BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT BRIDGESTONE DUELLER 683 (P205-70-R15, DOT# UNKNOWN) ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES ARE SOFTER AND WEAR OUT QUICKLY. *TT

CONTINUED EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR POSSIBLE CAUSE VEHICLE WEIGHT AND ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. I AM ON MY THIRD SET OF TIRES IN 30,000 MILES AND THE TIRES THAT ARE NOW ON THE CAR ARE WEARING POORLY AFTER LESS THEN 5,000 MILES. TOYOTA IS REFUSING TO HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM ANY FURTHER THEN THEY HAVE. THE CAR WONDERS IN SLIGHTLY WINDY CONDITIONS AND FREEWAY DRIVING WHICH FELLS UNSAFE. TOYOTA HAS HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER AND DO A VALVE JOB DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER I EXPERIENCED, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.*AK

AT 70MPH THE TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING A CRASH. SIZE# P215R7515, DOT# 0BRIPIJ286. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WE WERE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 70 MPH ON I-35; ALL TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED; THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS OR DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY; WITHOUT WARNING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE CAME APART. THE TREAD CAME OFF OF THE TIRE, WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE WHILE THE WHEEL KEPT TURNING. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON YOUR SITE, THIS APPEARS TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRESTONE/EXPLORER PROBLEMS.*AK

DUELER APT2, LT265/75R16, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH UNKNOWN MILEAGE ON A 1998, DODGE, RAM 2500, MILEAGE ON VEHICLE 69000 MILES. DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION AT 75 MPH, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HITTING GUARDRAIL.NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ADD DOT CODE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING REAR LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT. BRIDGESTONE HAS ISSUED A RECALL; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE'S TIRE SIZE DID NOT MATCH RECALL SIZE, REFERRED TO FIRESTONE.*AK

BRIDGESTONE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, MOUNTED ON A 2002, SUBARU, OUTBACK, 2628 MILES. TIRES HAVE BLOWNOUT TWICE WITHIN FIRST WEEK ON RIGHT REAR, AND OTHER TIRES ON LEFT FRONT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK DOT# UNKNOWN. *TT

FRONT END STARTED TO SHIMMY, THEN FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. VEHICLE WAS JERKED OFF THE ROAD. MODEL, DUELER AT, DOT EJLF, SIZE LT28J-75R16, NOT ORIGINAL.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS TIRE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS, AND HE IS CONCERNED THAT THIS TIRE MAY BLOW OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND HOPES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY ON A TWO LANE ROAD. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH REAR TIRES STARTED TO SEPARATE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. SIZE 225/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

DUELER H-T 687, P235/60R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001 TOYOTA RAV4 WITH 7000 MILES. REAR BLOWOUT AT 25 MPH, ON 29 MAY ANOTHER BLOWOUT REAR TIRE AT 25 MPH. BELT HAD SEPARATED CAUSING THE BLOWOUT.