WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TWO SEPARATE TIRE BLOWOUTS. THE FIRST WAS THE WAS THE DRIVER'S OUTSIDE DUAL. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS THE PASSENGER OUTSIDE DUAL. TIRE INFO: FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIALS R4S, LT225/75R16, DOT NO.-VD1L1XD159. *NLM
1997 Four Winds Four Winds
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › sidewall. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires › Sidewall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTHE GASOLINE TANK LEAKED. *AK *NLM
CONSUMER STATES WHEN HE PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME THE FRONT TIRE WAS OUT OF LINE, AND HE HAD IT REALIGNED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW TIRE, CONSUMER THEN REMOVED THE SPARE AND PUT IT ON THE LEFT FRONT, CONSUMER THEN POINTED OUT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE CRACKING ON THE SIDEWALLS, FOUR NEW TIRES WERE ORDERED FOR REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM FIRESTONE INFORMING HIM THAT THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AS THE CRACKING WAS NORMAL, WHILE TRAVELING THREE OF THE REAR TIRES FAILED AT ABOUT 36,500 MILES, TWO OF THE TIRES PEELED THE TREAD DOWN TO THE CASING AND THE THIRD PARTIALLY PEELED 50% OF THE TREAD CASING, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT TIRES ARE OF POOR RUBBER QUALITY.(FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S LT225/75R167 M/S LOAD RANGE E)*YH
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1998| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 — this page | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.