TOYO TIRES Complaints

WE HAVE LEASED A 2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER FOR 22 MONTHS. THE TOYO A 20 TIRES ARE SO WORN WITH NORMAL DRIVING THEY WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS APPEAR ONLINE REGARDING THIS MATTER. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MATTER. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT WITH TIRE OR CAR. *TR

MAZDA5 SPORT WAGON EQUIPPED WITH TOYO 205 50 R17 TIRES. LEFT FRONT TIRE DELAMINATED AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ANOMALY. LEFT REAR TIRE DELAMINATED AT 40,900 MILES. BOTH OCCURRED AT ABOUT 55 -60 MILES AN HOUR ON PAVED HIGHWAYS. ONE DELAMINATION WAS AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE SIDE WALL AND SURFACE THE OTHER APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES ON THE RIGHT SURFACE. DELAMINATION WAS ABOUT A 1/2 INCH WIDE, ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE AND WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE REINFORCEMENT. BOTH TIRES HAD SUFFICIENT TREAD TO MEET SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL TO MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE SUGGESTING THAT THEY DO A RECALL. I HAVE THE LEFT REAR TIRE IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS TOYO SPECTRUM, P/225/60/R16 ON A 1999 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING HE WOULD HEAR ROARING COMING FROM THE TIRES. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE ABNORMAL TREAD WEAR. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED. HOWEVER HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 18,000.

KNOWN DEFECTS OF TOYO TIRES ON 2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER. TIRES SHRED TREAD IN LITTLE PIECES. TOYOTA DEALER HAS A SHEET DESCRIBING THE DETAILS. TOYO KNEW THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THEY WAITED UNTIL THE OWNER NOTICED AND COMPLAINED. THE TIRES WEAR OUT VERY QUICKLY. THE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REPLACED. INSTEAD TOYO APPLIED THEIR WARRANTY. WITH 80% CREDIT, MY COSTS WERE$252.25 SINCE THE TIRES WERE KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT NO CHARGE TO ME. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA AND IT HAS TOYO BRAND TIRES ON IT. THE TIRES HAVE 7/32" TREAD DEPTH WHICH IS 70% OF THE NEW 10/32" TIRE TREAD DEPTH. WHILE DRIVING FROM SOUTH AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO (70 MILES) THE TREAD AND BELTS SEPARATED FROM THE CARCASS OF THE TIRE WITH BARE METAL WIRES SHOWING WHERE THERE ONCE WAS TREAD. THE TIRE STILL HAD AIR IN IT BUT THE TREAD WAS PEELED OFF AND THE TREAD PIECES BEGAN TO STRIKE AGAINST THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE FENDER DESTROYING THE INNER FENDER LINER, DAMAGING THE VEHICLE FENDER, BREAKING OUT THE HEADLAMP AND FOG LIGHT FROM BEHIND AND RIPPING OUT THE HOOD RELEASE CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT THE SPEED LIMIT AND THE TIRES WHERE PROPERLY INFLATED AT THE TIME OF THE DEFECT. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY OFFERED TO TAKE 25% OFF OF A NEW SET OF TIRES. I TOOK IT TO THE TIRE DEALER THAT THEY RECOMMENDED AND THE MAN SAID THE TIRES WERE 4 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD BE REPLACED, THESE ARE THE SAME AGE AS THE CAR AND THE CAR DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE PHOTOS AND ESTIMATES FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN GETTING MY CAR REGULARLY MAINTENANCED (AND TIRED ROTATED AND BALANCED) EVERY SIX MONTHS AND I HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS TO PROVE THIS. DATES AS FOLLOWS: NOVEMBER 14, 2007, MARCH 6, 2008, AUGUST 25, 2008, APRIL 9, 2009 AND SEPT 4, 2009. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TIRES WERE 'CUPPLING' AND THAT I NEED ALL 4 TIRES NOW AS WELL AS A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THERE ARE TOYO TIRES AND I HAVE ONE 34,000 MILES ON THEM. I WAS HEARING RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE CONSOLE, DASHBOARD AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHILE I DRIVE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS WIRES LOSE AND THEY FIXED IT....BUT IN FACT THEY DID NOT. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER-TRAIN (REFLASHING) AND BATTERY DIED BEFORE THE CAR WAS EVEN 6 MONTHS OLD. THEY CHANGED THE BATTERY AND SUPPOSELY FIXED THE POWER TRAIN. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2008 HIGHLANDER BY TOYOTA. AFTER DRIVING 20K MILES , I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN MY STEERING. I THEN NOTICED MY TIRES BELTS WERE SEPARATING AND THE TREAD ON ALL WAS WORN DOWN TO ALMOST ZERO. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO MILEAGE WARRANTY. YET MY UNDERSTANDING WAS 60 MONTHS. WHEN I READ IT AGAIN IT SAID 60 MONTHS OR THE AMOUNT OF TREAD LEFT. NEW TIRES $900. THESE TIRES ARE A HAZARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY. I HAVE NEVER HAD A NEW VEHICLE NEED NEW TIRES WHEN IT IS BARELY ONE YEAR OLD. THE TIRES WERE REMOVED BEFORE I HAD AN INCIDENT. I HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TIRES ON VARIOUS WEB SITES. *TR

CUPPING OF TIRES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH NORMAL WEAR OR VEHICLE - VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE BAD ALIGNMENT, OR SHOCKS, ISSUE BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 20K MILES ON TIRES SOLD FOR 60K MILES. *TR

MAZDA 5 PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ON TOYO TIRES. THE MAZDA HAS 24712 MILES, BUT ONLY ~15000 ARE ON THE TOYO TIRES DUE TO RUNNING SNOW TIRES ALL WINTER AND THERE IS CUPPING AND INNER TIRE WEAR. ALIGNMENT WAS CHECKED AT MAZDA AND REAR WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF SPEC (-0.03). MAZDA DENIES EVER HEARING OF A TIRE PROBLEM ON THEIR MAZDA 5S, WHEN THE TOPIC IS ALL OVER THEIR WEB. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR THE SALEMAN ASSURED ME MAZDA HAD RESOLVED THE PREMATURE TIRE WEAR THAT HAD BEEN SEEN IN THE UK WHERE THE MAZDA 5 APPEARED BEFORE THE USA. *TR

PREMATURE TIRE WEAR - INSIDE EDGES OF REAR TIRES WEAR TO THREADS BEFORE OUTSIDE EDGE IS BARELY WORN. TIRE ROTATION DOES NOT HELP. *TR