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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003227381 | Incident Date: Jul, 19 2003 |
| Consumer's City: BRYAN | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: RADIAL | 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#: 1LNLM81W4SY | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 28 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I had a set of firestone fr575,215/70r15,97smts tires on my town car,3 of the 4 were replaced due to tread or cord seperation which caused violent shaking of the car around town. while we were on a out of town trip the one that was on the right front started shaking then all of the tread 100% came off, the car headed for the ditch but i managed to keep it on the road. after i got stopped and put on the doughnut spare i saw the thrown rubber had beat the car up from the middle of the passenger door to the front bumper. i got most of the rubber marks off but it left bent up chrome trim and other damage.i have been driving for 31 years and have never had a passenger tire fly apart like that and now left with undoubtly several hundred or more dollars worth of damage and a scarry memory. thank you so much for this site to file this complaintgene.*ak |
