| Issue ID | 946805 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10480967 |
| Manufacurer | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY |
| Model Year | 2009 |
| File date | 17/10/12 |
| Component | TIRES |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Drove home from work about 6:30pm (central) last night (10. 17. 2012). Parked in enclosed garage. Sat in the kitchen with my family. Heard a pop sound minutes later after parking. Went outside to investigate source of sound. Looked around car and discovered front passenger tire flat. The tire had blown just sitting in the garage! Took tire off this morning and discovered it has a 1. 25 inch tear in the inside about half way between rim and the tread. There are no visible punctures or intrusions of foreign objects. To me this incident is strange in and of itself. But i am filing this report because this is the second time in a month that a general altimax rt tire has failed in an unexpected manner on my 2009 toyota camry le. The other incident happened on 09. 16. 2012. It was raining and i was driving on a city street at no more than 20-25mph. The tire failed with many evenly spaced long tears along the walls radiating from the center/rim out all around! |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 72528 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | SPICEWOOD, TX |
| VIN pattern | 4T4BE46K29RXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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