0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003226034 | Incident Date: Jun, 27 2003 |
| Consumer's City: OMAHA | Consumer's State: NE |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: LT 24575R16 | 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#: 1GNFK16R6TJ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 09 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My family and i were nearly killed when our right rear tire on our 1996 suburban lost it's tread. the tire was a firestone, at, steeltex, 245/75r16. the tire never lost pressure the tread came off and cause us to go out of control into oncoming traffic where we nearly hit a pickup truck head on. from the point where the tire lost the tread to the time that i avoided hitting the oncoming truck we were in a skid which was about 100 to 150 feet with a chord lenght of about 8'. since i had overcompensated to miss the oncoming truck we started to skid sideways with the front tires pointed towards the shoulder of the road. at the time that the vehicle left the road we were just past perpendicular to the highway. i don't think that i had applied any brakes because i was afraid that it would make matters worse perhaps it would roll. at that time we left the road...i cranked the wheel the opposite way to avoid rolling the vehicle. it started to go straight for a time then it spun around the other direction...we were skidding with the front of the vehicle pointed towards the highway. we skidded sideways for several feet where we came to rest next to a telephone pole. my wife, my 7 year old daughter, and my twin babies luke and marin, 2 years old were in the back seat. everyone was shaken up. luckily no one was injured. there is approximatly $2,500 damage to our vehicle. $1,000 to the yard that we damaged. the day before our trip i took the suburban to get the tires checked at a firestone dealership. there was 8/32nds of tread on the tires.*ak |