1999 Toyota Tacoma Tires & wheels Problems

TIRES ARE CCUPPING TOO SOON, AND MAKING AN UNUSUAL SOUND. *AK THE TIRES ARE RATED AT 50000 (MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY). *NM

NHTSA ID

10066716

Incident

Apr 30, 2004

Mileage

30,000 mi

AN INDEPENDENT NOTICED THAT ALL 4 TIRES WERE CUPPING WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE. *AK *NM

NHTSA ID

10066710

Incident

Apr 5, 2004

Mileage

30,000 mi

1999 TOYOTA TACOMA, FAILING CLEAR COAT. CAUSING TRUCK TO COMPLETELY RUST-OUT. 4-WHEEL DRIVE NOT INSTALLED DURING ASSEMBLY. TAIL LIGHT FUSE BLOWS OUT EVERYTIME I HOOK UP A TRAILER

NHTSA ID

10051019

Incident

Feb 11, 1999

1)YOUR COMPLET TIRE SIZE SECTION DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACES. 2)I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH IN THE RAIN WHEN MY LEFT REAR TIRE JUST BLEWOUT. ICAN SEND YOU PHOTO'S IF YOU WANT.*AK

NHTSA ID

766649

Incident

Aug 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WAS DENIED THE TIRE RECALL BENEFIT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFERENT THAN THOSE LISTED IN THE RECALL. (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE) *YH

NHTSA ID

565678

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH HEARD LOUD BANG WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. SHE STOPPED AND GOT OUT OF CAR, AND FOUND THAT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE HAD BLOWNOUT. IT WAS FIRESTONE, TIRE, P225/75R15.*AK

NHTSA ID

8000830

Incident

Dec 5, 2001

TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF CUPPING ON ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W29VAWI049 TIRESIZE: P265/75R15)

NHTSA ID

752445

Incident

Sep 15, 2001

MY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE EXPLODED JUST AS THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED. YET MY TIRE SIZE AND MANUFACTURER LOCATION IS NOT ONE THAT IS BEING RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE RECALL TO BE EXPANDED AND IT HASN'T . A LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE ON ERIE BLVD. IN SYRACUSE, NY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL IS ONGOING AND WILL PROBABLY EXPAND. I HAD TO CHANGE A SIDEWALL EXPLODED FLAT ON THE HIGHWAY IN 90 DEGREE HEAT AND THEN A YEAR LATER I FIND THAT THE SAME THINGS WERE HAPPENING TO OTHERS ONLY WITH MORE DRASTIC RESULTS. MY EXPERIENCE LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE LOCATION AND SIZE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. I THINK IT IS THE DESIGN AND ALL WILDERNESS AT'S SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225/75/15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75/15 )

NHTSA ID

745687

Incident

Aug 18, 1999

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES (P225 R14) FAIL TO KEEP CONSISTENT PRESSURE AND ARE WEARING, CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED 3 FLAT TIRES AND IS REQUESTING THAT THE TIRES BE REPLACED. *SLC

NHTSA ID

559264

Incident

Nov 1, 2000

TIRES BALOONED UP IN MIDDLE AFTER 10 MINUTES FREEWAY DRIVING. REPLACED B4 100% FAILURE. TIRES IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE OWNER. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265R75-15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265R75-15 )

NHTSA ID

740018

Incident

Jan 26, 2001

TIRE CAME APART WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W29V TIRESIZE: P265/75R15)

NHTSA ID

738945

Incident

Sep 15, 2000

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE WASHING THE VEHICLE NOTICE ALL THE TIRES WERE WARPPING. NOTIFIED FIRESTONE, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TIRE WAS NOT RECALLSED. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P265/75R15, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:*AK

NHTSA ID

871361

Incident

Sep 9, 2000

AT ABOUT 6,000 MILE THE CONSUMER NOTICED CRACKS AND CHIPS ON ALL FOUR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT II TIRES AND IN BETWEEN THE TREADS, CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED PREMATURE WEAR OF ALL 4 TIRES. NLM

NHTSA ID

554638

Incident

Jun 1, 2000

FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIM AND ANOTHER TIRE, CONSUMER REQUESTS DEALER TO REPLACE TIRES. *SLC

NHTSA ID

555374

FIRST INCIDENT I WAS ON INTERSTATE 5 HEADED TO SAN JOSE. I WAS WITHIN 15 MILES OF MY DESTINATION, NO PLACE TO CHANGE TIRE, HAD TO DRIVE ON IT UNTIL I REACHED OUTSKIRTS OF MORGAN HILL, CA AND HAD SPARE MOUNTED, PURCHASED A WINSTON TIRE TO TAKE PLACE OF SPARE FOR MY 500 MILE JOURNEY HOME TO LONG BEACH, CA. 2ND INCIDENT, I WAS ON THE RAMP OF THE 91EASTBOUND FREEWAY AND HAD TO IMMEDIATELY GET OFF AT LONG BEACH BLVD. CONTACTED AAA WHEREUPON THE TIRE WAS TAKEN OFF AND THE WINSTON (SPARE) WAS NOW PUT ON. TOOK THE BLOWN TIRE TO THE TIRE STATION IN CARSON, CA AND THEY PRORATED THE TIRE, STATING THAT AT THE AMOUNT OF MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 17,500 I HAD USED UP ALMOST 60% APPARENTLY, THE RECEIPT INDICATES THAT THEY COLLECTED 40% OF THE VALUE OF THE TIRE FROM ME, FOR A TOTAL OF $32.10 OF A SO-CALLED $65.99 TIRE. AT THIS POINT I AM LUCKY TO EVIDENTLY BE ALIVE. I'VE ALREADY REPLACED THE TIRES AT MY EXPENSE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR FIRESTONE TO GET OFF THE DIME. I HAVE SINCE WRITTEN THEM AN E-MAIL EXPRESSING MY ANGER AND DISMAY AT A COMPANY THAT CONSIDERS THE VALUE OF THEIR PRODUCT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HUMAN LIVES THEY MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215SR14 )

NHTSA ID

730934

Incident

Dec 18, 1999

FROM THE DAY WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM ONE PAIR OF OUR TIRES. AS WE ROTATED THEM AT EACH 5K MILE INTRAVELS THE NOISE WOULD MOVE WITH THEM. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE FRONTIER TOYOTA DEALER IN VALENCIA FOR SERVICE ON 7/13/00. THEY CHARGED US FOR A TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCE AND ALIGNMENT. AFTERWARDS THE NOISE WAS UNBEARABLE AND THE TRUCK DEVELOPED A EXTREME VIBRATION AND SHIMMY. THE TIRES WERE ON THE VERGE OF DISINTEGRATING. WE AGAIN RETURNED THE TRUCK TO FRONTIER TOYOTA WHO REPLACED THE TWO (2) SUBJECT TIRES. THE PROBLEM DISAPPERED. OUR TRUCK IS CURRENTLY RUNNING SMOOTHER THAN WHEN WE ORIGINALY PURCHASED IT. ALL OF THE ASSOCIATED SQUEAKS AND NOISES FROM THE VIBRATION HAS ALSO DISAPPEARED. WE ARE DISPLEASED THAT THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE TIRE RECALL FOR SIMILAR TIRES AND YET CHOSE TO CHARGE US FOR AN UNNECCESARY ALIGNMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DEFECTS IN MANY MORE TIRE SIZES THAN HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND ASK THAT YOU INVESTIGATE THE ENTIRE PRODUCT LINE OF TIRES FROM FIRESTONE.( DOT NUMBER: W29V TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

NHTSA ID

729468

Incident

Jul 3, 1999

I WAS NOT DRIVING, I WAS WASHING MY VEHICLE WHEN I NOTICED A LONG SPLIT ON THE TREAD SURFACE. THE SPLIT WAS ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG AND IT FOLLOWED ONE OF THE TREAD LUGS. I TOOK THE TIRE IN TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND ASK IF IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE AND THEY SAID NO THAT IT WAS A ROAD HAZARD. IT WAS NOT A ROAD HAZARD! THEY MADE ME BUY A NEW TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: W29V AWI TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

NHTSA ID

729420

Incident

Feb 1, 2000

THERE HAS BEEN NO FAILURE, BUT THE TIRES ARE EXHIBITING COLORATION CHANGES BETWEEN THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD THAT LOOK DANGEROUS IN LIGHT OF THE SEPARATION REPORTS FOR THEIR LARGER SIZE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: )

NHTSA ID

729047

P265/75R15 SIZE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999, TOYOTA, TACOMA. TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED .*AK THE OUTER TREAD SEPARATED. THE FIRESTONE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE TIRES ARE BACKLOGGED BUT THE DRIVER REPLACED THE DAMAGED TIRE WITH THE SPARE ONE. *YH

NHTSA ID

868546

PE-00-020; ORGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A TOYOTA, TACOMA 1999, TIRE SIZE P215/70R14, 14 INCH TIRES, AND DOT NUMBER W2HYAWA248. WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. CONTACTED A DEALER, DEALER NOTICED FRONT TWO TIRES WERE EXPERIENCING UNUSUAL WEAR. VEHICLE WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, TIRES WERE ROTATED EVERY SO OFFTEN. TIRES ONLY HAD 18 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. *AK THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE TWO FRONT TIRES. *YH

NHTSA ID

868439

MY TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED "FLAT SPOTS" ON THEM. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CAR DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A TIRE DEALER. THE TIRE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRUCK CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND FIRESTONE WOULD NOT COVER THE DEFECT. I HAVE KEPT THE TRUCK MAINTAINED AND TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED. I FEEL EITHER FIRESTONE OR TOYOTA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A TIRE PROBLEM SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER SIZE OF WILDERNESS TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: W2 TIRE SIZE: P26575/R15 )

NHTSA ID

728096

Incident

Jun 1, 2000

NO SUMMARY.( DOT NUMBER: )

NHTSA ID

727367

Incident

Jun 26, 2000

ONE TIRE HAD A SIDEWALL FAILURE AND THE OTHER THREE ALL SPLIT. WE REPLACED ALL FOUR AT OUR OWN EXPENSE SINCE THE DEALER SAID FIRESTONE WAS AVOIDING SETTLEMENT ON TIRE PROBLEMS. THIS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE THE NEWS ABOUT EXPLORERS. I KEPT THREE OF THE OLD TIRES AS PROOF. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 10.5X31 )

NHTSA ID

726830

Incident

Nov 1, 1999

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: OWNER IS ABLE TO SEE RUBBER BREAKDOWN BETWEEN TREAD AND EXCESS OF RUBBER WHERE THE TREAD HOOKS TO THE CAP ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE TIRES ARE FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS, AT, P26575R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. WHEN CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, OWNER WAS TOLD TO GO TO FIRESTONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

866696

TRANSFER CASE SEIZED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. VEHICLE WAS RENDERED IMMOBILE. DEALER STATED THAT SUCH OPERATION "IS NORMAL ON HARD SURFACES." IN MY OPINION, UPREDICTABLE DRIVELINE SEIZURE IS DANGEROUS AND INDICATIVE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF NOT CORRECTED. NORTHCUTT TOYOTA WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

711080

Incident

Aug 21, 1999