BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

THIS MOTORCYCLE RADIAL TIRE HAS DEVELOPED "SQUIRM" ( THE FRONT END WOBBLES LEFT/RIGHT) AS THOUGH THE RADIAL PLIES HAVE SEPARATED. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS ON ANY VEHICLE SINCE THE VERY FIRST RADIALS APPEARED ON CARS. I PREVIOUSLY HAD RADIAL MICHELINS ON ANOTHER MACHINE AND HAD NO SUCH EXPERIENCE. CAN YOU HELP?*AK (DOT NUMBER: ENU2 TIRESIZE: 130/70R18)

3 OF 4 TIRES HAD SIMILAR DAMAGE(ALL ON THE INSIDE PART OF TIRE) THERE WERE SLITS DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS. TIRES WERE ROTATED 5,000 MILES EARLIER WITH NO SIGN OF DAMAGE. TIRES HAD 25,000 MILES ON THEM, GOOD TREAD AND WERE RATED FOR 75,000 MILES.

BRIDGESTONE TURANZA T, P215/70R15, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 29000 MILES ON A 1991, LINCOLN, TOWN CAR. WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT, AND TREAD HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE.*AK

THE TIRE HAD A COMPLETE BLOW OUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE COMPLETELY WAS CUT OUT OF THE REST OF THE TIRE. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE WHEEL RIM WHILE I WAS TRYING TO BRING THE CAR UNDER CONTROL. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROAD SERVICE OF ISUZU. THE ROAD WAS A STRAIGHT AND WELL MAINTAINED PIECE OF US84 APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OUTSIDE OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/70R16)

WHILE DRIVING A RENTAL CAR FROM AAA, A REAR BRIDGESTONE TIRE BLEWOUT, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE TIRE OR WHAT SIDE THE REAR TIRE WAS ON, CONSUMER STATED THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY RIPPED OUT AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE AND ALSO STATED IT WAS 95 DEGREES WITH HIGH HUMIDITY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP AND VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND SEE THAT THE LEFT REAR BRIDGESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE TIRE FAILURE DAMAGED THE GAS TANK AND THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE VEHICLE OR TIRE. *SLC

1 TIRE HAS A RADIAL PULL, AND 1 TIRE CAUSES VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN BALANCED AND ROTATED. THE VIBRATIONS GO AWAY WHEN THE BAD TIRES ARE ROTATED TO THE REAR. I HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES. I DID NOT FIND ANY RECALL ON THEM AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REPLACE OR PROATE THE TIRES SINCE THEY ARE WORN PAST 2/32". IS THIS TRUE, IS THERE ANY RECOURSE WITH THE TIRE COMPANY?*AK (DOT NUMBER: Y7MT TIRESIZE: P245/70R16)

BRIDGESTONE, D693P-MET 235/75R15; TIRES RUMBLE VERY BADLY. THESE WERE REPLACEMENTS, NOT ORIGINAL TIRES.*AK *JB

THERE WAS VIBRATION IN VEHICLE DURING NORMAL OPERATION. DEALER BALANCED TIRES AND VIBRATION PERSISTED. APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES LATER, LEFT RIGHT BRIDGESTONE, DUALER APT TIRE, SIZE: 31X10.5/15 DOT: UNKNOWN EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. TIRE WAS ON A 1993, GMC, SUBURBAN, AND HAD APPROXIMATLEY 15,000 MILES ON THEM, NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT TWO HOURS AFTER DEALER PUT TIRES ON VEHICLE.A CHUNK OF THE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE, AND A SMALL HOLE WAS ON INSIDE OF TIRE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER URGED CONSUMER TO MAIL TIRES BACK TO DEALER.*AK