# FIRESTONE 30X9.50R15 LT — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
> NHTSA complaint `542500` · 2005-07-05 · Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FIRESTONE
- **Model:** 30X9.50R15 LT
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
- **Component:** TIRES:TREAD/BELT
## Narrative
DT:  CONSUMER  PURCHASED TWO SETS OF FIRESTONE SUPREME TIRES FOR TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES.  ALL EIGHT TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION, EACH OCCURRED AT DIFFERENT TIMES.   DEALER ONLY HONORED THE WARRANTY FOR THE FIRST SEVEN TIRES.  THE LAST  TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOTALED, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER'S CHILD.  ON THE EIGHTH TIRE  DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT HE HAD TO SEND THE TIRE AND ALL CLAIM INFORMATION TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE, TO BE TREATED AS A PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM.  FIRESTONE,  SUPREME SI,   P185/ 65 R14 855 M+S. CONSUMER WAS UPSET THAT THE LEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT  OF  BRIDGESTONE / FIRESTONE INTERVENED AND TOOK OVER THE CLAIM FROM  CONSUMER AFFAIRS BECAUSE OF THE CHILD INJURY ,  AND REJECTED THE CLAIM , STATING  THEY  NOT RESPONSIBLE.  THEY TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE TIRE MUST HAVE BEEN UNDER INFLATED, AND  IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT,  THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE SERVICING OF THE TIRES, AND THAT TIRES PLUS WAS RESPONSIBLE.  THE EIGHTH TIRE WAS REPAIRED  BEFORE THIS INCIDENT BY A MANUFACTURER'S  REPAIR AT TIRES PLUS.  PREVIOUS PROBLEMS FOUND WITH FIRESTONE TIRES HAD CONSUMER FILE  COMPLIANT 6365296 WITH THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. *AK
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