Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / P21565R15 / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 001219972 Incident Date: Sep, 18 2001
Consumer's City: LANSING Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: P21565R15 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#: 1G8JW52RX1Y Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 24 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 16 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I purchased a 2001 saturn l-300 in sept of 2001, i am now on my 3 set of tires for this vehicle and it only has 39000 miles on it. the manufacturer has replaced these tires under warranty. this last time i mentioned the tires giving alot of road noise, the service manager stated that since the previous replacement of tires on my vehicle saturn has come out with a "shim" kit for the rear end . when mentioning this to a friend who works in auto manufacturing she stated that this would be a safety issue . to my knowledge saturn is not recalling these vehicles nor is their currently a "campaign" on this issue . the attorney general's office of michigan is working on this case with me under the lemon law of michigan but i can not let the silence continue if this is also a safety issue. the tires are firestone affinity. *nlm