Consumer Complaint Detail

GOODYEAR / WRANGLER HT / 9999

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002095403 Incident Date: Jun, 29 2002
Consumer's City: O'NEILL Consumer's State: NE
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Model Name: WRANGLER HT 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: Jul, 04 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
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: Heard thumping and started to slow when tire blew and van became hard to control. van pulled onto dirt shoulder (of two lane highway) and almost flipped.managed to get back onto road, slowed down and stopped. changed tire. it was destroyed. the tread was separated, and the sidewall blown apart in several places on both sides. the rim was undamaged to my eye, and the bead near the rim was also undamaged. the tire shop removed the tire, looked for a cause of the blow out but could find none. the steel belts and tread were completely separated from carcass around 80% of circumference and partially around the rest.the "nylon" cords were exposed where ever the belts had separated and were shredded and probably caused the sudden tire failure with only a few minutes of thumping as a warning of impending failure.whole event probably took less than 2 minute. i have more of these tires in the car now.*ak