Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX AT / 9999

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001072107 Incident Date: May, 23 2001
Consumer's City: BLYTHE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEELTEX AT Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 29 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes 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 east bound on riverside drive felt a little shake and it went away with in a few seconds the tire tread came off and was beating the wheel well of my truck and then it blew after the tread separation and locked the front tire up and pulled me into oncoming traffic where i side swiped a van coming at me head on causing the van to roll over.i was traveling at about 55 or 60 mphs when all this occurred.there was one person transported to the hospital and later released. the tire had no reason to separate the way it did .it came apart like a retreaded tire would separate. *ak (tiresize: lt265/75)( dot number: tire size: lt265/75 )