2007 Toyota Yaris Tires Problems

“Tires are of very poor quality. Were bald after little use. Ended up unable to control my vehicle and involved in accident. Through service checks it was never noted to me of the tire condition and the tires should not of been in the condition they were in. I feel as though it is a defect or poor quality product Toyota is selling on their vehicles.”

“1.events leading up to the failure: on several occasions my car seem not accell properly-I would have my foot on gas pedal and it would not go any faster and the car made noise similar to overheating or fanbelt with vibration-but the car would slow down when applied brakes-after letting car drift for a moment the car jolted then seemed to be fine-also, a week prior to the failure there was a clicking noise coming from the general area of where there was a recal corrected on my car a few months ago-I'm not sure if that has any relevance-2. …”

“The car was being driven down the freeway in the middle lane at 62-64mph. Heard the tire blowout and felt the car pull to the right. Turned on emergency lights and pulled off to the side of the freeway. The car sustained major damage to the right front fender, right door, side skirt, hood, front bumper, ABS wiring and other wiring. The tire tread had separated from the tire. Highway patrol officer had to stop freeway traffic to get the tread off the freeway. He confirmed that there were no abnormal road conditions or objects on the highway.”

“The failure was not on my vehicle, but on some 18 wheeler which lost its retread. I hit the retread debree laying in the road, a piece 2-3 feet long. I nearly wrecked 1st trying to avoid it and then when I hit it. It tore up my exhaust pipe which will need repair. I believe these retreads aught to be made illegal since they must be railing at a high rate, just looking at the debree I notice along the side of a typical interstate. …”

“Vehicle failed to maintain its course under sudden steering changes originated to avoid collision with another vehicle. It spun due to either lightness of the vehicle or failed steering, and hit the guard rails. The new 2007 Toyota Yaris vehicle had one new bridgestone potenza re92 tire (driver side rear) replaced by the dealer earlier that day just before the failure occurred. The vehicle was declared a total loss.”