I am in the process of purchasing new tires for my 2003 MB E320. The originals are Continental and the tire size is 225-55-16. My son has been running Bridgestone Turanza LS-H on his Lexus and he likes them. Seems to me from what I read, that the Bridgestone have better traction/handling than my Continental although they are not as quite. Anyway, I decided to purchase Bridgestones Turanza LS-H for my MB. The local tire dealers in my area like NTB or Tires Plus don't have this tire in stock so they would have to be ordered from the warehouse. Fine with me. So last week I tried to placed an order for 4 Turanzas and was told that the tire manufacturer was having tire failures with this particular tire and that he would not recommend me buying them. Also the tire manufacturer was discontinuing this tire although when he checked with the warehouse there were plenty of tires.
My question to the group, has anyone experienced any kind of failure or read any negative report on this tire. ?? Also, what tire would you recommend ? Thanks Mike