Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 02/03/2006 | 200 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla equipped with goodyear all season tires. while stopped with pressure being applied to the brakes the vehicle surged forward resulting in an crash. no police report was filed and there were no injuries. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was not examined for the cause of failure and the vehicle was serviced for the body damage. the failure continued to recur intermittently and the vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer approximately 3 times where an unknown service was performed on the throttle. the failure has not recurred. the contact also stated that the tires were wearing down faster than normal. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told the tires should not be wearing down that fast. the contact replaced the tires and the failure has not recurred. the contact also stated that in order to brake properly repeated pressure must be applied or the vehicle will not stop. the contact also stated that paint on the front fender towards the drivers side was chipping. the failure mileage was 200 and the current mileage was 34,000. sm. | |||
| 06/16/2006 | 10 | ||
| The next day i drove the 2006 toyota corolla down the street and the steering wheel shook extremely badly. i took the car back to precision toyota and asked them if it was out of alignment. the mechanics explained the toyota corolla vehicles cannot be aligned and to go on my merry way. i then continued driving the toyota corolla and made several visits to brake masters and goodyear tire in phoenix az trying to figure out why the steering wheel shook so badly. brake masters and goodyear tire failed to diagnose the problem with the vehicle. once the vehicle accrued 10,000 miles the tires were bald! i took the vehicle back to precision toyota and i got the run around. the service manager told me that this is what happens when a person never rotates their tires. the tires were rotated at least 4 times during this time period at goodyear tires located in phoenix az. i then replaced all 4 tires with a new set. during this time period the steering wheel continued to shake. i then replaced all 4 tires on the vehicle once again. i then went back to precision toyota for help. the service manager at precision toyota told me to never return to the dealership or he would call the police and have me escorted off the lot. i drove away from the dealership very calmly. i remember this day very clearly. i then went home and filed a formal complaint with the better business bureau in tucson az against precision toyota for failing to fix my vehicle. precision toyota responded to the better business bureau that i had tried to run over a sales associate in the dealership | |||
| 12/22/2009 | 93000 | 2 | |
| This about a tire called riken raptor's. i now have had this happen twice where the top part of the tire comes off the side walls, it happened in august as well. the tires were perfectly fine as far as air goes as i maintain my car. but for a 2nd one to have happened to me tells me there is a problem and i would hope someone would look into this. i found a thread via goggle that had many of the exact same issue on these tires. michilen is the mfg of them and they just tell people its a case of to little air. how would they know 1st of all and i do know it was inflated correctly. i tried calling the retailer but got no where so trying here so as no one else gets hurt from these tires. i was lucky only a fender liner and minor body damage after it blew of at 65mph. *tr | |||
| 01/01/2007 | 27000 | 3 | 08/01/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. the vehicle has goodyear integrity, size 175/70r13 tires. the inside and outside of the tires were warped. the contact noticed this by first looking at the front tire, which indicated that they were wearing out. the tires were checked, rotated, and balanced. three months later, the front tires wore out. she took the tires to three different places and they all stated that the tires had a manufacturer defect. goodyear stated that she could receive new tires for $39.48 per tire, which did not include the necessary services to replace the tire. she did not accept the offer because the tires were defective. the current and failure mileages were 27,000. updated 01-13-08. *kb updated 01/15/08 *tr | |||
| 06/15/2007 | 48000 | 2 | 02/14/2006 |
| Was driving down an decline in the road and was applying the brake gently due to stop light at the oncoming intersection, which i saw that was red, but it changed to green and i reapplied the gas at this time. then , i heard a great loud noise and this thing was in my face, and i could not see . i knew that i needed to get the car off the road, but i was fighting the airbag to see the road and to prevent me from hitting a car in front, i used my right hand to fight the airbag and my left to steer the car. at this point i was thinking i had passed the intersection which had a small area for flowers or signs, had a 4-6 curb, but when i turned the wheel toward the right to get off the road i ran upon the median( across the curb which was 4-6 inches in height, and this damaged the tire rims . they were bend and damaged the tires , all four went flat. i still managed to get the car to safety without any real injury to myself. i am still in daze with this freak occurrence. i have never experience d anything like this. i would like to hear from others., but mainly i would like to know what caused this. the car had been hit in the rear approximately 6 months prior, in which the whole trunk area and back had to be replaced. could this have been a factor? i really need answers. keep it mind, i have driven this road for 40 years without an accident. i can't understand this with a new car and new tires.*ak | |||
| TIRES - PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | |||
| 10/16/2008 | 35049 | 1 | |
| Drove to work, about 30 miles, and by the time i got here the two right tires on my vehicle were flat. this is the second time in 4 months that this has happened. had vehicle towed to shop, where i was informed that there had been a report of defective valves. all four tires had the defective valve stems. had them replaced. had to pay a pro-rated cost both times on a tire that had to be replaced. *tr | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 06/26/2007 | 17000 | 1 | 06/03/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer for an inspection. the toyota dealer stated that the tread on the two front goodyear tires was worn. other than the tires, everything else on the vehicle was normal. the tires were replaced at dobbs tire company. the dot number was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 17,000. | |||
| TIRES - VALVE | |||
| 06/12/2008 | 55800 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 toyota corolla. the contact stated that the valve stems in both passenger side tires cracked, and caused them to blowout while driving 65 mph. she discovered a recall for the valve stem, but noticed that her dot number (05-tr413) was not included. she called the tires sales store and was informed that nothing could be done. the manufacturer of the valve stem has not yet been notified. the recall number was unknown. the current mileage was 56,300 and failure mileage was approximately 55,800. | |||