Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / FR440 / 9999

EJTUDJD288

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006055298 Incident Date: Feb, 02 2006
Consumer's City: MINOOKA Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: FR440 Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Tires:tread/belt
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 06 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle was travels along 113 in kankakee il at approx 55 mph, as vehicle entered a bend the right front tire tread separated from the vehicles right front tire causing the vehicle to go into a left side spin over the embankment and into a fence poll. vehicle did roll possibly two time. vehicle was completely destroyed, if anybody else was in the vehicle they would be dead. drive did suffer multiple injures but was alive, as the police and fire dept put it lucky to be alive. the tire in which the tread separated was a firestone fr440 dot #ejtudjd288. vehicle was a 94 buick century in good mech shape inspected aprox 1,000 mile prior to accident. the driver stated the was driving fine up to the accident, no vibrations, pulling, noise etc. *nm