TOYO TIRES Complaints

THE VEHICLE SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CAUSES EXTREME WEAR AND TEAR ON THE TIRES. I HAVE HAD THIS NISSAN PATHFINDER (2001) FOR JUST OVER A YEAR AND NISSAN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM IT WAS "BUILT TO RIDE THIS WAY". THE RESULT IS PREMATURE BREAKING PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE PUT NEW TIRES ON, TURNED THE ROTORS AND SPENT MANY HOURS BALANCING THE TIRES. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE DAY ONE.

I PURCHASED A TOYOTA CAMRY 2002 SE IN DECEMBER OF 2001AND DISCOVERED AFTER DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK DURING A SNOW STORM 12/5/02 THAT THE CAR WAS EQUIPED WITHOUT ALL SEASON TIRES. I NARROWLY AVOIDED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS THAT DAY, AS DID OTHERS I AM SURE. HOWEVER, I DISCOVERED WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE TIRE MANUFACTURER(TOYO) THAT THE TIRES ARE CONSIDERED "SUMMER" TIRES AND ARE NOT MADE FOR SNOW AND/OR ICE. THEY STATED THE TYPE OF TIRE PLACED ON THE CAR IS DETERMINED BY THE CAR MANUFACTURER NOT TOYO. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AS I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE PURCHASING CAMRYS WITHOUT KNOWING THEY NEED TO PURCHASE SNOW TIRES OR ALL SEASON TIRES. THEY APPARENTLY ARE NOT AS CONCERNED AS I AS THEY STATED THEY WOULD NOT DEBATE ON WHAT I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME OF THE SALE AND THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO FOR ME IS TO ORDER REPLACEMENT TIRES AT A DISCOUNT. I THEN PROCEEDED TO CALL THE TIRE MANUFACTURER BACK TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD PAY 75% OF THE COST OF THE SAME TIRE (TOYO, J33, P21560R 16 94V), TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TIRES. THEY STATED I COULD REPLACE THE TIRES WITH ANY MAKE OF MY CHOICE. IT WAS THEIR PREFERENCE THAT I USE A LOCAL COMPANY THAT SELLS TOYO TIRES. I STOPPED TO ORDER REPLACEMENT TIRES AND FOUND AFTER INSPECTION, THE TIRES ARE BARE DOWN THE CENTER AND ARE WORN DOWN TO THE WEARBARS. SO NOT ONLY AM I DRIVING, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE, A CAR THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF TREAD FOR SNOW/ICE I AM DRIVING WITH MINIMAL TREAD. I UNDERSTAND THE TIRES ARE HIGH PERFORMANCE TIRES, HOWEVER I DO NOT FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE WORN IN THE MANNER THEY DID AFTER 14000 MILES. I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS, ONE BEING WITH TOYOTA AND THE FACT THAT THE DEALER OR DEALERS ARE NOT INFORMING THE BUYER OF THE NEED TO PURCHASE ALL SEASON OR SNOW TIRES AT THE TIME OF THE SALE. HOW MANY CONSUMERS OR INNOCENT VICTIMS WILL BE OR HAVE BEEN INJURED IN ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS SAME ISSUE. SECONDLY, THE TIRE MANUFACTURER FOR PROCUDING WHAT APPEARS TO ME DEFECTIVE TIRES.

TIRE SIZE 19565R15; ORGINIAL EQUIPMENT. WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND THEN BLOW OUT. THE LEFT FRONT AND REAR TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOW OUT TWO DAYS LATER. CONSUMER FEELS THEIR IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT ON THESE MODEL TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS AND THE DOT NUMBER. TS

THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEND IN THE DAMAGED TIRE, ONCE THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVED THE TIRE, THEY STATED THE TIRE WAS NOT AT FAULT, BUT THE RIM WAS DUE TO IT LEAKING, AND THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR PART, AND THEREFORE THE CLAIM WAS DENIED.MR *JB

TOYO TIRE SIZE P21560R16, NAME SPECTRUM; WHEN TRAVELING 75 MPH, CHUNKS OF TREAD FLEW OFF THE TIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED. THE DAMAGED AREA WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE CORDS. *SCC

CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TOYO TIRES AT BURNS HONDA. SHORTLY AFTER, CONSUMER NOTICED A BULGE ON THE SIDE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. CONSUMER SAYS THAT HIS SON HAD COME ACROSS THE SAME PROBLEM W/SAME COMPANY A YEAR AGO. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO BURNS HONDA (TOYO TIRES)AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND THAT THE RESULT WAS PROBABLY FROM HITTING A POTHOLE AND OR CURB. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN BE DANGEROUS AND NO LONGER FEELS COMFORTABLE DRIVING WITH SOMTHING THAT MAY BE A DEFECTIVE TIRE. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY FELT A VIBRATION, THEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.PLEASE INCLUDED THE TIRE SIZE AND DOT NUMBER. NOT ORIGINAL TIRE.*JB

CONSUMER WAS REFERRED TO COUNTRY COACH TO CONTACT AND DETERMINE WHAT ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN REGARDING THE (A 1994 MAGNA BUILT ON A GILLIG CHASIS). CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE LEFT THE FACTORY WITH 10R22.5 TIRES AND IN ORDER TO BE SAFE, IT SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH 11R22.5 TIRES. JAN. 02 CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD DETERMINED THERE WAS A REAR WHEEL WELL CLEARANCE PROBLEM ON THE GILLIG CHASIS AND THEREFORE THEY WOULD SEND HIM A SET OF 10R22.5 TOYO TIRES. WHEN THE TIRES HAD COME, IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT 10R22.55 TOYO TIRES WERE UNDERATED BY 1160 LBS TO MEET THE GVW OF MY COACH.*SCC CONSUMER RESPONDS TO DOT LETTER OF 20 AUG 2002. *TT

TIRES PROVIDE EXTREMELY POOR TRACTION IN RAIN OR SNOW. AT THE RECOMMENDED PSI, THE TIRES SPIN WHEN ACCELERATING AND SKID WHEN STOPPING ON WET PAVEMENT AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN EXTREMELY SLOW SPEEDS. WITH ANY SNOWCOVER ON PAVEMENT, THE VEHICLE IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT FROM SLIDING OR SKIDDING AT VIRTUALLY ANY SPEED. THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE AT ALL DURING THE WINTER WAS TO REDUCE THE AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRES DRAMATICALLY ... AND EVEN THEN I WAS TAKING MY LIFE IN MY HANDS EVERYTIME I DROVE ON EVEN LIGHTLY SNOW DUSTED PAVEMENT. I HAVE DRIVEN IN SNOW FOR 30 YEARS AND THESE ARE THE WORST TIRES I '*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R16)

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT FROM THE SIDEWALL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL, AN AGENT WAS SENT TO EXAMINE THE TIRE AND STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT AND THE RIM-WHEEL HAD SOME CHIPS, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AGENT IGNORED THE OBVIOUS, THE TIRE WAS TOYO, P225-60R15 95V, NO OTHER TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN.