Tire Sidewall problems of the 1999 Toyota 4Runner

I had been traveling at highway speeds for five hours when the side wall of the tire blew out. Goodyear has examined the tire and found no external cause for the blowout. I have photos of the defective tire and can e-mail them to you if you want. Allison@bdaniels. Com. (dot number: mk72 tiresize: 265/70r16).

At 72 mph left rear sidewall separated from tire. Tire size p225/75r15 on a 99 4 runner. Firestone should replace all five defective tires.

These tires had been a problem with cracked sidewalls, which I had to fight with firestone to replace on one tire and the spare. Finally in March a freewy blowout forced me to replace the tires. All 5 including the spare. The blowout had the tread seperate from the casing just like the Ford problem. After seeing all that's going on I contacted Toyota who continue to advise me that these are not the same tires call firestone. I reeated me dialogue with Toyota as a long time customer that I didn't by the tires from firestone I bought a truck from Toyota. They ate not phased at all. They just continue to say call firstone. Well they have lost a customer with this cavalier attitude. I believe the firstone's problem is greated than just the Ford explorer. The NHTSA should expand immediatley this probe to other makes and models. ( dot number: tire size: 15 ).