| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003221436 | Incident Date: Jun, 19 2003 |
| Consumer's City: LEWES | Consumer's State: DE |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: STEELTEX | 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#: 9999 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 22 2003 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While driving 50 mph the rear passenger tire tread completely separated. the tire remained fully inflated . the tire was not an original tire and it had 30000 miles on it. in total the consumer had three vehicles experienced three different failures: two blow outs and one separations. the consumer experienced this problem on two different vehicles; on the 99 ford the tread separated and caused damage to the vehicle (firestone steeltex/at), and on the second vehicle (5th wheel camper)the tire had blown out and damaged the vehicle as well(steeltex radial/lt 245 75 r16-120/116 rm/s, dot # vn2081xl00). *ak *scc *cb *nlm |
