THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A NUMBER OF TIRE FAILURES ON 15 PASSENGER VANS. TIRES WHICH ARE PROPERLY INFLATED, AND WITH AMPLE TREAD LIFE ARE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION AND COMPLETE FAILURE. THE SIZE AND BRAND IS FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R49 LT245/75R16 LOAD RANGE "E" WE HAVE EXPERIENCE 4 TIRE FAILURES SINCE JANUARY 1, 2003/ *JB
2001 Chevrolet G Van
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTires › Tread/Belt
Filed Apr 23, 200339,170 milesNE
1 of 1 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.