NHTSA Complaint #766271 — 2000 FORD F-350

1ST TIRE SEPARATED ON 07/01/02; 2ND TIRE SEPARATION DID DAMAGE TO TRUCK'S BRAKE LINE AND LR QUARTER PANEL. NHTSA APPEARS NON-RESPONSIVE, AS IS FIRESTONE. DOCUMENTATION ON RECORD TO SHOW TIRES ROTATED & CHECKED EVERY 3,000 MILES BY FORD. TIRE CHECKED FOR PROPER INFLATION 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO 2ND BLOW OUT ON STRAIGHT HIGHWAY, NOT OVERLOADED, MODERATE TEMPERATURE. TWO REMAINING (NOT BLOWN) TIRES REMOVED AND ALSO SHOW IMPENDING SIGNS OF FAILURE. FIRESTONE SENT TIRE AND "RUBBER STAMPED" RESULTS AS DUE TO UNDERINFLATION FOR UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME IS WHEN TREAD SEPERATED, REVEALING BELTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEFLATING TIRE. THE NOW UNDERINFLATED TIRE CAUSED RIM TO DAMAGE TIRE WALL WHICH ALLOWED FIRESTONE'S INEPT CONCLUSION. DISCOUNT TIRE, GCR (BRIDGESTONE/FIRE STONE), AND TED WEIN'S (FIRESTONE), AGREE INDEPENDENTLY ON TIRE FAILURE. APATHY SEEMS TO SWEEP THRU NHTSA AND FIRESTONE SETTING IN MOTION CIVIL LITIGATION/CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION IF NOTHING IS DONE. ADD THIS TO THE OVER 162 OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE STEEL TEX, ALONG WITH ARIZONA'S DPS PROBLEMS. THIS IS THIRD SUBMITTAL TO NHTSA WITH NO RESPONSE ON FIRST TWO!!! SEN. REID, NV, ALSO BEING ADVISED. *AK