Consumer Complaint Detail

FIRESTONE / ATX II / 9999

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 996047337 Incident Date: Mar, 31 1996
Consumer's City: SUSSEX Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Model Name: ATX II 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#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 25 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dear nhtsa, i had many tire failures with my firestone atx ii tires. i purchased them when my car had 57,358 miles on 03/19/94. i drove approximately 20,000 miles per year. all the previous tire failures were blowouts i had while driving with my family on the highway. each time i went to the firestone service center for prorated tire repairs. they kept trying to blame my blowouts on my aluminum wheel rims although i never had any problems with my previous uniroyal tires. in 1998 after yet another tire problem i switched to michelins, and i have since sold the vehicle in 8/99. at the time of these problems, i was concerned as to the amount of blowouts i had, and until the recall came out i thought it might be of some relevance to you. i have all my original paperwork from firestone. many of the replacement tires i had carried in to the store so i don't have exact milage of the tires. i do possibly have at least one of these tires on my property but it would require some effort to retrieve and find it. i believe that the problem with these tires has been going on for a lot longer than firestone has led me to believe and i would be willing to help you in any way i can. i am also going to contact firestone' s website and give them this information as well. sincerely lisa r. king( dot number: ? tire size: p235-75-15 )