BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, CAMRY . ALL FOUR TIRES WERE WEARING AND STARTED TO DRY ROT.*AK

BRIDGESTONE, TRAIL CLIMBER, 8R19.5. ALL SIX TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. TIRES ARE CRACKING. TIRES HAVE 47000 MILES.

TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES FOR A 1991, LEXUS, LS400, TIRE SIZE P20565R15, DOT NUMBER 1CURP21257, TIRES HAD LESS THEN 10 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. ONE TIRE HAS DEVELOPED A LUMP IN CENTER OF TIRE. ALSO, TREAD HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE ON OTHER TIRE, BOTH TIRES WERE LOCATED ON REAR OF VEHICLE. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AFTER MARKET TIRE R2PP LOW PRO STEER TIRE 285/75R24.5 SIZE. WHILE DRIVING RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE AND WRAPPED AROUND AXLE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. BRIDGESTONE WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH VEHICLE STARTED JIGGLING & RUMBLING. WAS SLOWING DOWN, AND HEARD A LOUD BOOM. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. WAS NOT CARRYING HEAVY LOAD. VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL. P255/70R16 ON 2001, MITSUBISHI, MONTERO. *AK

CURRENT TIRES HAVE INSUFFICIENT WEAR RATINGS TO CARRY PASSENGER LOAD. CURRENT TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE (P235/70R16) WITH A RATING OF 300. CONSUMER FEELS THAT RATING ON TIRES SHOULD BE 400 TO 450. DEALER HAS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PRESSURE SHOULD BE LOWERED TO 28 PSI, CONSUMER FEELS THIS PSI IS LOWER THAN IT SHOULD BE. *AK *SLC

THESE TIRES ARE PURPORTEDLY GOOD FOR 3 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES. THEY ARE ALSO SUPPOSE TO BE GOOD UP TO 112 MPH. HOWEVER, WHEN THE PREVIOUS OWNER LEARNED OF OUR WRECK , HE PROVIDED ME WITH RECEIPTS WHICH SHOWED THAT TWO OTHER TIRES FROM THE ORIGINAL FOUR FAILED AT 153,240 MILES AND 143,911 MILES. HE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THEM AT 106562 MILES. THESE TIRES ARE TOUTED AS GOOD FOR 70,000 MILES AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED. MARVIN MORRIS AT 281-579-2174 WITNESSED THE TIRE SHREDDING AS DID KAWAL PATEL AT 281-575-4360 (ALSO 281-693-2353).*AK (DOT NUMBER: 0B34PT0070 TIRESIZE: 215/70R15)

LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE, SIZE: P205/75R15, DOT: ICULP2A078 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 75. INSIDE OF FENDER WALL AND TRUNK EXPERIENCED DAMAGE DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE TIRE. APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AGO, RIGHT FRONT TIRE - SAME SIZE - HAD BALLOONED OUT ON SIDEWALL. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS SEPARATING ON INSIDE. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 20 TO 30,000 MILES ON TIRES. *AK TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE ROADHANDLERS. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING LEFT REAR (BRIDGESTONE DUELER APT LT215/75R15) TIRE EXPERIENCED TIRE SEPARATION, DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND OVERSTEERED TO THE LEFT LANE CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROTATE IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION,GOING ACROSS THE NORTH BOUND LANES, THEN DRIVING UP ON THE RAISED CONCRETE BARRIER AND THEN OVERTURNING BACK ON TO THE NORTH BOUND TRAVEL LANES AND THEN SLIDING TO A STOP, CONSUMER SUSTAIN INJURIES. *JB

NOT ORIGINAL TIRES ON LINCOLN, TOWN CAR, 1995, 16 DOT 977AL20. RIGHT REAR TIERE HAS STARTED TO SHOW STEEL.*AK