2007 Scion tC Tires & Wheels Problems

2007 SCION TC BOUGHT USED 2-18-14 TOYOTA DEALER HAD PUT 4 BRAND NEW 215/45/ZR17 91W ON CAR AND LESS THAN 100 MILES HAD 2 BLOWOUTS, NOT FLAT TIRES BLOWOUTS. 1ST ON 2-27-14 GOING 55 MPH ON HWY. 169 MN. RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT FOR NO REASON 2ND ON 3-1-14 GOING 55 MPH. ON HWY. 100 AT HWY. 55 IN MINNESOTA TIRE BLEW HAD STAKE IN CENTER OF TREAD, TIRE BEADS STAYED SEALED IN PLACE ON RIM BUT THE BALANCE OF TIRE CAME OFF AND ENDED ON OTHER SIDE OF ROAD ABOUT 50 FEET BACK. NO REASON FOR TIRE TO COME OFF THAT WAY. CAR HAD BEEN ON ROAD FOR 20 MILES AND OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 5 DEG. ABOVE 0 MN HWY. PATROL WAS CALLED BECAUSE CAR WAS ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD BUT SPARE WAS PUT ON BEFORE THEY ARRIVED SO CALLED AN ADVISED THEM CAR WAS OFF OF THE ROAD. *TR

THE RIMS ON MY SCION/TOYOTA ARE CRACKING ARE CAUSING THE TIRES TO LEAK AIR. I CONTACTED SCION/TOYOTA BACK IN FEBRUARY 2011 ABOUT THESE RIMS CRACKING AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. GOODYEAR SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT MASON WELDING COMPANY TO HAVE THE WHEELS WELDED. I HAD TO AGAIN REPLACE THE TIRES FROM GOODYEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN ON THE INSIDE. GOODYEAR DID STAND BEHIND THE WARRANTY ON THE TIRES BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE RIM STARTING LEAKING AIR AGAIN AND MY DAUGHTER GOT A FLAT TIRE. I WAS AGAIN INFORMED THAT THE RIMS WERE LEAKING. SHE WHEN TO FIRESTONE, AND AGAIN WAS TOLD THAT THE RIMS WERE CAUSING THE TIRES TO LEAK AIR. I HAD TO HAVE THE RIMS WELDED AGAIN. I WENT TO SOUTH CAROLINE, WHERE MY DAUGHTER GOES TO COLLEGE TO BRING HER HOME. I DROVE THE CAR BACK AND NOW THE RIMS ARE LEAKING AGAIN. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SCION/TOYOTA CAN OFFER THESE WHEELS AND THEN NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBLY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE THESE RIMS ON THE ROAD IF THEY CONTINUE TO CAUSE THE TIRES TO GO FLAT. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER, AS I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO HAVE CARS ON THE ROAD THAT THE RIMS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WITH STAND OUR ROADWAYS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA SCION TC. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINENTAL EXTREME CONTITRAC TIRES, SIZE 215 45 ZR17 87W. ONE MONTH AGO, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FLATTENED WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRE TO A TIRE SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS NORMAL BECAUSE THEY ARE LOW PROFILE TIRES. AFTER PURCHASING A NEW TIRE ONE MONTH LATER, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FLATTENED DUE TO A HOLE ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THE ISSUE, BUT COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,900.

CAR PURCHASED WITH 61 MILES ON 2/18/2007. DURING DRIVING AT 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ENCOUNTERED A PIECE OF WOOD, APPROX. 2"X4"X12". UNAVOIDABLY RAN OVER WOOD AND GOT A FLAT TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO A TIRE SHOP ON 2/25/07 WITH 560 MILES ON IT AND THEY SAW NO TIRE DAMAGE, NO VEHICLE DAMAGE, BUT THE WHEEL WAS CRACKED ALONG THE SEAM. TOYOTA OF EL CAJON, CA DENIED WARRANTY COVERAGE SAYING IT WAS DUE TO AN IMPACT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMITTEDLY NOTICED THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN THE WHEEL. VEHICLE IS A 07 SCION TC. *NM