Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 06/01/1998 | 6 | 05/01/1998 | |
| During the 29 months i have owned my gmc i have had 4 flats and 2 blowouts. all of them occurred with less than 16,000 miles on the tires. obviously there is a design flaw with the steeltex tires.*ak (tiresize: 245/75r16)( dot number: tire size: 245/75r16 ) | |||
| 10/01/1999 | 1 | 08/01/1999 | |
| Sidewall failure. huge tear in sidewall(not due to any impact).tires had less than 3000 miles on them. replaced them all the next day. therefore, i'm not sure of tire size or dot code, date of incident or mileage on vehicle(irrelevant).( dot number: tire size: 16 ) | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 08/16/2000 | 1 | ||
| While driving the tread of the rear passenger side tire separated, inspection of the second rear tire revealed separation of the tread and air leakage (the tire make/model was not given). nlm | |||
| 01/02/2001 | 1 | ||
| While driving 65mph and felt a bump. felt like a tire had blown and went flat. pulled to side of road, and checked tires. noticed left rear tire had lost all of its tread. firestone steel tex at p245/75r16 with 36,000 miles.*ak | |||