| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004261640 | Incident Date: Feb, 17 2004 |
| Consumer's City: LAGUNA HILLS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: FR680 | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires:sidewall |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1NXBR12E3YZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 19 2004 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 05 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Consumer purchased vehicle in march 2000. while traveling on the freeway there was a tire a blowout, causing the vehicle to go into a spin , and consumer temporarily lost control of vehicle. firestone tire, size p175/16 r14. consumer took the tire to a firestone dealer, who told consumer to take it to a toyota dealer. then, she was told that the tire was dry rot. she was not given another tire,but had to buy a tire.*ak consumer was driving at 65 mph at time of incident. manufacturer (bnft llc) denied consumer of compensation because upon inspection of tire, the tire operated with insufficient air pressure for an unknown period of time leading to its failure. *la |
