Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / 850 / 1995

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000059683 Incident Date: May, 27 2000
Consumer's City: SEATTLE Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: 850 Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS5530S1 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 22 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1995
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving at freeway speed, i noted an increase in vehicle interior noise. auto handled normally at that time. within probably less than a minute it was clear that noise change was not related to road surface variation, and i started to pull over to side of freeway. while doing so, tire blew out. car fishtailed ending up against guardrail. tire basically destroyed. no indication of debris in road at time problem started. i am vehicle's original owner. this tire had never been punctured or repaired and had never had a period of underinflation. tread inspected by dealer at routine service about 5 days prior and was in great shape. tire inflation pressure was checked by me approximately 12 hrs prior to event and was proper. very scary!! *ak (tiresize: 195/60r15)( dot number: tire size: 195/60r15 )