Reference: the federal safety agency campaign id # 06t016000. Cooper tire recall# 147 a starfire fliteline iv tire can apart on my car during normal driving conditions. The tread separated from the tire. I took tire and car to a cooper tire store (corner tire store panama city, florida) and they said it was not covered by the recall (cooper recall# 147). I feel that the scope of the recall needs to be expanded to include other starfire fliteline iv tires. This tire is potentially dangerous, if it had come apart at high speed, no one would know about this dangerous tire.
1997 Toyota Camry: tire blowout or tread separation
6 of the 555 complaints about the 1997 Toyota Camry describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- 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
While driving on I-95 approaching baltimore, md I began to feel a shaking in the steering wheel in the 1997 toyota camry, and then all of a sudden a loud knocking like something was wrong with the driver's side front tire. I thought I had a blowout. I steered the car to the nearest location on the side of the interstate and found that the tread separated from the continental - sportive metric 195/ tubules radial tire. This tire completely ripped off and bent the exterior car panel right in front of the bidder and to the left and below the hood which covers the wheel well and ripped up my wiring harness. A courtesy vehicle stopped to assist me and called it in to aaa who sent tow truck to bring me to a auto repair shop. I still have not the damage repaired. However, the repair man was able to reconnect the wires that powered the electronic fuel pump, power steering, lights, etc and replaced the fuses that blew. However the car will need some body/electrical work to repair the damage caused by the tire. I kept the tire and the pieces in the trunk.
The consumer stated the right rear tire had a blowout/tread separation while driving 40-45 MPH with only the driver in a toyota camry 1997 vehicle. (aftermarket equipment, installed at 68,000 miles, tire size 205/65r15 and the dot# is a3ur4422301) the tire manufacturer was contrated. The tire is available for analysis.
Firestone fr 690 tire separation and blowout-tire defective. Almost caused accident p18570r14 87s m+s
Have pictures of 1st tire failure- 2nd tire is starting to separate internally. *ak (dot number: e2j957at36 tiresize: 195/70r14)
Vehicle experiencig tire failure ( michlen p195-70 ).
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1997 Toyota Camry tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1997 Toyota Camry?
6 of 555 owner complaints about the 1997 Toyota Camry (1%) 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 1997 Toyota Camry?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1997 Toyota Camry
Grinding brakes 35No deployment 30Engine failure 22Fire or smoke 22Brake failure 15Headlights 13ABS 11Check engine light 11Sudden acceleration 11Seat belt 10Knocking 9Stalling 8Door locks 6
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