2000 TOYOTA COROLLA Tires Problems

TIRES DRIVEN ON LOCAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS FOR 38,000 MILES. ALL FOUR TIRES SUFFERED A DEEP CRACK, THE FULL CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH ABOVE THE WHEEL RIM. THE FAILURE CAUSED SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THE TIRES HAD ON THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS. *JS

Mileage: 155,038

TIRES DRIVEN ON LOCAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS FOR 38,000 MILES. ALL FOUR TIRES SUFFERED A DEEP CRACK, THE FULL CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH ABOVE THE WHEEL RIM. THE FAILURE CAUSED SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THE TIRES HAD ON THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS. *JS

Mileage: 155,038

TIRES DRIVEN ON LOCAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS FOR 38,000 MILES. ALL FOUR TIRES SUFFERED A DEEP CRACK, THE FULL CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH ABOVE THE WHEEL RIM. THE FAILURE CAUSED SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THE TIRES HAD BEEN ON THE CAR FOR 2 1/2 YEARS. *JS

Mileage: 155,038

TIRES DRIVEN ON LOCAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS FOR 38,000 MILES. ALL FOUR TIRES SUFFERED A DEEP CRACK, THE FULL CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH ABOVE THE WHEEL RIM. THE FAILURE CAUSED SEVERE HANDLING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THE TIRES HAD ON THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS. *JS

Mileage: 155,038

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA WITH FTS WESTLAKE TIRES LT235/75R-15. SHE STATED THAT SHE HEARD ABOUT THE CHINESE TIRE RECALL. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE THE TIRE DOT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

2000 COROLLA RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT, IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROTATE CLOCKWISE, THE VEHICLE THEN WENT OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A CONCRETE MEDIAN. *JB

CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE IN MARCH 2000. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY THERE WAS A TIRE A BLOWOUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SPIN , AND CONSUMER TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FIRESTONE TIRE, SIZE P175/16 R14. CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER TO TAKE IT TO A TOYOTA DEALER. THEN, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS DRY ROT. SHE WAS NOT GIVEN ANOTHER TIRE,BUT HAD TO BUY A TIRE.*AK CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH AT TIME OF INCIDENT. MANUFACTURER (BNFT LLC) DENIED CONSUMER OF COMPENSATION BECAUSE UPON INSPECTION OF TIRE, THE TIRE OPERATED WITH INSUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO ITS FAILURE. *LA

Mileage: 15,600

RIDES LOUDER THAN HUV,CHANGED FROM MICHELINS TO PERRELLI P400 AND STILL HAVE THE SAME NOISE,IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE A ROCK IN THE TREAD BUT IT ISN'T.DON'T KNOW IF IS CV JOINTS OR WHATEVER BUT TOYOTAS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST FOREVER.MY WIFE DRIVES VEHICLE THATS WHY I HAVEN'T FOUND THE PROBLEM YET....THANKS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING.CONSUMER KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO NEAREST SHOP WHERE THEY SAID THAT TIRE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED,AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. P-175/65R14, TOYOTA, COROLLA, 2000. *AK TIRES ARE MICHELIN MX4. *SLC

FIRESTONE TIRES (P175/65R14) EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT OF ALL 4 TIRES WITH A BRAND OTHER THAN FIRESTONE, HOWEVER THE REQUEST WAS DENIED, CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 12000 MILES. *SLC