YOKOHAMA TIRES Complaints

VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO TIRE BLOW OUTS ON PASSENGER'S REAR, AND DRIVER'S FRONT TIRES. CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRES AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. NO RECALLS FOUND.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 ON THE HIGHWAY LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE, AND THE WHEEL WAS BENT. CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, WHO WANTED THE WHEEL AND TIRE MAILED.*AK

WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD WORN OUT ON ONE SIDE, AND HAD A BIG GROVE IN IT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL TIRE WITH THE SAME GRADE. A WEEK LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON THE REAR OF DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE, AND THE OTHER TWO TIRES HAD STARTED WEARING THE SAME WAY. THE OTHER TIRES WERE TAKEN TO A TIRE RETAIL STORE, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER PUT THE WRONG SIZE TIRES ON THE VAN, AND THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF IT . THESE TIRES WERE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE VAN. ALSO, DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND MANUFACTURER WAS REPLACING THESE 92S TIRES WITH 94SA. *AK *NM

POWER FAIURE TO MY 2002 MITSUBISHI NATIVA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I'VE TRIED TO START MY SUV AND ALTHOUGH BATTERY IS NEW AND NO LIGHTS LEFT ON IT DOES NOT START. I'VE HAD TO JUMP START MY VEHICLE. I KNOW SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAS A MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS. *AK

VEHICLE TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED.*MR THE TIRES ONLY HAD 30000 MILES ON THEM. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRES. *JB THE CONSUMER HAD NEW STRUTS INSTALLED ALONG WITH HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED. *SC *JB

TIRE EXPLOSION WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. NO ACCIDENT ENTAILED. TIRE SHOWS GOOD TREAD LEFT, AND NO APPARENT SOURCE OF PUNCTURE, HITTING ROAD HAZARD OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE. TIRE WILL BE REPLACED . TIRE WAS STOCK ON NEW (2003 SUBARU FORESTER) VEHICLE WITH APPROX 20,000 MILES. TIRE IS A YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER 900, P215/60R 94H WITH SERIAL NUMBER ON IT: C6288U-16. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE TIRES ARE SAME TYPE. WONDERING IF ANY DEFECTS LED TO FAILURE?*AK

YOKOHAMA , AVID, P235/45R17, DOT EHX8BEM0803. CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WORE OUT JUST ON REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR . THE TIRES WERE 9 MONTHS OLD WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. *AK

VEHICLE HAS VIBRATION / SHIMMY AT 40-45 AND 70-80 MPH THAT IS QUITE ANNOYING. NEW TIRES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, BALANCED TWICE, STILL NO LUCK, VIBRATION PERSIST IN STEERING WHEEL AND VEHICLE COMPARTMENT.

PURCHASED A NEW SET OF YOKOHAMA GEOLANDER AT TIRES SIZE 265/70/17 MOUNTED ON 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. TIRES WERE ROTATED WITH EVERY OIL CHANGE, AND AFTER 17,000 MILES HAVE COMPLETELY WORN OUT.

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND PULLING A TRAILER CONSUMER FELT A TREMBLE. THEN, HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER FOUND THAT TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. THE SEPARATED TREAD DAMAGED THE MUFFLER AND THE REAR FENDER.*AK