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2012 Toyota HIGHLANDER Tires Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	963044
Internal NHTSA #	10496496
Manufacurer	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Brand	TOYOTA
Model	HIGHLANDER
Model Year	2012
File date	04/02/13
Component	TIRES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My husband and i were driving along el camino real in south san francisco california when we heard a very loud bang and our car swayed to the right and almost hit a bystander. The rear passenger right tire blew out at no apparent reasons. There was a big crack of 3 to 4 inches on the side (inside part) of this tire. We brought our car to melody toyota telling them that it was a defective tire because there was no signs of nails or any other objects that will cause the tire to blow out. Fortunately, we decided not to take the freeway this time or else we will be in a big accident. Melody toyota told us that it was due to outside influence but they are not sure about it because you can see the surface was so smooth and no marks of any objects hitting it. It looked that it came from the inside of the tire. They decided to send the tire to the manufacturer (toyo brand) to investigate. Our worry the tire manufacturer will try to protect themselves and they will rule that it was due to outside influence. Granting it was due to outside influence the tire should deflate slowly and not a sudden loud burst. We are reporting this because we want to save thousands of lives who have this brand of tires. Fortunately, nothing bad happened to us and the bystander. I was requesting the dealer to replace all our tires because we have no peace of mind driving with these tires. By the way, our car is a brand new cartoyota highlander 2012 that we bought only last june of 2012, it was an 8 month-old car. What really upsets me the dealer was selling me a spare tire for $300. Why should we pay $300 when we almost got into accident? So, at this time we're still waiting what will be their findings. I hope they will be honest about it. I took several pictures of the damaged tire for the record.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	9197
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DALY CITY, CA
VIN pattern	5TDBK3EH6CSXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	45
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Toyota HIGHLANDER Tires Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Toyota HIGHLANDER Tires Problems, Complaints and Defects

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