1998 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLSLID AWAY AND GOT AWAY , LOST CONTROL. AFTER 11000 MILES HAD NO BRAKES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKES. 25000 MILES AND NEEDS BRAKES AGAIN.*AK

PE-00-020; TIRE SIZE 215/70R14, DOT # 21570R14AWA WITH 8052 MILES, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON TOYOTA TACOMA. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE , NOTICED THAT LEFT REAR TIRE HAD EXPLODED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO CHANGE TIRE. TOOK TIRE TO TIRE SHOP, AND WAS TOLD TIRE JUST EXPLODED, AND CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN.*AK THE CUSTOMER PAID AND REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES. FIRESTONE WAS WILLING TO PAY 60% ONLY FOR ONE TIRE. *YH

I HAVE HAD TWO BLOWOUT WITH MY TIRES ON MY PICK UP TRUCK. ONE TIRE THE TREAD CAME OFF AND THE OTHER TIRE WAS WARN FROM THE INSIDE OUT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY QUESTIONAIRE PLEASE CALL ME AT MY HOME NUMBER. THANK YOU JANA BURNS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HY TIRE SIZE: P215/70R14 )

THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON THE INSIDE TIRE WALL HAD A SEPARATION ON IT CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY. I HAVE PUT ON THE SPARE WHICH IS THE SAME BRAND AND TYPE AS THE OTHERS ON THE VEHICLE.( DOT NUMBER: 102S TIRE SIZE: P225/75R15 )

TIRE BLEW-OUT ON INTERSTATE LA 165. WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 65 MPH. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT SOMETHING MAYBE GOING WRONG WITH TIRE. TIRE HAD APPROX 40 PSI AIR PRESSURE. TRUCK WAS NOT CARRYING ANY LOAD.( DOT NUMBER: W29V AWI TIRE SIZE: P265/75/15 )

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: TIRE ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. THERE IS A SMALL CRACK ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH BELOW THE TOP OF THE TREAD. TIRE SIZE P26575R15, PURCHASED ON A USED1998, TOYOTA, TACOMA. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75/R15 * MW

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 35 IN FORT WORTH WHEN MY FRONT LEFT TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. AFTER PUTTING ON THE SPARE, I EXAMINED THE FAULTY TIRE AND FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE SIDE WALL HAD BLOWN OUT, 360 DEGREES AROUND. THE TIRE STILL HAD SUFFICIENT TREAD. I TOOK IT TO THREE TIRE DEALERS, AND THEY ALL AGREED IT WAS NOT A STANDARD BLOW OUT AND WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE TIRE. THERE WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS AND I WAS TRAVELING IN FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC, BUT I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP AND MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER HEARING OF THE PROBLEMS AND INJURIES/FATALATIES THAT HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF TIRE, I DECIDED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR RATHER THAN TAKE ANY CHANCES WITH MY SAFETY. THE TOTAL COST TO REPLACE THE FOUR TIRES TOTALED JUST UNDER $600. FURTHERMORE, I'VE INQUIRED ABOUT REPLACING THE WHEEL AS IT TOO WAS DAMAGED. THE COST ON THAT IS $368 FROM THE TOYOTA DEALER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265 75R 15 )

TIRES SHOW CRACKS WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. TIRES ARE NOW MAKING A SLAPPING NOISE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HY TIRE SIZE: P215/70R14 )

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE, THE SIDEWALL ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE RIPPED APART SEPERATING THE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75/R15 )

THIS TIRE SEPARATED AND BLEW OUT, EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED FOR THE P235 TIRE WHICH HAS BEEN RECALLED. PLEASE LOOK INTO WHETHER THESE TIRES SHOULD ALSO BE RECALLED. FIRESTONE HAS CONTENDED THAT THEY ARE NOT DEFECTIVE AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM.( DOT NUMBER: 42HH AWA TIRE SIZE: P225 75R15 )