NHTSA Complaint #10036866 — 1998 THOR DUTCHMEN

IN UTAH, YESTERDAY ABOUT 5:30 P.M., HEADING TOWARDS SALT LAKE CITY IN I-80, ABOUT 10 MILES OUT OF COALVILLE, UTAH, THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S LT225/65 R16 M/S ON THE RIGHT OUTSIDE DUALLY OF OUR 1998 CHATEAU CLASS C MOTORHOME SUFFERED A TREAD SEPARATION. THE ENTIRE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE. WE CALLED A TIRE STORE IN SALT LAKE THAT RECOMMENDED WE LIMP TO THE NEXT TOWN, WHICH WE DID. ABOUT 2 MILES OUT OF COALVILLE THE TIRE BLEW OUT, WE WERE GOING ABOUT 35 MPH IN THE EMERGENCY LANE, SO NOTHING MAJOR HAPPENED, OUTSIDE OF SOME DAMAGE TO THE FENDER WELL. WE HAVE 5 MORE ON THIS VEHICLE JUST LIKE THIS. THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS. THIS TIRE IS A HAZARD, AND NEED TO BE RECALLED. IF THIS HAD BEEN A FRONT TIRE, WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DEAD. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TO THAT. ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS TIRE IS THE WORKHORSE COUNTERPART TO THE WILDERNESS TIRES THAT HAVE KILLED SO MANY ALREADY.