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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043221 | Incident Date: Aug, 22 2005 |
| Consumer's City: TAMARAC | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. |
| Model Name: P21570R14 | 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#: 4TAVL52N3TZ | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 24 2005 | Complaint Type: LETR |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 30 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Initially felt a vibration in my steering wheel and accelerator pedal. was trying to decide from where the problem came when my left rear tire blew it's entire tread, which then wrapped around my axle, causing me to spin 360 degrees and off the highway and down a grassy slope, which, fortunately, was soft enough to stop me without making me flip over. damage: wheel rim and cover, wheel well liner ripped off, thereby bending it's rear bracket, which in turn pulled my fender in. tread wrapped around axle bent, but did not crimp, my hydraulic brake line. i managed to get the vehicle to the asphalt to change the tire, but it came to a halt because of the axle being wrapped. was unable to put on safety brake until i lifted the vehicle enough to unwrap the tread from the axle. have filed a complaint with firestone and expect them to pay for my damages. their policy is to demand the old tire back before any payout can be made and i intend to fight that, since the dealer has already disposed of the evidence. my feeling is that the dealer was either ignorant of that policy or negligent in telling me of it or that firestone instructed them not to tell customers of that requirement. i did tell the dealer that i intended to file a claim with firestone. dealer as much as admitted a faulty product since they did not charge me for a new tire. they did, however, charge me labor. rotation and courtesy check were performed by dealer on 20 july 2005 and they stated they had checked tire pressure. *nm *nm |
