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The rollover vehicle in the Firestone tread-separation crisis - one of the deadliest tire defects on record.

Defect tied to confirmed deaths

Ford Explorer

Ford·MY 1990-2000·SUV
238 U.S. deaths Status: closed
Recall campaign
Ford / Firestone tires
Component
Tires
Recalled
2000
Units affected
6.50M 6.5M tires recalled (14.4M produced)
U.S. deaths
238 U.S. deaths linked to tread-separation rollovers; about 500 injured.
Live data slot

Not in the v1 snapshot. Fields below name the free NHTSA source they join from - no vehicle-specific number is guessed here.

NCAP crash rating SafetyRatings API
Frontal Crash – / 5★
Side Crash – / 5★
Rollover Resistance – / 5★
Overall Rating – / 5★
Owner complaints FLAT_CMPL
Volume by component pending
Full recall count FLAT_RCL
All recalls, this make/model/year 1 landmark on file
This vehicle's record, in numbers
Vehicle Ford Explorer
Manufacturer Ford
Model years 1990-2000
Body SUV
Recall campaign Ford / Firestone tires
Component Tires
Units affected 6.5M tires recalled (14.4M produced)
U.S. deaths 238
Do Not Drive No
Recalled 2000

NCAP star ratings and per-vehicle complaint totals are not in the v1 snapshot; they join live from api.nhtsa.gov/SafetyRatings and FLAT_CMPL.

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