Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX A/T / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006063164 Incident Date: Apr, 14 2006
Consumer's City: SAN ANGELO Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Model Name: STEELTEX A/T 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#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 20 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 12 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1. i have a 2001 ford excursion. i had firestone steeltex a/t lt 265-75 r16's all the way around my vehicle. we were driving on the highway and had a blow out; it was the right front tire. we got out looked at the tire and the tread had separated. the steel in the tire torn up the undercarriage and wheel well and did a lot of damage underneath and to my grill guard. within less than 50 miles, my other front tire went out. but with this one the tread was pulling away and falling off (again tearing up the body as it went). the tire never blew but the tread did enough damage to my truck that it will have to be fixed on that side also. the body of my truck will need work. when i open my doors they pop because it is rubbing on the frame that has been pushed back. when we got to our destination it was late saturday so we had to wait until sunday (which was easter sunday and not many places were open). we went to sears and had new tires put all they way around the vehicle. we were not going to take the chance of the back ones separating on the way home. *jb