Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / LT26575R16 / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 002025448 Incident Date: Jun, 05 2002
Consumer's City: LONG BEACH Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Model Name: LT26575R16 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#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 25 2002 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving, vehicle started pulling to the left and there was a slight vibration in the front end. when vibration increased consumer proceeded to slowly pull over to the right side of the roadway. prior to reaching the far right lane a large piece of tread separated from the right front tire. an inspection of the tire found a section of the tire tread missing. the damaged area started on the outer edge proceeding to the middle of the tire and stopping towards the left side of the tire. the tread separation area is approximately 22 inches long and 5 inches wide. no signs of penetration into the core of the tire were observed. firestone lt, radial, size 265/75r16 radial. *yd the tires were manufactured in canada # 28203 ex bm 14480-s, load range e. *nm