NHTSA Complaint #10197310 — 1995 CHEVROLET ASTRO

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR, ONE OF OUR FIRESTONE FR 410 TIRES EXPLODED IN BUSY TRAFFIC, PLACING US IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON BOTH SIDES, AND THE TREAD SEPARATED. THIS WAS A FRONT TIRE ON AN ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE VAN. PUTTING ON THE SPACE-SAVER SPARE IN THE DARK ON THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE WAS VERY NERVE-WRACKING AND HAZARDOUS. A STATE TROOPER GAVE US ADVICE AND WARNED US ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THE SITUATION WAS. THE OTHER FRONT TIRE, UPON EXAMINATION AT A TIRE DEALER, ALSO HAD SEPARATING TREAD. THE TIRES ARE P21575R15. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A BLOWOUT OR TIRE PROBLEM THIS SEVERE. OF COURSE WE HAD TO BUY 2 NEW TIRES. WE WONDER IF THESE TIRES HAVE BEEN RECALLED OR IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO GET A REMEDY FOR OURSELVES AND WARN OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE THESE TIRES. WE FEEL WE COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE ARE ANGRY, NERVOUS, AND DISGUSTED. *TR