NHTSA Complaint #731967 — 1992 FORD EXPLORER

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FIRESTONE ATX TIRES FOR 3-4 YEARS. MY EXPLORER WOULD STARTED VIBRATING AND I WOULD TAKE IT TO MY FIRESTONE DEALER IN HOUSTON. ONE THREE SEPARATE OCCAIONS OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT I HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH ATX TIRES ON EXPLORERS. HENCE, MY TIRE RECORDS AT FIRESTONE WILL SHOW THAT THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM SERVERAL YEARS AGO. EACH TIME THEY TOLD ME, THEY WOULD ONLY OFFER TO PRORATE ME A NEW TIRE. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, I MADE A BIG SEEN IN THE DEALER STORE, AND THEY DECIDED TO GIVE ME A NEW TIRE. THE POINT OF THIS REPORT IS SIMPLY THAT MY DEALER KNEW OF THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM MANY YEARS AGO. I DID NOT KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT WAS, SO I DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE NTSA, AT THAT TIME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )