BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

RR TIRE DEFLATED RAPIDLY WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - WALL OF TIRE RIPPED OPEN NEAR TREADS, NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED TO TREAD SEPARATION.-*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75)

BRIDGESTONE, Y7R P26575R15: WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH FRONT END OF VEHICLE WAS SHAKING . CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. *AK THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER, HOWEVER CONSUMER WANTS ALL THE OTHER TIRES REPLACED ALSO.

FRONT TIRE IS CUPPING, AND HAS FLAT SPOTS ALL OVER THAT IS CAUSING VIBRATION WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. TIRE ONLY HAS 6000 MILES ON IT.*AK

ALL FOUR BRIDGESTONE TIRES, SIZE: P245/70R16, DOT: UNKNOWN ON 2000, ISUZU ,RODEO ARE DEVELOPING CRACKS IN SIDEWALL. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 19,000 MILES ON THE TIRES, AND THEY ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WE HAVE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO SEE ANY OF THESE THINGS AS SAFETY HAZARDS. ESPECIALLY DOOR LOCKS, TIRES, SEATBELTS. AND WE WERE NEVER TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BEFORE WE PURCHASED IT "BRAND NEW" IN 1997. WE FOUND THAT OUT IN ERROR AT THE DEALERSHIP (AL HENDRICKSON TOYOTA) WHEN THEY ACCUSED US OF NOT SERVICING OUR VEHICLE. THE SUV WAS CLEARLY A LEMON ALL ALONG. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED BUT THE DEALERSHIP CONVENIENTLY HAS NO RECORDS OF US, EVEN WHEN PROVIDED WITH DOCUMENTED PROOF (RECEIPTS). THERE COMPUTER SAYS "WE DID NOT COME INTO SERVICE OUR VEHICLE." THE 1997 4-RUNNER IS A SAFETY HAZARD. (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

LEFT FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED A SPLITED IN THE SIDEWALL JUST BELOW THE TREAD, THE SPLIT IS APPROX 2-3INCHS LONG AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF HAVING HIT OR RUBBED AGAINST ANYTHING (TIRE SIZE 205/70R15.955,DOT#EMYTJMJ489, BRIDGESTONE DUELER).

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A SHOP FOR A ROUTINE CHECK UP AND MECHANIC INSPECTED FRONT TIRES, AND NOTICED THAT ON BOTH TIRES TREAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE. THEY WERE BRIDGE STONE/ FIRESTONE TIRES. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

SIDEWALL CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE TIRE. MILEAGE ON THE AUTOMOBILE AT THE TIME WAS 6,000 MILES. TIRE HAS NO WORN TREADS, NOR HAS THERE BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS INVOLVED THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/60R16)

BRIDGESTONE, ROADHANDLER TIRES, P185/75R14, DOT ICJ7, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 20000 MILES ON A 1993, PONTIAC, GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER. NO ACCIDENT.*AK

WHILE COMING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY RIGHT REAR TIRE ON A 2000, MITSUBISHI, MONTERO SPORT, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P255/170R16, AND DOT# EL3FJNM369 HIT A POTHOLE, AND THE TIRE BLEWOUT. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT STATING THAT THE WHEEL WAS BENT ON THE RIM, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE WHEEL BENT WHEN IT HIT THE PAVEMENT AFTER THE TIRE BLEWOUT, THE BLOWOUT OCCURED ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. NLM