Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX AT / 9999

Recalls
3 Injured
Investigations
2 Death
Complaints
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.