Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX R4S / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005020046 Incident Date: May, 14 2005
Consumer's City: PLAINVILLE Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: STEELTEX R4S 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#: 1FDLE40G6TH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 14 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 04 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My family and i were travelling in our 1997 winnebago minnie winnie class c rv at approx. 55 mph on rt. 44 in middleborough, ma when the left front tire blew and the rv immediately pulled left toward oncoming traffic. i was able to pull back to the right and safely pull over. upon investigating the issue, the tread on the tire had completely separated from the tire. all that was left was the sidewall. the tire is a firestone steeltex radial r4s, size lt225/75r16. we purchased the rv in october 2004 and this was only our second trip in it (first in 2005). the tire was not worn at all and appeared to be new when we purchases the rv.