BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA WITH BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED THE LOCAL MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WERE BALD ON THE OUTER EDGES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE BALD DUE TO AN IMPROPER WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN SINCE THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE OUTER EDGE FOR HIS TIRE LINE AND WAS CONCERNED SINCE THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT PROVIDED A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

2005 SCION XB WE HAVE HAD TO PUT THREE WINDSHIELDS IN, FOUR SETS OF TIRES AND NOW THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT. WE JUST SPENT TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE DEALERSHIP, IT HAD TO HAVE THE SEAT BELTS DONE, THE CRUISE CONTROL STUCK ALL THE TIME AND WE NEVER GOT RECALL LETTERS, I WENT ON LINE. I AM SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY SON. THERE SHOULD NEVER BE THREE WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL ON THIS IS AND WE HAVE CHECKED THE TIRES DAILY. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION HERE. *TR

DRIVING NEW 2010 HONDA CIVIC (3,000 MILES) ON 95 TO PBI AIRPORT ON 11/19/10. REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400 P205/55R16. *TR

THE RUN-FLAT TIRES START TO MAKE NOISE, AND THEN ONE DAY BEGIN TO VIBRATE BADLY. THE STEEL BELTS SEPARATE ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, AND CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL WITH POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. WE PULL OVER AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER WHO REPLACES THE TIRES. THIS HAPPENS EVERY 10,000-30,000 MILES. WE HAVE TO BUY NEW TIRES TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN SENTRA EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TURANZA TIRES, LINE SIZE P205/50R16, DOT NUMBER MKWDJKOR3509. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH ON A NORMAL ROAD SURFACE WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE WAS BUMPY. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE SIDEWALL EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING THE OTHER THREE TIRES FOR POSSIBLE DEFECTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,303.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 AUDI A3 EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE POTENZA TIRES, TIRE SIZE 225/14/18. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGNAL, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR DISPLAYED A LOW PRESSURE READING. IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD SLIGHTLY FLATTENED; AND REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REFERRED HIM TO A TIRE CENTER FOR THE TIRE DIAGNOSIS. THE TIRE CENTER INFORMED THAT THE TIRE SHREDDED FROM THE TIRE RIM. ALSO, THE OTHER THREE TIRES WERE NOT ROAD WORTHY AND THE SIDEWALL HAD BUBBLES. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE DEFECT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,600. THE DOT NUMBER WAS EJT70CCJ3109.

I WENT AND GOT NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT IN SEP.2009 AND WITHIN 10000 MILES ON 03-06-10 MY TIRES WERE CHOPPED ON THE INSIDE THE DEALER WERE I HAD GOT MY CAR FROM HAD TOLD ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE ALIGNMENT SO I WENT BACK WERE I GOT THE TIRES DONE THEY HAD TOLD ME IT WAS MY STRUTS THEY WENT AHEAD AN PUT NEW TIRES ON AND I WENT TO FORD GARAGE IN CRESTON NOT WERE I GOT THE CAR THEY HAD CHECK MY STRUTS THEY SAID THEY WERE OK I HAD THEM REDONE THE ALIGNMENT TWO DAYS AFTER THE NEW TIRES WERE PUT ON AND SO I PAID FOR TWO ALIGNMENT AND AFTER 5000 MILES MY TIRES WERE CHOPPED ON THE INSIDE THE DEALER IN CRESTON GOT A HOLD OF FORD MOTORS TO SEE WHAT THE DEAL WAS AND INSPECT EVERYTHING AND HAD TO SET MY ALIGNMENT AT DIFFERENT SETTING AND THEN MY CAR STARTED MAKING SQUEAKING NOISES THEY ENDING UP CHANGING MY BACK STRUTS AND THEN MY TIRES GOT WORSE AND MY CAR IS STILL MAKING THE NOISES AND I TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE MY TIRES AND THEY WONT AND NOW THEY WONT EVENING LOOK AT MY CAR AND DIDN'T"T EVENING FIX THE CAR AND HAD IT ALL DAY FOR AT LEAST SIX HOURS AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT WERE I GOT THE CAR FORM WHICH I LIVE 100 MILES AND FROM THEIR. THROUGH OUT THIS HOLE TIME THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT IT"S AS BE A PROBLEM ON MOST 2008 AND 2009 MODELS THE CHOPPED THEY ARE TELLING ME IT"S THE BRAND THAT I WENT WITH. *TR

2009 HONDA CR-V UNDER 20,000 MILES, TIRES ARE COMPLETELY WORN AND NEED REPLACEMENT. WIFE IS PRIMARY DRIVER AND HAD NO IDEA HOW BAD THEY WERE. NO INCIDENTS, JUST ANGER OVER WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING WITH THE SAME TIRE. NATURALLY, MORE FRUSTRATION. *TR

TIRE LOCATED ON PASSENGER FRONT SIDE OF VEHICLE IS SHOWING CRACKS BETWEEN THE TREAD AREA AND THE SIDEWALL. FOUR TIRES WERE PURCHASED ON 12/04/2009 AND WERE INSTALLED AT A LOCAL SEARS AUTO CENTER. CRACKS WERE NOTICED OCTOBER 23, 2010, AND APPEAR TO FOLLOW THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE TREAD AND SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. TO DATE, CRACKS WERE NOTICED ONLY ON THE ONE TIRE. TAKING VEHICLE TO LOCAL SEARS FACILITY TODAY, 10/26/2010, FOR REPLACEMENT. *TR

I PURCHASED 4 NEW BRIDGESTONE INSIGNIA SE200 BL 15/65R16 98T 65,000 MILE TIRES ON 11/30/09 AND ON THE WAY HOME FROM OKLAHOMA CITY THE FRONT LEFT TIRE SEPARATED. THE TREAD COMPLETELY CAME LOOSE FROM THE TIRE AND RUBBER WENT FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS TIRE ONLY HAD APPROX 24,000 MILES ON IT AND IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FATALITY HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO EASE OFF THE ROAD. *TR