My wife bought a 2023 Toyota Highlander. It came with Bridgestone Tires.
Sunday about noon as we were leaving a New Year's Eve/UGA football game party in Atlanta, we had a
blowout. This happened on I-285 near Northside Drive. The tire had approximately 3200 miles on it. I
looked at the tires prior to leaving our friend's house and the tire pressure gauge light was not showing
on the dash.
If you have a car with Bridgestone tires, check them carefully. A recall has just been issued for our type of tire.
Glad you guys are safe. 285 is a near death experience at the best of times between the street racing, ignorant drivers, and gun play.
I found this as I just bought some Bridgestones
Bridgestone has issued a voluntary recall of 12,615 passenger tires that may have sustained bead cuts or tears during shipping, affecting some 2022 Toyota Tacoma, 2022 Toyota Highlander and 2022 Acura TLX models.
Bridgestone estimates less than 1% of recalled tires may exhibit this condition, but the company is expanding the number of tires in scope as part of its longstanding commitment to safety, quality and customer satisfaction.
Bridgestone is not aware of any accidents or injuries involving tires related to this recall. All known customers, distributors and dealers will receive notification of the recall with instructions on how to identify an affected tire with the damaged bead condition.
Bridgestone Americas and Bridgestone Canada (Bridgestone) are collectively issuing a voluntary recall on 12,615 tires that may have sustained bead damage due to a warehouse de-palletizer during the shipping process. Bridgestone estimates less than 1% of recalled tires are affected, but the company is expanding the number of tires in scope as part of its longstanding commitment to quality, safety and customer satisfaction. The impacted tires were shipped from the company’s passenger tire plant in Wilson, North Carolina between July 22, 2022, and August 8, 2022, and include the following tire products/brands:
2022 Toyota Tacoma OE Fitment – 5,251 tires
Firestone Destination LE2 tires in size 265/65R17 110S
Plant ID: W2
Size Code: AH
Optional Code: DE3
Beginning Date Code: 2522
Ending Date Code: 2622
2022 Toyota Highlander OE Fitment – 6,505 tires
Bridgestone Alenza Sport A/S tires in size 235/55R20 102V
Plant ID: 1W2
Size Code: 8A
Optional Code: ALA1
Beginning Date Code: 2422
Ending Date Code: 2722
2022 Acura TLX OE Fitment – 859 tires
Bridgestone Turanza EL440 tires in size 235/50R18 97V
Plant ID: 1W2
Size Code: 1P
Optional Code: JB21
Beginning Date Code: 2521
Ending Date Code: 2621
Not surprised, Especially if Bridgestone is affiliated with the Firestone brand... Remember the Firestone "500" and "721" debacle of the 70's... And lest we forget the Firestone "Wilderness" disaster on the fords 20 ish yrs ago... "May have sustained Warehouse damage" my ass!... It Seems like this company still cant get it's schit together!
Bridgestone tires are the worst tires I know of.
Bought a new Toyota 4x4 truck, @ 30K miles the tires were bald, truck not driven hard, no towing etc. .
Blow outs at highway speeds > scary deal.
I remember those years well. I had a 75 Corvette with Firestones on it. Had a blowout and the tire ate up the fiberglass.
Bridgestone is Firestone with another name.
The Bridgestone plant where the problem supposedly originated:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
3001 Firestone Pkwy NE Wilson NC 27893
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https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/company/businesses/products/firestone