BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

1999 FORD EXPLORER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FIRESTONE TIRES (PR.15.75) RECALL ON VEHICLE. *SMD THE WOULD LIKE A LIST OF ALL THE FIRESTONE TIRES THAT WERE RECALLED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE TIRES HE HAD ON HIS VEHICLE WERE DEFECTIVE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT IN 2007, IN WHICH THE SUV ROLLED OVER. *JB

I WAS DRIVING IN AUGUST AND COULD HEAR SOMETHING BANGING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VAN, I WOULD STOP AND IT WOULD GO AWAY BECAUSE THE TREAD WOULD FALL ON ROAD AND THEN START A DAY LATER WITH MORE TREAD COMING OFF. IT WAS THE TREAD COMING OFF OF MY TIRES BUT DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME AND GETTING CAUGHT ON THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VAN. THIS WENT ON FOR 2 WEEKS. MY TIRE SENSOR NEVER CAME ON. I DROVE TO OHIO ON I-75 OCTOBER 21, 2012 AND MY FRONT 2 TIRES BLEW OUT AT THE SAME TIME - BR 001522 TIRES. A BIG SLASH IN ONE TIRE A SMALL HOLE IN ANOTHER. I PULL OVER AND SEE A LOT OF THE TREAD IS COMPLETELY OFF OF BOTH TIRES. I GET TO A TIRE STORE AND THEY SAID IT LOOK LIKE THE ALIGNMENT CAUSED THE WEAR. I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AND HAVE THE TIRE CO PUT THE 2 IN MY BACK VAN. I GO TO BELLE TIRE TO GET A REFUND FOR MY TIRES WITH 29,000 MILES ON 65,000 WEAR TIRES. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CALL BRIDGESTONE. BRIDGESTONE DENIED MY CASE FOR A REFUND. I GOT AN ALIGNMENT 11/14/2012 AND IT SHOWS MY ALIGNMENT WAS OK A LITTLE OFF BUT WOULD NEVER HAVE CAUSED THAT KIND OF WEAR WITH TREAD JUST COMING OFF BOTH TIRES AT THE SAME TIME - THEY ARE DEFECTIVE TIRES. THE WHITE SPIKES WERE SHOWING ON BOTH TIRES - THE TREAD CAME OFF COMPLETELY ON BOTH TIRES AROUND THE EDGES. *TR

SIDEWALL TEARING APART IN TWO SECTIONS AS WELL AS CENTER TREADS CONTAIN SEVERE CRACKING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCEDES-BENZ 550SL EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES, SIZE 255/35/R19. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES BEGAN TO LOSE AIR AND HE REPEATEDLY HAD TO ADD AIR TO THEM. AFTER SOME TIME, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FOUND TO BE COMPLETELY DEFLATED. THE TIRES WERE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. THE OTHER TIRES WERE INSPECTED AND THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES ALL EXHIBITED THE SAME DEFECT OF SEPARATING AND DELAMINATING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/21/12*LJ

FAILURE OF SIDEWALLS OF TWO BRIDGESTONE INSIGNIA SE200 215/65R16 TIRES AT 5693 MILES OF NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON 2006 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN-DOT # OB6VE224711 LOCATED ON TIRE SIDEWALL. TIRES SOLD BY MONRO SHOP # 190 IN CHRISTIANBURG, VA. SAME TIRE BRAND, MODEL AND SIZE REPLACED AT SHOP #349 IN CHESHIRE, CT AT COST OF ROAD HAZARD COVERAGE CONTRACT AT COST OF $87. 80 TO COVER ALL FOUR TIRES. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE OTHER TWO TIRES PURCHASED AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE SAME DOT DESIGNATIONS MAY ALSO DEVELOP SIDEWALL BULGES AND BE THE CAUSE OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IS THERE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THIS TIRE THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO? *TR

CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TIRES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE PURCHASED FOUR BRIDGESTONE TIRES FOR 648.66 ON OCTOBER 26, 2010. ON MARCH 29, 2012 THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND BALANCED. ON AUGUST 30, 2012, THE CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER WALMART TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED HIM, THE TIRES WERE TOO BALD ON THE INSIDE TO BE ROTATED. THE CONSUMER STATED NO ONE MENTIONED TO HIM BACK IN MAY THAT TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES WERE WEARING ABNORMALLY.

WHILE CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE FOR A CUSTOMER THE VALVE STEM BROKE. THIS WAS DUE TO A DEGRADED VALVE STEM. THE COST TO REPAIR IT WAS $110.15. *TR

WE PURCHASED 4 BRIDGESTONE INSIGNIA SE200 TIRES IN MAY 2009. THUS FAR 3 HAVE FAILED. FIRST, MECHANIC NOTED WHEN WE TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE BALANCE AND ROTATION. SECOND, DRIVER NOTED VIBRATION ON HIGHWAY. TIRE REPLACED 6/4/12. 3RD, DRIVER NOTED FRONT END PULLING, SUBSEQUENTLY EXTREME VIBRATION ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE PARKED AT AIRPORT FOR 3 DAYS; UPON RETURN, TIRE WAS FLAT WITH A SECTION BULGED AND SEPARATED. *TR

IN FEBRUARY OF 2012 WE HAD A TIRE FAILURE-TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRES WE WERE SOLD AS 'RUN FLAT' WERE IN FACT MOEXTENDED BY BRIGDESTONE. THIS TIRE HAS A VERY LIMITED RUN LOW ABILITY THAT ALLOWS 18-30 MILES AT 30 MPH AND 10 PSI. WE WERE TOLD WE HAD RUN FLATS THAT ALLOWED OPERATION AT 50MPH FOR 50 MILES AT ZERO PSI. MERCEDES AND BRIDGESTONE DENIED ANY LIABILITY. THIS FRAUD WILL PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN DANGER AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE WARNED. WE HAVE SINCE REPLACED PSEUDO RUN FLATS W REAL RUN FLATS AND WILL DO NO FURTHER BUSINESS WITH MERCEDES BENZ. *TR

1999 SLK230 MERCEDES BENZ. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ALMOST FROM THE DAY HE PURCHASED THE TIRES, ONE OF THEM HAD A SLOW LEAK. HIS MECHANIC CHECKED IT A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET THE TIRE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NO ONE WANTED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *JB