Consumer Complaint Detail
DUNLOP / GRAND TREK / 1995
1 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004295410 | Incident Date: Aug, 13 2004 |
| Consumer's City: CARSON | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION |
| Model Name: GRAND TREK | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5TEGM92N42Z | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 26 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Feb, 09 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The left rear tire (dunlop grandtrek p265) of 2002 toyota tacoma blew out on ca 215 freeway (with speed of 60-70 mph). i lost control of the vehicle, it spun and collided with another vehicle which resulted to minor physical injury to the other vehicle's driver. original tires came from the dealership, carson toyota (california). contacted toyota and the dealership--they gave us the run-around. the dealership was very unresponsive stating that they are not at fault, did not know that the tire would blow up on the vehicle that during the sale--nevertheless, to cut cost on a $2ok value truck, put substandard, defective tires, least expensive in the market. i will end up putting up the costs for replacing all tires with more reliable tires (michelin). i hope that there would be better law/legislation protecting consumers and no one would experience the same incident that occured to me.*ak |