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2. Blowout (tire) - Wikipedia

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   Automobile tire damaged after an impact. A blowout (also known as a burst) is a rapid, explosive loss of inflation pressure of a pneumatic tire.. The primary cause for a blowout is encountering an object that cuts or tears the structural components of the tire to the point where the structure is incapable of containing the compressed air, with the escaping air adding to further tear through ...

3. Low tire pressure? Colder temperatures are likely to blame ...

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   Kelly Clark Automotive Specialists, a car repair shop in central Phoenix, said drivers should get in the habit of routinely checking tire pressure and not relying exclusively on the Tire Pressure ...

4. Firestone and Ford tire controversy - Wikipedia

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   As early as 1996, personal injury lawyers were aware of accidents, injuries, and deaths caused when the tread separated from Firestone tires at high speeds. [3] Lawyers and traffic safety researchers decided not to contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) because they lacked confidence in the agency and feared that an investigation might conclude that there were no ...

5. Tire balance - Wikipedia

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   If the tire is not checked, it has the potential to cause vibration in the suspension of the vehicle on which it is mounted. In tire retail shops, tire/wheel assemblies are checked on a spin-balancer, which determines the amount and angle of unbalance. Balance weights are then fitted to the outer and inner flanges of the wheel. [2]

6. Flat tire - Wikipedia

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   A flat tire (British English: flat tyre) is a deflated pneumatic tire, which can cause the rim of the wheel to ride on the tire tread or the ground potentially resulting in loss of control of the vehicle or irreparable damage to the tire. The most common cause of a flat tire is the puncturing of the tire by a sharp object, such as a nail or pin ...

7. Richard Hammond reveals lasting health effects of horrific ...

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   In 2016, Hammond was driving a jet-powered dragster at 319mph on the motoring show when a tyre burst at 319mph, causing him to career out of control and land upside down in a field.

8. Passenger plane's tire bursts on landing in Turkey; no ... - AOL

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   A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 plane's front tire burst upon landing at an airport in southern Turkey on Thursday, the Turkish transport minister said, adding there were no casualties and all 190 ...

9. Tire fire - Wikipedia

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   Tire fires are events that involve the combustion of large quantities of tires, usually waste tires, typically in locations where they are stored, dumped, or processed. They exist in two forms: as fast-burning events, leading to almost immediate loss of control, and as slow-burning pyrolysis which can continue for over a decade.