NHTSA complaint: FORD EXPLORER — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS A PASSENGER IN VEHICLE WHEN THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE TREAD BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE AXLE CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL SIX TIMES, CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS THROWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS KILLED ALONG WITH 5 OTHERS WHO WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS A LEASED VEHICLE AND HAD JUST BEEN MAINTENANCED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, NO OTHER SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS GIVEN IN REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE OR FIRESTONE TIRES. *SLC
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation