NHTSA Complaint #728257 — 1997 FORD F-150

TIRES issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	728257
Vehicle	1997 FORD F-150
Component	TIRES
Date of Incident	August 1, 1999
Date Filed	August 31, 2000
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	AZ

Consumer Description

ONE TIRE DELAMINATED AT HIGH SPEED. FILED CLAIM WITH FIRESRTONE FOR REPLACING TIRE & REPAIR OF TRCK DAMAGE. THEY DID SO UNDER FIRESTONE INCIDENT #018399. WHILE CLAIM BENG PROCESSED, ABOUT A WEEK LATER WE NOTICED TWO MORE TIRES WITH METAL WIRES POKING THRU SIDES OF TREAD. TOK TRUCK TO IRESTONE STORE TUCSON, AZ. EMPLYEE AWARE OF MY PRIOR CLAIM, AND AT THAT POINT HE RELACED 3 MORE TIRES (THE 2 WITH METAL SHOWING + OTHER ONE THEN IN USE. WE HAD NO INJURY, I GOT NO HASSLE FROM FIRESTONE. ONLY RECENTLY WAS I AWARE OF EXTENT OF FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEMS. THE POINT OF MY REPORT IS TO ALERT YOU THAT SIXTEEN " TIRES, (WE HAD P235/70RX16SL TIRES) ARE ALSO A PROBLEM. I RECETLY REPORTED THIS TO FORD MOTORS. REPLY FROM THEM WAS GENERAL IN NATURE, BUT THEY TOLD ME TO BE SURE TIRES ARE PROPERLY INFLATED. I MAINTAIN THESE TIRES AS I HAVE OTHER IN THE 50 YEARS I HAVE OWNED VEHICLES AND NEVER BEFORE HAVE I EXPERIENCED A TIRE DELAIMNATION AS WE DID WITH THESE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. A CONCERN WE NOW HAVE IS THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH OTHER WLDERNESS "HT" TIRES.EE.( DOT NUMBER: )

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