Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX R4S / 9999

8X1L 1X1 4700

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004295745 Incident Date: Jul, 13 2004
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEELTEX R4S 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#: 1FDXE45S61H Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 30 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 04 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 10 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Firestone, steeltex radial tire tread separated from core explosively on our motorhome with only 28,070 miles on it. this is 1st firestone steeltex radial tire to fail on this motorhome, but it follows all seven (7) of the firestone steeltex radial tires on our last (identical) motorhome failing in exactly the same way one by one over a period of just a year or so. these tires came already on the motorhomes when we bought them new.*ak