We have classified the 2 complaints from 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 about TIRES into the following categories.
Bad tires. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet k2500. the vehicle has firestone steeltex radial tires, size lt245/75r16. on august 6, 2007, a 24-inch long strip of tread separated from the rear passenger side tire. the tire blew out on august 8, 2007 and caused two rear windows to shatter and damaged the front passenger side of the vehicle. the contact has pictures of the tire and vehicle. the dot number and speed were unknown. the current and failure mileages were 20,500. updated 02-01-08 *bf updated 02/01/08 *tr the consumer stated the speed was between 5 & 10 mph approaching a stop light. updated 02/01/08 *tr
1- firestone steeltex r4s ii lt245 75r 16. chevy silverado 2500 was pulling traveler trailer northbound on i95 into nc on 90f day. 2- passenger rear tire of truck at complete tread separation but pressure remained in tire. 35,920 miles on failed tire. damage occurred to tow vehicle as well as travel trailer. 3 - spare tire was installed. the tire is no longer available but have pictures, markings and all id numbers on the tire.
I was driving into the driveway at home and noticed a noise behind chevrolet 2000g high top conversion van. i didn't see anything initially from the rear view mirrors. i later discovered the spare tire was lying in the street. the steel cable that held it up at the bottom of the van broke completely. i was lucky it happened in our driveway. if we were going down an interstate it could cause a serious accident if someone were following me very close. i wonder if anyone else have reported this incident. there appeared to be no other mechanism attached to keep the spare tire from falling off. i now have a new one on order. if the safety department was interested i would ask the dealer to keep that steel cable that broke. *ak
Thread separation on three of four original equipment lt245/75r16 steel tex a/t 10ply tires 2replaced 6-02 1 replaced 11-03 firestone dealer recommended complaining as company fails to do anything for dealer or customer replaced 3 tires on 11-4-03, and mounted new spare on grd to get 4 new tires again consumers need help in getting this corrected immediately.*ak
Person following me indicated other rear tire appears separating also. *ak