1995 BMW 325I Tires Problems

“On august 9,2001 a left rear tire disintegrated at 60mph. The bridgestone firestone representative(after contending that it was not a manufacturing defect) agreed to replace the tire (still under warrantee - about half the tread left). We had been experiencing a slow leak on the right front and on the day of the failure had been in the shop to be told that nothing could be detected in the rf tire - pressure had been checked on the rear. Subsequently we continued to loose air in the rf tire and experience a shimmy in the car. …”

“Bought four goodyear assurance triple tread tires (warranty for 80,000 - 85,000 miles) at belle tire in june '05. (tires never felt right.) by november '05, after only 10,000 miles, tires were worn to the tread bar. Belle tire blamed everything except the tire, went to 3 different locations and waited over two weeks for problem to be 'resolved'. Issue was not resolved to customer satisfaction. Also, belle tire charged for an alignment in june '05, when in fact the location did not have the proper equipment to do the alignment (german-engineered vehicles require special equipment). …”