NHTSA complaint: FIRESTONE LT22575R16E — TIRES
SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2007, WE WERE TRAVELING IN OUR FLEETWOOD MOTORHOME EAST ON I-40, IN ARKANSAS. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MOTORHOME BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY VIBRATE, THERE WAS AN INTENSIFIED ROARING SOUND, THE MOTORHOME WAS OUT OF CONTROL SHAKING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE INTERSTATE, THE VIBRATION FORCED THE DOOR TO AJAR, THE TELEVISION BEGAN VIBRATING AND FELL TOWARDS THE FLOOR, THE CABINETS AND REFRIGERATOR DOORS FLEW OPEN AND THE CONTENTS HURLED FORCEFULLY STRIKING US, THE SHOWER DOOR AND BATHROOM DOOR BEGAN SLAMMING INTO ONE ANOTHER, THERE WAS A DEAFENING EXPLOSION FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE MOTORHOME. WHEN THE DRIVER REGAINED CONTROL AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S REAR OUTSIDE TIRE HAD EXPLODED. AS THE MOTORHOME WAS VIOLENTLY VIBRATING AND SHAKING RAPIDLY THE DRIVER'S HEAD AND BODY THRASHED ABOUT THE CAB HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL, DRIVERS DOOR, DRIVERS WINDOW, CENTER CONSOLE AND DASHBOARD; FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S HEAD AND BODY THRASHED ABOUT THE CAB HITTING THE PASSENGER DOOR, PASSENGER WINDOW, CENTER CONSOLE AND DASHBOARD AND BOTH WERE STRUCK FROM BEHIND WITH HURLED OBJECTS. TWO MINOR CHILDREN WERE JOLTED ABOUT IN THEIR SEAT BELTS WITH HURLED OBJECTS STRIKING THEM. THE FOURTH PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT JOLTING THEM ABOUT THE MOTORHOME AND BEING STRUCK WITH HURLED OBJECTS. ALL PASSENGERS SUFFERED TRAUMA, CUTS AND BRUISES AND THE DRIVER SUSTAINED DENTAL INJURY. THE PETS (PARROT, PARAKEET, CAT AND DOGS) WERE THROWN ABOUT IN THEIR CRATES AND THE LARGE DOG WAS THROWN
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation