Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEEL BELTED RADIAL / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003216334 Incident Date: May, 26 2003
Consumer's City: SEASIDE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEEL BELTED RADIAL Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3FAFP31312R Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 31 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: We own a 2002 focus and have firestone tires on it. 205/50/16 i did a little research and found that a very similar tire 205/55/16 has been recalled.we are having the same problem as the tire that has been recalled. it never occurred to me that they where still selling firestone tires after they quit dueing business with them. the dealership and ford are giving us the same runaround as they did with the other tire problem. does any one know of any body that has problems with the tires on the ford focus. please contact me at. donald j. reed ansbacher@sbcglobal.net thanks. here is the info. make: firestone model: p20555r16 build dates: jul 16, 1999 - nov 01, 2000 recall number: 01t006000 summary: tire description: firestone firehawk gta-02 , size p205/55r16 89h, produced at the wilson, north carolina plant from july 16, 1999, through november 1, 2000. these tires were installed as original equipment on certain model year 2000 and 2001 nissan altima se passenger cars. the recalled tires are identified by dot serial #w2 t2 vf3 xxx or w2 t2 vf3 xxxx; where xxx may be 289, 299, 309, 319, 329, 339, 349, 359, 369, 379, 389, 399, 409, 419, 429, 439, 449, 459, 469, 479, 489, 499, 509, 519, 529, 010, 020, 030, 040, 050, 060, 070, 080, 090, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 170, and where xxxx may be 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900, 3000, 3100, 3200, 3300, 3400, 3500, 3600, 3700, 3800, 3900, 4000, 4100, 4200, 4300, 4400, and 4500. with increasing mileage, the tires may develop shoulder area cracking. continued use of a tire with this condition may lead to exposure of the belt edge. consequence: under these circumstances, a belt edge separation is posible, which could result in loss of tire pressure.