Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 07/03/2007 | 105618 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact's daughter owns a 1993 dodge dakota with firestone firehawk atx tires. he stated that while his daughter was driving 40 mph, she experienced a blowout on the rear passenger side tire. the blowout caused the vehicle to fall into a ditch; in addition, there was damage to the vehicle the front passenger side tire. the purchase date and tire failure mileage were unknown. the failure mileage was 105,618 and the current mileage was 105,621. | |||
| 10/25/2000 | 1 | 05/01/1993 | |
| Tire suddenly developed about 20 large cracks around 270 degrees of it's circumference causing rapid deflation. tire has approx. 30,000 miles on it and had shown no abnormal wear. vehicle location was rf since new.*ak (dot number: uu nx71278 tiresize: p225/r7015) | |||
| 06/08/2000 | 1 | 08/01/1993 | |
| Tire tread blew apart after driving 100 miles in 80 degree weather causing truck to vear off the highway. shreaded tire tread which just seperated from the rest of the tire and beat against the fender causing damage to the vehicle in excess of $1000 . i contacted (2) seperate firestone dealers and was told there was nothing they could do, neither facility offered any information about the defect in these tires and in fact implied it was my fault. i suffered damage to my right arm, leg and forehead as a result of these defective tires.( dot number: tire size: 30x9.50r15 ) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 12/27/2001 | 1 | 11/03/2000 | |
| Replacement tires, 20000 miles, p215/75r15, dot# c4x3600 a05 r, while traveling at 65mph drivers side rear tire separated, and then the tire blewup/split on sidewall. *ak *jg | |||