NHTSA Complaint #730426 — 1998 FORD EXPLORER

HOLES APPEARED IN THE TIRES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ONCE IT HAPPED WHIL WE WERE DRIVING AND THE OTHER TIME WE PARKED THE CAR AND WERE SITTING OUTSIDE AND SUDDENLY WE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS GONG FLAT. WE EXAMINED IT AND INFLATED IT AND FOUND NOT SCREWS, OR SHARP OBJECTS THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED IT. THE HOLES JUST APPEAR ON THE TREAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE FEEL THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE EVEN THOGUH THEY WERE NOT THE ONES MADE AT THE DECATUR PLANT, PLUS IT'S ALREADY IN THE NEWS THAT A LOT OF THE WILDERNESS TIRES WERE MISLABELED. AS A CONSUMER WE DO NOT TRUST FIRESTONE TIRES, THEIR PRODUCTS ARE CHEAPLY MADE AND NOT SAFE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT RESPOND TO OUR CONCERNS AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY GIVE US THE RUNAROUND. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LX )