Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 12/19/2009 | 15000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2003 toyota corolla. the valve stems are installed on a set of sumotomo tires. while driving 40 mph the front driver side tire went flat due to a faulty valve stem. he contacted the dealer in reference to the failure, and was advised that they were not aware of a valve stem recall. the failure mileage was 15,000. the vehicle identification number was unavailable. | |||
| 10/17/2008 | 33203 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 toyota corolla. the vehicle has firestone p195 tires. while driving approximately 65-70 mph, the rear driver's side tire blew out and the vehicle swerved uncontrollably. the driver also noticed debris coming from the tire. the driver pulled over to the shoulder of the road and noticed that the tire tread was completely removed. in addition, the shield that covers the wheel well was disintegrated. the driver replaced the tire with a spare and drove the vehicle back to the contact's residence. the vehicle was driven to two local repair shops, but no diagnostic was provided for the tire blow out. the manufacturer advised that the tire be shipped to them for inspection. after the inspection, the manufacturer stated that they would inform her of their decision. the firestone dealer was notified and refused to assist her with the replacement of the tire. the tire size was unknown. the current mileage was 36,994 and failure mileage was 33,203. updated 03/23/09. *lj updated 03/23/09.*jb | |||
| 05/17/2005 | 1 | 03/23/2003 | |
| I have toyota corolla 2003. fletcher jones toyota replaced all tires on december 11, 2004 and installed new goodyear tires on this car. on may 17, 2005 i drove this car on highway at speed approximately 55 miles/hours and suddenly losted control. i reduced speed, but could not control car and it pulled off the road and stopped. the left rear tire became flat. i contacted goodyear (claim #766745). in accordance with gooodyear, nothing wrong with tire. it just losted seal. they refused to replace tire. goodyear authorized repair facility dixieland (776 south blaff street, st. george, ut 84770) resealed tire. tire size is 185-65-r15 and it is not in your list. | |||
| 07/27/2003 | 13634 | 1 | |
| Vehicle experienced left rear tire blow out.*mr *ts tire equipped on a 2003 toyota corolla . *cb | |||
| 07/19/2003 | 8856 | 1 | 09/08/2003 |
| 8856 miles blew the drive side front tire causing an accident with 2 parked cars | |||
| 03/23/2003 | 7301 | 1 | 09/08/2002 |
| 7301 miles front right side (passenger) tire blew | |||
| 07/02/2003 | 2700 | 1 | |
| While driving right rear tire exploded sending the vehicle of the road. dealer notified. *ak | |||
| 03/21/2003 | 2500 | 2 | 01/11/2003 |
| All four tires are leaking air from the sidewall and deflating. cause unknown.*ak both failures occurred while driving down a local street. the consumer could see the tire deflating and hear air leaking. the toyota dealership and the tire company were contacted in reference to both failures but to no avail. the consumer would like to reimbursed for both tire repairs. *ph | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 11/19/2007 | 1 | ||
| The fudal carat assuro tires blowout on the sidewalls. the tire is only 15 months old with less than 10,000 miles. *tr | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 1 | |||
| Uniroyal 185/65r 15 86s m/s dot radial tubeless standard load 500 trac a. tires have a slow leak, consumer can hear air escaping. | |||
| 09/24/2002 | |||
| Consumer states that dealer sent a recall letter for the firestone tires fr690. consumer was told tires are not available. ts | |||