Consumer Complaint Detail

PIRELLI / TIRE / 9999

XBEH E247 4302

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004314223 Incident Date: Dec, 19 2004
Consumer's City: ARAB Consumer's State: AL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Pirelli Tire, LLC
Model Name: TIRE Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: JTKKT624350 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 19 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 14 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: i bought a 2005 scion xa on november 15, 2004. on december 20, 2004 the driver side front tire blew out, after hitting a bump in the road. the tire had 3,966 miles on it. the side wall blew . as we my children and i processed to change the tire. the jack slide sideways, causing the car to fall. it hurt my 15 year old sons hand, if i hadnt shoved my tire under the body of the car and screamed at him, the car would have landed on him and his leg. we rejacked the car back up and the jack started sliding again. we were in a level gas station paved parking lot. the third time we jacked the car up the jack started slipping again. i believe these jacks are dangerous!! the side wall of the tire is also too thin. i had to replace the tire. i will buy a new jack to put in my car. i would like someone to check into this matter. also the manufacure stated the car would get 32 mph city, 38 highway. we are getting 28 city and 31 on highway. this is my first new car, i am not impressed! i am very disappointed in toyota, we have had toyota's in the past and i got better milage out of them.