THE MECHANIC OBSERVED TREAD SEPARATION BLISTER ON THE TREAD AREA AS TIRE WAS BEING SPUN ON THE BALANCING MACHINE (FIRESTONE R4S 245/75R16E). NLM
- NHTSA ID
- 560039
- Incident
- Jan 8, 2001
Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Chevrolet G Van. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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THE MECHANIC OBSERVED TREAD SEPARATION BLISTER ON THE TREAD AREA AS TIRE WAS BEING SPUN ON THE BALANCING MACHINE (FIRESTONE R4S 245/75R16E). NLM
TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAUSED DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HAPPEN 25 TIMES, MUST BE A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL R4S SIZE 245/75R16( DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A43 TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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