2008 Toyota RAV4 Tires & Wheels Problems

I READ ON YOUR WEBSITE RECALLS RELATED TO WEIGHT CARRYING CAPACITY WHEELS & TIRES APPLICABLE TO MY VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE. PLEASE INFORM WHETHER DEALER FIXED IT WHILE I WAS THERE FOR OTHER RECALLS. PLEASE INFORM ME IF I NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. *TR

REAR WHEEL SUPPORT FAILED. WHEEL BENT TO THE SIDE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND NEAR ACCIDENT. THE MECHANIC REPORTED THAT RIGHT REAR END LINK BENT. RIGHT REAR WHEEL TIE ROD HAVE COME OFF CENTER NUT AND NO THREAD REMAINING AND RIGHT REAR SHOCK LEAKING. THEY REPLACED RIGHT REAR-END LINK TIE ROD AND SHOCK. PERFORMED WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE SAME TOYOTA DEALER PERFORMED PRIOR ALIGNMENT NOVEMBER 20, 2009. WHEN I HAD THE NEW ALIGNMENT CHECKED (BUYING NEW TIRES) JUST FEW DAYS LATER I WAS TOLD THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS STILL OFF. THE TOYOTA DEALER REFUSE (BY RESCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS) TO RECHECK THE ALIGNMENT AND REPAIR IT. I WAS BILLED $729 AND TOYOTA REFUSED TO CONSIDER THAT THIS WAS SECONDARY TO DEFECT BUT CLAIMED IT WAS MY FAULT THAT I MUST HAVE HIT THE SUSPENSION EVEN THOUGH THAT NEVER HAPPENED. *TR

ON 04/09/2012, I TOOK MY TOYOTA RAV4 2008 FOR OIL CHANGE AT GIRARD TOYOTA, NEW LONDON. TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR G91A RADIAL TUBELESS M+S MADE IN JAPAN D7475L-11, 225/65R17-101H INSTALLED FROM FACTORY WHEN I BOUGHT THE RAV4 (AS NEW VEHICLE). I CALLED TOYOTA, WHICH ISSUED CASE #:[XXX], SAYING THAT TOYOTA'S WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE TIRES. TOYOTA REFERRED ME TO YOKOHAMA, FULLERTON, CA, TEL: (800) 722-9888. I CALLED YOKOHAMA WHICH ISSUED CASE #: [XXX]. YOKOHAMA REFERRED ME TO TIREPLUS, EAST LYME, CT. I TOOK THE RAV4 IMMEDIATELY TO[XXX] AT TIREPLUS. HE DETERMINED THAT THE THREADS OF THE 4 TIRES WERE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION (#19); HOWEVER, EACH OF THE TIRES (ALL 4 TIRES) ARE CRACKING BETWEEN THE THREADS. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE FROM MANUFACTURING AS MY RAV4 HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN FOR 16,600 MILES. YOKOHAMA INDICATED THAT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES COVERING 100% OF THE COST THAT THEY WILL ONLY COVER 70%. TOYOTA AND YOKOHAMA SHOULD HAVE SOLD ME THIS RAV4 WITH TIRES THAT ADHERED TO QUALITY STANDARDS - THAT DO NOT RISK THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY, RELATIVES, FRIENDS, THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. DUE TO SAFETY, I WILL GO AHEAD PAYING TO REPLACE THE 4 TIRES. I WILL APPRECIATE THAT REGULATORS LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS ISSUE AS I KNOW THAT OTHER FAMILIES AND THE PUBLIC ARE AT RISK WITH THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES AS DOCUMENTED IN PUBLIC COMPLAINTS IN THE INTERNET ? I HAVE INCLUDED THE INTERNET LINK ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS FOR REFERENCE. I ALSO WILL APPRECIATE IF YOKOHAMA PAYS IN FULL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE 4 TIRES. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR OUR TIME AND EFFORT. HTTP://WWW.VEHICLETIRE.COM/COMPLAINT/YOKOHAMA/GEOLANDAR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR TIRES G91 SIZE 235/55R1899H PEELING & FALLING APART I PURCHASED A TOYOTA RAV 4 2008 AT 27900 MILES WHILE HAVING MY OIL CHANGED ( NOTE NOT AT THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP) THEY INFORMED ME MY FRONT TIRES ARE FALLING APART. I MADE AN APPT. AND TOOK IT IN TO TOYOTA WAITED AN HOUR AND WAS TOLD TAKE IT HOME WITH THE BAD TIRES NO ONE THEIR COULD HELP ME OR DETERMINE IF THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A PROBLEM NEW TO TOYOTA RAV4'S. *TR

ALLOY WHEEL RIMS STARTED TO BECOME RUSTY 2 YEARS AFTER PURCHASING AND ARE GETTING WORSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA RAV 4. WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANG FROM THE VEHICLE INTERIOR. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT TWO BOLTS WERE FRACTURED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. IN ADDITION, ALL FOUR TIRE BOLTS WERE EXTREMELY UNSTABLE. THE DEALER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRE BOLTS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 35,000.

BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE WORN IN THE MIDDLE AFTER ONLY 15,000 MILES! WHEN I WENT TO HAVE THEM ROTATED, THEY COULDN'T ROTATE THEM BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TREAD LEFT. SO, I WENT TO REPLACE THE YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR TIRES, BUT SOON FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS NO WARRANTY, NO PRO-RATED REPLACEMENT...NOTHING!!! I HAD MAINTAINED PROPER INFLATION IN BOTH TIRES, BUT I NOTICED OTHER 2008 TOYOTA RAV4 CARS IN PARKING LOTS WITH THE SAME PREMATURE TREAD WEAR ON FRONT TIRES. HOW CAN TOYOTA SELL A CAR WITH TIRES THAT INCLUDE NO WARRANTY?? SO I HAD TO PAY FOR TWO NEW TIRES ON A CAR THAT WAS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD! I WILL NEVER BUY A TOYOTA AGAIN! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA RAV4. THE VEHICLE HAS YOKOHAMA GEOLANDAR G- 91A TIRES, SIZE 225/6.5/17 101H (NA). THESE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE AND MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE TIRE AND SHREDS OF RUBBER EVERYWHERE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 7,370.