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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999049510 | Incident Date: Jun, 21 1999 |
| Consumer's City: AUBURN | Consumer's State: AL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: G20 | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Tires |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GBEG25K7RF | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 05 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 31 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 4 firestone atx lt225/75r15 installed as a replacement on 02/12/1998, mileage on chev g20 conversion van was 46327. blowout on 06/22/1999, mileage 69918. purchased 1 new firestone atx tire. because of another blowout on 03/02/2000, 2 new firestone atx tires were purchases, however, receipt now shows p225/75r15. on 04/21/2000 another blowout occcurre and we purchased 1 more firestone atx tire. receipt shows p225/75/r15. in total, we have had 3 blowouts on firestone atx tires, all blowouts were on the same van. tires affected were in different locationson the van. 2 blowouts occurred going 70 mph; one occurred at 11 pm at night, the other 10 am in the morning. the third occurred on city by-pass road about 5 pm. van has had regular maintenance at chevy dealer; i have receipts showing regular tire checks and rotations. we have removed the firestone atx tires from our van and have replaced them with competitor tires. i have retained the firestone tires--they have less than 4,000 miles on them...thanks for your help, and "listening". *ak( dot number: unknown tire size: p255/75r15 ) |
