WHILE TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION INCIDENT. PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OF TIRE AND TREAD (TREAD WAS RETRIEVED FROM FREEWAY FOR INSPECTION). ALSO, SAID FAILURE CAUSED COSMETIC DAMGE TO FRONT FENDER AND HEADLIGHT. OF WHICH, PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ALSO HAS BEEN TAKEN.…
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WHILE TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION INCIDENT. PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OF TIRE AND TREAD (TREAD WAS RETRIEVED FROM FREEWAY FOR INSPECTION). ALSO, SAID FAILURE CAUSED COSMETIC DAMGE TO FRONT FENDER AND HEADLIGHT. OF WHICH, PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ALSO HAS BEEN TAKEN.*AK (DOT NUMBER: HYHB3U6206 TIRESIZE: P215/75R14)
NHTSA ODI #754099
Mileage unknown · Oct 31, 2001
Tires
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A "TREAD SEPARATION INCIDENT". ALL COMPONENTS OF TIRE WERE RETRIEVED FROM ROAD, AND PHOTO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN TAKEN. THE INCIDENT ALSO CAUSED COSMETIC DAMAGE TO LEFT FRONT FENDER, ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED FOR EVIDENCE. REMAINING TIRES ON VEHICLE ARE SAME MAK…
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WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A "TREAD SEPARATION INCIDENT". ALL COMPONENTS OF TIRE WERE RETRIEVED FROM ROAD, AND PHOTO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN TAKEN. THE INCIDENT ALSO CAUSED COSMETIC DAMAGE TO LEFT FRONT FENDER, ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED FOR EVIDENCE. REMAINING TIRES ON VEHICLE ARE SAME MAKE/MANUFACTURE AS THE ONE IN QUESTION.*AK
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A SEPARATED MOTOR MOUNT MAY ALLOW THE ENGINE TO LIFT, WHICH MAY AFFECT THE THROTTLE LINKAGE, MOMENTARILY INCREASING THROTTLE, POSSIBLY TO FULL THROTTLE.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: UNEXPECTED LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL MAY CAUSE LOSS OFVEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
Remedy: INSPECT ENGINE MOUNTS AND INSTALL RESTRAINTS WHICH WILL LIMIT ENGINE LIFT AND ELIMINATE POSSIBLE SECONDARY EFFECTS TO THE THROTTLE LINKAGE DUE TO ENGINE MOUNT SEPARATION.
EXHAUST EMISSIONS (CARBON MONOXIDE) MAY ENTER THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE EXHAUST PIPE IS SUBSTANTIALLY OUT THE DESIGN POSITION, DETERIORATED FROM USE, OR WHEN AN OPENING IN THE BODY DEVELOPS NEAR THE EXHAUST OUTLET AND, AT THE SAME TIME, A NEGATIVE AIR PRESSURE OCCURS IN THE VEHICLE INTERIOR.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, VEHICLE OCCUPANTS MAY EXPERIENCECARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
Remedy: RESEAL NEARBY BODY JOINTS AND REPLACE THE DRAW PLUG IN THE BODY WHICH WAS USED TO REMOVE SURPLUS BONDERIZING SOLUTION DURING MANUFACTURE.
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