2005 Toyota Tacoma: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Sep 3, 2013 · Tires · 76,000 miles · MO

I was traveling down an interstate when a rear tire blew out. The tire is a toyo cross country a/t. He tire separated completely leaving the sidewalls on the rim and the tread & belts & rest of the tire tore off in one piece. Luckily, there was no accident/ injury. I looked up recalls and found there is a recall. I did not receive a notice. I have tried to contact toyo and been on hold for over an hour at a time, left message without return call. The tires have less than 20,000 miles on them. I am now very concerned about the safety of the three remaining tires. There was only minor property damage to the truck.

Filed May 1, 2009 · Tires · 37,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 toyota tacoma. The vehicle has el dorado sport fury SUV tires, size p225/75r15. While driving 10 MPH, the rear passenger side tire blew out. The dealer replaced the tire with a regular sized spare tire. The tire failure mileage was 1,500. The vehicle current and failure mileages were 37,000. Updated 5/18/09 *cn the consumer stated when she slowed down to make a right hand turn, the tire hit the curb and blew out. Updated 05/19/09.

Filed Oct 16, 2007 · Tires · FL

2005 toyota tacoma with indentations on the spare tire. Customer states that the spare tire is touching the chassis which is causing the indentations. Customer also stated that the other spare tire exploded and the new one is eroding.

Filed Mar 30, 2006 · Suspension · CO

Potential safety hazard 29 mar 06 05/06 tacoma suspension design-design flaw and potential safety hazard. This is not a question but a description of what I and other previous and current tacoma or truck owners consider a design flaw and potential safety hazard. I'm highly disappointed with the front end metal suspension knuckle that sits a 1/2 inch away from the middle of the tire. This is on the 05 tacoma crew cab 4x4 shortbed w/trd, tow pkg (oc)options. -this causes issue this could cause flexing of the tire during normal on-road and off-road bumps causing the tire to flex and possibly rub against the suspension knuckle. This situation is compounded if a tire runs a little low on air pressure and could cause a premature cut tire or blowout. Another unrelated item--the new 05/06 tacoma rear suspension bottoms out to easy. During a recent hunting trip oct 05 in colorado. I had my hunting gear distributed evenly in the crew cab and the shortbed (appx 100pds in the back seat, only myself 220pd in driver seat, and appx 400 pds in the truck bed. The truck bed had appx 275 pds between the wheel well and tailgate and other 100-150 max in front of bed evenly destroyed. The truck bottomed out quite easily on fairly minor ruts on dirt roads and on highway ditches that were only minor sloped and should not have cause the truck to bottom out. The truck was not close to the 50% weight limit and the rear of the truck standing still was not sagging much at all from the weight. I was really shocked that it sounded like the truck bottomed out on minor slow speed ruts and during highway road humps or dips. This never happened with my 95 or 98 tacoma unless I had 75% plus of the bed carry limit met. I think you need to beef up or retest/redesign the springs and/or shocks to meet the new trucks weight and load carry capabilities better. Billy armour.

Filed Nov 21, 2005 · Tires · 2,000 miles · NC

2005 toyota tacoma tire failure I would first like to make it clear, this truck has never been used for anything but going back and forth to the grocery store etc. It has never been put into four wheel drive. We purchased it for a cross country trip but were afraid to use it due to the tires wearing out at 3,000 miles and the continued vibration. (fyi-we took a plane) there is no way to get a good balance on the tires on the 2005 toyota truck because of the design of the rims. I have had this vehicle to different dealers in different states and I get the same message for all. The tires wore out within the first 3000 miles and we had them replaced. The truck has a vibration that you can feel in the stirring and is showing uneven tire wear. I was told by a toyota rep. That they were having this trouble with all the new trucks because of a change in design this year. This problem makes it unsafe to travel on interstates because you can't go over 45 without a significant vibration. A factory rep. Drove our truck and actually said there was no vibration at 85 MPH. He did feel the vibration at lower speeds but said that there was nothing he could do about it. Besides the safety factor of the vibration this could be a real safety hazard when people can't afford a new set of tires every 3,000 miles so they drive on worn out tires.