Table 1 shows two common tire related problems of the 2015 Toyota Avalon.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Tire problems | |
| Tire Sidewall problems |
Tire size 225/45 r 18. The tire had slightly over 3,000 miles on it. 1. Rear driver side tire that is in my possession and available for inspection, but is in 2 parts. 2. My wife and I traveled from brandon, ms to birmingham, al for a medical appointment early the next day. In tuscaloosa, al driving in right hand lane approximately 60 mph the handling became rough, the tire blew out, causing loss of control and throwing the vehicle in center lane, fortunately no other vehicle was there, I regained control and moved to side of road without out any physical injury. 3. After attempting to change the tire, a wrecker had to be called and towed to the only tire store open, firestone. The technician removed the tire and said the tire separated and was replaced with a new tire. 4. Upon returning home, the tire was taken to my dealer who inspected the tire, said it was too torn up (2 pieces) to tell if it was structural failure and continental would not do anything. He said if tires fail it is in 1st 1,000 miles and something must have been hit. I advise that nothing was hit, that continental needed to know about the tire. He offered no further assistance. 5. Tuscaloosa & birmingham are roughly 50 miles apart, a little prior to reaching tuscaloosa, the low tire sensor came on, which it will do occasionally, did not notice any change in how the vehicle handled and planned to have it checked out at a continental dealer in birmingham the next day.
I have tire size p225 / 45 r 18. Michelin primacy mxm4. The compalint tire exploded at 65 mph (the speed limit). The falure caused the car to swerve into the next lane which was occupied by another car at the time. My safety was at risk when I momemtarily lost control of the vehicle and others were at risk when I enetred an occupied lane. Problem was inspected and confirmed by mavis (formerly ntb) in keller TX. The only warning was that a couple of weeks prior to the incident while rotating my tires the mavis location found a bubble in the sidewall of another tire (not the one that exploded) that was in the same lot as the one that exploded. It was replaced under the warranty. I now beleive that the entire lot of tires are defective and have asked for a completely new set of tires.