| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005022463 | Incident Date: May, 04 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ALEXANDRIA | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION |
| Model Name: DUNLOP | Model Year: 1974 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 31 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 09 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: With our 2004 toyota sienna minivan, we have had several problems with the run-flat tires installed on the vehicle as original equipment. these dunlop run-flat tires are standard on the all-wheel-drive versions of the 2004 and 2005 sienna. the tires have been prone to puncture (two semi-delfations in the past 6 months) and the tires do not wear properly. as a result, we are forced to replace them at $300 a piece with only 12,000 miles on them and after they were properly rotated and maintained during their short life. a quick search on the internet confirms that these problems are rampant on the 2004 and 2005 siennas with these run-flat tires. the toyota dealer has admitted that this is a big problem with these cars and has offered to pay for only 2 of the 4 new tires. to exacerbate the problem, siennas with run-flat tires are not equipped with any spare tire because the run-flats are supposed to allow you to drive the car until you can have the flat fixed. two problems emerge from this -- (1) if your run-flat tire fails completely (there are reports of this on the internet), you are stuck with no spare; and (2) if you can still drive on the flat tire, there are few if any repair shops outside of major metropolitan areas that can fix these run-flats. |
