Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004023271 Incident Date: Jun, 30 2004
Consumer's City: MERRITT ISLAND Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO 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#: 1FTSX31S7YE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 04 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: May, 31 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 10 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: while traveling on highway 528 on 7/1/04 at around 9 a.m at 75 mph the front driver's side tread separated from the tire, causing the truck to lift up on one side about two feet. it was in heavy traffic, and it almost caused an accident. the impact dented the side of the consumers fender and damaged the trim panel on the truck. the tire was still full of air. the consumer managed to limp on the shoulder of the road to a ford dealership where they put the spare tire on for free. it is noted in the repair invoice the mileage 57663 and the damage that was done. the tires still have good tread and seemed to be in very good shape. the thing that scared the consumer the most was that there was no warning. the following week, he took the truck to sears and had a complete set of new tires cooper brand installed. the tires that were on the truck a 2000, f-350 were steeltex a/t, lt265/75r16 123/1200 m/s load range e. the consumer has some other #'s that could help in seeing if this is an ongoing problem, 28216 ex, bm14474-3, e4 00 8061. when the consumer asked the service tech. at greenway ford about the payment on the damage, he was told to talk to firestone. he talked to the manager at the firestone in merritt island and he said they should only be used for 50,000 miles although they still had very good tread on them.*ak *jb