2000 Toyota Camry: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Jan 9, 2018 · Tires · 94,617 miles · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owned a 2000 toyota camry equipped with ohtsu ft 7000 (na) tires, size: 205/65r15 (na). While driving 65 MPH, the front passenger side tire blew out at the sidewall. Directly after, the contact's vehicle was struck by another vehicle. The contact's vehicle then crashed into the guardrail. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. Pepboys in sunnydale, california was made aware of the crash/tire failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the crash/tire failure. The dot number was unknown. The tire and vehicle failure mileage was approximately 94,617.

Filed Jul 30, 2009 · Tires · 38,000 miles · AL

My husband and I bought grand touring tires #p2056515 in june of 2005...we have experience two blow out with these tire...plus air leakage in one tire especially, l-f...r-fblew out on I-65 going south in 08...and going down to visit daughter b-r blew out on I-65...there was no construction traffic was moving normally. Just wanted you to know that I do not trust these tires...do not feel safe, something wrong. My husband call the hp but they did not respond...aaa came an changed the tire.

Filed Aug 13, 2008 · Tires · 105,089 miles · OK

My wife was driving back home on the turnpike. The front left tires tread separated from the core and almost caused a serious 2-car accident. The tread damaged our car. No one was hurt and the only damage was to our car. The bad tire did not go flat; it just lost all of its tread. I contacted bridgestone and used their procedure to claim damages. I got all the estimates and shipped the tire to them for examination. They sent me a form letter stating there was evidence of "over deflection" and denied any compensation. Over deflection is an under inflated tire. My tire was not under inflated. I kept detail records of the entire set of tires. I check inflation regularly and I never let a car leave town without checking the inflation. All 4 tires were properly inflated. I have replaced all the tires (even though almost half the tread was still left on the other 3 tires). I requested that they send me the offending tire back to me--which they did. On the internet there are other stories of tread separating from bridgestone/firestone tires. People contact them for damage reimbursements and they received the same form letter about "over deflection". What course do we have? When I got the car back to town I checked all 4 tires and they were still properly inflated. The tire is a b 420, p195/70r14 dot 0brwp 213801.

Filed Aug 2, 2003 · Tires · CA

My wife was driving on the 57 south fwy about 7p.m. When her front right tire exploded into serval pieces... This was the original tire and equipment. We understand a flat could have occurred from everyday wear and tear; however, this was not the case. This could have resulted in a serious or fatal accident. If you would like to see evidence of this, we will provide photos of what is left. We believe that this should be investigated and or recalled.

Filed Jul 26, 2002 · Tires · MI

The bridgestone tires that were on the vehicle when purchased, had developed an air bubble on the sidewall. Other tires have worn out a lot of the tread, causing the lack of capacity of the tire and mileage. *ak re 92 p205/65r15 92h-two rear tires had a depth reading of 3-5/32nd even both tires (wear). The tires have been checked every 3000 miles at the time of oil change. The tires were rotated and balanced on may 13,2002.

Filed Oct 10, 2001 · Tires · IA

Front tires have no tread after 20,000 miles, tread separated and one tire blewout on highway, firestone says it is the wrong tire on the car and toyota says it is firestone's responsibility to supply new tires. *ak (tiresize: p205/65r15)

Filed Jun 20, 2001 · Tires · NY

At 9,000 miles vehicle vibrated while traveling 70 MPH. Bridgestone/firestone realigned front end and rebalanced all the tires. At 12,846 miles front two tires were showing signs of tread separation. Dealer notified. *ak tires are bridgestone potenza, p205/65r15 92h, dot number y79lefa219, two tires experienced tread separation, another tire was beginning to separate, dealer had balanced tires and re-aligned wheel at 12489 miles, however this did not help.