Tires, Treads and Tragedy

In 2000, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. recalled 6.5 million Firestone tires involved in one of the most dangerous product faults in automobile history — a tendency for tire failure that caused nearly 175 deaths and more than 700 injuries. The treads on certain Firestone tire models would peel off, causing them to blow out — which could cause certain cars and SUVs like the Ford Explorer to roll over. Later that year, Firestone competitor Goodyear had its own tire troubles: tread separations in certain light trucks were linked to about 120 injuries and 15 deaths.

輪胎，輪胎面和悲劇

在2000年，普利司通/費爾斯通公司召回了汽車制造史上最危險的650萬個輪胎——輪胎易損壞并造成了175例死亡和700多例傷病。特定的費爾斯通輪胎的表面易分離，容易造成爆胎事故——這會造成特定的車型和SUV翻車，如福特Explorer系列。當年晚些時候，費爾斯通的競爭者Goodyear的輪胎也出現了問題：某些輕型卡車爆胎導致120人受傷和15人死亡。

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