Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 10/21/2000 | |||
| Pe00 020; tires are not giving consumer good tire traction . firestone tire, p22570r14. firestone dealer will be notified.*ak | |||
| 06/15/1998 | 2 | 12/01/1993 | |
| Tire completely destroyed itself when it failed on i-10 in the tucson area never had one blow to little pieces like that( dot number: tire size: p26575r15 ) | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 12/17/1999 | 1 | 07/01/1994 | |
| Firestone atx tire (p235 75 r15) went flat due to a crack in the sidewall. consumer's type of tire was included in recall, but firestone won't reimburse because the tire was purchased prior to january of 2000. *slc | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 1 | |||
| Consumer has not yet received reimbursement for recall 00t005 regarding firestone atx tires (p235/75r15) after following recall instructions. *slc | |||
| 1 | |||
| Original equipment on a 1994, b4000, p265/75r15 size, dot#: w29v1n3314. tread started to separate and cracked on side of the tread, close to the top of the tire. firestone has inspected the tire. *ak firestone replaced the atx's with bridgestone duel at d693p-met 265/75r15. *yh | |||
| 07/15/2000 | 2 | 12/01/1993 | |
| I have had two problems with the firestone atx tire. the first was an original atx tire that had the belts seperate, causing vibration. i replaced the tire with the prorated warranty. the replacement tire blew out at 50 miles an hour. i still have this tire in my possesion. i noticed in the paper that these tires were under investigation, so that is why i am reporting these failures. *ak( dot number: w29v tire size: p265/75r15 ) | |||
| 04/01/2000 | 1 | 09/01/1994 | |
| As a consumer he noticed that right front tire tread had separated, and radial part was sticking outside of vehicle. it was firestone tires size p225/70r15 m/t. *ak the b 4000 tires were the original tires produced by firestone/bridgestone. the customer replaced it after tread separation or right front tire occured. *yh | |||