Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / LT22575R16E / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003216571 Incident Date: May, 23 2003
Consumer's City: HAYWARD Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: LT22575R16E 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#: 1FDXE40F2XH Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 03 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 28 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My firestone steeltex r4s ii lt225/75r16 e from the outside rear passenger tire had separated in one big chunk, causing damage to the basement compartments. i brought the damaged tires to firestone dealer in hayward for inspection since this is the 3rd time i had a tread separation on the r4s steeltex tires. i was told that this tires are good and that they have not heard of any complaints. have since replaced all of my tires (7 total) with a brand new steeltex r4s tires since it was determined by firestone that my tires was manufactured on the 36th month of 1998, even though the tread was still looks good, i only have 16k miles on my rv. i was told that the life span of the tires is 6 years. please let me know what is the outcome of this investigation. sincerely, cesar calara. *nlm