Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 1 | 07/21/2001 | ||
| The tire of the vehicle was worn and broke loose causing the vehicle to spin out of control and resulted in the vehicle hitting a small grove of trees, this accident resulting in damage to the vehicle, the consumer questions the weight to power design and weight distribution of the body style (the tire make/model was not given). nlm | |||
| 4 | 03/03/1995 | ||
| Goodyear wrangler tires experienced excessive wear. | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 10/11/2004 | 159650 | 2 | 12/15/1994 |
| Driving 1995 gmc jimmy with no passengers and no load at 40mph on suburban road at 10:00 in evening swerved to miss sudden appearance of large deer. both driver side tires (kelly springfield safari sjr 235-70r15) blew off their rims causing loss of control of vehicle as bare rims hit pavement. vehicle developed severe yaw causing it to spin twice. fortunately there was no traffic so no accident occurred. dealer replaced tires under warranty but not oem alloy wheels which cost $558 to replace.*ak | |||
| Replaced original vehicle tires with ones bought at mills fleet farm in oshkosh, wi. had the tires on the vehicle for almost 2 years, with low mileagae put on them. took the vehicle to my mechanic for a check up, and he discovered that the tires are starting to separate at the tread and tire wall. he stated that this was one of the problems that firestone has with its recall tires. i have had other tires last longer and never before saw this happen to a tire. thank you for your time. *ak | |||
| 12/09/1999 | 5 | 10/28/1994 | |
| Consumer replaced all the firestone wilderness ht p235 75r15 tires due to tread separation and air loss, dealer refuses to take consumers complaint. *mjs | |||