BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

THE SPARE TIRE WELL FILLS UP WITH WATER. FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND NEEDED TO USE THE SPARE. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. DEALER SEALED THE TIRE WELL. THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. AGAIN TAKEN TO DEALER AND TRUNK DOOR SEAL WAS REPLACED. THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED THE ISSUE. RECENTLY HAD A FLAT TIRE, AND AGAIN DISCOVERED THE TIRE WELL FILLED WITH WATER. THE TRUNK NOW HAS MOLDY, MILDEW ODOR. HAVE MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER. *TR

ON, MARCH 7, 2010 AROUND 6:30PM, GOING ON THE HIGHWAY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA MODEL LE, WENT TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL. I WAS ON THE FAR RIGHT LANE, HEADING FROM TOA BAJA TO MAYAGUEZ ON PR-22. REACHING ARECIBO, BY HIGHWAY MARK (KM 74.2) THE CAR STEERING WENT TOTALLY TO THE LEFT AND IN FRACTIONS OF SECONDS MY CAR INVADED THE LEFT LANE DOING A 180 DEGREE TURN, HAD CARS COMING MY WAY AND JUST WHEN I TOUGH THE OTHER CAR WAS GOING TO HIT ME. THE STEERING ON THE CAR WENT COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THE CAR ROLLED AGAIN AND I WAS GOING OVER THE GREEN AREA CRAZY FAST. NO CONTROL, SPINNING AGAIN OVER THE GRASS AREA ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, HEADING RIGHT INTO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, CARS COMING AT 65 MPH OR MORE. THEN THE CAR HIT A STREET SIGN THAT CHANGED THE CAR TRAJECTORY AND THEN CAME TO A STOP ON THE GREEN AREA ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR ENDED ALL COVERED ON GRASS, MUD AND IMPACTED BY THE STREET SIGN THAT POSSIBLY PREVENTED MY CAR FROM INVADING THE LANES ON THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER THE TOYOTA COROLLA STEERED VIOLENTLY AND UNCONTROLLABLE SECONDS BEFORE. I HAVE TO SAY, THIS WAS AN EXTREME SITUATION THAT FOR WHO KNOWS REASON, ALL HAPPENED IN A SPLIT SECOND WITHOUT WARNING AND ALL THE VIOLENT EXTREME MOVEMENTS HAPPENED WITHOUT MY CAR IMPACTING OTHER CARS ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT CLEARLY I WAS VERY LUCKY. AT THE MOMENT OF THE INCIDENT, A PASSENGER WAS WITH ME IN THE CAR AND THEN CAN CONFIRM HAS WITNESS OF THE EXTREME CAR EXPERIENCE WE ENDURED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400 TIRES, AND TIRE SIZE 205/55/16H(NA). THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING DOWN AN INCLINE, APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE ROAD SURFACE WAS DRY. THERE WAS A LOUD THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR TIRES. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND SLIDE. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TIRES REQUIRED REPLACEMENT WITH AN ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED NOR HAVE THE TIRES BEEN REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,215. UPDATED 05/12/10 *BF UPDATED 05/14/10.*JB

MARCH OF 2009, I BOUGHT A SET OF PRIME WELL PS830 TIRES FROM FIRESTONE FOR MY 98 HONDA ACCORD V6 SEDAN. SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF PURCHASE, I NOTICED UNUSUAL SHAKES FROM MY CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE MATTER GETS WORSE IN RECENT MONTHS AS I NOTICED LOUD ROAD NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM THE TIRES. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE MY CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEED NOW. I HAVE BALANCED THE WHEELS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE AND MANY ALIGNMENTS SINCE THEN. I HAD FIRESTONE CHECKED MY TIRES RECENTLY, INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE TIRES, THEY SUGGESTED EXPENSIVE REPAIRS WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE ARE THE CAUSES OF THE ROAD NOISE AND TIRE VIBRATION. *TR

IN APPROX APR 2009 I EXPERIENCE ACCELERATE PEDAL , I WENT TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN EASING ON BRAKE BECAUSE I WAS COMING TO A INTERSECTION AND COULD NOT STOP AND TRIED TO PUSH ON BRAKE THAT DID NOT WORK HAD TO SWITCH TO NEUTRAL BECAUSE BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING I WAS ON DRY LAND AND IT WAS LIKE I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR, WHEN I TOOK IT TO HAVE OIL CHANGED NO ONE SAID ANYTHING AND IT WAS LIKE OH WELL. *TR

I PURCHASED MY HONDA CIVIC ON 12/31/08. ON OR AROUND THE BEGINNING OF MAY 2009, I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AT 9532 MILES. ON MAY 22, 2009 AT 9595 MILES, I HAD THEM COMPUTER BALANCED AND ROTATED AGAIN. THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE THAT WAS OCCURRING WHENEVER I TRIED TO STOP. HAD A TIRE REPLACED DUE TO UNSUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF FLAT (AT 10,515 MILES). AT 11,016 MILES, I WAS BACK AT HONDA AGAIN. HAD TO HAVE A SECOND TIRE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD WEAR AND WARPING. BOTH OF THESE TIRES HAD INITIALLY BEEN ON THE REAR AXLE OF THE CAR WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED. IN JULY OF 2009, AT 14652 MILES, I HAD TIRES ROTATED AGAIN. TWO NEW FRONT TIRES WENT TO BACK AXLE. ON 12/22/09, WENT TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED AGAIN DUE TO ROUGH RIDING (MILEAGE 25148). HAD TO HAVE TWO NEW TIRES (REPLACED BY HONDA) REPLACED AGAIN. TIRES WERE ON THE REAR AXLE, AND WERE WORN COMPLETELY SMOOTH AFTER ONLY ~14,500 MILES. AGAIN, ON FEBRUARY 23, 2010, WENT TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED AGAIN (MILEAGE 29834). BACK TWO TIRES WERE WORN COMPLETELY SMOOTH AGAIN. GOODYEAR TIRE COMPANY PUT THIS QUOTE ON MY RECEIPT, "NO ROTATION DUE TO TIRE WEAR IN THE REAR. REAR TIRES ARE AT 2/32." ON FEBRUARY 25, I TOOK THE HONDA CIVIC TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER (ROUND ROCK, TX ~ 58 MILES AWAY). HAD CALLED AHEAD AND MADE APPOINTMENT, TELLING THE SERVICE MANAGER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE CALLED ME AT 12:45 AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD PUT THE CAR ON THE ALIGNMENT RACK AND THE CAR WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, AND THAT THIS WAS JUST NATURAL TREAD WEAR DUE TO MY "DRIVING". AFTER GETTING HOME THIS EVENING, I BEGAN RESEARCHING THE BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400 TIRES ONLINE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING. I FIND IT QUITE ODD THAT HONDA SAYS NO ONE ELSE HAS COMPLAINED, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS POSTED ONLINE ABOUT THESE SAME TIRES. I FIND THEM TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE TO DRIVE UNDER 55 MPH IF IT IS RAINING. IF I DO NOT, MY CAR HYDROPLANES ALL OVER THE ROAD. THIS IS A HAZARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 TOYOTA SIENNA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HIS TIRES AREN'T LASTING LONG. THE TIRES ARE GENERALLY SUPPOSE TO BE GOOD QUALITY TIRES AND SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE WEAR AND TEAR UNTIL AT LEAST 25,000 MILES. AS OF 16,000 MILES THE TIRES SEEMED AS IF THEY WERE ON THE VEHICLE FOR YEARS. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TIRES WERE CONTACTED AND THEY REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE VEHILCE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. AUTHORIZED DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE DISTRICT MANAGER CAME IN TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST HIM. AS OF NOW THE CONTACT STILL HAS YET TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH THE TIRE FAILURE. THEY ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL THE RECALLS WERE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE HE WOULD BE ASSISTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21000.

MY 2008 TOYOTA CAMRY LE TIRES ARE GOING BALLED AFTER ONLY 18000 MILES ON IT WHICH IS BECOMING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HANDLE THE CAR IN WET WEATHER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 AUDI S4 WITH BRIDGE STONE BLIZZARD WS- 60 TIRES 235/45/R17. HE STATED WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH THE TIRES DO NOT GRIP AND LOSE TRACTION. BRIDGESTONE WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP HIM .THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING EVER SINCE HE PURCHASED THE TIRES. HE HAD REPLACED THEM 2 TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80000.

I AM A LOYAL HONDA OWNER ON MY THIRD HONDA, A 2007 CRV. THE CRV CAME WITH OEM TIRES, BRIDGESTONE DUELER H/T TO BE SPECIFIC. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I TOLD THE DEALER I DID NOT WANT SUCH POORLY RATED TIRES BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO OPTION TO UPGRADE TO BETTER TIRES. I PUT UP WITH THESE BAD TIRES FOR 3 YEARS WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL MY LUCK RAN OUT THIS YEAR WHEN MY AREA RECEIVED SEVERAL SNOW STORMS. MY FIRST NEAR-MISS HAPPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2009 I GOT STUCK ON A VERY MINOR PATCH OF SNOW AND MY CAR NARROWLY AVOIDED SLIDING BACKWARDS INTO A CREEK JUST BEHIND ME THAT WAS ABOUT 10' DEEP. I SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES RIGHT THEN BUT FAILED TO MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THE BAD TIRES AND BLAMED IT ON THE ROAD CONDITIONS. THE SECOND NEAR-MISS CAME THIS WEEK WHEN WE GOT A MAJOR SNOWSTORM AND MY BROTHER'S HOUSE LOST POWER AND HEAT. THE DAY AFTER THE STORM I TRIED TO DRIVE TO MY BROTHER'S HOUSE AND RESCUE HIM AND HIS FAMILY. I GOT JUST OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE SNOW COVERED STREET AND RIGHT AWAY GOT STUCK. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MOVE MY CAR BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY BY THROWING DIRT UNDER ALL THE TIRES TO GET TRACTION. I PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WAS AFRAID TO TRY AGAIN FOR 2 DAYS UNTIL THE SNOW SOFTENED UP A BIT. KEEP IN MIND THAT MY CRV IS ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE NOT WORN OUT. IN BOTH CASES THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WAS USELESS AND IN BOTH CASES LIVES WERE AT RISK. I PAID EXTRA TO GET THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE VERSION FOR JUST SUCH OCCASIONS AND I FEEL LET DOWN, TO SAY THE LEAST. TODAY BEING THE FIRST TIME I COULD GET TO A MAIN ROAD (BARELY) I HEADED TO THE NEAREST TIRE SHOP TO REPLACE THE HORRIBLE BRIDGESTONE H/T'S WITH BRIDGESTONE ALENZA'S, THEIR HIGHEST RATED TIRE FOR MY VEHICLE. I AM NOW ABLE TO DRIVE IN THE SAME SNOW WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL. WHY IS HONDA ALLOWED TO PUT SUCH POOR TIRES ON THEIR CARS, AND WHY IS BRIDGESTONE ALLOWED TO SELL SUCH POOR TIRES? *TR