Consumer Complaint Detail
FIRESTONE / STEELTEX RADIAL / 9999
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001066504 | Incident Date: Mar, 02 2001 |
| Consumer's City: MACCLENNY | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: STEELTEX RADIAL | 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, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 02 2001 | 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: Can't get dot number, nothing left of that part of tire but ropes and fibers. no warning, no noise to indicate a blowout, just sudden loss of control as the right front tire fell apart. tread and belts all completely separated from each other, sidewalls shredded. looks like the tire perforated around entire circumference at the "beading". nothing left of sidewalls except "ropes" connecting inner rim to tread surface, can see all individual layers of tread, belts and fiber separated from each other. father states it took every bit of strength (and past racing experience of several decades ago) to maintain control of vehicle and keep it from rolling. i am keeping this tire in case anyone wants to inspect it, it looks strikingly similar to the ones involved in recall when they failed. father has never felt anything like this when it went, including when racing. have never seen a tire look like this after a blowout. the tread and belts have completely separated from each other, all the way around! it looks like it just fell apart. this is a dangerous tire.*ak (dot number: shredded tiresize: lt23585r16) |