Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||||
| 9852 | 04/13/1998 | 601290 | Information on tire company telephone numbers for customer assistance. *yc | 07/17/1998 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 04/15/1985 | 1 | ||
| Firestone has had problems with these tires for more than just the past few years but has always refused to acknowledge the problem. when the 1st tire came apart, i was traveling down the highway with a cab-over camper on the truck and towing a motorcycle trailer. the only damage was to the rim from riding on the pavement to a stop. when the 2nd tire came apart the truck was sitting in the driveway and i was inspecting the tire .half of the skin from the left side of my face was removed, my left eye was severly abraded and the eye socket was broken, both ear drums were blown out and my cochlea (the part of the inner ear that controls balance) was permanently damaged, and my left arm and left side of my chest were badly cut. i have pictures of both tire failures and of my injured self. i contacted several lawyers at the time and was told that i had no case against firestone because i had actually used their off-road tires off-road. both failures occurred when the tires were fairly new and low mileage. all 4 tires developed problems within a month of purchase.( dot number: tire size: 33x12r16.5 ) | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 03/15/2001 | 4 | ||
| Wrangler loadrange e lt 235/85r16, dot unknown, replacement tires with 70000 miles on a 1985 ford, f250. all 4 tires showed sidewall cracks. *ak dot mdor 1 dov 155, tires have sidewall cracks near the rim on both the inside and outside. *slc | |||