| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000281308 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: PASADENA | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: STEELTEX | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 10 2004 | Complaint Type: CON |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Petition investigation of defect present in firestone steeltex tires mfrd by bridgestone/firestone inc models: r4s, r4sii, and a/t original equipment on ambulance and other emergency vehicles. *mr there were numerous defects with these which result in castastrophic tread separations and side wall destruction, usually without warning, traveling at high rates of speed, often in hot temperatures caused the rescue vehicles to go out of control and crash injuring emergency crews, patients and innocent third parties in secondary vehicles. *sc |
