Toyo tire exploded... bad experience - PICTURES
 

Driving around today and got a light that the tire pressure was low... Got to the first gas station, looked around the car and it all seemed ok. Checked the pressure with the pressure gauge.. All good.. so i thought it was a glitch and reset the warning light.. In about 15 minutes, while on the highway, I hear a loud pop and the car shakes... DAMN.. tire popped.. Stop the car on the shoulder... it's the rear left Toyo 315/35R20... but, get this, it was soooo bad that it knocked out the rear most left PDC, made a hole in the plastic undercarriage spoiler in the back, completely destroyed the hitch "cover" (it was MIA).. AND the bumper is loose now on the left side.. I'll post pics tomorrow or sunday

I am bummed.. gotta take it to the dealer to get fixed now...

anyone know where I can get a Toyo Proxes S/T 315/35R20 in NJ without buying one online? I called STS tire and they don't carry such big size in stock -- it would be special ordered..

thanks for help.

This kind of worrying as this is not the first time I have heard of a Toyo let go

Hmmmmm.... can't answer the NJ tire retailer question, but my Toyos are getting pretty loud and I was worried that I'd get a flat soon. But, not have one explode!!!

Those 315s are pretty expensive, so your best bet is online.

BTW, how many miles did you have on them?

1,000... YES, ONE THOUSAND!!!! and the dealer installed them so it's not like I went to a cheap local shop.

That's not good news. Sorry for your mishap. When I ordered mine, the front ones were on back order and the dealer told me that they were having problems with the front ones and Toyo was going through a redesign. He didn't say anything about the rears. It bothers me that there was no warning!

Good luck on fixing the car. Wonder if you have any claims against Toyo?

the tires have 1 thousand miles on them.. (one thousand.....!!!!!!!!!!).. there is a whole in the inner wall.. and scratches on the inside on the rim by that wall.. I wonder what the hell that is..

in any case, I will try to post pics soon.

pictures posted

What's the load rating on the Toyos anyway? Perhaps you guys with Toyos are not getting the proper load rated tires for the X5? Don't forget, the X5 is over 5K lbs and with a full load of passengers that can exceed 5.6-5.7K lbs.

The factory tires according to TireRack:

Front: 275/40YR20
Load Index: 102W (1874lbs)

Rear: 315/35ZR20
Load Index: 106W (2094lbs)

The W stands for the speed rating of 168 mph.

Nevermind, I just looked up that tire and it has the same load index. Weird, maybe you hit something on the road to cause it to pop on the side like that.

g,
no Xpert or Tire Forensic Investigator here,
but in close study of your exc. pics, I'd guess
you hit some object that came up the sidewall
or, a stationary object that gouged the sidewall.

I'd bet on the former...and, you may never have
heard it or noticed it, but it sure looks like an object
gouged/punctured the sidewall; thus the scrapes
on the rim.

OTOH, it could be a sidewall failure, but very rare
in my reading, unless very underinflated/overloaded,
run at extreme speeds, etc., none of which seem
to fit your situ.

Rather than driving yourself crazy trying to cop a
replacement tire in that steamroller size, to fix your
ride's look cosmetically, I'd drive on the spare for
a few days and lean hard on the installing Stlr
for some "sympathy adjustment".

Ugly, and you were lucky...the damage is amazing,
but I've been behind 18 wheelers that tossed treads
and it isn't any fun, espc. on a Scoot doing 75.

GL with your Dlr negotiations...
BR,mD