Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / LT 24575R16 / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 001082282 Incident Date: Oct, 12 2001
Consumer's City: SCOTTSDALE Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: LT 24575R16 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: Oct, 19 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: We experienced three separate blowouts on a trip rom phoenix, az to san ramon, ca. the first and third blowout totally disintegrated the tires with onl the partial sidewalls left attached to the rims. each blowout occurred in the rear "dually" tires, 2 on the right and 1 on the left, each one a firestone original equipment tire. the force of the third, right rear blowout damaged the tail pipe and subsequebtly caused heat damage to a luggage storage compartment resulting in melted luggage handles and obviously, almost a fire. after each blowout, we stopped and purchased and replaced with a winston (kelly springfield) tire and for the rest of the trip, we had o problem with the new tires, as the remaining firestones continued to blowout. *ak (tiresize: 225/75/16)