1998 Toyota Sienna Tires

TIRE SEEMED OUT OF BALANCE AT NARROW RANGE OF SPEEDS (60-65MPH), BUT SMOOTH AT 68MPH FOR MONTHS; RECENTLY NOTICED VEHICLE ROCKING WHEN COLD AND AT LOW SPEEDS; TODAY SAW AN OUTWARD BULGE IN REAR TIRE TREAD (DIRECTIONALLY OUTWARD FROM AXLE). AM SEEKING A REPLACEMENT TIRE BEFORE TREAD SEPARATION. *TR

I PURCHASED 2 COOPER LIFELINER TOURING SLE SIZE 215/ 65R-15. THEY COMPLETE UNRAVELED WITHIN ONE WEEK OF EACH OTHER. ONE WAS REPLACED AS MY DAUGHTER WAS HEADED ON A 350 MILE TRIP BACK TO HER COLLEGE TOWN, AND THE OTHER I STILL HAVE DISINTERGRATED ON HER WAY HOME FROM COLLEGE. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IF THEY WERE ON THE FRONT INSTEAD OF THE BACK. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT IT CAME APART RIGHT DOWN TO THE STEEL BELT. *JB

MICHELIN HYDROEDGE TIRE: TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE FOR THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON A PASSENGER VAN. TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED JUST 4 WEEKS AGO WHEN ONE OF THE TIRES WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS ROAD HAZARD. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE SINCE THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE ROAD SHOULDER. THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY DAMAGE (ROAD HAZARD) TO THE TIRE. *JB

ON MAY 24, 2004, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR TOYOTA SIENNA VAN NORTH ON I-35 IN OKLAHOMA AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE TREAD SEPARATED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER AND ALL OTHER TIRES CHECKED FOR WEAR. ON JULY 17, 2004 I WAS DRIVING THE SAME VAN ON I-44 IN OKLAHOMA AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATED AND WENT FLAT. THERE WAS NO ROAD HAZARD ENCOUNTERED AT ETIHER EVENT. *AK

HAD A RIGHT REAR TIRE (FIRESTONE F 680) DELAMINATE WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE WHILE DRIVING A 1998 TOYOTA SIENNA LE. TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, HAD 35,000 MILES, AND WAS PROPERLY INFLATED (CHECKED NIGHT BEFORE INCIDENT). RESULT OF TREAD DELAMINATION WAS LOSS OF REAR WHEEL WELL COVER AND DAMAGE TO REAR BUMPER. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVERS SIDE LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION AND CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. AFTER TRAVELING ANOTHER 65 MILES THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. *TT

TREAD SEPARATION EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN CURRENT RECALL SITUATION. I'M CONFIDENT FIRESTONE CONTINUES TO HIDE SOMETHING. DT

ORGINAL EQUIPMENT PASSENGERS SIDE REAR FIRESTONE, FR680, TIRES SIZE P205/70/R15 WITH FOURTY SEVEN THOUSAND MILES, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATED, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SIXTY PERCENT OF THE TIRE TREAD WAS GONE.*AK CONSUMER STATED SEPARATION WAS OVER 14 INCHES LONGS WITH A FLAP OF OVER 2 INCHES ON ONE SECTION OF THE TIRE, ON ANOTHER SECTION OF THE TIRE, THERE WAS A BULDGE AND THE START OF ANOTHER SEPARATION.*TT

FIRESTONE FR680, P205/70R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, TOYOTA SIENNA WITH 28000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH, REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION.*AKJG

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE ON THE SIDE WALL CONTAINED 3 LARGE SPLITS, RANGING FROM 1-2 INCHES. THE OTHER 3 TIRES HAD STARTED TO CRACK AT THE SIDE WALLS. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES. TS *JB

SEVERE TREAD SEPARATION STEELS COMING APART UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DT

THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT ON THE HIGHWAY. A LARGE SECTION OF THE STEEL BELT IS DETACHED FROM THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: TR 680 TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

THE FACTORY INSTALLED FIRESTONE TIRE FAILED DUE TO STEEL BELT SEPARATION. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE REMAING TIRES AS A PRECAUTION.(FIRESTONE TIRES) *YH

ONE OF THE VEHICLES FIVE FACTORY INSTALLED FIRESTONE TIRES (FR680 FAILED DUE TO THE STEEL BELT SEPARATING, THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE (FIRESTONE FR 680, P205/70R15.95S.M+S). NLM

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESSS AT TIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

THE THREAD ON THE TIRES SEEMS TO BE SEPARATING. THE VERY FAR EDGES OF THE TIRES SEEM TO BE PEELING OFF. WHERE CAN I TAKE MY VEHICLE TO HAVE IT INSPECTED?*AK (TIRESIZE: 215-65R15)

WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE TIRE, FR680 95S M+5, P205/70R15, EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, NO OTHER INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC

LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE AFFINITY TIRES SIZE: P215/65R15, EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS WITH APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES ON THEM ON A 1998, TOYOTA, SIENNA. *AK FIRST BLOWOUT OCCURRED IN THE TREAD OF THE TIRE, THE SECOND BLOWOUT OCCURRED IN THE SIDEWALL, CONSUMER STATES THEY EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PUNCTURES IN THE TIRES PRIOR TO THE BLOWOUTS, DOT NUMBER W2VFA1A160. *SLC

CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. TIRES NOT UNDER-INFLATED. TIRE EXPLOSIVELY SEPARATED (BELT AND CARCASS) CAUSING VIOLENT FEEDBACK TO STEERING.. NO WRECK DUE TO LUCK; NO TURNOVER SOLELY DUE TO LOW PROFILE OF VEHICLE. TIRE NOW LOOKS THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED FIRESTONE TIRES. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH OTHER BRAND. RECOMMEND A LOOK AT BASIC FIRESTONE RADIAL TIRE DESIGN.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2VFAIT TIRESIZE: P215/65R15)

THE LEFT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT AS I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR. I FOUND THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE (THE SIDE FACING IN TOWARDS THE CAR) HAD SPLIT IN 4 PLACES. THE TIRE CAME WITH THE CAR AT TIME OF PURCHASE AND THERFORE ONLY HAD 21100 MILES LOGGED ON TO THE TIRE. THE MINIVAN IS TYPICALLY USED IN LOCAL TRAFFIC AT A AVERAGE SPEED OF 35 MILES PER HOUR. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2VF TIRE SIZE: P215/65R15 )

PE 00 020; CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE FOR ROTATION. BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL WAS VIBRATING, AND ATTENDANT TOLD HER THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE THREAD STARTED SEPARATING. FIRESTONE, P2057015, SHE HAS CONTACTED.*AK

ALL 4 TIRES DEVELOPED "KNOTS". ONE TIRE WORE ODDLY TO THE BELTS. CAR WAS BALANCED AND ALIGNED. TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED REGULARLY PRESSURE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT. THEY BECAME UNUSABLE. *AK *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734317

ALL 4 TIRE DEVELOPED "KNOTS". ONE TIRE WORE ODDLY TO THE BELTS. CAR WAS BALANCED AND ALIGNED. TIRES HAS BEEN ROTATED REGULARLY. PRESSURES HAD BEEN MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAPLENTY OF TREAD LEFT, THEY BECAME UNUSABLE. (DOT NUMBER: W2M0 TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPERATION. *AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )

PE00020, AFTER MARKET BRIDGESTONE, BT70S WITH ABOUT 400 MILES, TIRE SIZE 20570R15. WHILE DRIVING TIRE TREAD CAME OFF WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. *AK