Tire Tread/belt Problems of Toyota Sienna - part 2

I have a 2005 Toyota Sienna xle awd which is equipped with dunlop run-flat tires. This car was used for one year and had mileage of 17,800 when we noticed that all four tires had the tread barrier exposed. It was exposed only on the outside and inside edges of the tires. The car was handling extremely strangely and was starting to wander on turns. This weekend changing lanes the car started to wander into an on-coming traffic lane when changing to the left lane of a four lane road. I contacted Toyota only to be told that there was no mileage guarantee on the tires and they were $250/piece to replace. When told that they nearly caused head on accident they quickly offered to replace two of them free and then I could repair the others. They still would not guarantee the tires for any future mileage. I have since gone on the web to find that these tires have been reported by a huge number of the owners to have a similar problem. I do not think we should have an accident to find out that a tire has an identified safety problem. These tires do not wear correctly, they wear much too fast, and the Toyota service rep at my dealership told me that we should run the tires at a higher than recommended tire pressure to help. The NHTSA should get involved in this matter before others are harmed or killed.

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Tire failure - apparent belt slip/failure tire marking is sp40 a/s.

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Toyota Sienna (2004+) awd models use run-flat tires since no spare tire is provided by Toyota. These run-flat tires are defective in that they wear out exceedingly fast. Mine are nearly worn out at 17k miles on my 2004 Sienna. At a equipment and labor replacement cost of ~ $1600 for all 4 tires, this is unacceptable. If you search the internet, this is a well known problem with the Siennas using run-flats. Tires should not cost me $100 per 1000 miles driven. Secondary issue with the tires is the safety. I have not experieced this problem, but other owners are stating that if the tire is cut, that it needs to be replaced immediately. Because run flats are new, there are hardly any places in the u. S. That stock these tires, let alone having the special equipment to install them. You'll see many owners have resorted to buying regular tires for their Siennas, then purchasing a spare tire and throwing it into the back of their van. This takes away from the utility of the van a great deal, since storage is a primary selling point of minivans. Please investigate this issue. Tires should last ~40k miles, and since these run flats are so expensive, replacing every 15k miles puts a huge cost on the owner that Toyota never warned new owners. I would expect Toyota to cover replacement cost of these tires until a suitable replacement is developed, or find a way to use regular tires and store the spare somewhere on the vehicle without taking up the advertised passenger storage space. Thank you for your support and assistance, -brian armer.

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I was driving home from washington state, and noticed that my driver's side rear tire tread was seperating from the sidewall and steal. My son then found that the passanger rear was doing the same thing. I had to call home and find the closest place to replace the tires. Eugene. Or. Was the closest and it was 49 miles. About 15 miles outside of eugene, the tread on the drivers side was thrown off of my car and caused damage to my van. I regained control and got the car to costco where I replaced all 4 tires.

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Consumer bridgestone tires showed wear at 7000 miles. The consumer contact three bridgestone dealer and they indicated that the liability should be with Toyota motor company. Toyota was called and they to the consumer to seek reimbursement or other remedies from bridgestone (bridgestone turanza el42. ).

All four dunlop sp sport 4000t dsst run-flat tires on my 2004 Toyota Sienna xle awd are completely worn after 13,800 miles. These are original tires. Both Toyota and dunlop do not want to take any responsibility for this issue despite the numerous complaints being made here and elsewhere reported in depth in the internet. A reasonable consumer would expect that these tires would be engineer to last more than 10k miles given they are each $300 a piece. Please assist me and numerous other Toyota owners with similar problems by conducting a defect investigation and ultimately assisting in a formal recall of these tires and the associated problems causing the tire failures. I am afraid that replacing the tires every year at a cost of $1400 won't solve the problem which appears to have some relationship to vehicle alignment issues as well as poor tire longevity.

I own a 2005 Toyota Sienna awd. At 7500 miles the front tires had excessive wear, now with 9000 miles the dealer is recommending me to change all 4 tires. Currently I am negotiating with Toyota to pay for the tire replacement. They have offered little assurance to help and no commitment for future problems. I know this is a major problem with many awd Toyota owners. Toyota needs to be held accountable/responsible.

I would like to report unexpected tread degradation on my 2004 Sienna xle limited awd. At 17k miles the tires needed replacing.

We purchased a Toyota Sienna 2004 in November 2003. I was told yesterday that the tires are so worn they are dangerous to drive on. The car is only 17 months old with 20. 000 miles. We have had the car in for all its routine services. The tires have been rotated 3 times, air pressure and alignment is fine. Consumers have the right to know before they purchase this product that the tire will wear down quickly and cost $1300 to replace them. Three hundred dollars per tire. But most important is the safety issue. The consumer is not aware that the tires can wear so quickly and pose a hazard to themselves and their family. Neither the tire makers(bridgestone nor Toyota will take responsibility. We are hoping that you will look into this matter.

Toyota has been placing dunlop sp40's on their Sienna van's at least from 2000 to 2003. They are extremely unsafe and are prone to premature wear (less than half of their 80,000 kilometers. Please refer to 1010tires. Com under reviews for that tire (very numerous). My tires were worn over 75% at 33000kms. Even prior to wear they are extremely unreliable esp. In the snow and rain---I had spun out on a straight stretch of snow covered highway several times entering oncoming traffic the winter previous. The Sienna has a high safety rating but it is in fact an unsafe/hazardous vehicle by virtue of the tires placed upon it. I believe Toyota is aware of the problem but will not admit any responsibility. Through much argument, goodyear has replaced the tires with new ones giving me 50% off (I shouldn't have to pay anything because I have been placed in a position of purchasing new tires when I should not have to for the next 3-4 years). Toyota refuses to compensate me the other 50% and will not admit to this unsafe (but no doubt profitable) relationship that it has with dunlop/goodyear. There is no doubt in my mind that these tires are substandard if not defective and I am upset that dunlop/goodyear and Toyota had placed my family in danger because of their arrangement. I had bought the van because my wife and I had a new baby and had trusted the safety rating boasted by Toyota (unaware that the safety was compromised by the tires that they choose to utilize on the van).

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I am the owner of a 2004 Toyota Sienna le awd van. On April 2, 2005, my family and I were on a trip approximately 200 miles from home. During that trip, the light to inflate the tires came on. We inflated the tires and the light turned off. Then, it came on very soon after the initial inflation. My husband took the car to several tire places, then finally a Toyota dealership to treat the problem. The dealership informed us that our van was out of alignment and that two of our tires (they are of the "run-flat" variety) were severely worn, one even past the wear bars. At that time, our van had approximately 20,500 miles on it. We had taken it for regularly recommended servicing at a Toyota dealership in our hometown, including two prior episodes of having the tires rotated. The most recent tire rotation occurred at the 15,000 mile check-up. At that time, the dealership noted no excessive wear on our tires. In fewer than 5,000 miles, apparently, the tires had worn down beyond what is safe. The consequence was the need to buy four new tires at the 20,500 mile mark. Both Toyota motor CO. And our local Toyota dealership indicated to me today upon inquiry that we can expect only approximately 20,000 miles from these tires. I am concerned that these tires can wear down so quickly and fail.

All 4 tires (dunlop run flat) on my 2004 Toyota Sienna awd xle limited have (according to the dealer, miller Toyota of manassas) become worn on the outsides edges of the tires indicating (according to the dealer) that I have been riding around with under inflated tires and it is my fault. I informed him that the low pressure warning light never came on and that I don't think he was right. I have asked him to erplace the tires under the warranty for faulty equipment and he said that I needed to talk to the tire manufacturer. I told him no and that he needs to take it up with the regional Toyota sales rep. I am in the process of doing this now. The dealer (in typical low fashion) pressured me into buying the replacements myself and not attempt any warranty claim. I declined as the 4 tires would cost me $1350 (!!!!!) to replace. That is absolutely unbelievable for minivan tires. My complaint is that this tire wear is not a unique situation as I have read many other incidents of premature tire wear for these run flat tires and that Toyota needs to take responsiblity for these problems and replace the tires with something better suited to this minivan.

I have run flat tires on my 2005 Sienna (purchased October 2004). I also bought a set of winter tires & rims) in December 2004 and since then I am alternating them 6 months of the year. Have currently 21,000 miles on my vehicle. The dunlop tires are almost worn out, although I probably put on them mo more than 12-13,000 miles. Part of the reason I believe is that when I bought the car(even when I test drove it) I noticed a rough ride and a pull to the left, but could not wait for the dealer to order another car, so I took it home (I bought it from a dealer out of town). Also I was blaming the tire thread geometry for the rough ride, and the dealership offered me to change the tires for the cheaper ones bridgestone, but I had to pay like $80 for the operation, so I decided not to. The rough drive continued until I decided to take it to my local dealership who found out that it was misaligned. The did a free alignment but the car would still pull to the left. This, I was told, was normal, since the tires had been worn unevenly, so now they had to get the normal wear again. Now the car no longer pulls, but this comes a the cost of having excessively worn tires. I see that this is not an unique case.

Brake degradation on 2004 Toyota Sienna. Toyota Sienna brakes began to severly deteriorate at 14,000 miles. Pads worn beyond safe use and rotors glazed and warped.

On may 24, 2004, my wife was driving our Toyota Sienna van north on I-35 in oklahoma at highway speed when the front driver side tire blew out and the tread separated. The tire was replaced by the dealer and all other tires checked for wear. On July 17, 2004 I was driving the same van on I-44 in oklahoma at highway speed when the driver side rear tire's tread separated and went flat. There was no road hazard encountered at etiher event.

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Driving south on I-15 north of las vegas, tire tread on passenger side rear wheel separated without warning. It was a hot day (around 110 degrees) and the highway speed there is 75 m. P. H. The tread flew up and smashed the side window of the Sienna minivan, tore off part of the side fender and damaged the sliding door. The tires had been well maintained and had been inpected within the previous month at the Toyota dealer. Nonetheless, firestone has refused to compensate us for the monetary loss and has tried to shift the blame to us, saying there was proof that the tire had been run low, etc. (we had to drive on the tire after we lost the tread as we were in a remote area. Since there was still air in the tire I drove slowly to where we could get help. ) thus I have argued that the wear found by their "engineers" was due to driving on a treadless tire which was losing air. I have requested firestone to send us back the damaged tire. The damage repair bill was $1780, plus the cost of the rental car etc.

The belts on all four of my bridgestone blizzak snow tires separated and moved within the tires creating extremely rough and dangerous ride. The occurence developed from an even, smooth ride to slight wheel shimmy to extreme bumpy and wobbly ride - all within one hundred miles of highway driving.

The tires are wearing out prematurely, these are the runflat tires. The tread is mostly gone, and they have only 15,000 miles on them. Consumer contacted Toyota and they agreed to replace the tires with michelin regular tires. Consumer states that the vehicle is taking longer to stop when applying brakes because of the wear on the tires. Toyota has been cooperative in helping the consumer to get an understanding of the problem with the tires. The tire failure is on all 4 tires.

While driving about 75 mph on the highway and without warning there was a rattling noise on the passenger's side rear tire, tread separated from the tire. A firestone, p205/70r15, dot#w2m0f61.

Vehicle failed state inspection due to front tires being unsafe. Due to extreme front tire conditions. The consumer was shown thin tread on the front tires and suggested replacement. The consumer requested reimbursement. )m&s tubeless radial fr 68002).

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Firestone tire tread seperation.

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While driving on interstate, right front tire tread separated causing minor damage to fender/bumper. Tire was a firestone model fr 680 size p205 with 37k miles. Previously left front tire partially separated before replaced with other brand tire. Called firestone store and manager said this is not a recall. Firestone should recall as these tires are unsafe and could lead to major damage or loss of life.

While driving, one of the tires experienced tread separation, which caused the tire to blow out.

Rollover of vehicle due to tread seperation from tire.

We have had multiple complaints about the tires since we purchased the van april2000. Dealer says nothing wrong. We have to check tire pressure frequently and add air. Today, during a trip from norfolk to wadesboro, nc, vibrations were felt. Pulled into firestone station. Said nothing wrong. Upon arrival in wadesboro, we had the tires checked again (not firestone store) and were told the tread is separating.

While driving at 75 to 80 mph, consumer started to hear a flapping sound in rear of vehicle, it was determined that the tread had come off the rear driver's side tire (original tires on Toyota, Sienna, 2000, firestone p20570r15 95 s m&s, dot w2mo f6l 096 fr 680).

Original tires, dotw2vf239 on Infiniti, forest, st p21565r15. Driver's front tire completely deflated while driving. Passenger's side front tire was showing premature separation. Please provide any further information.

Firestone fr680, p205/70r15, dot unknown, original equipment on a 1998, Toyota Sienna with 28000 miles. While driving 65-70 mph, rear passenger tire experienced tread separation. Rear driver side tire was also showing signs of tread separation. *akjg.

Orginal equipment passengers side rear firestone, fr680, tires size p205/70/r15 with fourty seven thousand miles, experienced tread separated, dealer has been contacted and informed consumer that sixty percent of the tire tread was gone. Consumer stated separation was over 14 inches longs with a flap of over 2 inches on one section of the tire, on another section of the tire, there was a buldge and the start of another separation.

Sp40 a-s, p205/70r15, dot unknown, original equipment on a 1999, Toyota, Sienna with 22000 miles, tire had a slow leak, consumer had it repaired, the same day after vehicle had been parked for 3 hours, right rear tire explode, bead was broken and there was a 4 inch cut. Consumer has had three tires experienced separation within the past few years, a service person examined the tire with the bead failure and stated that the tire had been damaged while being repaired on and that the bead was not defective.

Tread separation. (dot number: w2mof6l tiresize: p20570r15).

The tread on the front right tire came off.

Tread separation,d10l dot pdmo imgi 1300 09r dot pdmo imhr 1300 details - I purchased the two tires shown above on 7/7/2000 to replace two of the original tires. I still have the two bum goodyear tires in my garage. This was on a 2000 Toyota siena minivan with only 9,916 miles. I purchased it new. On 8/9/2001 with 28,923 miles I had the tires rotated, but the technician could not balance them. He showed me where the tread of both tires was separating from the body. The goodyear dealer that sold me the tires said I could get replacement but no money back. Thus I kept the tires and went to another shop. Goodyear dealer who sold me the bum tires: daniels tire svc 14200 whittier blvd, whittier, CA 90605 hone: (562) 693-7721. Tire dealer whose technician identified the separation problem: discount tire ctr . 14101 whittier blvd, whittier, CA 90605 phone: (562) 698-0503.

The factory installed firestone tire failed due to steel belt separation. The consumer replaced the remaing tires as a precaution. (firestone tires).

The factory installed firestone tire failed due to steel belt separation. The consumer replaced the remaing tires as a precaution. (firestone tires).