WHILE COMING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY RIGHT REAR TIRE ON A 2000, MITSUBISHI, MONTERO SPORT, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P255/170R16, AND DOT# EL3FJNM369 HIT A POTHOLE, AND THE TIRE BLEWOUT. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT STATING THAT THE WHEEL WAS BENT ON THE RIM, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE WHEEL BENT WHEN IT HIT THE PAVEMENT AFTER THE TIRE BLEWOUT, THE BLOWOUT OCCURED ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. NLM