Consumer Complaint Detail

BRIDGESTONE / TURANZA EL42 / P235

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007104823 Incident Date: May, 01 2007
Consumer's City: DENVER Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Model Name: TURANZA EL42 Model Year: P235
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBAVB33576K Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 06 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 08 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I purchased a bmw 330i in may 2006. shortly after purchase the tires were making noise. initially, the noise wasn't terribly objectionable, but it continued to worsen. i took the car to hendricks bmw in charlotte, nc ,and was told that the tires were cupping or feathering. they offered a 50% discount on the purchase of 4 new tires at 11,500 miles. i called bmw consumer affairs, and was told to contact bridgestone for a resolution of this problem. later, on the web i found bmw technical service bulletin sib 36 06 06 which addressed this specific problem. however, the information in this bulletin was not made available to consumers that purchased a vehicle with bridgestone turanza el 42 rft tires. bmw was still researching the problem. however, i am not optimistic they will address it.*ak