Consumer Complaint Detail

BRIDGESTONE / DESERT DUELER / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 000044067 Incident Date: Jun, 11 2000
Consumer's City: BEDFORD Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Model Name: DESERT DUELER Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 08 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
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: Original tires on vehicle were dueler 684. replaced with same tire about 2 years ago. understood at that time the dueler 684 was no longer produced but local firestone store special ordered last 3 tires from another location's stock so i would only have to replace 3 tires and use my original unused spare. on 6/12/00 i noticed a bulge on back left tire with smalltire separation. i immediately replaced with spare. during the week before i took it to firestone for replacement the defective tire was on my spare rack and totally decompressed with half of the tire tread separated from the tire. i was lucky! local firestone dealer (store #008842) pro-rated tire for $49.99. tire only had about 30,000 miles on it. firestone replaced with dueler h/l p-met p245/70r16. other trooper and same tire owners should also know about this tire!! i do not feel safe driving on the dueler 684's and hope these are also recalled!( dot number: y7mt tire size: p245/70r16 )