Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 08/29/2001 | 1 | ||
| While driving on highway, consumer heard banging sound and vehicle began to handle roughly. looked in rear view mirror and saw a piece of tire came off. firestone, steel tex radial, lt 245/75 r 16. *ak blowout caused damage to vehicle. *slc | |||
| 04/26/2001 | 1 | 01/01/2000 | |
| Tire blew for no apparant reason at approx 70mph on interstate while towing an empty utility trailer. tire looks separated and blew into 2 pieces. lost some control of vehicle almost causing catastrophic crash. damaged vehicle and trailer. *ak (dot number: 379 tiresize: 245/75r16) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 06/15/2006 | 40002 | 1 | 09/07/2000 |
| Driving down the interstate when i experienced 90% tread failure on my left outside dual rear wheel on my 2000 chevrolet c3500 pickup truck. the defective tire was a general ameri 550 as, size lt225/75r16. no crash or injuries were involved, but my left rear fender was obliterated. mileage on the tire was 40,000 miles. *jb | |||
| 08/05/2004 | 26667 | 1 | 05/04/2000 |
| Tire tread separation blow out with body damage.*ak | |||
| 08/03/2004 | 93000 | 4 | |
| While driving 70 mph, the rear driver side tire tread separated. as a result, the vehicle swerved. however, the consumer maintained control. *ak this was the fourth tire. the belts slipped and there were separations. *sc *jb | |||
| 07/13/2004 | 23116 | 1 | 05/05/2000 |
| Tire tread separation. *ak | |||
| 04/12/2003 | 24500 | 1 | 01/01/2000 |
| Tire/tread separation on a firestone lt245/75r16. right rear wheel (the tire did not loose air pressure). this tire was original equipment on a 2000 chevrolet passenger van - less than 25000 miles. *nlm | |||
| 02/28/2003 | |||
| The right rear tire tread separated while driving 70 mph resulting in loss of control and an accident. a passenger died and an other was in critical condition. *nlm | |||