BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED THEN SEFT FRONT SEPARATED THEN RIGHT REAR BLEW OUT WITH NO WARNING. *AK (DOT NUMBER: EH9JHBM210 TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)

WHILE TRAVELING 60-65 MPH ON HIGHWAY REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE BRIDGESTONE REPLACEMENT TIRE WITH 11,000 MILES, SIZE 27575R16, TREAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR REPLACEMENT TIRE, BUT REFUSED TO HONOR CUSTOMER'S REQUEST.*AK DOT NUMBER EKAKDKB279, CONSUMER STATES TREAD CAME OFF IN A SOLID CIRCLE, FIRESTONE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS OR PUNCTURES. *SLC

CONSUMER STATED WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN TREAD SEPARATED FROM LEFT REAR TIRE. TIRE SIZE 20560R15, DOT# UNAVAILABLE CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BRIDGESTONE 13INCH TIRES FOR THE 2001, TOYOTA, TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES IN A FIVE MONTH PERIOD FOR FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES OF VEHICLE.*AK TIRES CONTINUALLY WEAR ON THE INSIDE TREAD OF THE TIRE, CONSUMER STATES THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY 3000 MILES, WEAR IS PRIMARILY WITH THE LEFT FRONT WHERE THE ELECTRIC BATTERY/MOTOR ARE. *SLC

PE00 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FELT VIBRATION , STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO SHAKE. FRONT LEFT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FIRESTONE/ BRIDGESTONE, SF-135ENE, P175/70R13, DOT ELFHCEM441. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN REIMBURSED DUE TO TIRE NOT BEING INCLUDED IN RECALL. *SLC

LEFT REAR BRIDGESTONE R6040 TIRE SIZE: 22545ZR17, DOT: UNKNOWN ON 2001, AUDI TT ROADSTER EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. UPON EXAMINATION OF TIRE, INNER SIDEWALL HAD WHAT LOOKED TO BE A CUT THAT WENT 75% AROUND THE TIRE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE THAT TIRE WITH ANOTHER BRIDGESTONE TIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION TIRES HAD A BLOWOUT. DEALER REPLACED TIRES WITHOUT COST TO CONSUMER. PROBLEM RETURNED. AND DEALER AGAIN REPLACED TIRES. TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON AUDI, TT 225, 2000. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER MARKET TIRE, P205/75R14 SIZE, DOT# Y7REPVAG156. LEFT FRONT TIRE STARTED TO BULGE AND LOSE ITS TREAD. TIRE HAS BEEN INSPECTED.*AK

AT 9,000 MILES VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE REALIGNED FRONT END AND REBALANCED ALL THE TIRES. AT 12,846 MILES FRONT TWO TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE POTENZA, P205/65R15 92H, DOT NUMBER Y79LEFA219, TWO TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, ANOTHER TIRE WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE, DEALER HAD BALANCED TIRES AND RE-ALIGNED WHEEL AT 12489 MILES, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT HELP. *SLC

BRIDGESTONE, P185/70R14, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT ON A 1984 TOYOTA CELICA GT, MILEAGE OF TIRE UNKNOWN. TIRES WERE PUT ON VEHICLE ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SOMETHING WRONG WITH FRONT OF VEHICLE, PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRES TREAD HAD COME OFF ALL THE WAY AROUND TIRE. *AK *YD