NHTSA complaint: BRIDGESTONE DUELER AT — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2004-03-13
description: BRIDESTONE DUELER A/T D693 LT285/75R16 TLOWLPS D, ARTICLE NUMBER 298581. TIRES PURCHASED 9/18/03. FAILURE OCCURRED AT 6 MONTHS, 10,000 MILES AFTER PURCHASE. 2000 FORD EXCURSION 4WD, DIESEL. *AK CATASTROPHIC BLOWOUT ON FRONT LEFT DRIVERS SIDE WHILE DRIVING ON I-30 IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AT 2:00 PM, GOOD CONDITIONS, DRY, SPEED 65 MPH. NO WARNING, LOUD EXPLOSION, TRUCK WHIPPED LEFT IMMEDIATELY AND SLAMMED INTO CEMENT HIGHWAY DIVIDERS. LITERALLY ON TWO WHEELS ON TOP OF DIVIDERS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP OVER 100 YDS AWAY. CHILDREN IN CAR. NO INJURIES AS WERE ALL BELTED. ENTIRE LEFT SIDE TRUCK DAMAGED, LEFT REAR TIRE DAMAGED. FRAME DAMAGE. TRUCK STILL BEING REPAIRED. REPAIRS EXCEEDING 6,000.00 SO FAR. THIS IS THE SECOND BLOWOUT ON THESE TIRES I HAVE EXPERIENCED. THE FIRST OCCURRED AT 6 OR 7 MONTHS AS WELL AS IT HAPPENED IN JULY OR AUGUST AND TIRE WAS PURCHASED 1/4/02. TIRE WAS REPLACED AS DEALER STATED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE TIRE. IS ANYONE LOOKING INTO THIS YET?
organizer: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 465517

AI Analytics
type: Organization