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On august 30, 2011 experienced had a right passenger tread separation of bridgestone potenza re960as. I was driving an audi a4 at 65 mph on i24 east near manchester tennessee. Luckily i was able to pull off at the next exit without causing an accident. The tires had 19,000 miles of wear.
After scraping a curb and tearing the sidewall of one of the 195/60hr-15 bridgestone potenza re960as pole position tires on my 2000 volvo s70, i replaced it with the same tire. Seven months and only a few thousand miles later, the replacement tire developed a bulge in the sidewall. Since purchasing the set in march of 2008, this is the third tire i've had to replace due to a sidewall problem. I genuinely believe this to be due to a defect in the sidewall of the tire. I've retained the most recently replaced tire in case the nhtsa desires to inspect it.
I purchased 4 replacement run flat tires for my wifes bmw 335d with 40,000 mile tread wear warranty.after 20,000 miles the front tires were half worn and the rears were near bald.i contacted tire rack, where i had purchased replacement tires, and they sent out 2 rear replacement tires to their local installer; which i fully paid for pending return.upon installation it was discovered that the tires i had originally purchased from tire rack were not run flats but standard tires.the tires look from the outside exactly the same, bridgestone re960 vs re970s.there is a big difference in price and you are not supposed to mix non run flats and run flats.i contacted tire rack and they would not help.their customer service would not listen but blamed the problem on me or their installer.with some investigation i learned about dot numbers and was surprised that the installer does not track the dot number and only tire rack has.tire rack is the only one with the dot number and there seems to be no way to verifying the dot numbers. They say it is not their mistake but communication with them has been difficult and they dont seem to have a customer oriented or trustworthy culture.i spoke with the installer and they reviewed the labeling and segregation of the tires received from tire rack to prevent switching.they are a small installer and there process seems reliable.who knows how often this happens but i wanted to share this story with others so they buy their tires from the installer to eliminate this problem.
The contact owns a 2006 porsche 911 carrera s cabriolet equipped with bridgestone potenza pole position tires, size 295/30r19 (na). While driving approximately 60 mph, the rear passenger side tire blew out. The vehicle was towed to a tire repair shop who replaced the tire with a new one, but the cause of the failure was unable to be determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vin and dot number were not available. The approximate tire and vehicle failure mileage was 29,000.
I purchased 4 replacement run flat tires for my wifes bmw 335d with 40,000 mile tread wear warranty.after 20,000 miles the front tires were half worn and the rears were near bald.i contacted tire rack, where i had purchased replacement tires, and they sent out 2 rear replacement tires to their local installer; which i fully paid for pending return.upon installation it was discovered that the tires i had originally purchased from tire rack were not run flats but standard tires.the tires look from the outside exactly the same, bridgestone re960 vs re970s.there is a big difference in price and you are not supposed to mix non run flats and run flats.i contacted tire rack and they would not help.their customer service would not listen but blamed the problem on me or their installer.with some investigation i learned about dot numbers and was surprised that the installer does not track the dot number and only tire rack has.tire rack is the only one with the dot number and there seems to be no way to verifying the dot numbers. They say it is not their mistake but communication with them has been difficult and they dont seem to have a customer oriented or trustworthy culture.i spoke with the installer and they reviewed the labeling and segregation of the tires received from tire rack to prevent switching.they are a small installer and there process seems reliable.who knows how often this happens but i wanted to share this story with others so they buy their tires from the installer to eliminate this problem.
After scraping a curb and tearing the sidewall of one of the 195/60hr-15 bridgestone potenza re960as pole position tires on my 2000 volvo s70, i replaced it with the same tire. Seven months and only a few thousand miles later, the replacement tire developed a bulge in the sidewall. Since purchasing the set in march of 2008, this is the third tire i've had to replace due to a sidewall problem. I genuinely believe this to be due to a defect in the sidewall of the tire. I've retained the most recently replaced tire in case the nhtsa desires to inspect it.
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