Consumer Complaint Detail

GENERAL / AMERICAN / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 000046615 Incident Date: Jul, 17 2000
Consumer's City: PHOENIX Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: AMERICAN 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, 22 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: Tread seperated from left rear tire while traveling @ 75 mph on i-10 between queen creek & riggs road exits. the tire did not loose pressure. on closer inspection of remaining three tires, evidence of tread coming apart. ford dealer refused to honor tire warrenty. damage to wheel well and truck bed caused by the seperated tire tread. tires are orginal tires on truck when bought from dealer. all tires have been replaced, still have all orginal tires for inspection. while not firestones sound like the same problem.( dot number: tire size: lt235/85rx )