Analysis: Complaints about Firestone tires continue to pile up From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: August 16, 2000| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Analysis: Complaints about Firestone tires continue to pile up

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The federal government is raising the number of deaths it believes are linked to faulty Firestone tires. Forty-two people originally were thought to have been killed. The government now believes more than 60 have died, and it says the number could go higher as the investigation continues. Most of the failures deal with treads coming loose at high speeds. The Bridgestone-Firestone company has recalled more than 6 1/2 million tires. NPR's ...

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