Help! Sidewall bulge in Itegrity tire

LAST time i had a bulge in my tire i knew the tread was separating and the tire was not deemed "safe" to drive on.

Take the safe road and get another tire. You dont want to take a chance with this tire with you/your family.

 

You might get a free replacement for it. If these are the original tires I'd try the dealer first. If they whine or don't have any in stock try calling Toyota USA customer service. Otherwise go to Goodyear.

BTW those are excellent pictures. What is the camera?

 

Take this as a message from somewhere telling you it's time to get rid of those crappy OEM tires before they get you killed. I gave mine away at 8,000 miles.

Tom

 

Tire warranty issued are covered by the tire Mfg warranty not the car Mfg.

However I agree with the previous post, get rid of the carp integrities and get some decent tires, I got rid of mine on my 07 at less than 1000 miles.

 

+1 on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1.

I have the TZ3, and I think the latest iteration is the TZ6 which has, among other things, a 12X optical zoom.

I'm hoping that the next TZ model will have some new low light technology, like Fuji and Sony have in some of their new compact cameras.

:focus:

 

Hi Bob,

I think you'll be happy with those tires as handling should be substantially improved. I had a set on my 2004. The only issue I'm aware of is that treadlife is less than other tires that are popular with group members.

 

Take that tire out of service now, please.

 

What pressure were you running in it most of the time?
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That is correct. There is an obvious gouge/abrasion from striking something.

Bad move, hope you have good insurance! The Integrities may not be great, but the last set of Potenza's I had cost me a car just a few days after they were mounted. The brand new pieces of crap were inflated to ~32 psi, had just been rechecked by me within 24 hours of the accident. One developed complete tread separation from the sidewall on the interstate at 70 mph and exploded without warning on a curve. Rollover. Real fun.

 

I heard nothing but good about them as well from Tirerack customers, which is why I purchased them. The installer comments are baloney from Bridgestone. The rubber in the bead on mine was no good. The compound was so weak I could peel it with my fingernail. Bridgestone tried to claim it went flat, etc. but since I had checked the tire in the previous 24 hours, it was running fine, and I've personally changed tires that have been run low/flat (worked in a shop when I was young), I know better. I saved the tire for a year considering filing suit against Bridgestone.

Let me repeat: it didn't run low it wasn't overinflated, it EXPLODED with ~32 psi set pressure that I had personally checked. This on the driver side rear of an Accord, which has a 60 front/40 rear weight distribution. The whole tread completely separated from the sidewall. The sidewall then collapsed and the rear dug in. Nobody signalled that there might be a problem on a busy road, there was not indication in the handling that a tire might be low. Between the explosion the lack of any warning, the "low inflation" scenario was bullocks.

Bridgestone/Firestone has had problems with quality control on their compound--see the Explorer problems for an example of how bad they screw up on a regular basis. I thought they were well past that when I purchased those tires. I was wrong.

I had OEM Bridgestones on my '91 240. They were awful, lasted 12,000 miles before they were bald, and I drove it delicately during that time. This despite alignments and tire rotation. The two worst sets of passenger car tires I've ever owned came from Bridgestone and both were hazardous.

I would never ever recommend putting any Bridgestone on a car. I do however have Bridgestone Revo's on my Tundra (predated the failure.) I keep a pretty close eye on them and as soon as another manufacturer produces a comparable tire, I'll switch manufacturers and not look back. If one blows out I'll dedicate the next 10 years to shutting Bridgestone down.