NHTSA complaint: 1997 FORD EXPLORER — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH QUICKLY VEERED UNCONTROLLABLY FROM THE LEFT LANE ACROSS THE RIGHT LANE AND ROLLED OVER 5 TIMES DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED CRACKED COLLARBONE, INJURIES TO HIS CHEST AND NECK AND HEADACHES, THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS DURING THE ACCIDENT AND SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER CHEST, ARMS AND LEGS, THE REAR PASSENGER SUFFERED THE MOST INJURIES, SHE LOST THE USE OF HER RIGHT ARM AND HAND PERMANENTLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRING HER QUALITY OF LIFE, THE DOCTORS HAVE RECOMMENDED AMPUTATION ABOVE THE ELBOW SINCE IT IS NONFUNCTIONAL. NLM
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation