Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 001303055 Incident Date: Jul, 29 2001
Consumer's City: ADAIRSVILLE Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEELTEX Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FDXE40S0XH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 03 2004 Complaint Type: EVOQ
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: The right rear inner tire vibrated, and a bulge came out of the tread, but held air. at 46,724 miles the front right tire vibrated, and the tread separated, but held air. at 48,510 miles the left rear inner tire tread separated and blew out. at 52,715 miles the right outer rear tire tread came off, and at 52,793 miles the left rear outer tire vibrated, and the tread separated, but held air. manufacturer not providing any assistance, just requesting the tires to be sent to them. all tires were replaced.*ak. all 7 firestone tires failed. when motorhome wa spurchased it had 20871 miles on it, an dall tires appeared new. firestone blamed overloading and /or under inflation. consume rclaimed it was neither of the two problem, but defective tires. *ak