BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

THIS TIRE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRE PROVIDED BY SUZUKI, THEREFORE SUZUKI IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROBLEM. THE TIRE HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL CRACKS. THERE IS A CRACK (AVERAGING 3/4" IN LENGTH) IN EVERY OUTER TREAD GROOVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TIRE (LOOKING FROM THE RIDER'S PERSPECTIVE). THERE ARE NO CRACKS ON THE LEFT SIDE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE TIRE. THE TIRE HAS ABOUT 6000 MILES ON IT, AND STILL HAS ABOUT HALF OF IT'S USABLE TREAD LEFT. THE REAR TIRE HAS NOT DEVELOPED THIS PROBLEM, AND IS WEARING FINE.( DOT NUMBER: B56F K9801 TIRE SIZE: 110/70ZR17 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 80 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. CONSUMER PULLED OVER WHILE TIRE STILL HAD AIR, THEN WENT FLAT. BRIDGETONE, TURANZA, P205/65 R15 92H AND DOT # EM9LDLF127. *AK TREAD SEPARATION OCCURD TO TWO TIRES AT 1500 MILES INTERVAL. *YH

THE BRIDGESTONE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT. *MJS

WITH 15068 MILES ON THE TIRES, LT195/75R14 8 PR, TOYOTA, PICKUP, 1986. ALL FIVE TIRES HAD SPLIT. IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A KNIFE AND STABBED THEM ALL THE WAY AROUND.*AK ALL 5 TIRES HAD SEPARATION, THE DOT #'S EJDYJCH124 (FOR 2 TIRES), EJDYJCH443, EJDYJCH044, AND EJDYJCH134. *SLC

AFTER MARKET TIRE P205/55R16 DOT#: Y78KPVB096. TREAD ON THE RIGHT TIRE SEPARATED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK BRIDGESTONE P205/55/R16 *MW

PE00020; ORIGINAL 1999 HONDA ACCORD, TIRE SIZE P19565R15; PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE HAD AN UNEXPECTED BLOWOUT AT 400 MILES. TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE, AND THEY SAID THAT VEHICLE WENT INTO A POTHOLE OR BUMPS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION*AK.

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM. CONSUMER HEARD A POP SOUND, AND RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BLOWNOUT. THERE WAS A BIG HOLE ON THE SIDE OF T TIRE.*AK

PE00020; WITH 25 MILES ON THE TIRE, SIZE LT23585R16, DRIVER'S REAR TIRES ALL TREAD CAME OFF, CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE REAR PART OF VEHICLE, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. NO PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON A 1992, FORD, 92E153, P2357515, Y7BNRCOT DD491. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE START MAKING A FUNNY NOISE, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED TIRE WAS FLAT, AND TREAD HAD COME OFF. COULD SEE STEEL WIRES COMING OUT. 6 HOURS LATER, REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD COME OFF.*AK AFTER THE FIRST TIRE SEPARATION INCIDENT, THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE SPARE TIRE AND PROCEEDED. BUT THE SECOND TIRE SEPARATED AFTER FOUR HOURS DRIVING. THE CUSTOMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES AS TRUSTING THE BRIDGESTONE TIRES WAS NOT POSSIBLE. *YH

PE00020; DUELER AT, P 21570R16; ALL OF TIRES ARE FORMING CRACKS ALONG THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TREAD TO SEPARATE, AND RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK