Tire Sidewall Problems of Mazda 626

2001 Mazda 626 right rear tire sidewall split in two areas. Consumer states that left rear tire was inspected and had similar cracking forming. Consumer was informed that the warranty does not cover that type of damage. The wiper blades were replaced. The engine light illuminated due to a bad egr flow which was clogged due to carbon build-up.

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Brand new set of 4 tires, fr440 (dot no. Hyrc4fb4703) p195/65r14 purchased from firestone in may 2005. Checked air and adjusted after 100 miles as advised, and monthly thereafter. July 13th, 3000 miles later, front driver-side tire blew, while doing 70 mph at 6am (not hot enough for tires to be too hot, only on road for approx. 7 minutes when it happened). Golf ball size holes in a pattern blown out half way around the tire on the sidewall, and can see the pattern continuing the rest of the way. Firestone replaced tire for $9 due to my road hazard purchase, but wouldn't cover the cost to get a new wheel, control arm, sway bar, axle, strut & strut mount. $500 worth of damage to my 97 Mazda 626lx; could've been more, but a friend, my boyfriend & myself did all of the work. A shop would have been much more costly. Firestone tennessee office "investigated" and blamed it "our inspection showed deformation and rim flange grooving. . . We did observe signs that the tire has been operated for an unkown period of time in an over-deflected state causing the detachment you experienced. " the first shop we took it to at the time of the incident advised us that it was a faulty tire and even though they'd sell us a new tire, to take it back to where we purchased it as the seller should be responsible; that if it was their tire, they'd replace the tire, wheel & pay for any other damage as a result. Wished I had bought my tires from them.

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All four of tires sidewall separated. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Tire size p185/70r14.

The sidewall failed. There was a large tear, which developed suddenly at a low speed. There didn't appear to have been any object that struck the tire or came in contact with it. There was no puncture on the surface that contacts the road, just a long "crack" up the side. The ambient temperature was in the 40's and there had been light rain. I had only driven roughly 4 miles at low speeds, but was about a mile away from interstate 77 where I would have been going faster in traffic. I feel fortunate that there were no consequences of the tire's failure because of the location in which it failed. The sidewall crack extended down to one of the indentations in the tread, which appeared to still be intact. The tire showed no sign of significant wear. Since the rental car had just over 5000 miles on it, I assume the tire had no more wear than that. (dot number: unknown tiresize: p215/60r16).

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