Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/20/2000 | 12/01/1999 | ||
| We purchase 4 of these tire and within 1 year we have had two blowouts, one blowout, causing a wreck and the other blowout did not result in a wreck.*ak (dot number: vnhk rad tiresize: lt235/r15) | |||
| 06/20/1998 | 1 | 04/01/1993 | |
| National (p235/75r15 1055) tire blew out. | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 12/09/2004 | 58000 | 2 | 06/08/2001 |
| I had a tie failure on a goodrich p225/70-r14 m&s tire. the sidewall split on the tire without warning. the tire was taken to the dealer who examined it and said that the sidewall failure was due to some sort of manufacturing defect. when the other tires were examined, one of them was found to have a sidewall crack that had not yet gotten all the way thru the sidewall. the tire that failed did so at low speed so there was no wreck, but a sidewall failure at road speed could have led to a serious accident. *jb | |||
| 06/30/2003 | 20000 | 1 | 10/01/1989 |
| While driving 45 mph rear passenger firestone tire blew out. the consumer checked the tire pressure three weeks prior to the blow out. *ak *ph *nlm | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 09/21/2000 | 1 | 10/15/1991 | |
| Bought new with about 10,000 miles, tire size p20575r14. driver's rear tire tread came off which caused a major problem with vehicle. *ak left rear tire tread came off and tire blew out damaging left side of the vehicle. tire was shipped to continental general tire corporation. *yh | |||
| 3 | |||
| 1989 s-10 blazer purchased new in february 1989 supplied with firestone atx tires. within two years the original tires began to develop major cracks in the tread area. they were replaced by firestone at no/charge in 1992 with another set of atx tires. the replacement set also began to develop major cracking in the tread area within the next two to three years. in 1995 the replacement tires were replaced with another set of atx tires. however, at that time they (firestone) pro-rated the tire at about 50% treadwear and i had to pay about $160. again, for the third time, the replacement atx tires began to develop major cracks in the tread area. last month (july 2000) i had the tires replaced again for the same cracking problem. they were again pro-rated with about 45% teard wear. the replacement tires cost me $220 and this time were firestone wilderness. on august 10, 2000 i had the firestone wilderness tires removed and purchased a set of goodyear wranglers. i returned the firestone wilderness tires on august 12, 2000 for a refund of my $220. it is my feeling that firestone should refund the $160 that i spent in 1995 and also the $445 that i just spent for the replacement goodyear wrangler tires. that's a total refund of $605. please note: i have the original copies of all tire invoices. thank you! sincerely frank a canna 08/12/00( dot number: tire size: p225 75 15 ) | |||