEAD INJURIES.*AK DOT # 47CDPVD 2100, BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL41. *YH

BRIDGESTONE, TURANZA MODEL # LL41, SIZE 20555R16; THIS TIRE WAS USED ON A BMW, 325I 2001; WHILE PARKED IN A GARAGE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE EXPLODED. AAA CAME OUT, AND NOTICED A BULGE IN TIRE WHEN THEY CHANGED IT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACE AND WITH NO WARNING FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. SIZEP23560R16, DOTEJKUCNF06020.*AK