NHTSA Complaint #729689 — 1995 FORD EXPLORER

IN MY OPINION, THE FORD EXPLORER AND FORD F SERIES PICKUPS HAVE UNUSUAL FRONT END HARMONICS PROBLEMS, WHICH CAUSES PREMATURE AND UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR SYMTOMS. FORD RECOMMENDS TO ROTATE TIRES AT 6000 MILES, ON FORD EXPLORER, IF YOU WAIT TILL 6,000 MILES THE TIRES WILL HAVE UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR TO THE POINT THAT ROTATING THE FRONT TO THE REAR, AND HOPE THE REAR TIRES WILL CORRECT THEMSELVES WITHIN NEXT 6000 ROTATION WILL NOT OCCUR. IN OTHER WORDS, THE FORD EXPLORER WILL WEAR TIRES TO UNUSUAL LIMITS WITHIN 6,000 MILES TO WHERE ROTATION WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM WITHIN THE NEXT 6000MILES. I BOUGHT 4 BRAND NEW GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT'S AT 28,000 MILES, THEY NEEDED ROTATED FAR BEFORE 34,000 MILES, GOODYEAR SAID WAIT UNTIL THE 34,000 MILES WHICH I DID. I ROTATED THE TIRES AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES AND TRADED VEHICLE OFF AT 41,000 MILES. THE TIRES WERE OF GOOD TREAD BUT WORN IN A CRAZY FASHION IN AN IRREGULAR MANNER. 4 NEW SHOCKS DID NOT HELP, THE FORD GARAGE CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN SPECS. I BOUGHT A FORD F-250 WITH GOODYEAR AT'S, AND IT TO SEEMS TO BE WEARING THE TIRES FUNNY. I DO NOT DRIVE ERRATIC AND DO KEEP THE TIRE PRESSURE TO THE RECOMMENDED PSI. FOR YEARS, WHEN FORD HAD THE TWIN I-BEAM FRONT SUSPENSION ON ITS P/U'S, THE TIRES WORE FUNNY AND ALSO WOULD NOT LAST TILL THE 6000 MILE ROTATION POINT. FORD HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH VERY UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR FOR YEARS, AND IT MUST BE WITH FORD'S SUSPENSION SYSTEM, WEIGHT TO GROUND PRESSURES OR HARMONICS, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW WHICH EFFECTS ITS TIRES TO WEAR UNUSALLY ON THE FORD EXPLORER SERIES AND THE FORD F SERIES, THIS IS A CERTAINTY. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT JUST EFFECT FIRESTONE TIRES!!!!!!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235R75-15 )