Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX AT / 9999

VNW8 1XL 289

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003211590 Incident Date: Apr, 26 2003
Consumer's City: LAMPE Consumer's State: MO
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: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 29 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My wife was driving south of kansas city on mo highway 71. she was passing a car on the left lane of a divided highway and the right front tire "exploded, immediately pulling her off the road down a 3-4 ft. embankment into the median. luckily, she avoided rolling the truck and was not personally injured. the tire has seperated belts and looks like it "exploded". the tire is a firestone steeltex a/t lt 265/75 r16 dot vnw8 1xl 289. it is not listed in the firestone recall. the truck bumper, fender and wheel well was damaged.