NHTSA Complaint #750717 — 2000 FORD F-350

THE INSIDE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY NEW 2000 - F-350 DUAL WHEEL TRUCK PEELED ON THE FACE AND SIDES WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-10 AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN USED TO TRANSPORT ANY HEAVY WEIGHT, JUST TO TRAVEL BETWEEN MY HOME IN SCOTTSDALE, AZ AND QUARTZSITE. AZ (A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 142 MILES). THE OTHER TIRES ON THE TRUCK (ALL THE SAME ORIGINAL TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE TRUCK) SHOW SIGNS THAT THEY ALSO MAY PEEL AND/OR SEPARATE. IN OCTOBER 2000 THE STATE OF ARIZONA REPLACED ALL OF THEIR GENERAL TIRES BECAUSE OF PEELING (I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER WHILE RESEARCHING IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE GENERAL TIRES). THESE TIRES, WITH ONLY ABOUT 6600 MILES ON THEM AND PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT ARE A HAZARD TO ANY DRIVER HAVING THEM ON HIS/HER CAR. LUCKILY THE DEFECTIVE TIRE ON MY TRUCK WAS ON ONE OF THE DUAL INSIDE BACK WHEELS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER, BELL FORD AND WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON THE PHONE, THEY SAID ONCE THEY SAW THE TIRES THEY WOULD SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO.*AK (DOT NUMBER: ADOR1JC230 TIRESIZE: T235/85R16)