0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004280781 | Incident Date: May, 23 2004 |
| Consumer's City: SEABROOK | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: UNKNOWN | 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#: JT2BF28K7X0 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 24 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 16 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I was driving about 65 mph south on i45 about 10 miles n. of huntsville and starting to feel the steering wheel shaking from gently to violently in a short time. 2) think of having a flat i slowed down and began to pull over to the shoulder. while the car was slowing down and before getting on the shoulder i saw rubber pieces flying and heard several loud thumps coming from the left front side of the car. when the car came to a stop, i heard a loud fizzle sound and the car immediately leaned to the left. i got out of the car and found that all of the rubber covering road-contacting surface of the left front tire was gone exposing metal wires and the base rubber. i also noted that the left side of the bumper, the left front fender and mudguard of the car were damaged, distorted pushed closer to the left front door. the peeled, flapping and flying apart rubber also caused numerous black streaks and marks on the fender and the bumper. the left front door below the door handle was also scrapes. 3) i replaced the blown out-tire with a factory provided never-used spare tire and drove to a discount tire store on south shaver road on the way home to have the separated tire inspected. the tire technician confirmed verbally that the tire tread separated. he called general tires and was told that i have to make the call myself since this involves property damage. i drove home and called general tires to report the problem and was told to wait 5-7 days for further instructions by mail. i was to keep the blown tire and other tires that came with the car until their investigation completes. the blown out tire, the spare and the other three tires already on the car are of the same size, model, manufacturer and came with a 1999 toyato camry when purchased. tire manufacturer: general, model hp 400 a/s, size p205/65 r15. the dot number on the tires are acur 2v1 178. |