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 | |||
| 08/01/1999 | 1 | 08/01/1996 | |
| Tire had very little wear,blew out at speed,was in spare rack years,thought tire was old. *ak (tiresize: lt235/85r1)( dot number: tire size: lt235/85r1 ) | |||
| 08/24/2000 | 1 | 11/15/1989 | |
| While walking around vehicle found out that tires were splitting in the middle and had to be replaced. firestone at, lt235/85r16 and dot #vn0r1wn035. *ak all four firestone tires split in the center. *yh | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 05/13/2006 | 2 | ||
| We (unknowingly) bought $200 each, 10 ply cooper tires from discount tire less than 2 years ago. these were supposed to be able to handle the weight of our truck and camper. in october of 2005, the tread came completely off of one of the rear tires and damaged one side of the truck and part of the cab over camper. then this past weekend, the same thing happened, the tread completely came off, really damaged the other side of the truck and also partially damaged the boat we were towing. the tires both times were still holding air, just threw the tread. my husband actually went and retrieved the tread from the highway this latest time. discount tire will have to replace the tire, because of the warranty, but that does not solve the danger or the damages these tires are causing. the same night as this happened, abc 15 news showed a story that this is happening all over with cooper tires, and showed us how to identify that we had some of these tires that are throwing their tread. ours are on the list. *nm | |||
| 07/01/1998 | 3 | ||
| While traveling about 75mph on the highway consumer heard a noise and was able to pull over to the shoulder , the right front tire tread had separated from the wheel. goodyear pathfinder nt tire 16 inch (dot unknown). *jb this happened three times. *tt | |||
| 01/01/2000 | 3 | 06/01/1997 | |
| Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 50mph on highway and without prior warning the right rear tire tread separated. he was able to pull over to the shoulder, he noticed that right rear quarter panel had damage. firestone, wilderness atx, p25585r16, dot vd10axd046. there were no injuries, and firestone was notified. *ak dot number is vd10axd046. *jb | |||
| 09/24/2000 | 1 | 09/01/1990 | |
| Pe00-020; p23585r16, aftermarket with 80,000 miles with good amount of tread. driving at approximately 60 mph and pulling 18 foot rv trailor w heard loud explosion. at that same moment vehicle lost control due to right rear firestone tire tread that completely peeled off ,all that was left was the core of tire. vehicle almost rolled over. *ak dot# vdor1wn174. *slc | |||
| 01/01/1996 | 1 | ||
| Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 40mph on highway lost control of vehicle due to the faulty left front and right front firestone steeltex radial tires (p235 85 r16). *ak *slc | |||