1998 Firestone Atx

Fatalities reported

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Tires1
103

What owners reported

Newest filings
TiresCrash3 injured1 killed
Filed Dec 12, 2000NE

RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT (INSIDE OF TIRE IN SIDEWALL) (NO TREAD SEPARATION), CAUSING CAR TO SWERVE INTO OTHER LANE, CAUSING A HEAD-ON COLLISION, RESULTING IN DEATH OF DRIVER. THREE CHILDREN IN REAR SEAT WERE INJURED.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 18984URBD. TIRESIZE: P195/75R14)

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 3, 2000CA

BOTH FRONT AND REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRES BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING. BLOWOUT TORE UP THE WHEEL WELL. DEALER SAID THAT TIRES WERE SUPPOSE TO DO THIS. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20003010Routine
1998 — this page2001Fatalities reported
19931000Routine
19903000Routine

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Reading this record

1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.

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.