BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

ORIGINAL TIRE ON SUZUKI, ESTEEM 2002, P18560R14 DOT ELBODEH340. WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH ON SLIGHTLTY WET PAVEMENT CONSUMER WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO SKID. VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TIP OVER. CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A DEFECT IN TIRES. *AK *JG

BRAKE WEAR PREMATURELY. DEALER AGREED TO REPLACE AT NO COST. NOW ,TIRES TOO ARE WEARING ON INSIDE AND NEED REPLACING. DEALER SAYS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S FRONT END ISSUES CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR ON BRAKES AND TIRES. *AK

ABS FAILS AFTER GOING OVER MINOR BUMPS AND ALL PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS LOST SOON AFTER. DRIVER MUST COMPLETELY DISENGAGE BRAKE AND THEN REAPPLY TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN AGAIN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TWO FRONT TIRES BLEWOUT. DEALER REPLACED WITH SAME MAKE, MODEL TIRE AND THEY SEPARATED. NOT ORIGNIAL TIRES, LT26575R16. PLEASE INCLUDE DLT NUMBER.*AK

ORIGINAL TIRES ON A INFINITI, G20 2002, P19569R15 DOTEP9NJHM5000; WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 TO 70 MPH THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW AND VEHICLE SPINNED AROUND 3 TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY. CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACED.*AK

DAYTONA RADIAL SR, P235/70R15, DOT HYM1DNB128, REPLACEMENT TIRE ON A 1996, NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 95000 MILES. MILEAGE OF TIRE UNKNOWN, WAS REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO. REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT AT 70 MPH, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER SUFFERED A FRACTURED NECK, 2 PASSENGERS MULTIPLE BRUISES. REPORTED BY LINDA FARRELL.*AK

I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.I COULD HAVE BEEN BADLY INJURED,OR KILLED.IWAS VERY LUCKY.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235-75R15)

I HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS AND THE TIRE THREAD CAME APART ALOT. ME AND MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE EXPLORER AND ALMOST GOT KILLED ON SEVERAL TIMES. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO FORD'S 800 NUMBER AS A COMPLAINT. I TOLD THE LADY ON THE PHONE THAT THIS CAR WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND THAT I WAS GOING TO RETURN IT TO MY FINANCE COMPANY. I WAS VERY FREIGHTEN AND UPSET BECAUSE ME AND MY 3 CHILDREN COULD HAVE DIED.THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE TIRES.THE TIRES WERE CONSTANTLY THREADING.IN EARLY 2000 I RETURNED THE EXPLORER BECAUSE I FEARED FOR ME AND MY FAMILY SAFETY. NLM (TIRESIZE: P22570R15S)

BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE TIRE, MODEL DUELER AT BLEWOUT. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER THESE TIRES SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WITH OUT WARNING AND DESTROYED LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK BED ALSO LEFT SIDE DOOR AND REAR BUMPER. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT 80 MPH, FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD A SIDEWALL SEPARATION, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO SUSPENSION OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK BRIDGESTONE DESSERT DUELER, NO SPECIFIC VEHICLE INFORMATION GIVEN. *JG