Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / AFFINITY / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003198905 Incident Date: Jan, 25 2003
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: AFFINITY Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:sidewall
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP56S01A Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 02 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 03 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: One of my oem tires (firestone affinity) suddenly failed without warning. there was no road hazard damage such as nails or screws involved. the tire's outside sidewall failed resulting in a split large enough that a credit card could slide through it. the oem tires had less than 18,000 miles at the time of failure. the pressure had been checked during a routine service visit on all of the tires one month prior to this. after taking the tire to a corporate firestone store, they blamed the failure as "impact damage". basically they said it was my fault for hitting something and not due to a problem with the tire. if i had actually hit something, then i could accept the problem. but since i did not hit anything when the tire failed, i am now concerned about the other oem firestone affinity tires on my 2001 ford taurus. there were four passengers in my car at the time this tire failed and all would reitterate the fact that nothing in the roadway was struck to cause the sidewall failure. i was only traveling less than 20 mph when the tire failed as i approaced a stop light.