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 | |||
| 1 | |||
| Firestone, steel tex, original equipment on a 1999, ford, f250, lt245/75r16 size. caps on two of the tires were separating.*ak | |||
| 06/24/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1999 | |
| The tread completely separated from the tire. flew off and beat the front right fender. firestone has refused to reimburse us for our expense.*ak( dot number: vnor1wt213 tire size: lt23585r16 ) | |||
| 07/22/1999 | 4 | 04/01/1997 | |
| I noticed the sidewalls on my truck tires were uneven and showing buldging on all four tires. i took the tires to a local firestone dealer at 115 w. 3rd st., spokane wa. 99204. phone 509-838-8565. the store representive looked at the tires and stated that the sidewalls were bad and replaced the tires after prorating them at 38% collected. the tires were replaced with a like tire, wilderness a/t tires. *ak( dot number: vnor1ww225 tire size: 235/85/r16 ) | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 06/18/2005 | 166666 | 1 | 09/15/1999 |
| Dt:consumer has firestone wilderness at tires 16 inches on a ford pickup. consumer was driving home and there was a blow out on the rear drivver's side tire. when the tire blew out it also took out the filler tube on one rear gas tank. consumer said that he knew of recall on firestone at tires, when he contacted firestone, they told consumer that recall was only on 15 inch tires. blow out happened on interstate 44 in mousori, while consumer was traveling at about 65 mph. *ak | |||
| 02/08/1999 | 1 | 04/01/1995 | |
| On 2-8-99 i noticed the sidewalls on the 4 tires on the ground were starting to serperate. i took my truck to firestone dealer, he looked at my tires. called firestone, and replaced all 4 tires with same style and kind. i was told thy had a defect in sidewall and could blow out. i have been scared of these tires as they just dont look right. i believe this to be faulty tires, i noticed friday that these tires are being questioned by you, and should be as i feel they are unsafe. (tiresize: 23585r16)( dot number: tire size: 23585r16 ) | |||
| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||
| 10/09/2000 | 1 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Airbag system had already been deployed and was not in the steering wheel and came from factory with air bag. not informed of accident prior to purchase and also had no spare tire.*ak | |||
| 05/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Spare tire missing. *tt | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 11/01/2007 | 0 | 02/01/1996 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1995 ford f250. the vehicle has fts westlake cr861 tires. the contact stated that his dot number is included in the recall regarding tread separation. he called fts and they refused to provide assistance. they stated that the boss was on vacation and would not be able to help until he returned. the contact believes that the tires should be repaired as soon as possible. there had been no failure to date. the recall number was unknown. the current mileage was 115,000. | |||
| 09/08/2003 | 128000 | 1 | |
| While driving 62 mph right rear tire had tread separation. consumer managed to pull over. manufacturer will be notified. size#lt23585r16. *ak | |||
| 11/09/2001 | 0 | ||
| Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 55mph on highway heard a noise, and felt bumping of vehicle. he was able to pull over to shoulder when tread came off tire, causing leakeage of fluid. firestone, steeltex, lt235/85 r16 dealership wasaware of problem. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| While driving about 60-65 mph tread on rear driver's goodyear wrangler ht tire came off. driver was able to control a 1995, ford, f250. tire size lt 23585r16. tire mileage about 20,000, original tire equipment. *ak *slc | |||