Key developments in the Firestone tire case: May 2, 2000: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens an investigation into Firestone tires that may experience tread separation. At that ...

Firestone’s latest steer tire, the FS592, has a redesigned tread pattern and longer removal mileage, replacing the ...

William Robbins survived not one, but two accidents where his Firestone Steeltex tires exploded out of the blue. "Looks like a hand grenade went off inside of it,'' says Robbins. A mechanic by trade, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Firestone has been around since 1900. The company is officially known as Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and was founded by renowned ...

WASHINGTON -- Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. on Tuesday blamed a rash of tire failures on a faulty design and manufacturing processes at its Decatur, Ill., plant, but also put some blame on the Ford ...

The Ford-Firestone dispute blew up in August 2000 and is still going strong. In response to claims that their 15-inch Wilderness AT, radial ATX and ATX II tire treads were separating from the tire ...

Between 1991 and 2000, Ford Explorers fitted with Firestone tires were involved in dozens of fatal rollovers due to sudden ...

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire has agreed to pay $240 million to Ford Motor Co. to settle claims related to the tiremaker's 2000 recall of defective tires, Bridgestone Firestone said ...

Guy started riding motorcycles aged 21 and bought a Kawasaki ZX-6R the day after passing his road test. He was a sportbike enthusiast for many years until, in 2010, the Long Way Round television ...