9.4

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
1,200 miles

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problem #1

Feb 152009

ES 350

  • 1,200 miles
In a grocery store parking lot, had to swing wide to avoid a truck turning into a row of parked cars. In doing so, the right front tire ran over the last foot of a rounded curb island at about a walking speed. The sidewall of the tire experienced a 2 inch L shaped blowout. This tire was on a new car with less than 1200 miles. I have never in 50 years had a tire have this type of blowout with such a low speed curb rollover. There was nothing in this area to cause a puncture.

- Gainesville, GA, USA

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