Consumer Complaint Detail
FIRESTONE / 30X9.50R15 LT / 9999
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005014771 | Incident Date: Jan, 19 2005 |
| Consumer's City: NORMAN | Consumer's State: OK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
| Model Name: 30X9.50R15 LT | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 6G2VX12G74L | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 11 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 30 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: History: the 2004-2005 pontiac gto is an imported version of the australia holden monaro. the holden manaro comes from the factory with 235/45r17 tires, tires that are generally 235mm (9.25") wide. however, when pontiac specs the gto for the us, they finally decided on a 10mm wider tire, a 245/45r17 bf goodrich g-force kdws tire. no changes were made to the suspension of the vehicle for us import though. current problem: the larger tire causes rubbing on the front strut, namely and more commonly the passenger side strut. this is evidenced by a rubbing mark on the strut body and many times wear marks on the tires themselves. in some cases, front suspension binding has occurred. in other cases, tire replacement was necessary. this is due, in fact, to the increase in size of the tire that pontiac has chosen to put on the imported version. several pontiac dealerships are aware of this problem, and it has been speculated that pontiac is aware as well. future problems: tires are not all the same size. one 245/45r17 tire can be smaller or larger depending on the manufacturer of the tire. there is a strong posibility that when a consumer replaces his/her worn factory tires with another set of tires, of the same "size", that they would be even larger and could cause serious problems. in light of the ford-firestone tire problems, i believe this is a situation that should be researched. please note: dealership lot cars would most likely not demonstrate this problem as they will not have been driven enough to cause the rubbing.*ak |