PeterVX2
Member
I once considered Bridgestone produced quality tyres, but not any more.
About 5 years ago I purchased Bridgestone Turanza T001 tyres for my second car, which does local trips at mostly 60 to 80 Kph.
These Japanese manufactured T001’s lasted 55,000 KLM. I was very happy with them, a quiet good wearing, and a good handling tyre for my use in the VX II Commodore.
I kept the best one as a spare when about 2 years ago I purchased 4 more Turanza T001’s.
I noticed that these ones were made in Thailand and had a slightly different tread pattern.
When I just did another tyre rotation ( every 10,000 klm ), I ran the digital tread gauge across all 4 and was shocked at the amount of wear. The worst tyre had 3.8 mm tread, and the best tyre was 4.4 mm ( average ). These tyres have done only 34,000 klm.
When I checked the Japanese made spare, it had 4.6 to 4.8 mm tread. This tyre had done 55,000 klm !
I rang Bridgestone Australia and was referred to a Technical Rep who was not interested in the wear and different tread pattern. He must have been reading from a prepared script and it went like this.
Bridgestone have the Turanza T001 manufactured all over the world in different plants, and all to the exact same high quality. The problem is your end, poor maintenance will cause this wear.
When I told him I rotate every 10,000 klm, do an alignment every 12 months, fastidiously keep the pressures even at 230 KPA cold, he then suggested that the alignments were not done properly. He then had the hide to suggest I send the tyres back to Bridgestone for analysis after I replace them.
Well I will replace them when the time comes ( at about 40,000 klm ), but it will NOT be with Bridgestone tyres ever again.
Any other forum member had a similar issue ?
About 5 years ago I purchased Bridgestone Turanza T001 tyres for my second car, which does local trips at mostly 60 to 80 Kph.
These Japanese manufactured T001’s lasted 55,000 KLM. I was very happy with them, a quiet good wearing, and a good handling tyre for my use in the VX II Commodore.
I kept the best one as a spare when about 2 years ago I purchased 4 more Turanza T001’s.
I noticed that these ones were made in Thailand and had a slightly different tread pattern.
When I just did another tyre rotation ( every 10,000 klm ), I ran the digital tread gauge across all 4 and was shocked at the amount of wear. The worst tyre had 3.8 mm tread, and the best tyre was 4.4 mm ( average ). These tyres have done only 34,000 klm.
When I checked the Japanese made spare, it had 4.6 to 4.8 mm tread. This tyre had done 55,000 klm !
I rang Bridgestone Australia and was referred to a Technical Rep who was not interested in the wear and different tread pattern. He must have been reading from a prepared script and it went like this.
Bridgestone have the Turanza T001 manufactured all over the world in different plants, and all to the exact same high quality. The problem is your end, poor maintenance will cause this wear.
When I told him I rotate every 10,000 klm, do an alignment every 12 months, fastidiously keep the pressures even at 230 KPA cold, he then suggested that the alignments were not done properly. He then had the hide to suggest I send the tyres back to Bridgestone for analysis after I replace them.
Well I will replace them when the time comes ( at about 40,000 klm ), but it will NOT be with Bridgestone tyres ever again.
Any other forum member had a similar issue ?