NHTSA Complaint #10280595 — 2007 FORD FOCUS

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, SMELLED A BURNING RUBBER LIKE SMELL, CHECKED GAUGES, EVERYTHING WAS FINE, CONTINUED DRIVING, THEN NOTICED A LOUD THUMPING TYPE NOISE, AS I BEGAN TO PULL OVER TO TURN-AROUND UNDER A BRIDGE THE CAR BEGAN "BUCKING" AND THE ENTIRE TIRE ROLLED ACROSS THE OTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC INTO THE WEEDS. THE RIM REMAINED ON THE CAR. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED TO THE SPARE AND A NEW TIRE WAS PURCHASED AND MOUNTED ONTO THE RIM. SLIGHT BENT SPOT IN THE RIM AFTER THIS INCIDENT. *TR