NHTSA Complaint #736279 — 1999 FORD RANGER

AFTER THE FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL STARTED I CHECKED MY TIRES TO SEE IF THEY WER PART OF THE RECALL AND I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE NOT BUT WHAT I DID FIND WERE SOME "STRESS FRACTURES" IN THE TIRE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND THEY STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I THEN TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND HE ALSO STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND I WOULD NEED IT REPLACED. HE ALSO STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE TIRES DUE TO THE TREADWEAR ON MY TIRES. I HAVE LEASED THE TRUCK AND THE TIRES ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST ME THE TERM OF THE LEASE. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM I CAUSED MYSELF AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE WHICH FIRESTONE REFUSES TO DO. AT THIS POINT I AM THINKING OF FILING A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINS FIRESTONE. I DON'T FEEL THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 15" TIRES WHEN IT PROBABLY EFFECTS ALL SIZES. PLEASE ADVISE ME. (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )