Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
TIRES
22019706/13/19976089038Information on tire and wheel runout. *nlm01/12/2000

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
TIRES
10/19/20031
 While driving car our brand new terminator 225-75-15 tires purchased from discount tire co. in charlotte had a blowout. the tire completely failed and appears as if someone used a saw and cut it diagonally across the sidewalls and the entire tread. never saw anything like this. the tire collapsed without even hitting anything. *la
09/13/2000101/01/1995
 Left front tire delaminated while driving at 55mph in my patrol vehicle. the road was paved and i was driving in a straight line when it delaminated. all our tires on all our patrol vehicles are firestone wildreness at and i am concerned that more may fail. *ak (dot number: w2hf tiresize: p215/75r15)
 On (2) occasions in 2wd @ 40 mph on straight stretch, vehicle will fishtail w/cause unknown. *ak
01/13/19953
 Wrong size tires on vehicle.
TIRES - BEAD
7
 Afetr market p235/75r15, dot#: 8xhl. tires are leaking around the bead.*ak
TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
05/05/19951
 Spare tire is too small to use with other large tires barely touching ground. tt
TIRES - TREAD/BELT
05/22/2005103/01/2000
 Dt: contact states while driving 75 mph the front passenger tire blew out, causing the inner wheel well to come off and damage the fender. the entire tread separated from the tire. the tires were purchased approximately 3 years ago. the tires had about 50,000 miles. *ak *sc *jb