Thursday night on my way to Lake Mohave in Nevada, my driver side rear tire just blew up. I was only 180 miles into my trip and my tire blew. My car is less than 2 months old with less than 2800 miles that night. It was at night time so no tire shop was open at the time so my friend and I had to change to the spare and drive for 2 more hours at 50mph. I called a couple friends to bring a full size 17 but the one they brought was the wrong 5 lug pattern. so i had to drive 5 hours at 50mph all the way back home from nevada. i tell you one thing, it wasnt fun. so today im bringing it in to get a new brand of tires and a full size spare. the car is on stock suspension and stock rims and tires. no engine mods at all. Im hoping toyota/scion will cooperate or else there will be hell. im just giving you guys a heads up on the tires.















and im gonna have them fix this too

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How fast were you driving? Tell the truth. I've got a small knick in the sidewall of my passenger side front tire that I've been worried about for a while.

-Z

 

a little over the highway speed. around 80. even still if i was going 140, it should still hold up. im gonna try to get michelins under the warranty. i dont want yokohamas.

 

The exact same thing is happening on both of my front seats.

I mentioned it in the survey I got in the mail, but I was going to bring it up, along with a problem with my spoiler, when I get my oil changed at 5k

that tire blowout is scary ____ man

 

yeah, it was a good thing i didnt get in an accident.

 

this has happened before with the bridgestone re92's.. you're not the first person.. doesn't look like anything hit that tire.. looks like the sidewall just crumbled..

If you're going to get anything I've had good luck with my pirelli pzero nero m&S tires..

 

you had bridgestones for your stock tc tires? im gonna be going to the dealership in a couple minutes.

 

my driver's side seat is doing the exact same thing. i've only had the car 2 months!

 

Yep those tire suck, I already got two that wont hold air for long. I am just holding off until I get new rims and tires.

 

yeah i had the bridgestone re92's for stock.. and had them removed when i got the car and had the pirelli's put on.. Others on this forum had their tires blow out and i think it was at tirerack.com's reviews about WRX drivers complaining about the re92's as well.. so you're not alone.. there is a defect in this tire.. and should be either recalled or removed entirely off the market.. i think the best you'll get is a warranty replacement of the re92 tire.. but i wouldn't trust it!

I'd rather spend the money i don't have for tires like the pirelli pzero nero m&s I have than to wonder if my tire is going to blow out.. glad you're alright and that no big damage happened to the car!! you definitely were lucky

 

Yep, most of the first tCs had potenzas.... dont ask for them, they are not the best tire in the world. This is the second car I have had them on. I do remember the post with the potenza... but people were pretty skeptical, looked more like the guy took a super hard turn with it under-inflated or hit a curb, so who knows.

 

"and im gonna have them fix this too "

And do what, have them tuck it back in with a little glue? That's all they will do.

 

just any FYI, when i picked up my car i thought the tires were a little hard. Figured that it was the low profile tires (im used to my truck, lifted on 33s). well one day i deceded just to check the air pressure and they were at 55psi from the dealer/factory. It said on the sidewall not to go past 40psi for inflating only. I looked in the door jamb and it said 28 in the front 32 in the rear (or something close cannot remember exactly). So it could have been an over inflated tire which would do that exact thing. I also have yokohamas and they seem to do fine

 

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Same here. Mine were at 40 all around. Only had it like that for a day or two before I checked them though.

 

Can anyone tell me what was wrong with the last picture of the seat? My tc is still in shipping, and I'm not sure what it is supposed to look like.

 

BTW, what kind of factory warranty is there on the tires? If you blow one, can you really get any 4 you want?

 

if you look closely you can see the stitching is coming apart to the left of the handle..

 

Maximum inflation is for load carrying purposes. A standard automotive tire can handle upwards of 100psi without issue. It is at the maximum inflation rating that adding pressure no longer increases load carrying capability. Over inflation can cause the center of your tread to wear faster, but it is highly unlikely to cause any damage on the sidewalls. Under inflation can cause sidewall problems, as it puts all the weight of the car on the sidewall, and not on the pressure of the air inside the tire.

 

When cars are shipped, they overinflate the tires. They probably forgot to deflate the tires a little bit when they did the PDI. I found my tires to be a little off as well when I got my tC.

 

Speaking of that, and looking at the pictures, I bet that the dealership or whoever gives this guy a hard time about underinflation.

I don't know how you could have a failure going all the way around the tire, and only on the sidewall, without an underinflation condition. Maybe some other factors contributed too, but its a pretty safe bet this guy is going to be told his tire was not properly inflated.