BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

ATTORNEY FOR ,[XXX],CONSUMER, REPORTED THAT WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING APPROXIMATELY AT SPEED LIMIT, CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. BLOW OUT CAUSED VEHICLE INTO A ROLLOVER. ALSO, FRONT RIGHT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P225/70R15 100S. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES WHEN HE WAS EJECTED FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS A 1998, FORD TRUCK RANGER PICKUP. ORIGINAL TIRES PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BRIDGESTONE, DUELER HT 687, P225/70R16 DOT ELWA, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, LEXUS RX 300 WITH 25000 MILES. FIRST BLOWOUT ON LEFT REAR TIRE OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY, 2001 AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SECOND BLOWOUT ON RIGHT REAR TIRE OCCURRED ON 12 AUGUST, 2001 AT HIGHWAY SPEED. NO ACCIDENT.*AK CONSUMER STATES SPEED WAS 15 MPH. *SLC

BOTH FRONT TIRES SUSTAINED EXCESSIVE OUTER EDGE TREAD WEAR. ALL OUTER TREAD OF EACH IS NEARLY GONE AT 17.5K MILES! WORN ONLY AT FAR OUTER EDGE (APPROX 1/2" TO 1") OF TREAD. REST OF TREAD ON BOTH TIRES IS VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT FOR 17.5K MILES. INFLATION KEPT AT BMW'S RECOMMENDATION OF 32 COLD PSI. NON-AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. NO INDICATIONS OF OTHER SEVERE WEAR, USE, IMPACT, OR ABUSE TO THESE TIRES OR TO THE REARS. ALL ARE ORIGINAL TIRES. REAR TIRES ARE SAME BUT LARGER SIZE: 285/45R19. REAR TIRES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR 17.5K MILES. FRONT TIRES SHOW CLASSIC SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE POSITIVE CAMBER. COULD BE FROM BAD ORIGINAL FACTORY ALIGNMENT, OR BAD FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS LIKE SAGGING SPRINGS, WORN BALL JOINTS, OR WORN CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS. CAR ONLY SERVICED AT RUSNAK. NEVER IN ACCIDENT NOR ANY FRONT END DMGS. SVC. HISTORY SHOWS CAR NEVER ALIGNED. DEALER'S SERVICE ADVISOR VERBALLY ASSERTS "THIS WEAR IS NORMAL FOR BMWS" YET IS UNABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLES ON HIS LOT. I'VE OWNED 2 OTHER BMWS FOR OVER 11 YRS. AND NEITHER HAS EVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. HE REFUSES TO INSPECT ALIGNMENT AND/OR SUSPENSION AND REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY INDEPENDENT TESTS/REPORTS FROM ANY ALIGNMENT SPECIALTY SHOP. I SEEK DEALER PROPERLY DIAGNOSING AND CORRECTING DEFECT IN SUSPENSION/ALIGNMENT/TIRES. I'M WILLING TO PAY FOR USED 17.5K MILEAGE ALREADY ON TIRES. CONVERSATION THREADS VIA INTERNET ON BIMMER.ORG X5 BOARD AT ROADFLY.COM SHOW OTHERS HAVING X5 SUSPENSION/TIRE PBLMS. REAR CARGO INTERIOR LIGHTS CAN'T BE SWITCHED OFF AS STATED: PG 87 OF OWNER MANUAL. A/C RUNS WARM AT IDLE AND DURING ACCELL. REAR A/C NOISY AND DOESN'T BLOW HARD. DEALER DENIES ANYTHING WRONG WITH ALL THESE ITEMS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: DJL459 TIRESIZE: 255/50R19)

HOT FLORIDA DAY; CAR FULLY LOADED; TREAD SEPARATED AT 70 MPH (3000 MI ON TIRE AT TIME). *AK (TIRESIZE: P17570R14)

WITHIN THE FIRST 3000 MILES ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR STARTED SHOWING UP, NOW AT 5000 MILES THE TIRE IS CUPPED TO WHERE IT CAUSES SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH HANDLING. I DON'T THINK A TIRE SHOULD BE WORN AND CAUSING WOBBLES AT SO LOW OF A MILEAGE. I AM SEEING THIS ON ALL THE NEW 2001 GOLDWINGS THAT I SEE AND TALK TO THE OWNERS. *AK (TIRESIZE: 130/70R18)

CORD SEPARATION UNDER TREAD AREA. CRACKS IN RUBBER INDICATE TREAD IS READY TO SEPARATE. TIRE HAS HALF OF TREAD LIFE LEFT. CORD HAS CREATED A KNOT UNDER TREAD APPROXIMATELY 20 INCHES IN LENGTH. TIRE SIZE LT28575R16, DUELER MT.

BRIDGESTONE DUELER 684 TIRES, LT265/75R16SIZE, DOT#: 7BW8PDA148, AND AFTER MARKET TIRES. AT 72MPH TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM BELTS, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. FIRESTONE HAS INSPECTED TIRE. *AK

BRIDGESTONE, POTENZA, P20560R15 DOT Y7NL. TIRES IN 2001, TOYOTA, CAMRY ARE ORIGINALS, AND WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES TIRES WILL NOT HOLD. TIRES SLIDE ON DRY AND WET PAVEMENT. THERE IS NO TRACTION, AND TIRES GO FLAT ALL THE TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE ON REAR DRIVER'S SIDE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK THREE TIRES ALL TOGETHER EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, P215/65R15, BRIDGESTONE BT70S. *SLC

CONSUMER IS CALLING TO REPORT THAT THREE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES WITH NINE THOUSAND MILES, SIZE UNKNOWN HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING REOCCURING BLOWOUTS. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT ARE WHERE DEFECTIVE TIRES WERE LOCATED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK