| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005039033 | Incident Date: Jul, 31 2005 |
| Consumer's City: EL DORADO HILLS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION |
| Model Name: DUNLOP | Model Year: 1974 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 15 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 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. *nm |
