2005 Toyota Sienna: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Nov 1, 2021 · Tires · AZ

215/65 R 16. Four new CONTINENTAL tires fitted early 2021 to Sienna at Discount Tire in Tucson. July 2021 severe vibration and evidence of tire structural issue photographed. All tires showed similar failure mode.. this was on a very hot day. I took the vehicle to Big O tires and had the front two replaced at my expense so the vehicle was drivable. I returned to Discount Tire in Tucson (Speedway) to ask for a recall check after I learned of the 2021 recall on similar Continental tires for sidewall failure. Discount tire reimbursed one tire. I complained to agent Matthew Harby that the other two tires were dangerous because they showed the same sidewall defect on the hot day. He denied my request for replacement if the remaining two Continental tires because there was no open recall on these. I told I him I was worried about a catastrophic failure in normal operation. I then resumed driving. The weather cooled off and until October the two tires behaved normally again.. On 10/30 about 630pm I was dri ong on I10 and experienced catastrophic tire failure in the outside lane speed approx 65mph. I was fortunate to be able to pull over without losing control but the photo shows the extent of this serious failure. I am now at Discount Tire on Ina Road in Tucson requesting replacement of the failed tire and the final remaining CONTINENTAL tire. The photos should show sufficient evidence of sidewall failure matching the failure mode of the recalled tires. THESE ARE DANGEROUS AND NEED the federal safety agency ACTION WITH A UNIVERSAL RECALL BEFORE A FATAL EVENT OCCURS

Filed Jul 4, 2015 · Tires · IL

Michelin "hydroedge" xse tires. 90k mile warranty. After 30k miles there are deep dangerous seperations in the tread pattern on the shoulder at every single tread loop on all 4 tires.. Reports say tires explode form loss of internal integrity and people have died in accidents caused from these blowouts. . Web search confirms that there are many complaints and blowouts. Tire shold be on a safety recall list but they are not. Tires were so defective that michelin had to stop production. This is a safety hazard for blowouts. When will michelin be forced to recall these tires before someone else dies from a blow out???? When I attempted to fill out the rest of this form, the form would not allow me to enter the name for a tire line, "hydroedge" xse and the fact that all four (4) tires have the same defect. Also two of my tires do not have any date stamp in the dot # area. How could this be?????

Filed May 24, 2012 · Tires · 80,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna. The contact stated that he experienced a blow out on one of the tires. The contact was concerned because the tire pressure warning light had not indicated an issue with the tires. The contact installed new tires and allowed the tires to be filled with less air than recommended. The tire pressure warning indicator still did not indicate a low pressure warning.the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they advised that the tire pressure sensor could not be inspected or repaired. The manufacture was not contacted. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 83,000.

Filed Aug 17, 2010 · Tires · 10,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 toyota sienna equipped with dunlop sp4000 tires. While having the vehicle inspected at an independent repair shop, the contact was informed that the vehicle would not pass inspection because all four tires were bald. The tires were replaced by an authorized dealer under warranty. Since having the tires replaced, she had experienced four blowouts on the front and rear tires. She was informed by the authorized dealer that the failure had most likely occurred because the tires were not being rotated on schedule and were under-inflated. After each blowout, the failed tire would be replaced with a new dunlop sp4000 tire. There were no further failures. The failure mileage was 10,000 and the current mileage was 66,000.

Filed Jan 17, 2010 · Tires · 100,525 miles · CA

We have a 2005 toyota sienna with all wheel drive (awd) and run-flat tires. The right rear tire disintegrated while on i80 at freeway speed. There was no warning by the tire pressure monitoring system, before or after the tire failure. I noticed a vibration earlier in the day and now suspect the tire had been flat for some miles. This was our second instance of a failure of a run-flat tire, but in the case of the left front tire, the warning light did come on. In both cases, it was necessary to replace all 4 tires due to the awd. In both cases an alignment has also been done, which includes resetting the speed sensors (tsb pg005-04), and no problems were detected. This indicates the system is inadequate to reliably detect a flat tire and a crash could have easily resulted.

Filed Dec 15, 2008 · Tires · 38,776 miles · CA

I have a 2005 toyota sienna with all wheel drive and run-flat tires. I was told that the car has a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). I had two events of low tire pressure that went undetected by me. Both times I took the car to the dealer who told me the noise and vibration was due to low tire pressure. I told them that I never saw the low tire pressure light on the dashboard. The latest event was a blow-out of the left front run-flat tire on hwy 85 in ca. The car was difficult to handle and I slowed and exited the freeway and there was never a TPMS warning light on the dashboard to indicate loss of tire pressure. The tire was totally gone. Had to cover the cost of that repair. I recently took the car back to the dealer to find out why the TPMS was not working. The dealer then told me that the TPMS system on the 2005 toyota is based on the anti-lock braking system and uses the speed of tire rotation and not direct tire pressure measurements. Furthermore, they told me that the tmps was working perfectly. I find application of a tmps based on tire circumference with run-flat tires is completely useless. There is no way the 2005 toyota sienna tmps will ever work with run-flat tires. The run-flat tires have extremely strong side-walls to allow the car to continue with little air pressure but, that means the tire does not deform with low tire pressure. The fact that I had a total tire blowout without a tmps warning light showing means the tmps system does not work. I find this system to be unsafe and I want to know what is being done and how could this tmps system comply with department of transportation rule cfr citation: 49 cfr parts 571 and 590; docket id: the federal safety agency 2000-8572, rin id 2127-a133?

Filed Dec 4, 2006 · Tires · 28,000 miles · NY

Dt*: the contact stated while driving 40 MPH on the highway, the right rear run flat tire blew out without warning. There were no obvious road hazards seen. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer, who determined that all four run flat tires needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was alerted. The tires were dunlop, run flat tires, and the tire line and size were unknown.

Filed Jul 3, 2006 · Tires · 16,000 miles · IA

Catastrophic tire failure on a toyota sienna awd van with run flat tires. Fortunately, no major injuries or damage this time. The tire pressure monitoring system failed to sense the lack of pressure in one of the tires. Driving on the tire with no air pressure caused catastrophic tire failure. I was told by the toyota dealer the tire pressure monitoring did not malfunction, it simply does not work. It cannot be fixed since toyota says there is nothing wrong.

Filed May 29, 2005 · Acceleration, Brakes · 600 miles · TN · crash

I was backing out of a parking space in a parking lot. I put the car in reverse, place my foot on the brake, put the car into drive, lifted my foot off of the brake and the car immediately began to accelerate without my foot even touching the accelerator. When I put my foot on the brake, the brake pedal went all the way down to the floor without stopping the vehicle. The van struck another vehicle that was parked in the parking lot, went over the curb of the parking lot, down an embankment into a ravine and headed towards a tree. The passenger that was in the front seat then reached over and put the car into park, which brought the car to a stop. The whole time the car was moving I was trying to stop the car by pumping the brakes, but they did not work. The car was accelerating the entire time until the passenger stopped it by shifting into park. The airbags did not deploy. Damage was done to the front passenger bumper and side of the car, the driver's side front tire exploded. After the accident, the brakes did function.