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 | |||
| 03/17/2009 | 118000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 1989 ford ranger. the vehicle has firestone fr380 tires, size p215/70/r14. the contact noticed that the tires were almost flat. upon further investigation, he noticed that the tread lines were becoming loose and appeared to be peeling off. the failure mileage on the tires was 12,781. the failure mileage on the vehicle was 118,000. | |||
| 08/15/2000 | 1 | 08/01/1992 | |
| Left home in morning to go to work. in first 200 yards felt bump, bump, bump in steering. stopped and looked at left front tire. tread was separated from carcass for about six inches along edge of tire as part of a one foot long bulge about half the tread surface in width. steel belt was showing in gap and some wires were broken. had noticed previous day that steering pulled to the right. tires are not worn out - about 1/8 in tread left. bought truck used with 30k miles. don't know if these are original tires or not. have digital photos tell me where to send them.( dot number: w2hvm0019h tire size: p215/70r14 ) | |||
| 03/15/1997 | 1 | 08/01/1996 | |
| No summary( dot number: tire size: r21570r14 ) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 07/08/1998 | 1 | ||
| Tire tread separated from tire and damaged left front of veh 1. this loss involves firestone wilderness ht tires and then ni is interested in pursuing subrogation. (claim# 40-2069-856) *mw | |||
| 06/15/1998 | 1 | 08/01/1997 | |
| Tires had proper inflation when tread separation caused loss of control and accident. *ak( dot number: tire size: r21570r14 ) | |||