# 1999 FORD EXPLORER — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
> NHTSA complaint `248386` · 2000-09-12 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 4
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** EXPLORER
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** TIRES:TREAD/BELT
## Narrative
FIRESTONE: INSURD'S TIRE BLEW CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEH. HITTING 3 OTHER CARS. ONE OTHER PERSON OT HER THAN INSRD WAS TAKEN TO HOSP. POLICE REPORT IS AVAIL. DAMAGE TO OTHER VEH. AND DRIVERS UNKNOWN. INFO. GIVEN BY WIFE. I/D TIRMOMG ROGJT PMTP RT 31 S. MADE A WIDE RIGHT TURN AND STRUCK A LANE MARKER BLOWING OUT HIS LEFT FRONT TIRE. REVIEWED CSR PHOTOS TIRE IS A WILDERNESS. (CLAIM# 46-0299-589) *MW
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