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 | |||
| 01/18/1989 | 1 | ||
| Having to many problems with tire, heating, brakes, suspension i change this parts like 3 times. *tr | |||
| 01/04/2001 | 3 | 12/01/1989 | |
| 3 of 4 tires with separated tread at 25,000 miles of 50,000 rated. both front tires has sidewall separation also down to inner liner. all failed in same time frame. tires bought new 2 years ago. *ak (tiresize: p205/70r14)( dot number: tire size: p205/70r14 ) | |||
| 06/01/1997 | |||
| We have had this car repaired repeatedly for a lurching/jerking problem. motor mounts replaced, new clutch, new transmission, new brakes, new tires, it is still doing this. if the engine is shut off, sometimes you can get the car to temporarily stop the jerking. we are again, taking it in for repairs. have you any knowledge of this problem? it is a safety issue at this point. thank you. | |||
| 01/01/1997 | |||
| Shoulder belts on driver's side and passenger's side broke. also, right side passenger's tire keeps going flat, and the consumer had to replace the tire five to six times. finally, there is some type of knocking noise within the subframe. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| The left front tire wears abnormally, outer left side of the tire wears after 10,000 miles on a 60,000 tire. | |||
| 08/01/1994 | 1 | ||
| Tire rod failed. *sd | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 02/03/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving aprx. 55mph back passenger tire sidewall blew, causing me to lose control of my vehical (sedan) and going into a spin (tire size: p205/70r15 95s),(dot: w2m0 r3b), (model type: steel belted radial), (make: firestone fr360). i have 2 young children that where in the vehical with me. in the event that i was not extremly well trained in defensive driving my belief is that the vehicle would have rolled. these tires have less then 400 miles on them. the two front tires are showing bubbles on sidewall. driver back tire has seperation where the sidewall meets the tread,(this seperation is very thin and hard to see unless you are at eye level with the tire). i find that firestone has a serious problem with there manufactoring of tires, so therfor i will no longer be purchasing tires from this company in the future. | |||
| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||
| 08/01/2001 | 1 | 01/01/1989 | |
| Temporary spare exploded spontaneously inside it's storage compartment. it was inflated to 60 psi or less.*ak (dot number: fny2a2hx tiresize: t135/80r14) | |||
| 06/01/1998 | 1 | 10/01/1989 | |
| Spare tire exploded while in the spare compartment causing the trunk lid to bow outward. mjs | |||
| 04/09/1995 | 9 | ||
| Spare tire exploded tearing wheel well cover/damaging electrical wiring to fuel pump, resulting in vehicle stalling. *skd | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 06/30/2000 | 2 | 06/01/1989 | |
| While driving about 55 mph felta bumping ride, and found out that there was a tread separation on the left rear. consumer kept control of vehicle. not the original equipment, firestone fr680 205/70r14 and dot # vdkef6a383. *ak the first tire failed after 28,000 miles and the second failed after 32,400 miles. *yh | |||