# FIRESTONE FIRESTONE — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
> NHTSA complaint `197490` · 2000-02-14 · FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FIRESTONE
- **Model:** FIRESTONE
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
- **Component:** TIRES:TREAD/BELT
## Narrative
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRAVELLING 70MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AND VEHICLE WENT INTO A SPIN.  WENT FROM THE WESTSIDE ACROSS THE TWO LANES AND ACROSS THE MEDIAN AND  WOUND UP IN THE DITCH ON THE EAST BOUND SIDE.  CONTACTED A TOWING COMPANY TO  CHANGE THE TIRE.  DROVE HOME. FIRESTONE SOLD CONSUMER FOUR NEW  WILDERNESS TIRES  AT HALF PRICE.  THE ORGINAL TIRES WERE ATX. *AK    THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED AFTER THE INCIDENT.  THE SPIN WAS CAUSED BY THE TREAD HITING THE VEHICLE.  *YH
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*