0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004298242 | Incident Date: Sep, 09 2004 |
| Consumer's City: PLEASANTON | 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: Sep, 13 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: while traveling down the highway at an estimated 70mph tops. the tire tread seperated from the steel belt of my firestone steeltex at lt265/75r16 load range e tires, on my 2000 ford f-250 pickup. this seperation caused me to temporarily lose control and endangered my pregnant wife and other 2 children in the car at the time. the tires were not under inflated because i had checked them not a week before and all other tires are currently still inflated to correct specs. the tread was not overly worn the tires still had quite alot of milage left on them. and whatever else firestone might claim was wrong, does not mean that the tread should fly off theyre tires. quality tires should be able to still hold together reguardless of any small lack of attention on the drivers part. on a second note this isnt the first time firestones have failed me in an identical way. the same thing happend to the firestone tires twice on my jeep grand cheerokee. and everyone keep in mind this tire i have listed above is the one being used to replace the recently recalled identical model but load range d tire from firestone. |