| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001070464 | Incident Date: Mar, 13 2001 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: AEROSTAR | Model Year: 1996 |
| 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: May, 03 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Component #1: right rear passenger tire....i heard a thumping noise and pulled over to check.i found that the tire was failing on the inside causing a very large bubbling effect to occur which in turn was breaking the inner tire wires and pushing the tread out from the body of the tire. when i took it into tire kingdom, so. us #1, ft. pierce, i was told that it was cause from uneven outter wear---not!---and that since i had boiught the lower priced tire that that was all i could expect. i had to but a replacement tire. the same thing happened on 4/17/2001 to the driver front tire. please bear in mind that all four of the tires on this vechicle were bout at the dame time and experience the same wear. i am concerned that this is a serious type of defect in the same vein as the firestone failures and that had i been on the highway i and any passenger could have been killed. the insult to injurt was that "i should expect this kind of failure since i routinely do not purchase any tire other that the lower moderate priced ones. it is my contention that normal wear has to do w/tread wear, not internal failure causing damage.*ak |
