Consumer Complaint Detail

GEO / PRIZM / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000075587 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: LAS VEGAS Consumer's State: NV
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: PRIZM Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1Y1SK5263VZ Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 18 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I purchased firestone tires from sears, after i had driven 70 miles, one of the tires failed, i heard a loud pop, an explosion. i went back to the store where i purchased the tires. sears' salesperson, at first, insisted that i probably hit something before failure. i know that i did not hit anything. i was driving about 35-40 miles per hour at the time failure occurred. i requested that the new firestone's tires that i purchased from sear be replace with tires of different manufacturer and sear's salesperson complied.*ak (tiresize: p17565s14)