96 toyota camry with 185k miles accelerated to a high speed for unknown reasons. Trying to halt the car, a landscaping tree was hit, the wheel blew out, eventually stopping the car. Vehicle did not respond to gear, pedal or shut off of vehicle from commands given. Instead, after hitting landscaping tree runover, near miss pedestrians, tire blowout, then halted. Police tested (on police report verified) turn on of vehicle in which car resumed high speed revving.
1996 Toyota Camry: tire blowout or tread separation
9 of the 416 complaints about the 1996 Toyota Camry describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Tire blowout or tread separation by model year
What owners say
Vehicle's coil spring broke and punctured the tire. *mr when the consumer was in the parking lot, the coil spring suddenly broke and punctured the tire resulting in a blowout. *sc
The consumer stated when his daughter pulled into a parking lot, the front coil spring broke causing a blow out on the front passenger tire.
Bridgestone potenza tire tread separation, size# unknown, dot# unknown.
All four of the firestone tires experienced blowouts at different times, consumer replaced all four tires, firestone did not comply with the terms of the tire warranty (firestone fr-14-195-70-14, fr-1416800). Nlm
Tread separated from tire (dot number: w2rw aka 3 tiresize: p195 70r14)
Firestone tire experienced blowout.
Tire experienced a blowout prior to recall notice, consumer request reimbursement. Nlm
Dunlop tire tread separation. . (size p195/70r14904)
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Toyota Camry tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1996 Toyota Camry?
9 of 416 owner complaints about the 1996 Toyota Camry (2%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Toyota Camry?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Toyota Camry
Stalling 22Sudden acceleration 19No deployment 18Engine failure 14Grinding brakes 13Door locks 13Adaptive cruise 12Brake failure 12Fire or smoke 8Seat belt 8Coil spring 7Check engine light 6Pulling 6
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