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Have you read the tire warranty that was included with the new vehicle documentation? With that understood, contact Bridgestone. From my experience, 40+ years driving, a puncture in the sidewall after 40,000 miles is probably not a manufacturer's defect. I would have a hard time remembering everything I did over 40,000 that might have caused sidewall damage that finally weakened to the point that the tire went flat. We recently had sidewall damage in the orig. equip. tire of one of our vehicles that resulted in us losing air in the tire. We could swear that we didn't do anything recently to cause it.
Also, I/we have had them occur from situations we didn't think were a problem at the time. Other times we went crawling around off road and thought for sure we'd have tire damage and never ended up with a flat.
When we replaced our FJ orig. equip tires, we received a warranty on the new tires that goes beyond defects and mileage and includes damage, including to the sidewall, that we may cause by running over objects, over curbs, off roading...it doesn't matter whose fault it is...it is covered down to when the tread is a certain depth.
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'07 FJ Cruiser
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