BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

SIDEWALL BLISTER, 2IN.X1IN., DISCOVERED WHILE ROUTINE MAINTAINANCE PERFORMED. NO HISTORY OF ACCIDENT OR IMPACT INJURY TO TIRE OR WHEEL ASSEMBLY. AUTOMOBILE SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPORTS TIRE DEFECTIVE, CONFIRMS NO IMPACT INJURY TO VEHICLE SUSTAINED.( DOT NUMBER: EJH8CFE429 TIRE SIZE: 225/45/R17 )

ALL 4 TIRES HAD PIECES OF THE TREAD PATTERN MISSING. THERE WERE CRACKS IN THE TIRE IN THE GROOVES BETWEEN THE PIECES OF TREAD. I HAD SEARS REPLACE THE TIRES BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED. I WAS DISSATISFIED WITH SEARS. THEY ONLY GAVE ME 54.5% FOR THE TIRES. I FELT THAT THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE DEFECTIVE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOR FREE. THEIR ATTITUDE WAS WE GAVE YOU SOMETHING SHUT UP AND GO AWAY. WHEN I ASKED FOR THE TIRES BACK THE SALESMAN FIRST SAID THAT I COULD HAVE THEM THEN HE BACKED UP AND SAID THAT THE TIRES WOULD BE SENT BACK TO THE MANUFACTOR. I DID NOT GET THE SERIAL NUMBERS AT THAT TIME. I CAME BACK LATER TO GET THE NUMBERS AND THE ASSISTANT MANAGER C( DOT NUMBER: 7BA3 PUA 0 TIRE SIZE: 24575R16E )

WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WAS ON THE ROAD. HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH, AND TREAD SEPARATED, RAPPING ON THE AXLE. PRIOR TO PROBLEM, TIRES SHOWED NO SIGN OF TREAD SEPARATION. BRIDGESTON LT 265/75R16. *AK VEHICLE COMPLETLY CHECKED PRIOR TO TRIP WHEN FAILURE OCCURED. *YH

THIS IS THE SECOND TBRIDESTONE TIRE IN TWO MONTHS THAT I HAVE LOST TREAD FROM. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TWICE AND DON'T WANT A THIRD INCIDENT. I WAS IN 5:30PM TRAFFIC AND FELT THAT THE CAR WAS NOT RIDING CORRECTLY I DECIDED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY AND WHEN I DID I LOST HALF OF THE TREAD. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE IN MY CAR. I DROVE IMMEDIATLEY TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER AND THE BEST THEY WOULD DO IS PRO-RATE MY ANOTHER BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRE. I'M STUCK BECAUSE THESE TIRES ARE NOT IN THE RECALL AND SHOULD BE!! NOW I HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW SET OF TIRES. THIS PROBLEM IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN BRIDGESTONE LEADS THE PUBLIC TO THINK! PLEASE HELP!!( DOT NUMBER: EJMT TIRE SIZE: P24570R16 )

THIS WAS RENTAL CAR FROM HERTZ, THAT HAD ONLY 2000 MILES AT TIME OF RENTAL, ON FEB 2, 1997. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TIRES TO HERTZ THE FIRST DAY OF RENTAL BECAUSE THE TIRES COULD BARELY DRIVE WHEN THE GROUND WAS WET. I HAD AN ACCIDENT ON MARCH 9, 1997 AND THE POLICE REPORT REFLECTS THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO DAMAGED TIRES WHICH WERE FIRESTONES. I WROTE FORD TO REPORT THE TIRES IN 1997 AND 1998 TO EVERY BOARD DIRECTOR WITH A RESPONSE OF TO NOT WRITE THEM AGAIN, STILL HAVE COPIES. I WROTE THE VP OF HERTZ AND WAS TOLD THAT I CHANGE THE TIRES AND ACCUSE ME OF LYING AND IGNORING THE POLICE REPORT. I STILL HAVE OVER $60,000 IN MEDICAL BILLS AND OVER $200, 000 IN LOSS WAGES. MY TWO DAUGHTERS STILL SUFFER FROM BACK PAIN AND ANOTHER WITH HER TONGUE THAT NEEDED 8 STITICHES AND STILL HAS A HOLE IN THE TONGUE. I SUFFER WITH BACK PAIN. NY NO-FAULT ONLY PAID $37,000 TOWARD MEDICINE, DOCTOR BILLS AND LOSS WAGES. I LOSS EVERYTHING AND STILL SUFFERING. FORD TOOK A REPORT AND AFTER GIVING THEM THE VEHICLE ID THEY CONFIRM THAT THE TIRES WERE FIRESTONE, I DID THIS ON 8/23/00. THE POLICE OFFICER TOLD ME AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT THAT IF MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF HAD NOT BEEN WEARING SEAT BELTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IT WOULD HAD BEEN FATAL. WE HIT A TREE THAT TOTALED THE CAR. I HAVE COLOR PICTURES OF THE TIRES AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION. FORD TOLD ME TO CONTACT FIRESTONE BUT THE PERSON I TALKED TO THERE WAS NOT VERY COOPERATIVE, HIS NAME IS TOM SALOR AT 1.800.465.1904 WHO WAS RUDE AND GAVE ME NO HELP TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NOT BE HELPED BY FIRESTONE. I HAVE ALSO SENT A LETTER TO CONG. BILLY TAUZIN ABOUT THIS AND I AM ASKING YOU TO HELP PUT ME TOUCH WITH THE PERSON WHO CAN HANDLE THIS COMPLAINT AT FIRESTONE OR FORD OR BOTH BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH NEGLIENT WHEN I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM IN 1997 AND 1998. YOURS TRULY, CHARLENE MARSH( DOT NUMBER: )

UPON DRIVING ON FREEWAY TO PATIENTS HOME MY LEFT FRONT TIRE SPLIT AND BLEW UP FORCING ME TO COLLIDE WITH THE CENTER WALL ON THE 110 FREEWAY IN CARSON.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/65R15 )

IN 1991 CONSUMER PURCHASED A FULL SET OF BRIDGESTONE, DUELERS. TWO OF THE TIRES WERE MOUNTED, ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. FOUR YEARS LATER, THE SECOND TIRE BLEW OUT. ALSO, A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, THIRD TIRE SUFFERED AN INTERNAL FAILURE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO LOSE IT'S FLATNESS AND BECOME "V" SHAPED. CJBECOME "V" SHAPED. CJ

TWO TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE OF SEPARATION, NOW THE REMAINING FOUR TIRES HAVE SEPARATED, THE TRUCK PULLS TO THE RIGHT, VIBRATES IN THE REAR, AND FRONT. MY TIRES ARE ON MY TRUCK AND I CAN DELIVER MY TRUCK TO ANYONE WANTING TO EXAMINE IT.( DOT NUMBER: OBBN PUA TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 70 MPH. AMBIENT TEMP APPROX 95 F. TIRES WERE MARGINAL IN TREAD, BUT SHOWED NO SIGN OF DAMAGE. TREAD SEPARATED, BUT TIRE REMAINED INTACT. MAIN INGREDIENTS OF ISSUE. SPEED, HEAT, TIRE AGE. I NOTIFIED BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE THAT THEY SHOULD INVESTGATE THIS AS PEOPLE WILL THINK THEIR TIRES ARE OK, BASED ON A LAY-PERSONS VISIUAL INSPECTION, BUT THERE MIGHT BE AN UNDERLYING PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY THE TIRE COMPANY DISCARDED THE TIRE BEFORE I COULD GET THEM TO LET ME KEEP IT. IT WAS A CLASSSIC EXAMPLE OF THE PROBLEM AFFECTING THE WILDERNESS, AT, ETC TIRES, INCLUDINGTHE FACT THAT IT STAYED INFLATED. I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD, BUT HAS NOT YET REACHED THE PROPORTION OF THE CURRENT TIRE PROBLEM, OR IT HAS NOT CAUSED CATASTROPHIC RESULTS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE SEPARATION, OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VEHICLE'S UNDERCARRIAGE AND COMPONENTS (AXLES, HEIGHT OF CAR, ETC.). IT SEEMS THAT B/F TIRES SHOULD AT LEAST NOTIFY CUSTOMERS TO GET ALL OLD TIRES CHECKED, BIUT IT DOES NOT SEEM FAIR TO HAVE THEM PAY FOR RECALL OF TIURES THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR EXPECTED LIFE. HOPE THIS HELPS SAVE A LIFE, OR AT LEASTS SAVES SOMEONE SOME BIG HASSLES OR BIG LEGAL BILLS. CHEERS! TONY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/75/15 )

BRIDGESTONE DUELER APT TREAD SEPARATED ON DRY ROAD, LIGHT LOAD, 60 MPH. TIRE HAD LESS THAN 6000 MILES ON IT. THIS TIRE WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR ANOTHER SAME MAKE/MODEL THAT EXPLODED AND DID FENDER AND TAILPIPE DAMAGE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT235/85R1 )