Two problems related to tire sidewall have been reported for the 2001 Lexus IS300. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Total failure of tire while going down the highway - in fact tire came off the rim - tire was only about 2 weeks old. Bridgestone with uni-t aq/aq 100528 potenza re950 215/45r17 tlbl ps dot # hydkdfa2001.
Driver's side rear inner tire sidewall separated. This resulted in a crash. Bridgestone, potenza, 215/45zr17, dot ejokjbj360.