1995 Nissan Pathfinder

GOING 70 MPH AND THE TIRE TREAD RIPPED OFF LIKE A FRUIT PEEL. THE TIRE STILL HAD HAD ALL ITS AIR IN IT WHEN I CAME TO A STOP. I DID NOT CRASH AND NO BODY WAS HURT. I SENT THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT. THEY SAID THE TIRE WAS NOT INFLATED CORRECTLY AND IT WAS MY FAULT. MY INSURANCE CO. HAS PAID FOR THE COST OF DAMAGE BUT NOT FOR MY NEW TIRES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT I MIGHT CONTACT? I STILL HAVE THE TIRE WITH ME. I ASKED FIRESTONE TO SEND IT BACK TO ME AND THEY DID. THE TIRES WERE 60 THOUSAND MILE TIRES AND I HAD ABOUT 30-40 THOUSAND ON THEM. I HAVE PICTURES AND A SHORT VIDEO OF THE OLD TIRE AND ITS MATES SHOWING THE TREAD DEPTH.*AK

ON AUGUST 5, 1999, MY HUSBAND PURCHASED 4 GENERAL GRABBER AP RADIALS FROM WTC (WHOLESALE TIRE COMPANY) LOCATED AT 2250 HEMPSTEAD TPKE., EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK (516) 794-9050 FOR A TOTAL OF $429.22 OF WHICH INCLUDED AMERICAN CAR CARE CENTER FREEDOM PLAN NATIONALWIDE TIRE WARRNATY (800) 473-1939, PURCHASE INFORMTION 0780023. WE CALLED THEM AND THEY WANTED TO SPEAK WITH THE COMPANY WHO ALIGNED AND ROTATED THE TIRES. THE COMPANY,BRADLELEY-LAWLESS PONTIAC, INC. WENT OUT OF BUINESS. OUR NEW MECHANIC AT CHAMPION NISSAN TOLD US AS WELL AS CALLING WARRANTY HOTLINE, THAT THE TIRES WITH OR WITHOUT ALIGNMENT ARE UNUSALLY WORN AND VERY DANGEROUS. WE DO NOT HAVE MONEY AT THIS TIME TO REPLACE THE TIRES AND AFTER ALL THE FIRESTONE INCIDENTS, HAVE HARDLY DRIVEN THE TRUCK. OUR WARRANTY STATES COVERAGE FOR 48 MONTHS AND/OR 50,000 MILES. IT'S BEEN 1 YEAR AND ALMOST 21,000 MILES, AFTER HAVING THE WHEELS ALIGNED, ROTATED AND BALANCED, WITH ALL THE TIRE PROBLEMS SURFACING, I'M SHOCKED WTC WON'T HONNOR THEIR WARRANTY. (DOT NUMBER: DK54805 TIRESIZE: 31X1050R15)

A CATASTOPHIC FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE - THE TIRE HAD SEPERATED AND GONE FLAT AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW MATCHING TIRE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS) CONSIDERING THAT ONE TIRE HAS ALREADY FAILED I WISH TO GET THE TIRES REPLACED IMMEDIATELY - WHAT SHOULD I DO?( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

I HAD TWO OF THESE TIRED COME APART ON ME. ONE FORTUNATELY WAS FLAT IN THE DRIVEWAY LEAKING AIR THROUGH THE MISSING TREAD AREA. THE SECOND WE WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE ON. WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN TREAD TARTED CHUNKING OFF. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE CAR WITHOUT INJURY TO THE KIDS I WAS TRANSPORTING TO SCHOOL. THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER SAID IT WAS SOMETHING I HAD DONE, EITHER BY MY DRIVING HABITS. 4 WHEELING WHICH THIS VEHICLE IS NOT USED FOR, OR HITTING POT HOLES. AGAINST MY JUDGEMENT BOTH OF THE PROBLEM TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH NEW ATX'S. IN LIGHT OF YOUR INVETIGATION I FELT I AHOULD FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOU. I LIVE IN COLORADO, OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THE AREA WHERE FIRESTONE CLAIMS THE PROBLEMS ARE AND THE INCIDENT OCCURED ON C470 BEFORE UNIVERSITY. IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL ADI IN YOUR INVESTIGATOIN OR NOT. I AM VERY THATNKFUL NONE OF THE 4 CHILDREN AND MY SELF WERE INJRED AND THAT THE VEHICLE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VDHL1PM205 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )