Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / F SUPER DUTY / 1999

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001072108 Incident Date: May, 23 2001
Consumer's City: BLYTHE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: F SUPER DUTY Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTNW21FOXE Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 29 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
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 )