IllustrationPE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE, IT WAS RIGHT FRONT TIRE. TREAD SEPARATED, AND WAS HITTING UP AGAINST THE VEHICLE. FIRESTONE, FR360 TIRES. CONSUMER WOULD CONTACT FIRESTONE. THERE WERE OTHER TIRES THAT HAD TREAD SEPARATION. *AK
1972 Chevrolet C20
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
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Owner complaints by model year
Compare all C20 years →Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Tires. Review the 1 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
1 crash reports0 fire reports0 injury reports
What owners actually said
1 reportsOfficial recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
1EA92041 · Fuel System Integrity
Opened Dec 8, 1992 · Closed Mar 9, 1995
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Fuel System, Gasoline:storage:tank Assembly
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