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FIRESTONE / WILDERNESS / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005019448 Incident Date: May, 06 2005
Consumer's City: TRACY Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: WILDERNESS 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#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 08 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 24 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The chevrolet tahoe now has 19,000 miles and we never have had a flat tire > on any of the these tires. > yesterday may 7, 2005 we were driving on the freeway at 60 mph. when we > heard a pop sound on the right side of the vehicle. > i soon could feel that the tire was getting flat and pulled over to the > shoulder and observed the the right rear tire had blown out. there was no > objects or pot hole in the roadway that i could have ran over with the > vehicle. > the blow out of the tire was around the seam of the outer sidewall. > > questions?: > has there been similar occurrences with this make of firestone tire? > is this type of sidewall blow out covered under my warranty?