Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 001078285 Incident Date: Aug, 14 2001
Consumer's City: WESTLAKE Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEELTEX RADIAL TIRE 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: Aug, 15 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: Traveling @ approximately 65mph on a concrete highway today, the tire previously mentioned, a firestone tire model steeltex, size lt235/85r16, with a dot number vdor cra244, totally and unexpectedly blew apart. my wife was driving at the time and had to fight to keep from loosing control. i will be contacting firestone possibly as soon as tomorrow. please advise if you need any further information a.s.a.p.*ak (dot number: vdorcra244 tiresize: see above)