Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 06/06/1994 | 7 | 04/01/1994 | |
| When driving at 35 mph, there is a washboard shudder effect with transmission which causes steering wheel to vibrate. *ak consumer states the cause of the vibration was due to a faulty transmission electronic module. consumer states that 2 michelin tires experienced blowouts due to tread separations from the steelbelts, 2 of the other tires had steel wires that came through the sides of the crown areas, the other tire developed holes which allowed the tire to leak air, michelin steelbelt radials, xw4 m and s 97s, p215/70r15, dot number htc7585x044. consumer states the replacement tires were firestone, p215/70r15, 97s dot number hym3mia338, of these tires 2 of them experienced tread separations from the steelbelts and blewout. *slc | |||
| 08/22/2000 | 1 | 08/01/2000 | |
| Left rear tire worn. nlm | |||
| 08/27/2000 | 1 | ||
| While driving, consumer heard a noise and started to feel vibration, right rear firestone ftz0c experienced tread separation and caused damage to the vehicle. *slc | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 08/19/2002 | 1 | 03/01/2002 | |
| While driving, the left rear tire had tread separation, almost lost control of vehicle. tire size 215715, not orginal tire. dot #p21570r15. *ak *scc | |||
| 11/21/2001 | 1 | ||
| Cooper, futura plus, p215/70r16, dot unknown, replacement equipment with 24000 miles on a 1994, lincoln town car, while driving 70 mph right rear tire had tread separation. no injuries.*ak *slc | |||
| 10/02/2001 | 1 | 06/20/1999 | |
| While traveling approximately 68 mph in a 1994, lincoln, town car left-rear firestone tire, size: p215/70r15, dot: unknown experienced tread separation. there were approximately 15,000 miles on the tires, and they were not original equipment. *ak dot number hym3f28018. *jb | |||
| 08/27/2000 | 1 | ||
| While driving, consumer heard a noise and started to feel vibration, right rear firestone ftz0c experienced tread separation and caused damage to the vehicle. *slc | |||
| 06/01/1997 | |||
| A large piece of broken retread was kicked up by another vehicle, striking this vehicle and breaking the grid. | |||