Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / WILDERNESS LE / 9999

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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