1991 Toyota Previa Tires Problems

“While driving on I-4 in orlando 12/7/00 at 70 MPH tread separated from our right rear tire. I was able to keep the car under control and pull into the median, but by then the separated tread had beat the car up. I am filing a damage claim next week with firestone, and yesterday replaced all of the tires with goodriches. The four year old tire that failed had 52,00 miles on it and was warranted for 60,000. There was no unusual tread wear pattern. …”

“After having tread separation diagnosed by the Toyota dealership and my auto mechanic took the vehicle with bridgstone bt 70 tires to the firestone store on both occasions to be checked for tread separation. The first time firestone told me there no tread separation in any of the tires, because of my concern I requested and received confirmation in writing. The second time at the firestone store one tire was replaced , after detecting tread separation, the other three tires being told were okay. …”

“This vehicle was originally equipped with p205/75r14 tires. The door placard states the vehicle should have p215/65r15 tires on it. How can I determine if the correct size tires were properly installed on my Previa after all these years if the door placard never matched the tire size that came on the vehicle to begin with? I contacted Toyota about this several years ago but I never got a reply. Once when I was buying replacement tires I had a difficult time convincing the tire dealer that my van actually came with the smaller tires already installed on it. …”