Toyo tire failure...(Bad)!

[seafish]

Of course I am NOT surprised at all that Les Scwhab failed to pick this up…wonder if they are going to try to collect on the free replacements?? LOL

 

[NIsaacs]

Yes, it sounds like it. I just got off the phone with my son who is helping me with this tire issue and the truck damage and he said the tire dealer I bought the Michelins from will now give me credit for 4 new Toyo's. I will pay the difference of $144. They have been a big help (Discount Tire). They are not a primary Toyo dealer so they did not get the recall notice.

Woohoo, looking good

Nick

 

[JR]

The safety recall for the affected Nitto tires ended March 1, I dont see a date on the Toyo site so hopefully they dont sweep you under the rug on this.

Glad all is well, Nick. A front blow out with a loaded truck is a real eye opener.

 

[NIsaacs]

Glad all is well, Nick. A front blow out with a loaded truck is a real eye opener.

Thanks JR, actually it didn't blow out, just lost the complete tread. It was worse than any flat I have ever had. When the tread finally flew off I had complete control again and when I got stopped the tire was still full of air. I had to sneak up on it :-laf to let some out before I changed it.....

Nick

 

[JR]

I had to sneak up on it :-laf to let some out before I changed it.....


Nick

What, you didn't want anymore surprises while you were spinning those lugs off? :-laf

 

[brods]

Yes, it sounds like it. I just got off the phone with my son who is helping me with this tire issue and the truck damage and he said the tire dealer I bought the Michelins from will now give me credit for 4 new Toyo's. I will pay the difference of $144. They have been a big help (Discount Tire). They are not a primary Toyo dealer so they did not get the recall notice.

Woohoo, looking good

Nick

Good news! Is Toyo going to do anything for the damage to the truck?

 

[Regcabguy]

I think Toyo's are made in Japan.

Nick

They're made in Japan and in the southeast USA. Toyo stopped making them in China.
I had total tread separation on some Bridgestone's. $3.3k damage in seconds.
Bridgestone wouldn't accept photos. They insisted on receipts. I couldn't find them and the shop went broke.
They were D rated,however,and AAA fixed the truck. I lucked out. Toyo E's ever since with no failures. longevity on these AT2's isn't looking that great.

 

[ed9824v]

I did not have a tire failure with my TOYOs but was very unhappy with tread wear. Glad you did not get hurt.

my boy had Toyos liked the look wore out so fast back to BFG truck and buggies I have always had them on my truck BFG'x

 

[NIsaacs]

So, for $144 I ended up with a new set of Michelins, 285/75Rx16E, LTX M/S2, 70k mile tire. My son runs them on his dually and only gets 30k miles out of them, he tows heavy and has a lot of power. So if I can get at least 40k, with the pro rated warranty Michelin should keep me in new tires now for about $600 a set v/s $960:-laf

Insurance paid for the damage, I did not talk to them about Toyo covering the truck damage. I figure credit for 4 new tires was fine.

Nick

 

[jkalchik]

I've been running LTX M/S2s on my 99 2500 4wd, get around 60k miles (mostly light highway use.) My 2012.... that came with Firestones, it'll get a set of the Michelins before winter.

 

[NIsaacs]

Update: I now have 15k on the new tires, all is well. I tow most of the time so I keep them at 75 psi. Off highway (rare for me) they don't like washboard roads with that air pressure. I just checked the depth and the fronts are at 9/32's on the edge with 10/32's in the center, the rear are at 10/32's all the way across with 1 rotation, they are due again. they started at 11.5/32's so it looks like I will get 60k+ I am more than satisfied so far.



Nick