BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

PE00020, AFTER MARKET BRIDGESTONE, BT70S WITH ABOUT 400 MILES, TIRE SIZE 20570R15. WHILE DRIVING TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. *AK

SOON AFTER PURCHACING NEW BRIDGESTONE TIRES WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE BALANCE PROBLEMS. THE MONTGOMERY WARD AUTO CENTER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE TIRES REPEDEDLY TRIED TO GET THEM BALANCED. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT LOOKED LIKE SEPERATION FROM RUNNING LOW PRESSURE. THIS IS UNLIKLEY SINCE WE CHECK OFTEN AND ALWAYS INFLATE TO THE HIGHER END OF THE TOLERENCE.(FOR TRACTION AND TREADWEAR) SINCE THEN WE'VE LEARNED TO HAVE OUR TIRES CHECKED WHEN THEY SEEM TO BE OUT OF BALANCE.AT THIS TIME WE'VE HAD THREE OF THE ORIGIONAL FOUR REPLACED DUE TO SEPERATION. THE MOST RECENT INCEDENT IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, THE REPLACEMENT TIRE WE WERE GIVEN WAS A CONTAC BY CONTINENTAL. WE WERE TOLD THEY DON'T MAKE THE TOURENSA ANYMORE. WE FEAR THAT THE CONNENTAL REPLACEMENT TIRE HAS EITHER BEEN RECALLED OR SOON WILL BE. ALSO, WE FEEL THAT WE WERE SOLD DEFECTIVE TIRES ORIGIONALLY, OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. OUR LAST REMAINING ORIGIONAL BRIDGESTONE TIRE HAS CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: Y7A6 TIRE SIZE: P225-60R16 )

UNABLE TO STEER STRAIGHT LINE AT 70 MPH 95 DEGREES, WANDERS OVER ROAD, OKAY WHEN TIRES COLD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: CLL417 TIRE SIZE: P245/70R16 )

I PURCHASED A SET OF BRIDGESTONE DUELER A/T 691 SIZE 33X12.50 16.5 "D" TIRES FOR MY FORD PICKUP. THEY WERE ABOUT HALF WORN WHEN WE WENT ON VACATION THIS SPRING. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE LEAVING. WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT REAR TIRE LITERALLY BLEW APART. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I WAS ON THE RIM AND HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK. I HAD TO PURCHASE A USED TIRE FOR A SPARE TO GET BACK HOME. WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS, ONE OF THE OTHER TIRES STARTED SEPARATING AND I GOT A LARGE BUBBLE IN THE TREAD. I STARTED TO THE TIRE DEALER AND YET ANOTHER TIRE STARTED SEPARATING AND ANOTHER LARGE BUBBLE. I HAD TO GO BACK HOME AT 10 MPH. I TOOK THE TIRES OFF AND TOOK THEM TO A FIRESTONE STORE IN ROSEVILLE, CA. I SPOKE TO ROYCE WISE (MANAGING PARTNER) AND HE TOLD ME THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TIRES GIVING ME AN ALLOWANCE FOR THE TREAD WEAR. I AGREED AND ALL SEEMED OK UNTIL MR. WISE FOUND THAT FIRESTONE NO LONGER MADE TIRES OF THAT SIZE. HE THEN TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD OR WOULD DO ABOUT THE TIRES. I ASKED HIM WHO I COULD CONTACT AT FIRESTONE AND HE GAVE ME THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE (916) 486-3852. WHEN I CALL THE NUMBER I GET A RECORDING TO LEAVE A MESSAGE WHICH I HAVE DONE ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CALL BACK. IT IS OBVIOUS I AM NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH THIS COMPLAINT. I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW WHEEL AND SET OF GOODYEAR TIRES FOR MY TRUCK. I HAVE KEPT THE REMAINING THREE TIRES FOR EVIDENCE. I HAVE SENT COMPLAINTS TO FIRESTONE OVER A MONTH AGO AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO RECONCILE THIS PROBLEM, COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF A LOCAL FIRESTONE REPRESENTATIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO SETTLE THIS MATTER IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT IF POSSIBLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: EJYCCFN435 TIRE SIZE: 33X12.5165 )

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION TIRES TREAD SEPARATED. *AK THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS THE ONE WITH TREAD SEPARATION. *YH

MODEL TURANZA, TIRE SIZE P0570R15; DRIVER'S REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A DELAMINATION BETWEEN STEEL INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND RUBBER. STEEL ROD SEPARATED FROM RUBBER.*AK

BUBBLE DEVELOPED IN SIDEWALL IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN USING THIS TYPE OF TIRE ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE FOR OVER TEN YEARS WITH NO PROBLEM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 22540ZR18 )

REPLACEMENT TIRES, 26575R16, DOT IS UNREADABLE. CONSUMER SAYS TWO REAR TIRES ARE SHOWING EVIDENCE OF CRACKS IN RUBBER. *AK

THE BRIDGESTONE DUELER HT 684 205/70R15 TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *MJS

THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE TO SHOW THE ENTIRE DOT NUMBER WHICH IS DOT EL YT CHB 1000. THIS TIRE FAILED AT 55 DEGREES TEMPERATURE, AT 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. THE ODOMETER HAD ONLY 1563 MILES ON IT. I HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND THAT ALARMED ME, SO I GOT INTO THE SLOW LANE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE CLUNKING SOUND STOPPED. A MINUTE OR SO LATER, THE TIRE FAILED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF NAILS OR OTHER ROAD HAZARD, BUT THE TIRE DID HAVE A LOT OF TIRE DUST INSIDE IT. I DID NOT GO IN TO WORK THAT DAY, SO I COULD REPLACE ALL MY TIRES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I REPLACED 4 TIRES WITH MICHELINS AT A COST OF $408.29, AND I INTEND TO REPLACE THE 5TH TIRE AS SOON AS COSTCO GETS A NEW SHIPMENT IN. I HAVE RETAINED ALL THE TIRES I REPLACED. I HESITATED TO TAKE THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE FOR EVALUATION, BECAUSE I DID NOT THINK THEY WOULD BE IMPARTIAL.( DOT NUMBER: ELYTCHB100 TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )