NHTSA Complaint #10150337 — 1996 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. MY TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE SEPARATION CAUSED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL. THE TREAD DAMAGED MY VEHICLE AS IT LEFT THE REST OF THE TIRE. THIS TIRE IS PART OF A SET OF FOUR THAT I PURCHASED FROM BIG O TIRES. THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE FOUR TO HAVE A PROBLEM. THE FIRST HAD A SIDEWALL SPLIT JUST BELOW THE TREAD LINE. I HAPPENED TO NOTICE THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. BIG O REPLACED THAT TIRE. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM ABOUT THE TREAD SEPARATION AND THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN MY EVENTS. IN LIGHT OF THE FIRESTONE SEPARATIONS AND DEATHS A FEW YEARS BACK I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD ACTIVELY INVESTIGATE. *JB