Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX RADIAL / 9999

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003244593 Incident Date: Oct, 30 2003
Consumer's City: EARTH CITY Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEELTEX RADIAL Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 06 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
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: We have company vehicles that have firestone steel tex radial r45 tires on them, we have had 3 occurences in which the tires have blown. they look like the tread has just been peeled off. luckily no one was injured in the later 2 of these occurences, but one blow out did injure not only an employee but another person, and did total a vehicle. we do still have these on some other of our vehicles. i do know that they did have a recall on these type of tires in may, but they say they have all damaged tires in hand, but i am not so sure about that, since we are experiencing these problems with these same types of tires. i am including the date of the last occurence, and will supply dates of the other 2 when available. *la