Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX R4S / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 002261235 Incident Date: Nov, 30 2002
Consumer's City: FRESNO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEELTEX R4S 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#: 1FDNS24L3XH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 24 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 21 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I own a ford 1999 e250 van that has been customized by the sportsmobile company into an rv. it came with four firestone steeltex radial r4s lt225/75r16 m/s tires. as i was driving in the left lane of i-505s (just n of exit for allendale rd), the tread on my left rear tire separated. i was able to safely pull onto the right shoulder. i drove (at reduced speed on the damaged tire) to the midway rd rv park at the next exit. there i mounted the spare. the tires had 22k miles on them and had been maintained properly.*ak