# 1988 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
> NHTSA complaint `223420` · 2000-08-02 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 4
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SUBURBAN
- **Year:** 1988
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** TIRES:TREAD/BELT
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## 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
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