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1988 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — TIRES:TREAD/BELT

crash4 injured · 223420 · 2000-08-02

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
SUBURBAN
Year
1988
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
Speed
55 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
4
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH, HEARD A THUMP, THUMP NOISE & THEN VEHICLE GAVE A JERK. STOPPED VEHICLE & CHECKED TIRES. NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN & TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. THEY WERE BRIDGESTONE DUELER AT 31X10.50R15. THEY WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES, AND NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES WHICH BLEW OUT AT 6,000 MILES. CHANGED TIRE & DROVE TO TIRE SHOP. HAD IT REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TIRE. DO NOT HAVE TIRE. *AK TWO DAYS LATER RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE VEHICLE TURNED OVER CAUSING THE TRAILER AND THE VEHICLE TO WRECK. THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. *YH

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
866624
Machine
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