2010 Mazda Mazda5 Tires & Wheels Problems

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda Mazda5. The contact stated that while inflating the driver’s side rear tire, the valve stem fractured and detached. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken to tire shop for assistance. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 165,000.

CORRODED TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR CAUSED SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR AND TIRE "EXPLODED" WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. NO POTHOLES, OBSTRUCTIONS OR OTHER IMPEDIMENTS TO CAUSE LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. RESULT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION REQUIRING DRIVER TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO REACH SHOULDER. TIRE WAS "SHREDDED" NEARLY AROUND ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE, AND RUBBER CRUMBLED. DEALERSHIP TECH SAID PROBABLE CAUSE WAS CORROSION OF TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR. TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE.

IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD 2 "CONTINENTAL PURECONTACT WITH ECOPLUS TECHNOLOGY" TIRES FAIL IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. BOTH TIRES HAD NEARLY RIPPED IN HALF FROM SIDEWALL TO SIDEWALL WHILE DRIVING. 1 OF THE TIRES DID SO AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE, WHILE THE OTHER DID SO WHILE AT OVER 50 MPH AND NO VISIBLE DEBRIS/POTHOLES AROUND. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO AROUND 32 PSI, AND WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 YEARS OLD WITH 80% OF TREAD REMAINING.

WHILE CHECKING THE CUSTOMER'S TIRE PRESSURE AS PART OF AN OIL CHANGE SERVICE, THE VALVE STEM BROKE. THE VALVE STEM WAS PART OF THE TPMS SENSOR RESULTING IN THE TIRE GOING FLAT AND THE CAR TO BECOME INOPERABLE. A NEW TPMS SENSOR WAS PROCURED AND WE (THE SERVICE CENTER) HAD TO PAY THE $205.77 TO REPAIR THE FAULT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA MAZDA5 EQUIPPED WITH TOYO TIRES, SIZE 20/50/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A NOTICEABLE BUBBLE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED SENDING THEM THE TIRES FOR INVESTIGATION. THE CONTACT SENT THE TIRES TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,205.

MAZDA 5 PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ON REAR TOYO TIRES. TIRES ARE CUPPING. THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED ON MAZDA5'S SINCE AT LEAST 2006 DUE TO CAMBER SETTINGS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NTSB AND ON MULTIPLE WEB SITES AND TO MAZDA. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA5 WITH TOYO M122 205/50P TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS REAR AND FRONT TIRES HAVE FAILED. THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED A LARGE BLISTER ON THE SIDEWALL. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TEAR HAD A SCREW IN THE SIDEWALL. THE OWNER WAS NOT SURE IF THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE TIRES OR THE WHEEL DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. MAZDA INFORMED HIM THAT THE DEFECT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARDS. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1228.