Tire Blowout problems of the 1998 Nissan Frontier

Five problems related to tire blowout have been reported for the 1998 Nissan Frontier. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Tire Blowout problem

Failure Date: 04/18/2005

While driving 45 mph, the consumer had just went around a curve when the left rear tire blew, she lost control of vehicle, hit a sign and then flipped over. The frontal air bags failed to deploy. The driver and passenger were injured.

2 Tire Blowout problem

Failure Date: 07/27/2004

Firestone/bridgestone, wilderness at, p215/65r15, dot#w2zfnna377. Tire sidewall blew out while driving at 70 mph on the interstate. Vehicle ended up on the side of the road. The consumer indicated that nothng was hit to cause the tire to blowout. The tire pressure was checked before the trip. It was also check 30 min prior to the blowout becuase the consumer felt a vibration n the steering wheel. Both times the pressure was normal.

3 Tire Blowout problem

Failure Date: 08/17/2001

While driving, consumer stated that the left rear firestone wilderness ht (p195/75r14 dot# wzkanna128)tire blew out, as the vehicle spun around, the other 3 firestone wilderness ht (p19575r14 dot # wzkanna1z8) tires delayered apart and flattened out causing the vehicle to slam into a guardrail, vehicle had over $3300 dollars worth of damage, one person was damaged in the accident.

4 Tire Blowout problem

Failure Date: 10/13/2000

Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 50 mph on ramp and left front tire blewout. He was able to pull over, and tire was changed. Firestone firehawk #ss10, p215/ 65r15 and dot #w2vfjba309. There were no injuries, and also there was a white circle around the tire.

5 Tire Blowout problem

Failure Date: 06/01/1998

All but one of the original firestone wilderness ht tires blew, two tires blew while traveling 60 miles per hour almost wrecking the vehicle due to fishtailing. Yh.


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