Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| Vehicle vibrates; due to the vibration, the tires are worn. owner took vehicle to dealer for service and they replaced the tires. dealer also informed the owner that the tires were the cause of the vibration . owner contacted the manufacturer of the tires, and is not able to correct the problem. *ak | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 07/28/2000 | 1 | ||
| Any info in firestone tires tread sepearting, tires were installed on chevrolet p/u purchased new in 1996? (claim# 18-0401-241) *mw | |||
| 09/02/2000 | 1 | ||
| Tires on the right side have chunks coming out by the tread. the other 2 tires on the left side are having tread separation. the steel belts are showing on the passenger side. the driver side makes slapping noises. took to firestone retailer & informed would not exchange tires for other tires eventhough they were bad until payment was made first. firestone, lt245/75r16 on 1996, chevrolet, c1500 with 119,000 miles.*ak the firestone dealer wanted full retail price for replacement of defective tires. *yh | |||
| 3 | 09/01/1998 | ||
| I have had these tires on my truck for a little over a year. within the first month i had 2 of these tires replaced because the tread was separatinig. again this month i had to have another tire replaced because it was bulging and seperating. i wrote customer service at firestone and they never replied,once by mail and twice by e-mail. these tires do have the vd dot code.*ak (dot number: vd tiresize: 33x12.50x1) | |||