| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001071581 | Incident Date: May, 05 2001 |
| Consumer's City: PHOENIX | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: COMPTON TRUCK & EQUIP. CO |
| Model Name: WINSTON | 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: May, 22 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: This is the second blow out of these tires and one flat tire since bought . the first blow out was striaght across the top of the "w" in winston tire logo two weeks after buying the set. i was drive thru a construction site. the drivers side front went thru a small pot hole , the rear tire just went flat. it was a saturday morning and the winston dealer did not want to take care of the tire did not get me in wedensday at the soonest. they would road hazard the tire,i feel this was a bad tire. they wanted to sell me another road hazard. while on a trip to montana and back to phoinex az. a peice of montana road sand when the face of one of the tires (they still have not paid the flat repair). while there i asked them to give me their opion of these tires. their answer was not drive on gravel at all and don't hit anything bigger than a piece of gravel. the last blowout was while trying to do a u-turn. i had to pull up on to the curve. it blowout as soon tire touched the curb. i know my speed was less than 15mph. for i did not to do a front end alinement. the place where this tire blow out was the same as the other. in the past years now my own rigs i have had two blow outs, one running over a railroad spike and the other a stick thur side wall. i have also worked in a tire shops before and did almost all my own tires while driving log trucks in montana for seven years. for they have told me that i don't know what i talking about.*ak (dot number: wns19018 tiresize: 205/70/15) |
