0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004295516 | Incident Date: Aug, 04 2004 |
| Consumer's City: RAMONA | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
| Model Name: STEELTEX A/T | 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#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 27 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 30 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 10 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On or about august 3rd, 2004, i had my original equipment tires, on my 2001 ford f250 truck rotated and balanced at a reputable front end service facility in redding, california, in preparation for a trip to san diego. the tires were firestone steeltex radial truck tires tires. all four tires were original equipment and had less than 35,000 miles. on interstate 5, 5 miles south of redding, my son was driving the vehicle and the right rear tire experienced tread separation approximately 60 miles per hour. the separation caused damage to my fender and paint. we put the spare tire on and continued the trip. when we reached elsinore, on interstate 15, the left front tire experienced tread separation, again at freeway speed. this time the exploding treads caused more severe damage (estimated at $4,500 excluding tire replacement). two original equipment firestone truck tires, with less than 35,000 miles, experiencing violent and dangerous tread separation within less than 500 miles, under exactly the same conditions, under circumstances that might have produced fatal results. fortunately the tires retained air, preventing the vehicle from rolling, firestone's warranty does not cover original equipment tires. ford's warranty is good for three years or 36,000 miles, which ever comes first. my three years was up in may of this year. i was forced to buy $700 worth of tires prematurely and i now have $4,500 damage to my vehicle. firestone has a dark history of producing dangerous tires subject to exactly the same kind of failure i experienced. why hasn't something been done to correct these failures? is there some compensation available from ford or firestone when these failures are clearly due to manufacturing defects and ford continues to contract for these defective tires? |