2007 TOYOTA PRIUS Tires Problems

MY BRIDGESTONE ECOPIA EP 422 TIRES WORE OUT AFTER ONLY 32,000 MILES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ADVERTISED AS WARRANTIED FOR 65,000 MILES. THE BRIDGESTONE DEALER GAVE ME A REFERENCE # 112-95-47 AND SENT ME TO A DEALER. THE DEALER MEASURED THE TIRES AT 4-4-0 AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER BECAUSE THE INSIDE EDGES OF ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BALD. HE STATED THAT, "IT LOOKS LIKE AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM TO ME." DURING THE LIFE OF THE TIRES I RETURNED TO THE TOYOTA DEALER FOR 5,000 MILE SERVICE INTERVALS. EACH TIME THEY CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND INFLATION. IT WAS ALWAYS "WITHIN SPEC" FOR MY 2007 TOYOTA PRIUS. I TOLD THIS TO THE DEALER AND THE BRIDGESTONE REPRESENTATIVE. THEY STATED THAT THEY ARE SORRY BUT THEY CANNOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. WHAT GOOD IS A 65,000 MILE WARRANTY FOR TIRES THAT WEAR OUT IN 32,000 MILES IF THE FACT THAT THEY...

DRIVING PASSENGER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON A TOLLROAD. NORMAL CLEAR DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS AT ABOUT 80 DEGREES. THERE WAS A LOAD NOISE, THEN SMOKE AND LOSS OF VEHICLE STABILITY. PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF OF THE TIRE IN THE SIDE WALL AREA WAS TORN APART. TIRE WAS REPLACED. *TR

THE PRIUS HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES ONE, SOMETIMES BOTH. THERE IS NO PATTERN AND THEY GO BACK ON WHEN THE ON/OFF SWITCH IS ACTIVATED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE ABOUT 40,000 MILES. THE BULBS WERE REMOVED AND RESET AND THE RIGHT SIDE WAS FIXED, THE LEFT SIDE FAILS LESS FREQUENTLY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THE DEALER DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SURE OF THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE COST TO REPLACE THE BULBS IS OVER $400. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TIRES WEAR OUT VERY QUICKLY; REPLACED ORIGINAL TIRES AT 22,209 MILES AND NOW AT 50,287 MILES THE SECOND SET HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT GOES ON CONTINUOUSLY, REGARDLESS OF PRESSURE. *TR

2007 TOYOTA PRIUS WITH TIRE FAILURE AND BRAKES GRABBING. *KB THE BATTERY AND HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE CONSUMER STATED TOYOTA HAS SINCE REMOVED THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF BULB AND ASSEMBLY FROM PRODUCTION. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS 1 YEAR OLD THE CONSUMER WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE AND GIVEN A WARNING FOR THE HEADLIGHT BEING OUT. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND EXITED THE VEHICLE, THEY ALONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICER FOUND BOTH HEADLIGHTS WERE WORKING AND HE LET THEM GO WITHOUT A CITATION. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE DISCOVERED THAT ONE HEADLIGHT OR THE OTHER WILL JUST GO OUT ON OCCASION DURING EVERY DRIVE. THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD. TOYOTA RECOMMENDED USING THE HEADLIGHTS LESS AND THEY FURTHER RECOMMENDED NOT USING THE HIGHLY TOUTED FEATURE THAT ALLOWS THE LIGHTS TO AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF....

THE NEW TIRES WE GOT ON A NEW VEHICLE PURCHASE LASTED ONLY ABOUT 10,000 MILES, WHICH WAS MUCH LOWER THAN EXPECTED AND LOWER THAN WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAID WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN. *TR