Consumer Complaint Detail
CHEVROLET / PICKUP TRUCK / 1993
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 997045467 | Incident Date: Dec, 19 1997 |
| Consumer's City: DES MOINES | Consumer's State: IA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: PICKUP TRUCK | Model Year: 1993 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCEK14K3PZ | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 15 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1993 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The firestone tires were installed on our pickup at around 15,000 miles on the pickup itself, at 28,246 miles we went to have the tires rotated and rebalanced and the right front tire that came of would not balance. they took it apart and discovered the inner liner of the tire was completely coming apart and turning into powder. firestone said it had been ran at low presure and that was the cause of the inner liner coming apart, and that it was not "adjustable" . the tires were never ran low and were checked along with the vehicle when it was serviced every 2,000 miles. i still have the "tire" and the rest from the same matched set, i removed them all at the same time as the problem was discovered! the tire can be mounted and inflated and will not loose pressure, with out any distortion, or any signs of a potental problem. if it wasn't for the pile of rubber from the inner liner inside the tire that kept shifting around throwing the tire balance mathine off it would have never caught. or until the air inside escaped into the cord body causeing the caseing to seperate.it is clearly a "manufacturing defect" and because the rest of that set was from the same production run, we do not believe firestones explanation and did not feel safe with the rest of that set. thank you for listening, and thinking of our safety. rick s. & amy s. cole. *ak( dot number: vdw8axc134 tire size: 265/75/r16 ) |