Only 148 Miles In, My 2024 Toyota Tacoma Blew a Front Tire, the Dealer In a Rush, Didn’t Check the Tire Pressure Off the Transport Truck

Over-inflation had nothing to do with the blow out. Something in the roadway punctured the tire.
I've had 50 decades of experience on tires and mechanical repair. 25 years of that was at a Lexus dealership.
Rough ride - yes, but at 60 psi the tire would still be under its maximum cold pressure even at maximum gvwr.
False reports like this article put even more shame on journalism.

You blaming the dealer but yet, you bought a new vehicle and didn’t do any kind is inspections yourself. A simple read on the tire pressure would have easily avoided this. But yet here we are, you got a blown tire and immediately blamed the people you got it from instead of taking some responsibility. Anybody who buys a vehicle should always know what to check and tire pressure is one. Even if the dealer checks it, you should still check it yourself just so YOULL know. But nah y’all rather ride on hopes and dreams then put the blame on someone else when shit happens

Because the there are not Federal laws that say that all tires must have a tire sensor is there?

If you get in a new truck and it has the low tire sensor going off it's not the best idea to jurt hit the road traveling 75 mph!

I also know that the visual of a flat tire is also hard to see!🙄

Can't fix people who can't do car maintenance or understand that when a sensor is going off, there is a problem.

What will he do when he runs out of gas blame the dealership for that also! Also who buys a vehicle and then just takes it on a 200+ mile trip? To me the guy has it a few days never checked anything did not look up the sense that told him that the tire was low and was to ignorant to see that is truck was a little lopsided because one tire did not have air in it!

This person is allowed to drive a several-ton vehicles at 75 mph and can't even check there sencer that's telling them there tire is low or visual see the tire is low.

My new Toyota Corolla Cross had the same issue. Luckily, I have the app that tells you when there is an issue with the car and it showed the tires were over-inflated.

I work for Les Schwab tires for 24 years now this article is a joke of advertisement a 2024 Tacoma wouldn’t let you drive off the lot without the tire light being in letting you know the air pressure wasn’t up to manufacturer recommendations. The end

I have owned several Toyota trucks and cars. These vehicles are some of the best on the road, and have been for many years. I have never gone back to a dealer for anything unless it was for a recall, which occurred only once.
However, the last new RAV4 came with three free oil changes which I appreciated. But the 2nd one took nearly three hours to complete, which caused me to miss a doctor appt. I voiced my opinion several times to get moving or just let me have the car back, which did no good. I might add I had an appointment to get this done. I vowed right then I would NEVER have this dealership do any service work for me again.I’ve worked on my own vehicles for over 60 years and have NEVER taken more than 30 minutes to change oil, etc.

Who doesn't check tire pressure before going on a road trip.

As someone who did new vehicle pre-delivery service, checking the tire pressure was always at the top of my checklist. All cars came in overinflated for transport safety. So if that was skipped did they even do the service! Lazy.

That must be the $900 dealer prep charge.

I transport cars ,truck & vans and as a driver we look at the tire ,rim and vehicle and load them up and deliever them to there destination

Tire's at 40PSI as stated by the owner "Mine were all over 40 psi when I got in it, cold. They should have been 30 psi." would not cause a blowout. The specifications on the General Grabber HTS60 BSW that his Tacoma is equipped with has a Max Cold Pressure of 44PSI. That being said this specification is kept on the low side that way General would not face any lawsuits for overinflated tires that would actually cause a "blowout". With 20 years of automotive experience typically what you see is someone runs over something in the road that causes the tire to rapidly lose air and becomes flat before the tire pressure monitoring system can even detect the issue. This story has truth behind the fact that sometimes dealers do forget to adjust tire pressure however, even if the case you would have wearing issues rather than blowouts. It's sad that you write this piece as gospel and of course the owner believes his friend that blames someone else for the fault rather than use common sense and practicality.

The tire had an external impact. That's what it was. Seen it many times over the years. Not the tires fault.

This article leaves out important information. This truck has a tire monitor system where you can see tire pressures. What was the pressure of the other tires? Why did the drive not check the tire pressure if he thought some thing was wrong? Max tire pressure should be around 50psi as stated on the side of the tire. If it was the fault of the dealer, the article does not mention about him going back to the dealer to pay for the tire. I think he hit something in the road that blew the tire.

Have similar issues with Kendall Subaru in Marysville and my 2025 Outbac and its air pressures. The dealership still dismisses me when I bring it in for warranty issues. The ride is still very rough. I hope he held the dealership accountable!

Nobody has any way to know if the tire was overinflated. This story is pure bullshit.

Over-inflation is pure speculation with zero objective evidence provided that that was the actual cause. That's not to say that it couldn't be a cause, but the vehicle owner and this article is presenting it as fact based solely on what one person said it 'sounded' like it might be the cause. Far more likely to have been a road hazard of some sort.

You're telling that thing doesn't have Tom's?

That is what the TPMS is for, obvious his salesperson did not show him how correctly use it. Always check tire pressure before a trip.

I transport cars for a living. They don't ship new vehicles with over inflated tires. Nothing about this article is accurate.

As most cdl drivers know walk around and check everything before going on road new vehicle or antique.

I have always heard that before going on a long trip it is a good idea to do preventive maintenance to yourself. That would include checking your radiator level checking your window washing fluid level checking your oil level and checking the pressure in your tires. Yes the dealers should have done their job but also the owner should check it themselves.

What grown man doesn't check his own tire pressures before going on a 200+ mile trip!?!

I believe that the owners of the vehicles should check the air in their tires before driving them. When you drive a vehicle off of a car lot that vehicle is ultimately your responsibility.

Dumbest post ever , he must of hit something on the freeway . That happened to me last week , in my new honda accord only 80 miles . If you want to blame dealerships , blame them for their crappy mechanic work . I don't trust them when it comes to maintenance , they screw you over with that. But over a tire "blowing out" just get a new one ! You obviously had money for a 60k car , $200 for a tire isn't nothing .

This customer took delivery of a new vehicle with the tire light on? Whow!

TPMS sensor should’ve come on if it was over inflated. And anything can cause a tire to blow out if it runs over it or hits it just right.
Shouldn’t you have checked your air at some point? Like maybe when you’re about ready to go on a few hundred mile trip!? Be a more sensible driver! Can happen with 1 mile or 50,001 miles on it.
Just like you should always check your bearings on that travel trailer of yours before heading out on a long trip and they haven’t been checked since last year. 🙄

So this guy is speculating that's what happened. He has absolutely no way to know that's why it blew. He may have hit something in the road. We just recently had a blow out in our Civic with brand new tires on it. The tires had less than 20 miles. They were not over inflated at all and I had just hit something in the road. It happens.

This guy had no proof that overinflation was the cause of the sudden loss of air just the theory of his mechanic friend. Most likely this year and model vehicle has a tire air pressure alert system. This would have showed him the tire pressure in each tire. 148 miles plays no factor. You could buy a new set of tires and run over an object that punctures the tire , looses air slowly and becomes under inflated and fails (blowout). So mileage plays no factor .

Also the photo supplied looks more to be a run flat failure where the tire was under inflated causing friction and heat to build up and damage the inner sidewall liner, now the tire rim is damaging the outer sidewall of the tire until tire failure results.

Or it could be that he hit a notorious pothole, debris, etc...and popped the tire but wanted to blame someone else for it.