NHTSA Complaint #10238096 — 2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVY VENTURE VAN NORTH ON I-95, A MILE NORTH OF THE EXIT FOR FL HWY 100, AT 70 MPH, THE ENTIRE TREAD SEPARATED TOTALLY FROM THE LEFT REAR TIRE, CAUSING $610 DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE ON THE VAN WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW FROM THE CHEVY DEALER IN FEB, 2004. THE VAN HAD BEEN ON THE DEALER LOT SINCE SEP, 2003. ALL THE TIRES ON THE VAN WERE FIRESTONE FR680 STEEL BELTED RADIAL P215/70R15 WITH 43,165 MILES ON THEM. THERE WAS LOTS OF TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRES. FIRESTONE SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THESE TIRES AND WOULD DO NOTHING. I HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED THE NEXT DAY. THE NEW TIRES WERE NOT FIRESTONE. *TR