Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 08/10/2000 | 1 | ||
| While driving, the firestone wilderness (size#p265/75/r16) tire sidewall blew out. (claim#40-2418-573). *yd | |||
| 06/10/2001 | 4 | 06/01/2000 | |
| These tires have been a problem since the beginning. these should have been recalled like the fords were. these were standard equipment on gm trucks also. i don't feel safe with these on the truck. can't afford to replace these at this time. *ak (tiresize: 2657016) | |||
| 09/01/1999 | |||
| Regarding the firestone tire recall of 15 tires. on the news last night(8/22/00) in atlanta, ga, i saw a lady whose firestone wildnerness at 16 tire separated from its tread, just like all those incidents of the 15 tire. on my 2000 chevy truck i have firestone wilderness at 16 tires. what is to prevent those tires from a tread separation and causing a terrible accident!!! i have three children and a husband. it would be horrible if a tire separation happened on my vehicle causing my death. ever since i bought my new truck last september '99, i have had nothing but trouble with those firestone tires. only after 4,000 miles the front tires started cupping and had to be replaced. now again, after 6,000 more miles(after alignments and tire rotations) the front tires are doing the same thing. i wish to change out these tires to michelin tires, since i have had great success with my other vehicle('96 chevy suburban 4x4) and its michelin tires. i'm very upset and scared to drive my 2000 chevy truck with those firestone tires on it. i need to find out if firestone can be made to replace my tires on my truck also. i would appreciate it if someone can contact me regarding an answer to replacing my tires. thank you. sincerely, donna brown( dot number: w273 wmb tire size: p265/75r16 ) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 08/10/2000 | 1 | ||
| Firestone wilderness tire failure-sidewall blown out. occurred while driving on highway and insured lost control. p265/75/r16 i was driving and suddenly there was a loud popping noise. i lost control of the truck. i ran off the road. i don't remember what i hit because it happened so fast. the passenger side of the truck was damaged. (claim# 40-2418-573) *mw | |||
| 07/22/2000 | 1 | ||
| Negotiating highway turn, vehicle failed to make turn, went over culvert and into ditch. insured has firestone wilderness tires. shop indicates severe misalignment. insrd called, she rounded corner and went into ditch. she as the firestone wilderness tires. tires did not blow but steel belts are showing thru the tires and she only has 13k miles on the veh. she is going to have them replaced and she will save the tires. firestone says they are not the right size for the recall. shop told her that there has been other people in with outher sizes and they have had same problems as recalls. advised i wasnt sure if this would have anthing to do with loss but we could check into it. no injuries. insrd is going to have front ires replaced and alignment done before she takes into shop for body damagest. i explained alignment usually gets done after repairs. she said if we don't pay for it, we don't she doesn't feel safe without if being done. (claim# 47-4189-145) *mw | |||
| 08/12/2000 | 1 | ||
| Tire involved is a firestone wilderness 265/75r16. please advised me which dot# series is involved with this recall if possible. (claim# 05-4522-603) *mw | |||