general problems of the 1999 Toyota 4Runner

The tires were disintegrating and caused the vehicle to ride extremely rough and choppy. The tires felt less smooth. Firestone admitted that the tires felt choppy and refused replacement. The problem worsened as time went on.

Tire exploded while driving 70 mph along straight highway, 10:30 am, outside temperature 85 f, tread separated, tire disintegrated quickly.

Sb on I-24 n. Of chatanooga, left rear tire "blew. " exam showed tread had separated from outside tire wall. Outside tire wall had a dozen or more slices like a sliced pie. Tire not unusually hot; load not unusually heavy (only driver was in car); tire pressure was normal (33psi). Need to know how to prevent other 4 tires from doing the same thing! (tiresize: p265/70r16).

While driving a 65mph, suddenly heard an explosion. Press the brake to slow the vehicle down, notice the outer side of the tire is torn out of the main tire body.

Experiencing vibration when driving at speeds in excess of 65mph,and the vehicle seems to veer to the left, vehicle was taken in for service for an alignment that did not alleviate problem, consumer returned and then was advised a cross rotation of the front tires would solve the problem, consumer was advised that tires were chopped but not to the point of replacement, with the vibration still occuring the vehicle is now veering to the right, mechanic advised consumer that even though tires were chopped replacing them would solve the problem, however consumer was advised by a mechanic at firestone that it would not be neccesary to replace tires, and that other vehicles have had this problem, mechanic believed it to be the design of the vehicle.

While driving, front passenger firestone wilderness at tire p225/75r15 experienced blowout, consumer was driving on the rim.

After driving out of town heard noise coming from tires, and found out that the left rear tire was flat without a reason. Then, at second time right rear tire was flat without a nail.

High speed blowout occurred April 14, 2000 on I-5 one & a half hours north of bakersfield. The drivers-side rear tire completely seperated at the seam. Nowwith the recent recall of the other firestone tires I suspect that my tires are also defective. I have already replaced one, and now am driving on four that are possible death-traps. Please advise. ( dot number: tire size: p225/75r15 ).

Cracks - blowouts. . . I replaced tires at my expense. Toyota refers me to firestone. I didn't buy tires from firestone , Toyota did. ( dot number: ? tire size: 15 ).

Tires on his vehicle are worn out at under 10,000 miles. Consumer stated had replaced three set of tires already.

Tires put on by manufacturer performed very poorly. Tires forced vehicle to go from side to side, and sometimes vehicle went off the road, extreme difficult to control vehicle during normal driving. Dealer told consumer nothing would help.

Tires explored with nothing left only the rim. ( dot number: tire size: ? ).

These tires have never held air they always need to be reinflated. After a 3 hour trip (we make this trip often) accross the florida panhandle we always have to put air back into the tires. Given the resent problems with these tires failure to hole air with ours seems like a "bigger" deal than we have thought. When we went to the dealer they said our tires were not the ones on the recall. If the tires are safe then we believe they should not be replaced but. We cant get anyone to say they are safe? the only thing we have noticed it the air pressure problem on all four tires/ and the truck feeling like it is scraping around the left side without reguard to tire rotation. I have children I just want someone to tell me that these tires are indeed safe and why they will not hold air properly. ( dot number: tire size: p225/75r15 ).

Tires on the vehicle at the time of purchase were of the incorrect size which caused speedodmeter to register incorrect speeds. Please give any further details.

Tires: the tires did not physically fail, however after only 10,000 miles, they were practically bald - all 4. I requested that the dealer replace the tires which they refused to do althought they acknowledged that the tires were dangerously worn. The service technician informed me "off the record" that they knew this to be a problem with the vehicle - that the tires which came "stock" from the factory were in fact "too small" to bear the weight of the vehicle. In light of the safety issues regarding bridgestone?firestone at that time, I elected to replace all 4 tires at my cost. Tail lights: the taillights began failing very shortly after I purchased the vehicle. Whenever I took it into the dealer, they informed me that it was just a burned out lamp which was not covered by my warranty. This has continued to occur and now I don't even bother with the dealer. I have noted numerous 4runners on the road with the same problem which is what prompted me to check your web site. At one point the service manager at the dealership mentioned his suprise that "the warning indicator light did not come on" when the lamp went out. Apparently there is an indicator light that should alert the driver to a blown bulb. . . I've never seen one and mine has gone out 3 times. Now it is habit for me to check my tail lights whenever I drive at night. Brakes: on various occasions, I have experienced a severe "shuddering" of the car and a loud "clanking" noise when going from high speed to lower speed (not sudden braking) as in exiting the highway . One time, the car was shuddering so violently that it jerked into another lane. The dealer basically told me I was imagining things. This shuddering has occurred on 3 separate occasions and each time I returned the car to the dealer and was told there was no problem. One time, they agreed to manually check all 4 brakes - at my cost and declared that there was nothing wrong. I hesitate to drive in slippery conditions. Ts.