| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999051306 | Incident Date: Nov, 21 1999 |
| Consumer's City: SARASOTA | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations |
| Model Name: FIREHAWK | 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: Sep, 12 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: The tire failed without any warning and created an extremely dangerous situation and loss of control. the tread was completely separated and the complete tire was shredded. i contacted gmc and they assigned an incident number of 99294608 and advised me to contact a local dealer. the local dealer said that the tire was not covered under the gmc warranty and that i should contact the local firestone dealer. the local firestone dealer advised that the tire failure was due to road hazard and not a defective tire, in spite of the fact that the incident happened on an interstate highway and there was no previous road hazard occurence. the tire disintegrated due to a high speed blow-out. the tire dot number begins with w2 and firestone kept the defective tire after i paid to have it replaced. *ak( dot number: tire size: p265r7016 ) |
