This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I have Firestone P215-70R15, FR680 tires on my 97 Chevy Venture van. The tires have around 50K on them. Still plenty of tread. Two months ago a 5 inch piece of the right front tire ripped off the tire. Knowing about the tire problem I contacted Firestone and they sent me to their "service center" where he told me that it was my fault no the tires. Two weeks later on a trip to orlando a 9 inch piece of tire ripped of my left front tire. Needing a tire I also replaced that one. The straw that broke the camels back is on Saturday 5.15 my wife and one year old twin girls were driving down the highway to gainsville, fl and the "whole" tread on the back left tire ripped off. Only by the grace of god did she keep control of the van and got off the highway. The police officer that helped her said she was very luckly to not have been in an accident. The tire tread messed up the side of the van and tore off part of the back bumper.
Vehicle:1997 Chevrolet Venture 2 front tires: B.F. goodrich 21570R15 dot # bem3nx711801 experienced tread separation blowouts within 30 miles of each other after driving approximately 600 miles, from fl. To va, in 12 hours. Tires were purchased from bj's wholesale in Oct 2001. And had approximately 20,000 miles on them. No unusual road conditions were encountered prior to tread separation. Rear tires were not purchased at the same time and were unaffected. Will return tires to bj's for replacement unless instructed otherwise.
PE00-020; while driving about 60 mph right rear tire had a tread separation, but tire never went flat, and consumer kept control of vehicle. Chevrolet, Venture, 1997, general, ameri P205/704 185, dot A3M0db1446. General tire claims the tire failure was due to road hazard.
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- Ocala, FL, USA