DUNLOP TIRES Complaints

I PURCHASED A NEW 2008 VOLKSWAGEN GTI IN SEPT, 2008 WHICH CAME WITH DUNLOP SP SPORT 01 AS SIZE 225/40R/18 TIRES. WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WHEN AT VERY LOW SPEED (APPROX 5 MPH I HIT A SMALL POTHOLE. IN THE YEAR SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD THREE MORE TIRES GET LARGE BUBBLES IN THE SIDEWALL (INCLUDING TWO OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS) UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. I ALSO RESEARCHED THIS TIRE ON THE TIRE RACK WEBSITE AND FOUND THAT OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 45 REVIEWS OF THIS TIRE THERE WERE 18 COMPLAINTS OF EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENING AND IN MOST OF THESE THEY ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE 3 OR 4 TIMES IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I HAD PURCHASED A TIRE WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED MY CAR AND THEY HAVE PAID TO REPLACE THESE TIRES EACH TIME. SINCE THERE ARE ALMOST NO CASES SUCH AS THESE LISTED FOR ANY OTHER TIRE REVIEW ON THE TIRE RACK WEBSITE I NOW BELIEVE THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THIS PARTICULAR TIRE. I HAVE CONTACTED GOODYEAR/DUNLOP TO REQUEST THAT THEY EITHER REPLACE THIS TIRE WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL OR BUY THEM BACK FROM ME AND ALLOW ME TO PURCHASE A SAFE TIRE AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING OR ACKNOWLEDGE THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THIS TIRE. *TR

I WISH TO MAKE NOTICE TO NHTSA THAT THE ISSUE IN BRAKING FOR PRIUS VEHICLES WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE RELATED, IN GENERAL, TO HYBRIDS, BUILT IN JAPAN, AND NOT JUST TOYOTA. I HAVE AN '03 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID, AND IT HAS ISSUES. IT HAS BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BACK IN '05 AND WHAT WAS THE ISSUE? BRAKING! THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL UNDER HEAVY BRAKING (THOUGH ALL THESE VEHICLES HAVE 4 WHL ABS) IN AN "ANIMAL-AVOIDANCE" ATTEMPT. I ENDED UP CAREENING SIDE-WISE SLIDING UNTIL COLLIDING WITH A UTILITY POLE, AT THE PASSGR SIDE "A" PILLAR. RACCOON DIDN'T SURVIVE. I HAD NOTICED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT THE ABS, UPON ENCOUNTERING BUMPS OR JOLTS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT DEGREE, WILL "CUT-OUT" MOMENTARILY, AND FURTHER, THE "ENGINE-BRAKING' ASSOCIATED WITH THE HYBRID MOTOR-GENERATOR ALSO CUTS OUT AND DOES NOT RETURN (UNTIL AFTER THE STOP HAS BEEN CONCLUDED USING ONLY THE AVAILABLE BRAKING METHODS LEFT)(NO ABS "CHATTER" IS TO BE OBSERVED IN THESE SCENARIOS). THE PHENOMENON IS DEFINITELY REPRODUCIBLE; I HAVE OFTEN FOUND THAT SUCH BUMPS ARE VIRTUALLY UNAVOIDABLE ON CERTAIN PLACES I COMMONLY DRIVE NEAR MY HOME. IT IS SUCH AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE LEARNED TO TRY TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER THESE BUMPY PLACES, BUT ONE CAN'T COMPENSATE WHEN ENCOUNTERING SAME IN A NEW, UNFAMILIAR AREA/SITUATION. PLEASE DO LOOK INTO THE CONCEPT THAT IT COULD BE MORE OF A JAPANESE MADE ABS SYSTEM-FAULT , (POSSIBLY INCLUDING ENGINE-REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM) RATHER THAN A TOYOTA-ONLY THING. I WOULD REQUEST THAT MY NOTE BE ACKNOWLEDGED, MYSELF BE CONTACTED SO AS TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFO NEEDED, AND MY CONTACT INFO BE RETAINED SO AS TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTIONS, IE RECALLS/LEGAL CASES/SETTLEMENTS. BY THE WAY, I HAD NOT "COLLISION" INSURANCE, THUS I PAID TO REPAIR MY HCH POST THAT ACCIDENT. I STILL DRIVE THE CAR TODAY, THOUGH ANYONE WOULD HAVE CALLED IT "TOTALLED".TIRES- WERE THE SAME SET INSTALLED AS OEM, WERE AT LEAST 60% EVEN AT 51K, THEY READILY WOREOUT AFTERWARDS-POST-ACC ALIGNMT ISSUES *CN

WE PURCHASED A 2007 TOYOTA SIENNA XLE AWD IN MAY OF 2007. IN NOV 2007, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I CHECKED THE TIRES AND THEY WERE IN FACT LOW. WE FILLED THE TIRES WITH AIR. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WE PUT AIR IN THE TIRES AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE CAR INTO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. TOYOTA OF BELLEVUE CHECKED THE TIRES WED DEC 5, 2007. THEY CHECKED ALL FOUR TIRES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ON WED NIGHT MAY 28, 2008, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS AT OR BELOW 15 PSI, THE OTHER THREE TIRES WERE AT OR JUST UNDER 20 PSI. I FILLED ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT (WHEN I FILLED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, I STARTED THE CAR TO SEE IF THE WARNING INDICATOR WOULD GO OUT; IT DID NOT GO OUT, UNTIL I FILLED ALL FOUR TIRES BACK UP TO NORMAL PRESSURE. ON MAY 31, 2008 WE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO TOYOTA OF BELLEVUE AND THEY TOOK ALL FOUR TIRES OFF AND INSPECTED, BUT FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THEY DID NOT REMOVE THE TIRES FROM THE RIMS, NOR DID THEY SUBMERGE THE TIRES IN WATER, NOR DID THEY REPLACE THE VALVE STEMS. THEY DID NOT FIND ANY FOREIGN OBJECTS THAT MAY HAVE PIERCED THE TIRES. CALLED DUNLOP TIRES ON 6/3/08 CASE#976284. ON 6/4/08 WE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO ELLIOTT TIRE & SERVICE. THEY REMOVED ALL OF THE TIRES AND CHECKED THEM. STATED IT COULD BE A FAULTY PRESSURE SENSOR. ON 8/31/08 ON WAY TO EVERETT, THE TIRE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. CAR SAT OUTSIDE AT NIGHT AND LIGHT IS STILL ON 9/1/08. AGAIN THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN JAN 2009. WE REQUESTED THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TIRE SENSOR SYSTEM REPEATEDLY. THEY REFUSED EVERY TIME. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE. THE TIRE SENSORS ALLOW AIR TO LEAK AND THE TIRES BECOME LOW DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE FILL THEM EVERY WEEK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA SCION EQUIPPED WITH DUNLOP TIRES , SIZE 195/16/60R, DOT# 3MDR4409. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND WITHIN IN MINUTES, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 6500.

WHILE RIDING A NEW 2008 HONDA GOLDWING MOTORCYCLE IN THE RAIN AT 30 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE , NOT ACCELERATING THE DUNLOP 250 REAR TIRE SLID OUT FROM UNDER ME CAUSING ME TO CRASH.. THE TIRE CAME STOCK ON A BRAND NEW BIKE PURCHASED SEPF 09,, I COMPLAINED TO HONDA AND THE DEALER REGARDING TRACTION ISSUES, THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE TIRES, IF I SWITCHED THEM THINGS WOULD BE BETTER,, I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THERE IS A PENDING CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST HONDA WITH THE DUNLOP TIRES, FRONT END WOBBLES..I HAD THAT AS WELL, BUT MY MAIN CONCERN WAS REAR TRACTION ISSUES,, THE BIKE NEVER SHOULD HAVE SLID OUT AT SLOW SPEEDS IN A STRAIGHT LINE, MANY GOLDWING RIDERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THEM AND HAD TO PAY FOR NEW TIRES ON NEW BIKES, IT IS RIDICULOUS.. DUNLOP CAME OUT WITH THE E-3 TIRE WHICH THEY ADMIT CORRECTS THE WET PAVEMENT TRACTION ISSUES.... SO THEY KNOW ABOUT IT !! IN MY OPINION THE STOCK 250'S ARE HAZARDOUS AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS OR NEAR ACCIDENTS.. WHEN TIRED TO INPUT THE TIRE INFO ON THE COMPLAINT FORM HERE , THEY DID NOT HAVE MY TIRE SIZE AVAIL,, IT SHOULD BE DUNLOP 250 RADIAL 180/60/R16. *TR

ALL 4 TIRES DEFECTIVE . APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES . TIRE THREAD SEPARATING ALONG SIDE WALL OF TIRE

CONSISTENT BUBBLES ON STOCK DUNLOP SPORT TIRES. I HAVE REPLACED THEM APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES WITH ONLY 27,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

DEAR SIR I HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT A NEW MAZDA 6 CAR FITTED WITH DUNLOP TIRES SP2050 .WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAUSES A HOLE BETWEEN THE TIER WRING AND THE SURFACE THAT TOUCH THE ROAD. ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS MOVING ABOUT 80 KMPH. MY FAMILY AND MYSELF LIFE WAS EXPOSED TO DANGER WHEN THIS INCIDENT WAS HAPPENED. THE CAR IS BRAND NEW IT WAS MADE ONLY 16,400KM. WHEN I WENT TO CLAIM FOR TIER REPLACEMENT BUT BOTH MAZDA AND DUNLOP AGENTS DENIED RESPONSIBILITY THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE TIER. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC ELECTRA GLIDE. THIS MODEL ALONG WITH THE "TOURING" LINE OF HD MOTORCYLES ARE NEWLY REDESIGNED AND USES THE NEW DUNLOP 407F MOTORCYCLE TIRES. THESE TIRES ARE THE ONLY TIRES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS LINE OF MOTORCYCLES. MY TIRES ARE "CUPPING" AFTER 7,000 MILES. THE CUPPING IS CAUSING VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND NOISES WHILE CORNERING. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON HARLEY DAVIDSON FORUMS AND I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE REPORTS OF 407F TIRES CUPPING WITH JUST 1500 MILES OF USE. I FEEL THAT THE CUPPING PROBLEM OF THE DUNLOP 407F TIRES MAY LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THAT THIS ISSUE HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

TREAD SEPARATION ON A DUNLOP SPORTMAX ROADSMART MOTORCYCLE TIRE, SIZE 120/70ZR18 M/C. A PIECE OF TREAD APPROXIMATELY 1.5" X 3" SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CARCASS. TIRE WAS INFLATED TO THE RECOMMENDED 42 PSI. TIRE HAD BEEN IN SERVICE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS, WITH <=4852 MILES OF USE. *TR