BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

PURCHASED TOYOTA SOLARA AUG, 2007. TIRES ARE @ 15K MILES AND THE TREAD IS SHOT. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY STATED SEE MANUFACTURER FOR WARRANTY. TOYOTA STATED THEY WOULD SELL ME NEW TIRES AND THEN WARRANTY TREADWARTE. WENT TO BRIDESTONE DEALER AND THEY WOULD NOT HONOR TREAD WARRANTY. SO BASICALLY IF YOU BUY A NEW CAR YOU GET NO TIRE WARRANTY. I THINK THIS IS CONSUMER FRAUD. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2004 DODGE DURANGO NEAR EVANSVILLE, IN AT THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN THE RIGHT REAR BRIDGESTONE DUELER TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE THE TIRE BLEW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BUICK PARK AVENUE. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE INSIGNIA SL, SIZE P225/60R16 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN MAY OF 2004. IN MAY OF 2007, THE FIRST TIRE BEGAN TO SEPARATE AT 45,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF WHERE THE TIRE WAS LOCATED ON THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIRE BEGAN TO SEPARATE AT 78,000 MILES IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007 AND THE THIRD TIRE SEPARATED IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER OF 2007 AT 87,000 MILES. THE TIRES WERE BOUGHT IN A SET OF FOUR AND SHE BELIEVES THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT CAUSED 3 OUT OF THE 4 TIRES TO SEPARATE WITHIN MONTHS OF ONE ANOTHER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FIRST TIRE FAILURE AND PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SECOND AND THIRD TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED MY TIRES WERE ALMOST BALD...HAD ONLY 16,900+ MILES. DEALERSHIP REPLACE TIRES, BUT NOT THE SAME TYPE. YES, SAME BRAND, BRIDGESTONE DUELLER A/T. ALSO DEALERSHIP DID A REALIGNMENT. TRUCK NEVER RODE THE SAME AFTER THE ALIGNMENT AND THE NEW TIRES. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TWO ON THE BACK AFTER MY MECHANIC NOTED THEY WERE EGG SHAPED. THIS STILL DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. TIRES GIVEN TO ME WERE BAD AND THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT CORRECT. TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEIR GM REP WRODE WITH ME AND NOTED THE TRUCK RUNNING ROUGH FROM THE TIRES. ORDERED A ROAD FORCE BALANCING ON THE TIRES. THIS DID NOT WORK ALSO. NOW THIS DEALERSHIP WILL LOOK AT MY VEHICLE AN FURTHER. TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DID TAKE IT TO TIRE SERVICE CENTER AND THEY SAID THE TIRES ARE BAD AND TRUCK NEEDS REALIGNMENT AND ALSO A CHECK OF THE FRONT END. ADVISOR STATED HE COULD FEEL EVERY DIVOT IN THE ROAD, WHICH IS NOT NORMAL. FAXED THEIR REPORT TO THE LOCAL GM REP AND HE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. NEITHER DEALERSHIP WILL EVEN LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. CAN YOU HELP ME? *TR

PURCHASED FOUR BRIDGESTONE R273 SWP PREMIUM TIRES IN 2001 ($168 EACH) FROM BRIDGESTONE DEALER. VEHICLE IS 1988 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, USED FOR ON-ROAD USE ONLY. VEHICLE IS GARAGED DAILY, ONLY DRIVEN ~5000 MILES PER YEAR. TIRE SIZE IS 235-85R16E. TOTAL MILEAGE ON TIRES IS 29,000 MILES. ESTIMATED REMAINING TREAD LIFE 50% (9/32"). LEFT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY HAD TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. TIRE DID NOT LOSE AIR, BUT TREAD SEPARATED FROM CASING AND STEEL BELTS WERE VISIBLE FOR APPROX 6-8" IN AREA OF SEPARATION. THERE WAS NO PUNCTURE OR ANY OTHER VISIBLE EVIDENCE FOR CAUSE OF FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED TIRE FOR FREE, ONLY CHARGING FOR BALANCE/ETC. HOWEVER, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER THREE TIRES. HAS THERE BEEN ANY HISTORY OF FAILURES/RECALLS ON THIS TIRE? SHOULD I INSIST THAT BRIDGESTONE REPLACE THE REMAINING THREE TIRES FOR FREE? *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX AND TOOK DELIVERY IN JULY 2006. FROM THE TIME OF DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS NOTICEABLE THAT THE REAR END OR REAR TIRES OF THE HONDA CIVIC WERE VERY NOISY. I ROTATED MY TIRES AT EACH FACTORY RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE. AT 30K MILES, THEY WERE WORN OUT. MY SERVICE PERSON SHOWED ME THE UNEVEN WEAR (FLAT SPOTS). THE ROAD NOISE IS UNBEARABLE. I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM ACURA - A DIVISION OF HONDA. THE SERVICE BULLETIN 05-076 DATED JANUARY 19, 2007 STATED THAT THE ACURA 2004 & 2005 HAD AN ISSUE WITH "PREMATURE REAR TIRE WEAR". THE PROBLEM WAS DESCRIBED AS: "THE REAR TIRES ARE WEARING PREMATURELY (UNEVENLY ACROSS THE TREAD). PROBABLE CAUSE: THE REAR TOE INCREASES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS LOADED" THE DESCRIPTION AND PICTURES OF TIRE WEAR IN THIS SERVICE BULLETIN EXACTLY MATCH WHAT I FOUND IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I FREQUENTLY CHECK THE AIR TIRE PRESSURE TO ENSURE EVEN WEAR. THERE ARE MULTIPLE INTERNET POSTINGS NOTING AN ISSUE WITH THE CAMBER/TOE ADJUSTMENTS. I BELIEVE SUCH PREMATURE WEAR CONSTITUTES A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. HONDA SHOULD DO THE "RIGHT THING" AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. PUTTING ON NEW TIRES WILL YIELD THE SAME RESULTS WITHOUT SOME CORRECTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI G37. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE POLE POSITION, SIZE 24540W19 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FLAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE ABNORMAL TEARS ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE CAUSED BY A TIRE IMPERFECTION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,370 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,145. THE CONSUMER STATED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE TIRE TO FAIL. THE TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR AFTER IT WENT FLAT. THE DEALER STATED THE TIRE HAD AN IMPERFECTION. THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE TIRE WHEN FLAT. UPDATED

DRIVING WEST ON INTERSTATE 8 AT APPX 77 MPH; 60 MILES EAST OF YUMA WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. VEHICLE SWERVED SEVERELY BUT WAS MANAGEABLE. ROADWAY WAS DRY, 90 DEGREES F, NO DEBRIS, TIRE STILL IN OWNERS POSSESSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 INFINITI G35. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE POTENZA, SIZE 245/45R18 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE BUMPER COVER AND WHEEL PROTECTOR WERE DAMAGED. THE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

TIRES ROTATED EVERY SERVICE (5K MILES), BRIGESTONE TURANZA'S ES400, CUPPING @ 20,000 MILES. *TR