Consumer Complaint Detail

BRIDGESTONE / POTENZA / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005036856 Incident Date: Aug, 21 2005
Consumer's City: SUFFOLK Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Model Name: POTENZA 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#: 5TETU22N25Z Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 28 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 03 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: 2005 toyota tacoma xrunner. the consumer states the tires from the factory have a crack on the tread, perpendicular to the way the vehicle turns. this is a bridgestone potenza, re050. tire. this is on the passenger side rear tire. the firestone dealer states it is nothing the consumer has done or run over. they are going to replace the defective tire. the consumer feels all of the tires need to be replaced. there were 3,500 miles on the vehicle when this happened. the consumer noticed the problem august 22, 2005.*ak on sept. 1, 2005 the consumer noticed that both front tires also had cracks in the tread. the local firestone dealer replaced 4 tire (they refused to replace the spare) with new bridgestone potenza s03. the damaged tire were given to the local firestone dealer. *nm