# FIRESTONE FIRESTONE — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
> NHTSA complaint `223597` · 2000-08-03 · FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FIRESTONE
- **Model:** FIRESTONE
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO.
- **Component:** TIRES:TREAD/BELT
## Narrative
PE00020; CONSUMER TRAVELING 70 MPH ON  HIGHWAY AND  HEARD A THUMPING NOISE.  THEN, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND VEERED LEFT AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND CRASHED.  CAR THEN ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.  HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY  TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE TIRES.   VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.  *AK
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