{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=FIRESTONE","name":"FIRESTONE","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-08-19T12:46:12.844Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":1136,"deaths":258,"injured":1552,"fires":28},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"TIRES","n":568},{"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","n":449},{"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","n":26},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION","n":13},{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE","n":11},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","n":7},{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","n":7},{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":4},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:FRONT","n":4},{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","n":4}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1920445","date_received":"2023-08-19","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"ALL SEASON","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"215/70R15 98T Tire purchased 10 days prior blew-out , resulting in total loss of vehicle.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1920445"},{"cmplid":"1546358","date_received":"2019-03-07","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FUEL FIGHTER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS","description":"I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY LE AFTER DROPPING OFF MY SON AT DAY CARE ON JULY 13, 2018. I EXPERIENCED A SEIZURE WHILE ON THE HIGH WAY TRAVELING AT A SAFE SPEED WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. I BECAME UNCONSCIOUS, AND WAS AWAKENED BY A NURSE WHO KINDLY GAVE ME MEDICAL CARE TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURY. THE POLICE OFFICER STATED THAT MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND VEER TO THE LEFT, HITTING GUARD WIRES ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGH WAY. MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT QUARTER PANELS WERE DEMOLISHED. THE ROOF WAS CAVED IN AND BODY WAS DESTROYED. MY AIRBAGS ON THE 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY NEVER DEPLOYED. I WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE AND TREATED WITH IMAGING ORDERED BY THE PHYSICIAN, THEN DISCHARGED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1546358"},{"cmplid":"1546359","date_received":"2019-03-07","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FUEL FIGHTER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY LE AFTER DROPPING OFF MY SON AT DAY CARE ON JULY 13, 2018. I EXPERIENCED A SEIZURE WHILE ON THE HIGH WAY TRAVELING AT A SAFE SPEED WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. I BECAME UNCONSCIOUS, AND WAS AWAKENED BY A NURSE WHO KINDLY GAVE ME MEDICAL CARE TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURY. THE POLICE OFFICER STATED THAT MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND VEER TO THE LEFT, HITTING GUARD WIRES ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGH WAY. MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT QUARTER PANELS WERE DEMOLISHED. THE ROOF WAS CAVED IN AND BODY WAS DESTROYED. MY AIRBAGS ON THE 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY NEVER DEPLOYED. I WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE AND TREATED WITH IMAGING ORDERED BY THE PHYSICIAN, THEN DISCHARGED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1546359"},{"cmplid":"1501859","date_received":"2018-09-26","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"WILDERNESS AT","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":9,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TL- THE POLICE INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THE VEHICLE, A 1990 RAM VAN 350(X-WAGON) EQUIP WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES SIZED P255/70R/16(DOT VDCN1PX-519) WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 55-65 MPH WHEN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. DURING THE CRASH ALL NINE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. THREE OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN ONE FATILTY. THE POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. JFT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1501859"},{"cmplid":"1466082","date_received":"2018-05-04","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FS561","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLOW-OUT AT 68 MPH. TIRE 225/70 R19.5 FS560 PLUS (NOT LISTED ON THIS SITE'S DROP DOWN MENU) THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE WITH THE SAME DOT # IN OUR COMPAMY THAT HAD A FRONT END BLOWOUT USING THIS TIRE. THIS TIRE WAS CHECKED DURING THE PRE-TRIP VEHICLE INSPECTION AND WAS RECORDED TO HAVE 8/32 TREAD LEFT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1466082"},{"cmplid":"1452681","date_received":"2018-03-07","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"STEELTEX","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":3,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD EXCURSION EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES, SIZE: 385/65-R18 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE TREAD ON THE TIRES SEPARATED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, A CRASH OCCURRED AND THREE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED MAJOR AND MINOR INJURIES. ONE INJURY WAS FATAL. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1452681"},{"cmplid":"1432628","date_received":"2017-12-13","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"DESTINATION LE2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"WE PURCHASED NEW TIRES FOR THE FRONT OF OUR 2013 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY ON 9/29/17 FROM TIRES PLUS IN STILLWATER, MN. ON 10/10/17, JUST 11 DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A SMOOTH, CLEAR HIGHWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW UP, CAUSING A HORRIFIC CRASH. THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION, THE CAR VEERED OUT OF CONTROL, MY HUSBAND FOUGHT THE WHEEL AS IT SKIDDED ALONG THE GRAVEL VERGE. WE WERE ON 2 WHEELS, ABOUT TO FLIP, WHEN WE HIT A PAVED DRIVEWAY, WHICH SWUNG THE VAN AROUND FULL FORCE DOWN A DITCH INTO A PINE GROVE. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, WE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES (ALTHOUGH IT TURNS OUT THEY AREN'T SO MINOR AFTER ALL) THANKS TO SAFETY CONSTRUCTION IN THE CAR AND OUR SEAT BELTS. THE VAN WAS TOTALED. WITNESSES, THE SHERIFF, THE WRECKER DRIVERS (IT TOOK 2), AND (LATER) OUR MECHANIC AGREED THAT THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM SUDDENLY, (HENCE THE EXPLOSION SOUND) AND WAS CLEARLY THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. WE WERE 200 MILES FROM HOME AND NEEDED A HOTEL, HOSPITAL VISITS, AND A NEW CAR.  RESIDUAL INJURIES ARE MINOR BUT IMPAIR OUR DAILY LIVES: WRENCHED SHOULDERS, PERSISTENT BRUISING, PTSD, AND THE TIME AND COST OF BORROWING MONEY TO GET A REPLACEMENT CAR. ATTORNEYS AREN'T INTERESTED IN THE CASE BECAUSE OUR INJURIES AREN'T PROFITABLE ENOUGH FOR THEM, BUT THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE PRODUCT FAILED, AND OUR LIVES THREATENED. IF WE HADN'T HIT THAT DRIVEWAY, OR SEAT BELTS AND STRUCTURAL PROTECTIONS, WE'D HAVE ROLLED AND DIED. THE TIRE WAS CLEARLY THE CAUSE.  THE TIRE WAS A FIRE","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1432628"},{"cmplid":"1432629","date_received":"2017-12-13","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"DESTINATION LE2","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:SIDEWALL","description":"WE PURCHASED NEW TIRES FOR THE FRONT OF OUR 2013 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY ON 9/29/17 FROM TIRES PLUS IN STILLWATER, MN. ON 10/10/17, JUST 11 DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A SMOOTH, CLEAR HIGHWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW UP, CAUSING A HORRIFIC CRASH. THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION, THE CAR VEERED OUT OF CONTROL, MY HUSBAND FOUGHT THE WHEEL AS IT SKIDDED ALONG THE GRAVEL VERGE. WE WERE ON 2 WHEELS, ABOUT TO FLIP, WHEN WE HIT A PAVED DRIVEWAY, WHICH SWUNG THE VAN AROUND FULL FORCE DOWN A DITCH INTO A PINE GROVE. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, WE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES (ALTHOUGH IT TURNS OUT THEY AREN'T SO MINOR AFTER ALL) THANKS TO SAFETY CONSTRUCTION IN THE CAR AND OUR SEAT BELTS. THE VAN WAS TOTALED. WITNESSES, THE SHERIFF, THE WRECKER DRIVERS (IT TOOK 2), AND (LATER) OUR MECHANIC AGREED THAT THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM SUDDENLY, (HENCE THE EXPLOSION SOUND) AND WAS CLEARLY THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. WE WERE 200 MILES FROM HOME AND NEEDED A HOTEL, HOSPITAL VISITS, AND A NEW CAR.  RESIDUAL INJURIES ARE MINOR BUT IMPAIR OUR DAILY LIVES: WRENCHED SHOULDERS, PERSISTENT BRUISING, PTSD, AND THE TIME AND COST OF BORROWING MONEY TO GET A REPLACEMENT CAR. ATTORNEYS AREN'T INTERESTED IN THE CASE BECAUSE OUR INJURIES AREN'T PROFITABLE ENOUGH FOR THEM, BUT THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE PRODUCT FAILED, AND OUR LIVES THREATENED. IF WE HADN'T HIT THAT DRIVEWAY, OR SEAT BELTS AND STRUCTURAL PROTECTIONS, WE'D HAVE ROLLED AND DIED. THE TIRE WAS CLEARLY THE CAUSE.  THE TIRE WAS A FIRE","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1432629"},{"cmplid":"1419573","date_received":"2017-10-30","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"UNKNOWN","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLOW-OUT AT 68 MPH. THIS TIRE WAS CHECKED DURING THE PRE-TRIP VEHICLE INSPECTION AND WAS RECORDED TO HAVE 9/32 TREAD LEFT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1419573"},{"cmplid":"1300661","date_received":"2016-07-22","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"MS","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA CIVIC EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TIRES ST140 (NA) TIRES, SIZE: 215/50/R17 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR STRUCK A TREE AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,343.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1300661"},{"cmplid":"1263806","date_received":"2016-02-25","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FR380","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"THE TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID THROUGH THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND THEN INTO THE DIRT MEDIAN AND FINALLY BECOMING CAUGHT ON THE CABLE DIVIDER, TOTALING THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE THAT SEPARATED FROM IT'S TREAD WAS A FIRESTONE FR380 E26L 38B. THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED IN 2009 WITH A 55,000 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY. WHEN THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED THE ODOMETER WAS AT 88,088 MILES. THE ODOMETER WAS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 140,629 MILES. THIS MEANS THE TIRE WAS STILL 2,459 MILES UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE MINIMUM TREAD DEPTH RECOMMENDED BY FIRESTONE TIRES IS 2/32 DEEP OR 0.0625. THE TREAD DEPTH ON THE TIRE IN QUESTION WAS 0.175, MORE THAN TWICE THE REQUIRED DEPTH. THE STATE TROOPER WHO INVESTIGATED THE CRASH DETERMINED THAT I WAS NOT AT FAULT. THE MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED MY VEHICLE AGREED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1263806"},{"cmplid":"1263807","date_received":"2016-02-25","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FR380","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"THE TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID THROUGH THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND THEN INTO THE DIRT MEDIAN AND FINALLY BECOMING CAUGHT ON THE CABLE DIVIDER, TOTALING THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE THAT SEPARATED FROM IT'S TREAD WAS A FIRESTONE FR380 E26L 38B. THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED IN 2009 WITH A 55,000 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY. WHEN THE TIRE WAS PURCHASED THE ODOMETER WAS AT 88,088 MILES. THE ODOMETER WAS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 140,629 MILES. THIS MEANS THE TIRE WAS STILL 2,459 MILES UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE MINIMUM TREAD DEPTH RECOMMENDED BY FIRESTONE TIRES IS 2/32 DEEP OR 0.0625. THE TREAD DEPTH ON THE TIRE IN QUESTION WAS 0.175, MORE THAN TWICE THE REQUIRED DEPTH. THE STATE TROOPER WHO INVESTIGATED THE CRASH DETERMINED THAT I WAS NOT AT FAULT. THE MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED MY VEHICLE AGREED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1263807"},{"cmplid":"1249255","date_received":"2015-12-31","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"RADIAL TIRE","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"IT HAPPENED ON 12/17/2015 IN THE DAY TIME AROUND 12 NOON WITH A 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA LX WITH A SET OF 4 BRAND: FIRESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE: PRECISION TOURING, SIZE: 235/60R16 99T, DOT: 2RKU, DATE CODE DJC3413 --- IN LIGHT RAIN THE CAR WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT A SPEED UNDER 30MPH AND LOST CONTROL; THE CAR DID A 360 AND SLID AND HIT A UTILITY POLE. THE COMPONENT IS THE TIRES, THEY DID NOT HOLD THE ROAD IN LIGHT RAIN. THE CAR AS TOTALED. I HAVE PHOTOS, AND I AM STORING THE CAR, SO THE TIRES AND CAR IT CAN BE INSPECTED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1249255"},{"cmplid":"1249257","date_received":"2015-12-31","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"RADIAL TIRE","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"IT HAPPENED ON 12/17/2015 IN THE DAY TIME AROUND 12 NOON WITH A 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA LX WITH A SET OF 4 BRAND: FIRESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE: PRECISION TOURING, SIZE: 235/60R16 99T, DOT: 2RKU, DATE CODE DJC3413 --- IN LIGHT RAIN THE CAR WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT A SPEED UNDER 30MPH AND LOST CONTROL; THE CAR DID A 360 AND SLID AND HIT A UTILITY POLE. THE COMPONENT IS THE TIRES, THEY DID NOT HOLD THE ROAD IN LIGHT RAIN. THE CAR AS TOTALED. I HAVE PHOTOS, AND I AM STORING THE CAR, SO THE TIRES AND CAR IT CAN BE INSPECTED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1249257"},{"cmplid":"1249259","date_received":"2015-12-31","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"RADIAL TIRE","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"IT HAPPENED ON 12/17/2015 IN THE DAY TIME AROUND 12 NOON WITH A 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA LX WITH A SET OF 4 BRAND: FIRESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE: PRECISION TOURING, SIZE: 235/60R16 99T, DOT: 2RKU, DATE CODE DJC3413 --- IN LIGHT RAIN THE CAR WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT A SPEED UNDER 30MPH AND LOST CONTROL; THE CAR DID A 360 AND SLID AND HIT A UTILITY POLE. THE COMPONENT IS THE TIRES, THEY DID NOT HOLD THE ROAD IN LIGHT RAIN. THE CAR AS TOTALED. I HAVE PHOTOS, AND I AM STORING THE CAR, SO THE TIRES AND CAR IT CAN BE INSPECTED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1249259"},{"cmplid":"1212300","date_received":"2015-08-24","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"STEELTEX RADIAL R4S II","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY GOT UP TO SPEED OF ROADWAY THAT IS 50 MPH FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END, SLOWED DOWN IT WENT AWAY, SO I STARTED TO SPEED UP AGAIN TO SEE IF IT CAME BACK, THEN BOOM MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE LITERALLY BLEW UP, THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE ALMOST BLEW COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM. I TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SKIDDED TO HALT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TEARING UP A LAWN AND ALMOST TAKING OUT A GUARD RAIL. THE TIRE BENT MY FRONT BUMPER AND RIPPED MY RUNNING BOARD PARTWAY OFF. I AM VERY LUCKY NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS AROUND ME... I CHANGED THE TIRE TO MY SPARE AND AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE REST OF THE CORNERSTONES FORME MY TRUCK, IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1212300"},{"cmplid":"1212301","date_received":"2015-08-24","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"STEELTEX RADIAL R4S II","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY GOT UP TO SPEED OF ROADWAY THAT IS 50 MPH FELT A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END, SLOWED DOWN IT WENT AWAY, SO I STARTED TO SPEED UP AGAIN TO SEE IF IT CAME BACK, THEN BOOM MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE LITERALLY BLEW UP, THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE ALMOST BLEW COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM. I TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SKIDDED TO HALT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TEARING UP A LAWN AND ALMOST TAKING OUT A GUARD RAIL. THE TIRE BENT MY FRONT BUMPER AND RIPPED MY RUNNING BOARD PARTWAY OFF. I AM VERY LUCKY NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS AROUND ME... I CHANGED THE TIRE TO MY SPARE AND AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE REST OF THE CORNERSTONES FORME MY TRUCK, IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1212301"},{"cmplid":"962880","date_received":"2013-02-13","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FIRESTONE","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER.  ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CONSUMER REQUESTS LIST OF VEHICLE TIRE TREAD PROBLEMS.  *SMD","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/962880"},{"cmplid":"962881","date_received":"2013-02-13","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FIRESTONE","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","description":"1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER.  ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CONSUMER REQUESTS LIST OF VEHICLE TIRE TREAD PROBLEMS.  *SMD","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/962881"},{"cmplid":"961482","date_received":"2013-02-05","make":"FIRESTONE","model":"FR710","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"TOLD BY TOYOTA DEALER AT 15000K THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIRES ON MY 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN. I DO NOT ABUSE MY VEHICLE AND NEVER HAD A NEW VEHICLE THAT NEEDED NEW TIRES AT 15000K.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/961482"}]}