1991 CHEVROLET PICKUP Tires Problems

I WAS ON I-75 BY TOLEDO,OHIO WHEN THE TIRE JUST BLEW OUT ON THE RIGHTSIDE REAR. THIS WAS ON A CURVE . I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE AND I WAS FIGHTING TO CONTROL IT AND JUST MISSED A SEMI. ALL THREE LANES STOPPED AND THE TRUCK PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP BY THE GUARD RAIL.NORTHWOOD POLICE CAME BY AND ASKED ME IF I NEEDED HELP .WHICH TIME HE LEJFT. *AK

I WAS ON I-75 BY TOLEDO,OHIO WHEN THE TIRE JUST BLEW OUT ON THE RIGHTSIDE REAR. THIS WAS ON A CURVE . I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE AND I WAS FIGHTING TO CONTROL IT AND JUST MISSED A SEMI. ALL THREE LANES STOPPED AND THE TRUCK PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP BY THE GUARD RAIL.NORTHWOOD POLICE CAME BY AND ASKED ME IF I NEEDED HELP .WHICH TIME HE LEJFT. *AK

DURING DRIVE TO WORK AT APPROX. 6:30 AM (TEMP=70 DEGREES) MY LEFT REAR TIRE CATOSTROPHICALLY FAILED. (NOTE: THIS TIRE WAS ORIGINAL FACTORY EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS NOT INSTALLED UNTILL APPROX 1999). AS I WAS DRIVING, I HEARD SEVERAL LOUD THUMPS FROM THE REAR OF MY TRUCK - JUST AS I LOOKED INTO MY REAR VIEW MIRROR, I SAW THE ENTIRE TREAD OF MY TIRE FLY OFF AND ONTO THE SHOLDER OF THE ROAD. MY TRUCK VIOLENTLY SKIDED SIDEWAYS AND ALMOST FLIPPED OVER - FOR A SHORT TIME I WAS DRIVING ON TWO WHEELS (THE TWO RIGHT WHEELS) AND I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE TRUCK BACK DOWN ON ALL FOUR WHEELS AND PULL OFF THE ROAD. I HAVE NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS TIRE AND THE RESULTING DAMAGE. THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THIS TIRE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WHEEL WELL AND QUARTER PANEL (DUE TO LARGE TIRE PIECES EJECTING THEMSELVES)....

I RECENTLY WENT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER IN LAKE ELSINORE, CA TO HAVE MY FIRESTONE TIRES INSPECTED DUE TO THE RECALL. THE SERVICE TECH THERE LOOKED AT ONE OF MY TIRES AND SAID THEIR NOT RECALL TIRES SO YOU'RE OK. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO ANOTHER TIRE DEALERSHIP AND THE TOLD ME THAT THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES ON MY TRUCK ARE READY TO COME APART. THREE OF THE FOUR HAVE INCREASES IN THEM, THE FIRESTONE TECH TOLD ME THAT IS WHERE THE BELT COMES TOGETHER AND THEY WILL USUALLY COME APART IF THERE ARE FOUR CREASES. I CALLED BACK AND SPOKE TO THE FIRESTONE SERVICE MANAGER AGAIN ABOUT MY TIRES. HE SAID SINCE THERE THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THE BEST HE WOULD DO IS PRORATE THE RUBBER USE AND THEN CHARGE ME FOR THE NEW TIRES AT A PRORATED AMOUNT AND OF COURSE CHARGE ME FOR...

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH IN HOT DRY CLIMATE FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS/HT, P23575R15 EXPLODED, LOSING THE SIDEWALL TREAD. THIS WAS ON A 1991 CHEVROLET PICKUP. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED. *AK CUSTOMER GAT REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR HALF THE PRICE FROM FIRESTONE BUT THE REPLACED TIRE ALSO FAILED UNDER THE SAME CONDITION. *YH