stock tires fail....

[Bino9905]

well i have seen the countless posts saying how crappy the stock tires are, but i always figured it was just the rock crawler folks worried about tearing up the side walls. I traveled to Chihuahua Mexico and while driving on dirt/caliche roads the low pressure light turns on.....


The dirt road winds up and down a mountain and I was in 4X4 hi even though it was not necessary but it was a dirt/rock road .....when I made it into town, i saw some cars out there, so they obviously also drove the same road......

probably going to get some BF AT before I go back

The rock was not smooth or sharp, it was triangle shaped but all the edges were rounded and blunt.....

 

[Kotrin]

Bummer, I drove though rocks, sand, mud and sticks with no issues on my original tires on my TE 4runner. I upgraded because I wanted to but otherwise I was happy. Surprises me that this happened to you, sorry to hear

 

[BlackWorksInc]

That's a weird puncture for such a blunt object. I have seen a wheel weight get shoved through them before, but a rock like that is odd.

 

[Bino9905]

I thought it was very weird also and my tires were at 32 psi.....that's normal right.....I never expected to see that.....by the way other than a high lift jack has anyone upgraded to better than stock but that still fits in stock storage

 

[BlackWorksInc]

I thought it was very weird also and my tires were at 32 psi.....that's normal right.....I never expected to see that.....by the way other than a high lift jack has anyone upgraded to better than stock but that still fits in stock storage

What's wrong with the factory jack? It is dual sleeved so it actually extends three times its original height.

 

[JB.]

Kind of an amazing freak occurrence. The fronts kick up the rock and it miraculously manages to drive itself straight into the rear tire instead of deflecting away harmlessly as the odds overwhelmingly dictate it should have. Might have been a good day to buy a lottery ticket.

 

[3wbdriver]

Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you. That is kind of freaky, but I wouldn't blame the tire. Sometimes stuff just happens..... :jaw:

 

[1engineer]

Kind of an amazing freak occurrence. The fronts kick up the rock and it miraculously manages to drive itself straight into the rear tire instead of deflecting away harmlessly as the odds overwhelmingly dictate it should have. Might have been a good day to buy a lottery ticket.

I know right?
Apparently it was just that tire's time. Don't worry sir nothing could have prevented it. You could have put kevlar and steel around it and as you know, when it's time it's time.

Seriously I have witnessed E rated tires having the same bad luck. I personally had an old railroad spike ruin one of my new 10 plys back in the day. Again, stock or the best tire ever, sometimes it happens. And I agree stock tires are nothing to write home about.

 

[mace.]

My father in law was making deliveries with a tractor trailer outside of Boston a few years ago. In an effort to avoid an accident he clipped a fire hydrant and ended up with a flat tire. The water pipe broke a few feet down below the hydrant but the crazy part was that one of the caps on the hydrant pierced the sidewall of the tire and broke off completely inside. The tire guys were amazed that something that size made it's way completely inside the tire and left a relatively small hole.

Sometimes the unavoidable happens, at least you're left with a good story.

 

[wanderMT]

In last 10 years I have punctured 3 P load tires presumably with gravel/rocks on county roads. In 30 years I have not punctured a single LT tire. If drive off pavement, suggest C load tire, perfect for SUV and 1/2 ton trucks - believe E load is best for 3/4ton trucks hauling heavy loads or heavy towing.

 

[st8rocks]

Get the Hi-lift offroad base to use with your stock jack. Adds 2 inches and not as sketchy as a wood block.

 

[03_4x4Runner]

I have seen many p rated tires fail like that in the desert. It is usually the sidewall though and usually while going at higher speeds. Several times the flats were on stock Jeep wranglers with p rated tires and the owner did not know the stock spare had a lock on it from the factory. They had no idea where the key was. Luckily there were other wranglers that could loan their spare. It is just dumb luck. My friends and I have never had a problem after switching to a descent all terrain tire. More plys and thickness makes a lot of difference although the right sharp rock can take out any tire. This is why I run 10 ply tires in the desert and reinstall my stock tires for long highway trips.

 

[Saker]

I had the Toyota dealership replace (under my road hazard warranty) one of my tires (Bridgestone OEM) because I ran across some limestone and had the same type of puncture happen.
The said they had never seen that before..... well, now they had!

I blame the tires for being way too soft!

 

[03_4x4Runner]

Airing down the tires would probably help prevent this type puncture on the tread but would make the thin sidewalls on P rated tires that much more vulnerable.

 

[Crushinator]

My neighbor has a 2014 Highlander and she called me a few weeks ago saying her tpms light was on. Sure enough she had a very simliar rock embedded in her tire. I beleive they were Bridgstones too. I changed it for her so she could take it to the dealer to get a new tire installed. I was going to put a plug in it, but the hole/puncture was too wide to properly plug it..