| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003235565 | Incident Date: Jul, 02 2003 |
| Consumer's City: MORGAN HILL | Consumer's State: CA |
| 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#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 10 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | 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 eastbound on i80 (two lanes each direction), two miles west of battle mountain, nv, the drivers side front tire of my 2000 ford f350 truck separated. the entire tread came off the tire, while the rest of the tire remained intact, include air in the tire. during separation, which happened in the blink of an eye, the tread severly damaged the vehicle, including the front bumper, the wheel well, the drivers door, and destroyed the side step. there were no indicators that something was going to happen. no vibration, or anything else. the truck violently swerved to the left, across the fast lane, and heading towards the median. fortunately, i was able to get control of the vehicle before in headed done the embankment and into the gully dividing the east and west bound lanes, and pulled the vehicle over onto the right shoulder. this was extremely difficult, due to the bumper being pushed into the tire. |
