YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR TIRES Complaints

I BOUGHT FOUR YOKOHAMA TIRES LT285/75R16/D GEO HTS FROM AMERICAS TIRE STORE IN RIVERSIDE,CA ,,, IN 2006 IT WAS RIM & TIRE PACKAGE. NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THE TIRES UNTIL THEY PAST 30,000 MILES ( THERE 60,000 MILE TIRES) 8/21/2010 LEFT MY HOUSE TO GO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER IN ORANGE COUNTY ABOUT HALF MILE FROM GETTING ON FREEWAY I FELT A THUMPING IN THE DRIVER SIDE STEERING TIRE, WHEN I NOTICED A SEPARATION OF THE TREAD FROM CORD IN THE FORM OF A BUBBLE.(LUCKY I DID NOT GET ON THE FREEWAY) . DROVE TO AMERICAS TIRE STORE DIRECTLY FROM THERE,, WERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, AND REPLACED THE TIRE VERY NICE CUSTOMER SERVICE.. 9/1/2010 WAS GOING TO LAX TO PICK UP MY OTHER DAUGHTER I WAS ON THE 91 FREEWAY GOING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE LOST ALL TREAD LOOSING NO AIR PRESSURE THROWING THE TRUCK TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FRWY. LUCKY I HAD CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL MANAGED TO GET OFF THE FRWY IN ONE PIECE BUT THE DAMAGE TO THE BED OF THE TRUCK IS OVER $3,000. NOW YOKOHAMA SAYS THAT SOME HOW THIS IS MY FAULT,, I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND AS A CONSUMER HOW THIS IS MY FAULT WHEN I RELY ON PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK IN THIS FIELD TO LOOK OUT FOR ME AND OTHERS THAT JUST WANT SAFE TIRES TO RUN ON. I HAVE THE OTHER TWO TIRES THAT ARE SHOWING THE SAME CRACKING THAT THE OTHER TWO TIRES THAT FAILED SHOWED AND WILL SOME HOW GET THEM TESTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS IS DEFECT OR NOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FELT A VIBRATION, DROVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRES WERE FLAT. HE PURCHASED FOUR TIRES TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL TIRES AND TWO OF THE TIRES HAVE FAILED. THE TIRES ARE YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER H/T SIZE P265/75R16. HE CHANGED THE TIRES TO HIS SPARE AND DROVE HIS VEHICLE HOME. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. UPDATED 12/10/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ALL OF THE VALVE STEMS WERE CRACKED. THE VALVE STEMS AND TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VALVE STEMS WERE THE PROBLEM, NOT THE TIRES. UPDATED 12/17/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA RAV4. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. SHE DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE TO CHANGE THE TIRES AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THERE WERE DAMAGES TO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, EXTENSIVE DAMAGES TO THE DOOR AND SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH COST $5,000 TO REPAIR. THE TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED BY YOKOHAMA, TIRE LINE WAS GEOLANDAR, SIZE 235/55/R18. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A CLAIM WAS FILED. THEY ALSO INFORMED HER TO MAIL THE TIRES BACK TO THEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

I HAVE HAD 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES PURCHASED IN 9/08 DEVELOP LARGE "BUBBLES" AT THE RIM AND 1 ONE OF THEM WENT FLAT. THE OTHERS WERE NOTICED AND CHANGED AND ALL TIRES HAD TEARS IN THEM THAT WERE NOT VISIBLE WHEN THE TIRES WERE ON THE RIM. THE FIRST TIRE HAD AROUND 25000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT DEVELOPED A LARGE BUBBLE WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING. THE RECEIPT FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT REPLACED THE TIRE SAID IT HAD A CUT IN IT. LAST WEEK ANOTHER TIRE WENT FLAT AFTER I HAD DRIVEN OVER 400 MILES AND THIS CAUSED ME TO INSPECT MY TIRES AND I NOTICED A "BUBBLE" THAT STARTED ON THE RIM OF ANOTHER TIRE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN I HAD TO BUY 2 NEW TIRES BECAUSE BOTH OF THESE TIRES HAD TEARS OR CUTS 1 1/2 - 3 INCHES LONG THAT WERE VISIBLE ONLY AFTER THE RIM WAS REMOVED. THESE TIRES HAD AROUND 40,000 MILES ON THEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL TIRES FROM AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT A RESOLUTION WITH THEM. THE 4TH TIRE HAS A "RIPPLE" IN IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TIRE, NOT AROUND THE RIM, AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT IS FROM SEPARATION AND IS NOT UNUSUAL. I AM ALSO ASKING THAT THEY REPLACE THAT TIRE FOR ME. I STILL HAVE THE LAST 2 TIRES BUT WILL HAVE TO GIVE THEM TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE WORK OUT A RESOLUTION. *TR

I WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN I LOST ALL GEARS ON MY CAR. I STARTED TO ROLL BACK. I AM ALSO GOING ON MY FOURTH SET OF TIRES ON THIS CAR. THE DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO THINK THIS IS NORMAL. *TR

WE PURCHASED A NEW RAV4, IN MAY 2009. YESTERDAY WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED THE LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLOSIVELY BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL, THE CAR HAS 2400 MILES ON IT. THE PERSON WHO WITNESSED THE FAILURE SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN BLAST. I ALSO FOUND THIS IN OUR TOYOTA VEHICLE OWNER SERVICE RECORDS: BY DEALER 05/05/09TOYOTA OF MCDONOUGH 5 0092548REPAIR FLAT TIREVIEW DETAILS BASICALLY THIS CAR HAS HAD TWO TIRE FAILURES IN LESS THAN 3000 MILES. A RELATIVE OF OURS, THE ONE WHO RECOMMENDED THE RAV 4 TO US, HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WITH HIS NEW 2009 RAV4 WITH YOKOHAMA TIRES, BUT SINCE HE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED TO BADLY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA RAV4. THE VEHICLE HAS YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR G- 91A TIRES, SIZE 225/6.5/17 101H (NA). THESE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE AND MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE TIRE AND SHREDS OF RUBBER EVERYWHERE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 7,370.

TIRE FAILURE AFTER 15,000 MILES. STRONG RADIAL PULL FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. ON FURTHER INSPECTION ALL FOUR TIRES HAD COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION ON OUTSIDE TREAD CHANNEL COVERING THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRES. SOME TREAD SEPARATION HAS STARTED ON THE FAR INSIDE CHANNEL OF THE FOUR TIRES. UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF WARE HAS OCCURRED ON THE OUTSIDE SHOULDER OF ALL FOUR TIRES. CRACKING WAS NOTED ON TREAD LUGS. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

2 YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER AT TIRES WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES HAD TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING $7000 WORTH OF BODY DAMAGE. THE SEPARATIONS WERE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. FIRST FAILURE WAS ON A FREEWAY AT APPROX 65 MPH. A SUDDEN SEVERE VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A TREAD SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. A LOT OF BODY NOISE WAS HAPPENING AS THE NOT-QUITE-SEPARATED TREAD FLAILED AROUND THE WHEELWELL AS WAS SLOWING AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BODY AND REAR BUMPER. SECOND OCCASION WAS APPROX 3 WEEKS LATER WHILE PULLING A 5 HORSE TRAILER WITH 2 HORSES ON BOARD. THIS OCCURRENCE ALSO WAS ON A FREEWAY AT APPROX 60MPH. WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AND ROUNDING A RIGHT HAND TURN, THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED A SWERVE INTO THE LANE TO THE LEFT BEFORE SLOWING AND REGAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. BOTH TIRE CASING APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED IN THE SAME WAY AND THEY WERE PURCHASED AND MOUNTED TOGETHER SO HAD EXACTLY THE SAME MILEAGE ON THEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 GRAND VITARA, IT HAD YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER G92 255/70 R16 TIRES. THE BACK TIRES WORE OUT BY 13000 MILES. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED I WAS OVER INFLATING THE TIRES. THE PROBLEMS IS THAT THE TSP LIGHT KEPT COMING ON SO I WOULD PUT AIR IN THEM AND IT WOULD GO OFF. I HAD A WARRANTY ON THESE TIRES BUT NO ONE WOULD HONOR IT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD I PUT TO MUCH AIR IN MY TIRES. I ARGUED WITH THEM STATING THAT THE TSP LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. EVEN THE FRONT TIRES HAVE WORN SIGNIFICANTLY AND HAS SOME BULDGING AND I NEVER PUT AIR IN THOSE ONES. I ENDED UP BUYING 2 NEW TIRES, NOT YOKOHAMA! EVEN AFTER I CHANGED THE TIRES THE TSP LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES AFTER FOR THE SAME, TSP LIGHT COMING ON. *TR