general problems of the 2003 Toyota Camry

The contact owns a 2003 Toyota Camry. While driving 20 mph she heard a loud pop. She pulled over and noticed that there was a blow out on the left front tire. The road was smooth and dry. The failure mileage was 102,000 and the current mileage was 102,628.

Ref: my earlier odi #10047147 and odi #10080438. 2003 Camry (currently 7700 miles). Gradual right drift since purchase January 2003. A total of 10 new bridgestone 15" potenza re92 tires (including the 4 original tires that came on the new vehicle) were mounted on the car over a 4 month period. Right drift was not corrected. The service manager of the Toyota dealer where car was originally purchased refused to acknowledge and/or correct problem. The service manager of second Toyota dealer promptly acknowledged the problem, diagnosed tires as the cause, and corrected it. Once tires were mounted on the vehicle that were other than bridgestone, the right drift was corrected. The vehicle now is a safe and enjoyable vehicle to drive.

2003 Toyota Camry problems with left pull. The vehicle pulled to the left while driving. The technician test drove the vehicle and indicated it was either an alignment problem or tires. The technician then realigned the vehicle but the alignment was outside of the manufactures specification. The consumer indicated that the pull is diminished, if not generally gone, but is concern about the parameters of the alignment. The consumer believes if the vehicle had to be aligned out of specification that the problem may be with the tires.

Vehicle experiencing problems with continental tire equipment. Tire failure with three of the continental tires while traveling along the same road. The first failed tire couldn't be repaired. The second was repaired at ntb.

Bridgestone tires p205/65r15 92t/ a bolt caused a puncture in the passenger side rear tire. (nar) the technician mentioned that both the damaged tire and the three remaining tires on the vehicle showed excessive wear at the outside.