Consumer Complaint Detail
FIRESTONE / WILDERNESS LE / 9999

0 Injured

0 Death

No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 002100170 | Incident Date: Sep, 19 2002 |
Consumer's City: BAKERSFIELD | Consumer's State: CA |
Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
Model Name: WILDERNESS LE | 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: Sep, 20 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: Traveling south on ca. highway 99 through macfarland ca. on 11-20-2002 at approx. 2215 hrs the right front tire blewout. we where traveling at approx. 72 mph on straight flat stretch of hwy and were able to keep control of the vehicle. upon inspection of the tire, i noticed that the sidewall had blown out. the tahoe was purchase on aug. 9th of 2002, and only had about 3842 miles. we did not hit anything, the tire just failed.*ak |