Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 03/15/2003 | 66660 | ||
| Bridgestone b420, 215-70r15 tire => tread appears to be separating from body of tire. tread still plentiful. engaged firestone corporate on 2 occassions to learn how i can have tire assessed to determine if manufacture\'s defect, and on both occassion they couldn\'t assist => told that since tire was sold by sears (i.e. made for sears retail tire stores only) that sear would have to assess / warranty tire. firestone could not provide me name of appropriate \sears\ contact. how should i determine if tire has manufacturer defective if manufacture is unwilling to look at it? | |||
| 10/21/2001 | 3 | 03/01/2001 | |
| Since purchasing this vehicle on march 2, 2001, we have had three blowouts with these firestone original equipment tires. the first one happened before the car had been driven 2,000 mi. this tire had to be replaced by owner - dealer said it was not covered by the warranty. the second blow-out happened at approximately 8,000 mi. and that tire was able to be fixed. however, last evening we had our third blow-out and the tire is completely shot and will need to be replaced. i believe there has to be a defect in the tires; we have never had blow-outs in any of our previous vehilcles/tires. *ak (dot number: fr680 tiresize: p21570r15) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 08/10/2007 | 126892 | 1 | 01/05/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 oldsmobile silhouette. the vehicle has dayton 100020, size p215/70/r15 tires. while driving between 30-35 mph, the steel belt detached from one of the tires. the contact did not drive over a pothole or any other bumps in the road. he called his insurance company and filed a claim, which cost him $500. the insurance company towed the vehicle to the repair shop. the current and failure mileages were 126,892. | |||
| 07/27/2000 | 1 | 05/01/2000 | |
| Tread separation. tire replaced by dealer = ferman olds on 07/27/00. *ak( dot number: tire size: p215/70r15 ) | |||