Consumer Complaint Detail
BRIDGESTONE / POTENZA RE92 / P205
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005003421 | Incident Date: Jan, 17 2005 |
| Consumer's City: CEDAR | Consumer's State: MI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
| Model Name: POTENZA RE92 | Model Year: P205 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4S4BT62C837 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 19 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 22 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I have a 2003 subaru baja with 17,000 miles on the odometer. this car came factory equipped with bridgestone potenza re92 high performance all season tires, size 225/60/r16. these tires are positively hazardous on snow and ice: i have twice in the past six weeks lost control of my vehicle on snowy, flat, straight roads, causing a total of $5,000 of damage to my car. the loss of control is unpredictable and sudden, as if a giant hand pick the car up and tossed it off the road. while researching snow tires yesterday, i found numerous warnings on web sites from consumers (tirerack.com, 1010tires.com, nhtsa.dot.gov) about the dangers of driving on wet/snowy/icy pavement with bridgestone potenza tires. these tires are exposing unwary consumers to accidents, injury and worse. i feel resentful to bridgestone for making such awful tires, also to subaru corporation for installing them on a car which is advertised as a very safe vehicle to drive in winter weather and to my local dealer who sold me a vehicle with such dangerous tires. *jb |