| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005016820 | Incident Date: Apr, 22 2005 |
| Consumer's City: NEWCASTLE | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: STEELTEX | 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#: 1FTSW31F6YE | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 24 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 18 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: While driving at a reduced speed on the interstate freeway, because of rain, i started to experience a vibration from the tires. at the first opportunity i pulled off into a rest area to check the tire pressure thinking that i had a tire that was going flat. i measured the air pressure in all 4 tires on my 2000 ford f-350. i measured 60lbs in the front and 70lbs in the rear. i inspected the wheels to see if there was any apparent problem with the tire but i couldn?t find anything. i deduced that the vibration might be a result of the tire throwing a balancing weight and i decided to continue on my journey since i couldn?t find any problem. about 8 miles further up the road i suffered a treat separation from the tire which came actually came off the tire. the tire did not lose air immediately as a result of the failure (it did have a slow leak that drained the tire after about 6 hours). i was able to maintain control of the vehicle through the entire incident and could safely drive it until i could find a safe place mile further up the road where i replaced the damaged tire. the resulting incident damaged the fender area of my vehicle and will require professional repair. as i mentioned earlier i was driving at a reduced speed for this section of the interstate freeway because of heavy rain and at no time did my speed exceed 60mph. the air temperature from the time i first noticed the problem until the failure was 43 to 38 degrees. *ak |
