BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT THE SPEED LIMIT ON I-295 IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA A BRIDGESTONE TIRE MOUNTED ON THE LEFT REAR OF MY VEHICLE SUFFERED A BLOW OUT. WHILE BLOW OUTS DO OCCUR, IN THIS INSTANCE THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OF THE TIRE PRIOR TO A VERY VIOLENT EXPLOSION OF THE TIRE. THIS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAVE CONTACTED BRIDGESTONE REGARDING THIS, AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO DENY, AND IGNORE THE PROBLEM. THE TIRE HAD PLENTY OF TREAD AND APPEARED IN GOOD CONDITION. IT WAS BEING OPERATED AT THE CORRECT PRESSURE OF 44LBS COLD. I AM EXTREMELY WORRIED THAT BRIDGESTONE MAY BE HIDEING A PROBLEM THAT GOOD POSSABLY COST SOMEONE THERE LIFE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 7B73PUA189 TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

TIRE BLEWOUT,LOOKS TO BE TIRE SEPARATED WAS CAUSE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HH AWB TIRESIZE: P225/75R15)

BOTH RIGHT SIDE TIRES DEVELOPED 2-3 IN. "BLISTERS" IN THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL, APPARENTLY AFTER HITTING EITHER A CURB OR POTHOLE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY NEAREST LEXUS DEALER (ALBUQUERQUE), BUT LEXUS WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES EVEN AFTER I INFORMED THEM OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH AUDI TIRES. I EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE TIRES MYSELF AT A COST OF $400. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215145ZR17)

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A VIBRATION SINCE THE DAY I PICKED IT UP. I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR 1500 MILES TO 'ROUND OUT' THE TIRES AT WHICH POINT THE DEALERSHIP WOULD REBALANCE THE TIRES. THIS HAS BEEN DONE AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE STEERING COLUMN BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE ACTUAL COLUMN EMITS A SCRAPING NOISE. THIS VEHICLE IS REPLACING A 2000 MODEL THAT WAS RETURNED TO ISUZU FOR THE SAME CONDITIONS. THE DEALER REPLACED A PART CALLED A 'CLOCK SPRING' IN THE 2000 MODEL TO FIX THE STEERING NOISE BUT IT WAS INEFFECTIVE. THE DEALER ALSO REPEATEDLY REBALANCED THE TIRES AND EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE TIRES ON THE 2000 MODEL NONE OF WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS ALSO SURGING UNDER ACCELERATION. THIS PROBLEM IS TO BE ADDRESSED THIS WEEK. MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE VEHICLES SAFETY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VIBRATION IS PREVALANT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE AND DOESNT SEEM SAFE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 245/70R16)

AT 30,000 MILE SERVICE I WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS "NOT SAFE TO DRIVE." THE TIRES WERE WORN TO THE CORDS. TOYOTA REPLACED THEM FOR FREE, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE PRIUS WAS KNOWN FOR HAVING "PROBLEMS" WITH THEIR TIRES. HAD I NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE CONDITION OF MY TIRES, I MIGHT HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. OTHER PRIUS OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THIS.*AK (TIRESIZE: P175/65R14)

BRIDGESTONE, BT-70, P175/65R14, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 7000 MILES ON A 1999, TOYOTA, WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER NOTICED A SPLIT IN SIDEWALL OF DRIVER'S REAR TIRE, 1/4 INCH. TIRE HAD GONE FLAT.*AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH IN A 1994, ISUZU, TROOPER, LEFT REAR BRIDGESTONE TIRE, SIZE: P245/70R16, DOT: EJMTPMM463 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. $1500.00 DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL. MILEAGE FOR TIRE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS PASSENGER'S SIDE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT BRIDGESTONE, DUELER TIRE, SIZE LT26575R16 WITH TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND MILES ON THEM HAD TREAD SEPARATION. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS ESTIMATED AT THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE TOWING A TRAILER. TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT END/WHEEL WELL AND RUNNING BOARD. TOW DRIVER PULLED BUMPER OUT BEFORE TOWING VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER AND REPLACED THE TIRE. BRIDGESTONE DUELER AT, LT285/75R16 WITH 22,000 MILES.*AK *SLC

THREE DIFFERENT INSTANCES OF TIRE FAILURE: 1) BUMP OF SIDEWALL INTO CURB AT 10 MPH RESULTED IN HOLE IN SIDEWALL REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRE (OCCURRED AFTER 3 MONTHS OF USE). 2) "BLOW-OUT" OF SIDEWALL OF A TIRE AT 60 MPH - REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF TIRE (AFTER ABOUT 25,000 MILES OF USE). 3) PUNCTURE OF TIRE WHILE DRIVING OVER DIRT/ROCKY ROAD (PUBLIC ROAD - NOT "OFF-ROAD") AT 15-20 MPH AFTER 25,000 MILES OF USE (ABLE TO BE REPAIRED). (DOT NUMBER: Y7WAP1C??? TIRESIZE: P225/70R16)