DUNLOP TIRES Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A VIBRATION WAS NOTICED WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. UPON INSPECTION, THE REAR TIRE HAD CRACKS IN THE TREAD AND FLAKING OCCURRED WHEN THE TIRE WAS HANDLED. THE DEALER AND TIRE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN ALERTED.

MAJOR TIRE WEAR LIKE THE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS. REPLACED WITHOUT WARRANTY AT 23K MILES. IS THERE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS NECESSARY FOR INVESTIGATION? THESE TIRES OR THE TOYOTA SIENNA HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM! INVESTIGATE IT PLEASE BEFORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED LIKE THE FIRESTONE ISSUE. *JB

OEM GRANDTREK TIRES ARE A DISGRACE. 1 SIDE-WALL TEAR, 1 INTERNAL SHREDDING, AND 3 BLOW OUTS WITHIN 15,000. REPLACED SOON THEREAFTER. *JB

I HAVE RUN FLAT TIRES ON MY 2005 SIENNA (PURCHASED OCTOBER 2004). I ALSO BOUGHT A SET OF WINTER TIRES & RIMS) IN DECEMBER 2004 AND SINCE THEN I AM ALTERNATING THEM 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. HAVE CURRENTLY 21,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. THE DUNLOP TIRES ARE ALMOST WORN OUT, ALTHOUGH I PROBABLY PUT ON THEM MO MORE THAN 12-13,000 MILES. PART OF THE REASON I BELIEVE IS THAT WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR(EVEN WHEN I TEST DROVE IT) I NOTICED A ROUGH RIDE AND A PULL TO THE LEFT, BUT COULD NOT WAIT FOR THE DEALER TO ORDER ANOTHER CAR, SO I TOOK IT HOME (I BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER OUT OF TOWN). ALSO I WAS BLAMING THE TIRE THREAD GEOMETRY FOR THE ROUGH RIDE, AND THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED ME TO CHANGE THE TIRES FOR THE CHEAPER ONES BRIDGESTONE, BUT I HAD TO PAY LIKE $80 FOR THE OPERATION, SO I DECIDED NOT TO. THE ROUGH DRIVE CONTINUED UNTIL I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS MISALIGNED. THE DID A FREE ALIGNMENT BUT THE CAR WOULD STILL PULL TO THE LEFT. THIS, I WAS TOLD, WAS NORMAL, SINCE THE TIRES HAD BEEN WORN UNEVENLY, SO NOW THEY HAD TO GET THE NORMAL WEAR AGAIN. NOW THE CAR NO LONGER PULLS, BUT THIS COMES A THE COST OF HAVING EXCESSIVELY WORN TIRES. I SEE THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNIQUE CASE. *NM

2005 SIENNA AWD. HAD A FLAT TIRE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT DID NOT NOTICE IT (ONLY DROVE IN TOWN, NOT INTERSTATE SPEEDS). THE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED BUT DISAPPEARED, AND THEN IT WAS INTERMITTENT (IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD TURN ON ONLY AFTER SOME DRIVING.) LUCKILY THIS DID NOT DAMAGE THE TIRES, BUT I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN IF I WERE ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM (NO WARNING LIGHT). I SEE THAT A RECALL MAY BE IN PROGRESS. *NM

DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WEAR OF OEM TIRES. ONLY 6/10 OF TREAD AFTER 6,000 MILES. *NM

DUNLOP RADIAL ROVER LT235/75R15 TIRE TREAD SEPARATION, NO CRASH, NO INJURY BUT ONLY LUCKY TO HAVE CAUGHT IT IN TIME. 1. DRIVER SENSED VIBRATION IN STEERING COLUMN 2. WHILE BEING TEST DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED THE REAR RIGHT TIRE EXPERIENCED SLOW TREAD SEPARATION FOLLOWED BY CATASTROPHIC FAILURE 3. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE AND TIRE COMPANY PRO-RATED A REFUND FOR THE 3-YEAR OLD TIRE. *NM

30 MONTH OLD 2003 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER SPORT. WENT TO USE SPARE TIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT FOUND PLACES ON THE SIDEWALL WHERE THE RUBBER APPEARS TO BE MELTED. THE MARKS LOOK LIKE THEY CORRESPOND TO THE PLACES WHERE THE SPARE TIRE TOUCHES THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE SPARE TIRE IS STORED. IT LOOKS TO ME (AS A LAYMAN) THAT THE DAMAGE IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT IT COMPROMISES THE SAFETY OF THE TIRE. *JB

2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, SR5; DUNLOP AT20 GRANDTREK TIRES, P265/65R17; 4K MILES; SINCE NEW, VEHICLE HAS A SHIMMY STARTING AT 32 MPH AND BEYOND; DEALERSHIP HAS INSPECTED 3 TIMES, REPORTEDLY RE-BALANCING WHEELS ONCE AND EQUALIZED ALL TIRE PRESSURES. PROBLEM NOT SOLVED! TEST DROVE ANOTHER LIKE VEHICLE, SIMILAR PROBLEM. OTHER SAME VEHICLES' OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. REPORTED TO TOYOTA CUSTOMER SERVICE; NO RESOLUTION! PLEASE ADVISE OF ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH TIRES/RIMS/VEHICLE/WARPING OF DRIVE AXLE, ETC. THANK YOU. *JB

2006 KAWASAKI CONCOURS WITH DUNLOP SPORT RADIAL TIRES. K701F IN FRONT, K700J IN REAR. THESE TIRES TRACK SEVERELY ON RAIN GROOVES ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS. I HAVE 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE DRIVING MOTORCYCLES AND HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED BY HOW A TIRE BEHAVED OVER RAIN GROOVES UNTIL I BOUGHT THIS BIKE. I WENT TO THE DEALER TODAY TO COMPLAIN AND THERE WAS A BIKE LIKE MINE WITH 700 MILES ON IT GETTING IT'S TIRES CHANGED BECAUSE THE OWNER COULDN'T STAND HOW THESE TIRES TRACKED IN RAIN GROOVES. THIS IS THE MOST UNSETTLING SITUATION YOU CAN IMAGINE I THOUGHT I HAD TWO FLAT TIRES THE FIRST TIME I DROVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY, THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE THE SWINGARM WAS LOOSE. JUST WHEN I WENT TO PULL OVER I HIT A SECTION OF BLACKTOP AND IT SMOOTHED OUT. I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW BAD THESE TIRES ARE AND THEY SHOULD NEVER BE ON A MOTORCYCLE.*JB