Toyo Open Country Defects - 2020 Edition

Toyo Open Country came standard on my 2020 SR 4x4. At 2500 miles, had one give out on the interstate yesterday. Totally flat in seconds. Cannot find any sign of external damage.

If it had been a front tire I'd be in the ditch. Has anyone had similar issues?

Yes, I'm waiting for my dealer to call me back. I have the NHTSA safety complaint form ready to go.

 

Some brands of tires supplied as OEM are not built to the same standars as what you would buy from a tire shop. Most Toyo tires are made in Japan and built to very high standards. My Goodyear's kevlars with only 9000 miles on them show like they're there for 30.000 miles...i don't know why but that's the case...

 

Wait. So the air came out but there is no hole in the tire?

 

Yep, made a strange noise for a few seconds and then it went totally flat over the space of 1/4 mile. I haven't put it in a tub of water but no sign of external damage. And never had a nail make a tire lose pressure that fast.

 

I have TOYO Open country A31 p245 takeoffs from Craigslist zero issues, Made in Japan

 

Probably got punctured.. The nail probably didn’t stick in the tire.

 

broken valve stem? I remember when Toyota put better tires on their trucks. My first Toyota truck came with Bridgestone Tires. Desert duelers. I got 60,000 miles off of those tires. And could have ran em longer.

 

Valve stem looks fine, hasn't been off-roaded, hasn't hit any thing.

 

OldMan The valve core still secure in the valve stem? No splits in the sidewall?

 

Yes and yes. Made a very strange noise and then went flat. Toyo has had problems with the Open Country model before.

https://www.rubbernews.com/article/...-recalls-open-country-tires-for-belt-problems

 

Dang that is what I have on my Tacoma.

 

Florida to be exact

 

I have these on my 2020 Sport and they were on my 2016 Sport. Never had anything crazy happen, but they were junk tires. No traction anywhere and they wore out way too fast.

Do yourself a favor OP and go ahead and get a better set of tires. That's what I'm planning to do pretty soon.

 

Mine were made in Japan.

 

open country MT made in the year 2014

 

Not exactly true, I still run them (Toyo Open Country A/TII) on our Honda Pilot and they are great tires...yes Made in Japan!

 

Happy Update and Thanks for the Forum. Dealer(Jay Wolfe in KCMO) covered the replacement, no hassles, no charge. Thanks for all the responses, and lack of responses. I'm feeling reassured there is no inherent defect with the 2020 Open Country tires and this was either a bad tire or bad luck. I'll keep them on at least until winter. Safe travels.

 

Every make and model in the history of tires has had defects. It happens.

If you work in the tire business and move thousands a day, you would get a good idea what I'm talking about

 

I doubt it went flat without something puncturing it. Maybe it's time to get some big boy E loads. My toyo at3 E's aren't gona just shit the bed without some help.

 

OEM tires are abundant and open country is the broad tire brand, so there's millions of them.

That said I've never seen a critical failure on any Toyo A20 or A30 tire.