Consumer Complaint Detail

BRIDGESTONE / BRIDGESTONE / 9999

1956014

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003268014 Incident Date: Dec, 07 2003
Consumer's City: MIAMI Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Model Name: BRIDGESTONE Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: WBAAB5409F9 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 30 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Dec, 31 1989
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Purchased 4 brigestone tires #1956041 br eager bw 85h on december 7, 2003. had 1 fail the next day which i replaced with my spare. that same day december 8th another of the new tires blew out causing me to loose control of the vechicle and go into another lane where i was struck by a vechicle head on driving my vechicle into a 3rd car. all 4 of the new tires show signs of defective design or failure. *ak