Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 1 | |||
| While in motion, consumer heard a thumping noise, assuming a tire had gone flat, pulled over to check but nothing was found. a few minutes later, there was a loud explosion, fighting to keep vehicle in control, consumer managed to get over, finding the wheel, tire and lug nuts had come completely off of vehicle. (ohio traffic crash report) *jg | |||
| 05/29/2001 | 1 | ||
| Left rear firestone tire, p185/75r14 m+s, experienced blowout while driving, consumer was able to keep control, consumer paid full price for another replacement tire. *et | |||
| Due to information heard about tires consumer was checking them & noticed all 4 tires had cracks in the sidewall. 2 front tires had cracks on inside of the tread.*ak | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 09/06/2001 | 1 | 11/01/1990 | |
| Carry 35 lbs. pressure, tire had slow leak, took to dealer, leak in sidewall of tire, had never ran tire low, was on right rear, so did not hit curb or anything else in road. tire was defective.*ak (dot number: amn509 tiresize: 18575r14) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 2 | 01/01/1998 | ||
| The firestone tires on the vehicle have experienced failures, the tire peeled off tread causing the vehicle to skid off the road, injury to consumer. *mjs | |||