NHTSA Complaint #739826 — 1998 FORD EXPLORER

I HAD STOPPED TO GET GAS AND TIRE WAS FINE. BY THE TIME I HAD GOTTEN UP TO SPEED ON INTERSTATE, I HAD ONLY GONE ABOUT 5 MILES WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. I WENT BY THE DEALER A FEW DAYS LATER, BECAUSE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T WARRANTY THE TIRES I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE FIRESTONE PRO RATE IT. I DID NOT WANT ANY MORE FIRESTONE TIRES SO I KEPT THE SPARE ON FOR A WHILE THEN HAD DEALER MOUNT THE SPARE ON TO THE PERMANENT RIM ON 7/8/99. AT THAT TIME I ASKED THEM TO LOOK FOR A HOLE ON THE BLOWN TIRE. THEY SAID IT WAS SHREDDED SO BAD THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ONE HOLE IT WOULDN'T HOLD AIR AT ALL. THESE TIRES WORE SO BAD THAT I PURCHASED NEW BF GOODRICH ON 6/29/00.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: 235/75R/15)