Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Mar 2, 2001OR
THE MECHANIC OBSERVED TREAD SEPARATION BLISTER ON THE TREAD AREA AS TIRE WAS BEING SPUN ON THE BALANCING MACHINE (FIRESTONE R4S 245/75R16E). NLM
1998 Chevrolet G Van
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTiresCrash2 injured
Filed Oct 27, 1998NJ
TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAUSED DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HAPPEN 25 TIMES, MUST BE A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL R4S SIZE 245/75R16( DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A43 TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.