| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001076579 | Incident Date: Jul, 30 2001 |
| Consumer's City: LAUREL | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: GRABBERS | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | 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, 30 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: On 07/05/00 this vehicle was found to have two large bubbles about the size of softballs on the inside sidewall of both tires. the vehicle which hauls hazmat materials was placed out of service and towed to academy ford where both tires were replaced with like tires of same manufacturer and size. on 07/31/01 this same vehice was placed out of service enroute and was towed back to main shop for the same type of defect in tire on front of vehicle. this is the third tire of this type to develop the same problem adn we find it hard to believe this is just and isolated incident. we have other vehicles of the same identical type with different manufactured tires, and have never experienced this problem.*ak (dot number: ador 1jc tiresize: 235/85r16) |
