Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / STEELTEX R4S / 9999

URBD99805-5

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 007109387 Incident Date: Jun, 13 2007
Consumer's City: MORGAN HILL Consumer's State: CA
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
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FDWE30SXXH Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 19 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 10 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford windsor. while driving 40 mph, the driver side rear tire tread separated, resulting in a blow out of the outer tire. the tires are firestone steeltex radial r4s, lt225/75r16. the spare tire was placed on the vehicle. the front driver side tires were also showing wear on the tread. there was 6,000 miles of wear on the tires. the cracks in the tires were present on the inside, not on the outside facing the sun. all four rear tires were replaced due to the wear pattern. the purchase date was unknown. the contact has a picture of the tire. the current mileage is 14,500 and failure mileage was 14,335.