| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999050837 | Incident Date: Aug, 18 1999 |
| Consumer's City: LAKE ELSINORE | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
| Model Name: FIREHAWK | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | 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: Sep, 10 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: On august 19 i was traveling at 65mph north bound on the 15 freeway in the #1 lane when the front end of my truck began to shimmy a bit and all of a sudden bam, the right front of my truck dipped and we were forced across 3 lanes of freeway, bounced off the embankment and stopped on the right shoulder of the i-15 at cajalco road off ramp. i went to ramona tire the next day and had the tire blow out replaced. on 8-20-99 i am again on the i-15 freeway and i feel my truck again start to shimmy, it was dark so exited the freeway and drove very slowly on side streets, upon my arrival home i looked at my tires and the left rear tire is coming apart. on 8-22-99 i went back to ramona tire in hemet and had all 3 of the firestone tires replaced, paying of course for the prorate of tire use and balance and mount. the first blow out caused $1119.00 dollars of damage to my truck, destroying the right running board, bending the tire rim and causing damage to the wheel well. i have yet to be reimbursed by firestone for this damage. i had my 3 children in the vehcile with me on both of these occasions. firestones ontario office had requested that i pay to have the blown tire shipped to tenn. i have not done this, and still have the tire in my pocession. *ak( dot number: 32115015 tire size: 15 ) |
