Tire Sidewall problems of the 2004 Toyota Sienna

Inside of sidewall cracking, appears dry rot powder residue from tire in trunk after replacing. Purchase August 22, 2013, shown as 90,000 mile tire when purchased. Failed 8-20-2016 driven approx. 40,489 miles. Looks like siding separated. . Multiple holes and splits looks shredded. . No appearance of problems on outside of tire. Considered lucky tire failure did not cause accident have pictures. . .

Three tire failures due to sidewall blowouts. Three out of four tires failed dunlop tires original equipment Toyota response: too bad, not our problem. Local dealer documented issue with tire rep.

The run-flat tire on our Toyota Sienna awd went flat, requiring a replacement. Unfortunately, out of all the tire stores, only the Toyota dealer had a replacement tire in stock. Every other place required a minimum of 5 days to get the tire. We were out of town at the time. What was interesting, was that when they replaced the tire, they said there was a gash in the sidewall -- it wasn't anything that was driven over. What I found more interesting was when I talked to my brother in al who has the same type of vehicle, he said that they had to replace a tire earlier in the year, because of a rip in the sidewall.

We had a tire blow out through the sidewall recently. We drive a 2004 Toyota Sienna le fwd with dunlop sp sport 4000 a/s tires installed as oem. We had just barely passed 26,000 miles when we had a side wall blowout on the driver side rear tire while travelling app. 70 mph on the highway in south carolina. I pay attention to tire pressure and teadwear, so the tire that blew should have been inflated properly, and in this case I had already begun thinking about getting new tires because the tread was approaching the wear bars. This is a very poor-performance tire, and I'm amazed Toyota made a corporate decision to put these tires on their Sienna "family vans. " dunlop should be embarassed to even attempt to sell them.