BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

BLOWOUT. COMPLETE SEPARATION OF SIDEWALL AT THE INTERSECTION OF SIDEWALL AND TREAD. RESULT WAS A TWO PIECE TIRE (SIDEWALL DOUGHNUT AND TREAD WITH OTHER SIDEWALL).*AK (TIRESIZE: 185/65SR14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 185/65SR14 )

THE TIRE DID NOT 'FAIL' BUT RATHER CAUSES A PULL TO THE RIGHT THAT THE DEALER REFUSES TO CORRECT. THEY CLAIM BRIDGESTONE NEEDS TO DO THIS. FOR A $45K CAR I EXPECT TIRES THAT LAST A WHILE AND IF NOT THEN AUDI SHOULD REPLACE THEM. THE LISTED COST IS ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST FOR DECENT TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: EJN8 TIRESIZE: 225/45R17)

CAR WAS DELIVERED ON JUNE 4TH 2000. FROM THE TIME I DROVE OFF THE LOT THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY STEERED TOWARDS THE RIGHT. I WAS TOLD BY DIFFERENT DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS IT WAS EITHER THE TIRE PRESSURE OR THE CROWNING IN THE ROADS. I ASKED OGNER MOTORS IN WOODLAND HILLS TO ROTATE THE TIRES AND PERFORM FURTHER EVALUATION. THEY FOUND ONE OF MY TIRES TO BE DEFECTIVE. APPARENTLY THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE IN QUESTION FAILED. THEY ARE AWAITING A REPLACEMENT TIRE FORM THE MANUFACTURER...I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER THREE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE CONSIDERING I HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS REPORT VIA AUDIWORLD.COM THAT THESE TIRES ARE EXTREMELY SUCSEPTIBLE TO SIDEWALL (BUBBLES) FAILURE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225/45/17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/45/17 )

APPROACHING HIGHWAY SPEEDS , A VIBRATION OCCURS AT T FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, MOST NOTICEABLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE A LOUD CONTINOUS RATTLE DEVELOPES. MOREOVER A LOOSENESS IS NOTICEABLE IN TRUCK.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

I HAVE TRIED TO E-MAIL BRIDGE BUT THE E-MAIL KEEPS GETTING SENT BACK. BOTH REAR TIRES FAILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EACH OTHER. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT2358516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT2358516 )

ORIGINAL TIRES PURCHASED ON A MOTORHOME, TIRE SIZE RD603 STEEL 185R148PLY. WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY TREAD ON THE FRONT TIRE SEPARATED, AND ON ANOTHER OCCASION , TREAD ON THE REAR TIRE SEPARATED AND CAME THROUGH CASING OF MOTORHOME, CAUSING A CAN OF CLEANSER TO EXPLODE. *AK

PE-00-020; BRIDGESTONE 381, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000 NISSAN SENTRA, TIRE SIZE P18565R15, TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 12 HUNDRED MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER HAS NOTICED THAT TWO FRONTAL TIRES AND DRIVER'S REAR TIRE WERE SHOWING EVIDENCE THAT TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE, AND CAME OFF ON THE OUTSIDE OF TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A F150, FORD EXPLORER, 1992. RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A SLIPPED BELT, AND IT HAD A BIG BUMP IN THE TIRE, VEHICLE WAS NOT RIDING WELL AND IT SHOOK AND SHIMMIED. *AK THE CUSTOMER FEELS THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE LISTED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE SLIPPED BELTS AND BUMP PREMATURELY. *YH

ON 9/19/00 WE TOOK OUR CAR TO TIRE MART, IN STAUNTON, VA TO HAVE TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE TIRES HAD STRESS CRACKS AND THAT THE TREAD APPEARED TO BE STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE. THIS WAS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE DOT ICUR P21 HAS A BOX WITH A # IN EACH BOX, WHICH IS 488, 099, 488, AND 448. WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANT BUT HAVE INCLUDED IT. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, AS WE FELL THAT OUR SAFETY MAY BE IN JEOPARDY? WE HAVE E-MAILED BRIDGESTONE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM. THANK YOU, HAZEL AND HINMAN STRANGE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ICUR P21 TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)

THE LEFT REAR TIRE DELAMINATED AND WRAPPED AROUND THE AXEL, CAUSING THE CAR TO GO OUT OF CONTROL... CAUSING US TO GO OUT INTO THE DESERT AND ROLL OVER... I WAS INJURED, MY HUSBAND ONLY SUFFERED A BRUISE, I RECEIVED SEVER TRAUMA TO MY HEAD, CAUSING ME TO NEED EYE SURGERY WITHIN A YEAR TO REGAIN VISION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: EJYT TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )