| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000049732 | Incident Date: May, 19 2000 |
| Consumer's City: CLOVIS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: FR480 | 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: Sep, 05 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: I was driving from sacramento, ca to fresno, ca. outside of merced, the top layer of my tire peeled off, causing my vehicle to go out of control. the tire flap slapped into the back rear panel of my truck, and damaged the back panel, tail lights, and tailpipe. i believe that accident would have been much worse had i not just been returning from a advanced driving school for law enforcement officers. we filed an insurance claim and tried to get the insurance company to subrogate the claim to firestone, but firestone said that their tire was not defective. we had a mechanic look at the truck just two days prior to the accident. he told me that he thought the tire might be defective and that i might want to get it looked at. unfortunately, i didn't have time to check it out before the accident.( dot number: tire size: fr480 ) |
