0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004018996 | Incident Date: May, 05 2004 |
| Consumer's City: LATHROP | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC |
| Model Name: GRABBER AW | 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#: 1FTNW20S21E | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 05 2005 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 30 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 10 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Dt: contact has defective tires on her vehicle. the tire manufacturer is continental tire company of north america inc. the contact stated her tire had a bulge. then in june of last year two of her tires had a bulge. she went to the dealer and he duplicated the wear on tires ,and put some brand new tires on her vehicle. the new tires was the same manufacturer. the contact also stated that on april 1st of this year the truck began to shake, and she saw that there was a bulde on her tires the contact was on a busy highway and she could not change the tires at the point so she was going to drive to a safe place to were she could change the tires while driving down the highway. the tire blew and damaged her vehicle. the dealer said that they would not replace the tires because her vehicle was no longer on warrenty. she contacted the tire manufactuer and they suggested to go through her insurance agency which is aaa. her insurance agency sent a mechanical evaultor, and he said the tire was defective, and he said that it had tire thread seperation. the mechanical evalutor stated that 51 other people had filed a complaint about the same manufacturer of these tires. the contact has filed an complaint with ford dealer. as of right now the contact have four defective tires on her vehicle. the tire line is lt235/85r16.*ak |