Consumer Complaint Detail
FIRESTONE / STEELTEX AT / 9999
3 Injured
2 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002196086 | Incident Date: Jul, 06 2002 |
| Consumer's City: FORDS | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: STEELTEX AT | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 3 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 15 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Apr, 07 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: A drivers front firestone steeltex at tire, on a 2000 ford excursion exploded on july 7, 2002 on i-95 in walterboro, sc. my girlfriend agnes and a good friend dave were killed, daves 11 yr old son max suffered a severly broken right femer, daves wife, cheryl had several deep cuts and scrapes i have a severly broken left femer and knee damage. there was no indication that the tire was going to fail. |