BRIDGESTONE TIRES Complaints

LIGHT VIBRATION AT 75 MPH AND SECONDS LATER AN EXPLOSION. COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION ON FRONT RIGHT SIDE TIRE BRIDGESTONE DUELER 684. TIRE ALMOST NEW, ABOUT 2,000 MILES ON IT. DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR AND RIGHT FENDER. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A 2003 HONDA ACCORD FROM JIM HADLEY CHEVROLET IN MADISON INDIANA AND TODAY THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON ME ON THE ROAD IT WAS A BRDGSTONE INSIGNA SE 200 P20S 65R15926 SE20G MTS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO BMW FOR 20,000 MILES ABOUT NOISY TIRES. THEY KEPT TELLING ME THAT IT NEEDS ROTATION AND DID SO. THERE WAS ALOT OF ROAD NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES AND BMW DID NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. THEN MY HUSBAND GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT (JUST A FENDER BENDER) ON SEPT 8 OR 9TH OF 2007 WHEN THE TIRES WERE MAKING ALOT OF NOISE AND HIT A CEMENT POLE. INSURANCE COMPANY TOLD US THERE IS A DEFECTIVE PROBLEM IN THE CAR REGARDING THE "TOE ADJUSTMENT" AND TO WHY THE TIRES ARE WORN SOOO BADLY. IT IS A CHASIS PROBLEM AND NOT A TIRE PROBLEM. THE FRONT 2 TIRES WERE ON THE VERGE OF A BLOWOUT. I HAVE CONTACTED BMW AND HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY AND SAID I HAVE TO PAY FOR NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE WHILE I WAS RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET. BMW NEEDS TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND REPLACE MY TIRES AND FIX THE PROBLEM IN TOE ADJUSTMENT. *TR

THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE BLEW OUT . WE WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 75 MILES. THERE IS ONLY 5,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND TIRES. THERE WAS NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO NAILS OR ANYTHING IN THIS TIRE. WE ALMOST GOT KILLED BY A SEMI BEHIND US. THANK GOODNESS WE DIDN'T. *TR

THE CAR HAD EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE AFTER 8,000 MILES. CHECKING THE REAR TIRES I FOUND THAT BOTH HA NUMEROUS FLAT SPOTS. TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND GOT THE SAME RESPONSE THAT OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. I WAS ASKED IF I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A TIRE ISSUE AND TO TALK TO A BRIDGESTONE DEALER. THE TIRE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES THAT COME ON THE CAR AREN'T THE BEST QUALITY AND I SHOULD REPLACE THEM WITH A BETTER PAIR. THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY SAID IT DUE TO LACK OF TIRE ROTATION. I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH TIRES WEARING LIKE THIS EVEN AFTER NOT ROTATING TIRES ON OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES WITH NEW MICHELINS AT MY EXPENSE. I WILL HAVE THEM ROTATED AT EACH OIL CHANGE. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT HONDA AND IT'S TIRE SUPPLIERS WOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. THIS IS MY 5TH HONDA SINCE 1990 AND WILL BE MY LAST AND THE LAST TIME I BUY BRIDGESTONES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400, SIZE P225/60R16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO TREAD REMAINING ON THE TWO FRONT TIRES. SHE SPOKE WITH BRIDGESTONE AND THEY WERE UNINTERESTED IN THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES ON THE TIRES AND VEHICLE WERE 13,000.

DRIVING ON FLA. TURNPIKE, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON RIGHT REAR PASSENGER TIRE. HAD TO CHANGE TIRE TO SMALL "DOUGHNUT" SPARE. WENT BACK TO HOME BASE TO PURCHASE TIRE(S) FOR CAR BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH TRIP. WAS TOLD BY PEP BOYS I ONLY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIRE THAT HAD TREAD SEPARATION, SO CONSUMER ONLY PURCHASED THE ONE TIRE. CONSUMER CONTINUED ON TRIP. NEXT DAY, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED ANOTHER TREAD SEPARATION, THIS ONE ON LEFT FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. THIS TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE'S (A 1990 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM, IN SHOW ROOM SHAPE) FRONT PANEL, ROCKER PANEL, WHEEL TRIM, BALL JOINTS, IDLER ARM AND ALIGNMENT OF CHASSIS. CONSUMER HAD TO CHANGE THIS TIRE TO SMALL SPARE, CAUSING STRESS AND POSSIBLE INJURY TO LOWER BACK. CONSUMER HAD JUST COMPLETED BACK TRACTION TREATMENTS ON 8/30/07. THE TREADLESS TIRE AND DAMAGED WHEEL STRUCTURE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND PICTURES TAKEN OF IT AND DAMAGES TO VEHICLE. CONSUMER PURCHASED NEW TIRE TO REPLACE THIS SECOND SEPARATION AND IN FEAR THAT THE REMAINING TWO TIRES THAT HAD TREAD ON THEM WOULD SEPARATE AS WELL , PURCHASED NEW TIRES FOR THEM AS WELL. TIRES: BRIDGESTONE P225/75R15. UPDATE 12/02/07

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LEXUS ES. THE FRONT TIRES WERE BALD ON THE OUTER AREA OF THE TIRES. THE REAR TIRES WERE DRY AND CRACKING. THERE WAS NO FRONT END VIBRATION OR LOOSE STEERING EXPERIENCED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT LOOKED AT BY A DEALER AND THE TIRES WERE NOT CHANGED. THE TIRES WERE BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL42 SIZE P235/45R17. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,642.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE STEEL BELTED, SIZE P225/60R16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, EACH DOOR ON THE VEHICLE MADE CRACKING NOISES WHEN DECELERATING OR DRIVING ON JAGGED ROADS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC APPLIED LUBRICANT TO CORRECT THE FAILURE, BUT THE NOISES RETURNED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 320. THE CONSUMER STATED DID HAVE TIRE PROBLEM, TIRES WERE CRACKING AND COMING APART. THE DEALER REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES. UPDATED 09/19/07 *TR