general problems of the 2010 Toyota Prius

Tires losing air and noticed the rubber breaking down and separating from the sidewall on all four tires. Took into evans dealership and they informed us the tires were a safety issue and tried to sell new tires. They told us the tires were made in 93 but we bought in 2016, so we looked up and dot number on tire (only had u093). The service tech did not understand the dot numbers since it was missing the last four numbers. They do have a date on the paperwork u09304160416 the tires only have approximately 25, 000 miles and car is garage kept. Rubber should not be breaking down. What can we do? we had no idea about the date until they pointed it out. Legally these tires are a safety issue. Tires p 195/60r15.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Prius with yokohama avid tires , line size: 195/65/r15. The contact stated that the front and rear driver and passenger sire tires were bald. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The tires were not replaced. The approximate failure mileage of the tires was 14,500. The vehicle failure mileage was 16,500.

3 tires have failed on a Toyota Prius with less than 30,000 miles.

The contact owns a 2010 Toyota Prius. The contact stated the tires wore prematurely. The contact had an alignment performed and the vehicle was inspected by several dealers and each time the contact was told there was no problem with the alignment or frame of the vehicle. The contact believed the failure to be a manufacturing defect because of the premature wear on the tires. The contact also owned a 2005 Toyota Prius in which the same failure occurred with the tires. The failure mileage was 17,000. Updated 10/12/lj updated 10/24/11.

Front tires chipping on the inside and outside. Told to get them rotated and alignment. 6 lug nuts broke off during the rotation and the alignment was not that far off. Told the tires where the wrong ones for that heavy of a vehicle. Took to the dealer and he laughed at me and said they would love to charge me to replace all my lug nuts and those where the right tires for the vehicle and he said I was lucky to get 35,000 miles out of them because everyone else only got 25,000 miles with the tires he then tried to sell me a new set of tires. Four days later the car decided to drive itself into a tree at 20 miles an hour. No air bags deployed but the car was totaled.

2010 Toyota Prius. Consumer states problem with tire and request financial relief the consumer stated the tpms light illuminated. He took the vehicle to a service station, but they were unable to find a leak, so air was added because the tire was low. When the consumer left the service station, the light went out. The next time he drove the vehicle, the light illuminated again. As the consumer was driving, another motorist alerted him to let him know his tire was going flat. The next day, the consumer drove to sears and they inspected the tire and found a gash, which meant the tire could not be repaired and had to be replaced.