Consumer Complaint Detail

NITTO / NITTO / 9999

KWJ5PD397

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002194200 Incident Date: Dec, 08 2002
Consumer's City: HOBOKEN Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc.
Model Name: NITTO Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires:sidewall
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 30 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: While traveling down the new jersey turnpike, my rear nitto 450 tire had a tread separation failure which caused my 1999 mazda miata to lose control, spinning out from the left lane across three lanes of traffic during rush hour, finally hitting the embankment on the far right side. the nitto tire was examined and determined to have failed based on tread separation. the traumatic indicident caused significant harm to the myself.