NHTSA complaint: FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT — TIRES
WHILE TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED ME TO CRASH INTO THE HIGHWAY. DIVIDER. I WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND THE ONLY VEHICLE INVOLVED. I WAS NOT TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL BUT WAS SEVERLEY SORE AND BRUISED. I DID MISS ONE DAY OF WORK. THE TIRE WAS A REPLACEMENT TIRE BOUGHT IN NOVEMBER 1999. THE TIRES HAD APPROX. 15,000 MILES. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT I WAS TRAVELLING APPROX. 65 MPH. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ABOUT 1:00 A.M. I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRE AND OF THE TRUCK. I ALSO STILL HAVE THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W273WMA349 TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation