Consumer Complaint Detail

BRIDGESTONE / DUELER 684 / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 001075133 Incident Date: Jul, 02 2001
Consumer's City: MARLBORO Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Model Name: DUELER 684 Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires:sidewall
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 13 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: Four of the 5 original tires have had sidewall blowouts, although i carefully maintain tire pressure. in this last event the front left tire exploded as the car was exiting rte9 in nj to the service road [a mild s exit ramp at about 38 mph]. the car lost steering control and bounced over the curb. the rear tire also exploded when it followed over the curb. in previous events both right side tire blew out in two separate times while my son was returning from college on the taconic parkway in new york. 4 out of five is a great baseball average but a lousy tire score for failures due to blowouts. i suspect a bad batch that may be on a limited number of foresters.*ak (dot number: elytchb349 tiresize: 205/70r/15)