# NHTSA Engineering Analysis EA00023
> **TIRE TREAD SEPARATION** · Opened 2000-08-31 · Closed 2001-12-10
## Investigation
- **Action number:** EA00023
- **Type:** Engineering Analysis
- **Open date:** 2000-08-31
- **Close date:** 2001-12-10
- **Manufacturer:** FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
- **Affected makes:** FIRESTONE
- **Affected components:** TIRES
- **Affected model years:** 9999
- **Affected (make, year) variants:** 3
## Summary

TIRE FAILURES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TREAD SEPARATION AND/OR BLOWOUTS

## Source
- [NHTSA ODI investigation page](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?searchType=ID&targetCategory=I&searchCriteria.nhtsa_ids=EA00023)
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