1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Tires Problems

I purchases a set of new Michelin Defender LTX M/S LT265/75R16 (123/120R) tires for my 1999 Chevrolet Suburban K2500 in June 2023 and I am attempting to register the tires with Michelin. None of the tires have a date code on them. The DOT code of these tires is 1M3 4N 00KX, there is NO date code on any of the four (4) tires.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN EQUIPPED WITH CORNELL 1000 TIRES, SIZE: P235/75R15. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK SEVERELY, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING UP TO 65 MPH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TWO FRONT WHEELS WOBBLED, WHICH WERE MOVED TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AFTER A TIRE ROTATION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRE SIDEWALLS WERE WORN. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE DUE TO THE COMPOUND OR THE BELT RUBBER AND REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17T019000 (TIRES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 194,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE STEEL TEX A/T; TIRES, SIZE LT245/75/R16, DOT NUMBER: W2TV2F33600. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO EXPLODE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,216 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,200.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL TIRES, LT245/75616,DOT NUMBER:V611B1A198. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARE TIRE SUDDENLY EXPLODED, WHICH WAS ATTACHED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE REAR PASSENGER SEATING. THE EXPLOSION CAUSED THE REAR WINDOW TO SHATTER. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

ON DECEMBER 28, 2005, I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR WALTERBORO WHEN A BF GOODRICH TIRE ON THE LEFT REAR OF MY 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN SUDDENLY DISINTEGRATED INTO FRAGMENTS WHILE I WAS DRIVING. BEFORE I LEFT ON MY TRIP TO FLORIDA, I HAD THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE ROTATED AND BALANCED. ALL OF THE TIRES APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION...WITH DEEP TREAD. BF GOODRICH HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRE IN QUESTION WAS SOLD TO GM AS A SPARE TIRE FOR THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS NEW IN 1999. THE TIRE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE AS THE OTHERS AND WAS MARKED EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. I PLACED THE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE TO USE IN NOVEMBER OF 2003. SINCE THAT TIME, THE TIRE HAS BEEN IN USE FOR APPROXIMATELY 24,000 MILES. *JB

7/12/2005 ON I75 SOUTHERN KENTUCKY DRIVING 99' SUBURBAN WITH STEELTEX RADIAL A/T 245/75R16 LOAD RANGE E. ON MY WAY TO FLORIDA DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH THE TREAD ON THE LR CAME COMPLETELY OFF. THE TIRE DID NOT LOOSE PRESSURE. THE TREAD BENT UP THE INNER FENDER WELL, BROKE A GROUND WIRE TO THE FUEL TANK, AND BUST ANOTHER HOSE. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND A BIG PART OF THE TREAD THAT WAS STUCK IN THE WHEEL WELL. *JB

I HAD THREE BLOW OUTS AND ONE INCIDENT WHERE THE TIRE LOST ALL AIR WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE TIRE. THIS HAPPENED WITHIN ONE YEAR. *JB

KATHLEEN DEMETER, DIRECTOR OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATIONS NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC & SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 400 SEVENTH STREET SW WASHINGTON, DC 20590 DEAR KATHLEEN I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF THE SECOND PETITION FROM LISONI & LISONI CONCERNING THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX CLASS ACTION SUIT. IT IS MY DESIRE THAT THE NHTSA ALLOW THAT SUIT TO PROCEED AND STAND ON ITS OWN MERIT IN THE COURTS. I BOUGHT A NEW 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN IN NOV OF 1999 WHICH CAME EQUIPPED WITH FOUR LT245-75R-16 FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES ON THE GROUND AND ONE SPARE. THIS VEHICLE WAS 100% DEALER MAINTAINED AND NEVER RAN OFF OF PAVED ROADS. IT PRIMARILY TRAVELED FROM THE LA AREA OR LAS VEGAS TO LAKE TAHOE. I HAVE HOMES IN ALL THREE AREAS AND TRAVEL BETWEEN THEM. DURING THE COURSE OF THESE TRIPS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I HAVE HAD THREE HIGH SPEED BLOWOUTS AND TWO TIRE TREAD SEPARATIONS. THAT...

I PURCHASED THE USED VEHICLE FROM GLENDALE CAR CONNECTION AT ON 8/28/03. I NOTICED ON THE DAY OF PURCHASE IT SEEMED HARD TO STEER THE VEHICLE SO I MENTIONED IT TO THE SALES PERSON AS WELL AS THE OFFICE MANAGER. IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REPAIRED. I DROVE THE VECHICLE HOME THAT NIGHT I BEGIN TO NOTICE A HARD TURN MADE THE VEHICLE MAKE A NOISE I TOO THE VEHICLE BACK TO GLENDALE CAR CONNECTION WERE THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS GOING OUT AND HE CHANGE IT I ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE BRAKES SQUEALING AND HE SAID THE VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKE FLUID WHICH HE PUT IN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND BEGIN TO DRIVE IT I NOTICED IT WAS GETTING HARD TO TURN AND IT WOULD SWERVE WHILE DRIVING IT, I CONTACTED THE DEALER AGAIN. THE OFFICE MANAGER KATHY BAGGETT TOLD ME IT WAS NOT...

STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF FOUR OF FIVE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES. WE PURCHASED A NEW 1999 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500 (VIN [XXX]) IN 1998 EQUIPPED WITH STEELTEX R4S LT245/75R16 TIRES. FOUR OF FIVE OF THESE TIRES FAILED AT A SIMILAR MILEAGE, WITH ABOUT 50% OF TREAD LEFT. THREE OF THE TIRES FORMED BULGES UNDER THE TREAD AND WERE EXCHANGED AT TWO DIFFERENT FIRESTONE DEALERS WITH CREDIT FOR THE TREAD REMAINING. DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE. THE FOURTH FAILURE OCCURRED WITHIN ONLY A FEW HUNDRED ADDITIONAL TIRE MILES LATER. THE FAILURE WAS A SUDDEN BLOWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH LOSS OF VIRTUALLY ALL TREAD AND RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE SUBURBAN, WITH TRAVEL TRAILER IN TOW, TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE AND NO INJURY WAS SUSTAINED TO MYSELF AND FOUR PASSENGERS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNREASONABLE TO BELIEVE THAT FOUR OF FIVER TIRES WILL...

TWO TIRES FAILED TWO MONTHS APART. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770850

FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING OUT.

NO SUMMARY. DT

I WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND ON THE WESTERN KY PARKWAY ON 10/13/2002 AT ABOUT 2200. ROADS CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND TEMPERATURE APPROX 55F. I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN VIBRATION, FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A FLAT TIRE. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY SLOW EASE MY VEHICLE OVER INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE (RIGHT SHOULDER). I DEFINITELY HAD A FLAT. UPON INSPECTION I WAS HORRIFIED. THE TIRE WAS SMOKING TO THE POINT I BARELY SEE IT. I COULD SMELL BURNING TIRE. I DID NOT SEE ANY FLAME AND THE SMOKE QUIT WITHIN ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS. THE SIDE WALL OF THIS TIRE WAS BLOWN OUT, NEARLY SEPARATED AND HANGING BY TIRE CORD. IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE ANOTHER I SAW AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTP://WWW.FIRESTONE-TIRE-RECALL.COM/PAGES/ACCIDENT_REPORTS/9-20_TIRE-BLOW.HTML. MY TIRE FAILURE IS EXACTLY THE SAME CUT OUT SHAPE, THE SAME CUT OUT SIZE AND AND SAME CUT OUT LOCATION AS THE ONE PICTURED, EXCEPT MINE IS HANGING BY TIRE...

TIRE BECAME SEPARATED AND DAMAGED VEHICLE. MR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VERTICAL CRACKS RUNNING FROM TREAD DOWN SIDEWALL. *AK

THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH DUE TO RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCING A BLOWOUT. TWO MORE TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND LINER CRACKS. ALL TIRES WERE REPLACED. (TIRE SIZE P245/75R16). *YH BF GOODRICH IS NOT WILLING TO HELP CONSUMER DUE TO NOT HAVING THE TIRE FOR THEIR INSPECTION, CONSUMER STATES THAT PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY A BF GOODRICH DEALER WHO DESTROYED THE TIRE. *SLC

THIS TIRE WAS MAKING A NOISE AND PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON JULY 20, 2002. I WENT TO GET A FRONT END ALIGNMENT DUE TO THE PULLING, AND WAS TOLD MY ALIGNMENT WAS OKAY, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE, THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING INSIDE. AS A RESULT I REPLACED ALL FOUR FIRESTONE TIRES WITH GOODYEAR TIRES. A FRIEND HAD A SLIGHTLY SMALLER FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE ACTUALLY SEPARATE THIS SUMMER WHILE ON A TRIP. I HAVE KEPT THE TIRE FROM MY SUBURBAN AND IT IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.*AK

WE PURCHASED THE VECHICLE USED FROM THE DEALER LISTED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS WHEN WHEELS ARE WET THEY SHUTTER AND LOCK UP. THE BATTERY CRACKED AND LEAKED ALL OVER THE BATTERY TRAY AND BRAKE LINES AND OTHER FRAME COMPONETS. THE REAR DOOR DOME LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED OUT. THE FRONT END HAS BEEN ALIGNED SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE WHEELS PULLING TO THE LEFT. THE A/C AIR BARLY COMES OUT OF THE FRONT DASH VENTS. THE REAR END IS POSITIVE TRACTION AND WHEN MAKING A TURN IT MAKES A POPIING NOISE.

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF A FIRESTONE STEEL TEX LT245/75R16, THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND COMPLETELY DELAMINATED, CAUSING A BLOWOUT, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING RUPTURE OF SOME FLUID LINE WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE.*AK

THE FIRST PROBLEM THAT I HAD WITH THESES TIRES WAS BACK IN JULY OF 2000. ON BOTH OF THE FRONT TIRES THE BELTS HAD BROKEN AT THAT TIME THE TRUCK HAD ABOUT 12,000 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUGHT BEFORE ANY SEPARATION HAD HAPPENED. THEN ON 8/17/01 I WAS DRIVING ON I215 AND THE TRUCK PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK UNDER CONTROL AND PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND GOT OUT. I WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE AND THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED, IT DIDN'T GO FLAT. THEN EXACTLY A WEEK LATER I HAD THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOWOUT. THIS TIRE WAS IN PIECES. AFTER THE FIRST SEPARATION I CALLED FIRESTONE AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER IN MY AREA TO HAVE THE REST OF THE TIRES LOOKED AT. I DID THAT I...

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. SIDEWALL BLEWOUT, AND PART OF TREAD CAME OFF. HAD NOT CALLED GOODYEAR. TIRE SIZE P245/75R16. *AK GOODYEAR TIRE, 38 PSI, CONSUMER STATES THE ROAD WAS DRY AND THERE WAS NO DEBRIS ON THE ROAD. *SLC

NOT TOWING TRAILER, FELT VIBRATION PULLED OVER TO CHECK TIRE COULD NOT SEE DEFECT WENT 3MILES TIRE SHOP, TIRE SEPARATION, I HAD BLOW OUT ON ANOTHER SUBURBAN 1 WEEK BEFORE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE TIRE BLEW, TIRE REPLACE WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE AT DEALER IN PALMDALE CALIF.*AK (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: LT24575R4S)

TWO FIRESTONE R4S TIRES HAVE FAILED ON VEHICLE, THE LEFT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A BLISTER AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH, TIRE SIZE IS LT245/75R16 AND THE DOT NUMBER IS V611B1A, CONSUMER STILL HAS TIRES FOR OBSERVATION. *SLC

INSTRUMENTS ON THE DASH BOARD HAVE FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE TIRES PUT ON THE VEHICLE, KELLY SPRINGFIELD, P235/70R15, DOT NUMBER PJM1DEKR268, WERE TOO SMALL FOR THE SUBURBAN. *SLC

WAS DRIVING 35MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TRIED REBALANCING ALL FOUR TIRES TO REMOVE VIBRATIONS. VIBRATION PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999, CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN WITH 33,000 MILES. LT245/78R16. *AK THE CONSUMER BOUGHT 5 NEW TIRES AND REPLACED THE ONES THAT WERE UNSAFE. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH IN CHEVROLET, SUBURBAN 1999 THERE WAS VIBRATION IN VEHICLE. UPON EXAMINATION, RIGHT REAR OF TIRE HAD A SECTION OF TREAD PEELING OFF AND THERE WAS A BUBBLE FORMING WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE, SIZE - LT245/75R16 WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON VEHICLE, AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 47,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO OTHER FAILURES, A TIRE MAN EXAMINED THE TIRES AND STATED THAT ALL OF THEM HAD BROKEN PLACES IN THE STEEL BELTS. *SLC

VIBRATION FROM LEFT FRONT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BALANCE BOTH FRONT TIRES, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. CJ

I WAS ON VACTION WITH MY FAMILY DRIVING ON MOUNTAINOUS ROADS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. I BEGAN TO FEEL A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND NOTICED THE CONSOLE SHAKING. I SLOWED THE SUBURBAN DOWN TO 15 MPH AND I COULD FEEL THE REAR END WOBBLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST TIRE STORE AND THE INFORMED ME THAT THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF LOOSING ITS TREAD. I VERY CAREFULLLY DROVE TO THE NEAREST FIRESTONE DEALER AND HAD TO PAY A PRORATED PRICE FOR A NEW TIRE SINCE THIS PARTICULAR TIRE HAD NOT BEEN OFFICALLY RECALLED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE OTHER FIRESTONE MODELS WITH TIRE SEPARATION ISSUES AND I AM FORTUNATE THAT I CAUGHT MY TIRE PROBLEM BEFORE A COMPLETE LOSS OF TREAD OCCURED AT 55 MPH WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VN11B1A019 TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, SUBURBAN LT245/75R16 SIZE. THERE ARE DIMPLES ON ALL FOUR FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES THAT RUN FROM THE BEAD OF THE RIM TO WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE HAS INSPECTED THE TIRES.*AK DOT# VN11. *SLC

THE VEHICAL WAS A "BUY BACK" THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT LISTED WAS VIBRATION IN FRONT. CHEVROLET CLAIMS THE ISSUE WAS FIXED OR NOT VARIFIED. WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICAL IN FOR SERVICE THE SERVICE REPRESENTITIVE NOTICED UNEVEN WEAR AND RECOMMENDED AN ALLIGNMENT. HE NOTICED SEVERE CUPPING PSNGR SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. I HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFIGANT PULL IN THE VEHICAL TO THE LEFT AGAINST THE SLOPE OF THE ROAD. I AM CONCERNED RE: THESE TIRES BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITY IN MY EXPERIENCES AND MANY OF THE REPORTS I HAVE READ ON INTERNET. PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED RE: YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THESE TIRES. I AM SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATING HAVING THEM REPLACED EVEN W/O RECALL AND WOULD SIMPLY HANG ONTO THEM IN CASE OF RECALL. FIRESTONE DEALER WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OR EMPATHETIC RE: MY CONCERNS. I COULD NOT FIND DOT CODE BUT TIRE WERE MADE IN...

EXTREME VIBRATION AT HIWAY SPEEDS. FIRESTONE DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH TIRE. (TIRESIZE: 245/75/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )

THE FIRESTONE TIRE (STEELTEX A/T; 245 75R16) THAT BLEW OUT ON MY SUBURBAN WAS BRAND NEW. IT WAS MY SPARE TIRE. I DROVE ON IT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES WHEN AN APPROXIMATELY 6 INCH SQUARE PIECE OF THE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IN LIGHT OF ALL THE RECENT PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE TIRES AND RECENT NEWS REPORT THAT THIS PARTICULAR TIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REPORT THIS TIRE FAILURE. (TIRESIZE: 245 75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245 75R16 )

THE 10/2/00 WSJ ARTICLE INDICATED NOW FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION. OUR STEELTEX R4S 16 TIRES APPEAR TO BE WEARING EXCESSIVELY. FURTHER, THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE APPEARS TO BE WEARING EXCESSIVELY AND UNEVENLY. THIS EVENING, I HAVE E-MAILED FIRESTONE SEEKING A REPLACEMENT REFUND OFFER SIMILAR TO THE ATX RECALL, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THEIR RESPONSE. WITH THIS BEING MY WIFE'S CAR AND WITH THREE SMALL CHILDREN, 12, 10 AND 6, I AM VERY CONCERNED. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO AT THIS TIME?*AK (TIRESIZE: 16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR. I WAS ABOUT 106 DEGREES OUTSIDE. MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. IT DISINTEGRATED. I CROSSED TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC BEFORE THE CAR CAME TO A HALT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I'M EVEN ALIVE. I HAD AAA CHANGE THE TIRE. A LOCAL TIRE PLACE REPLACED THE BLOWN TIRE WITH AN IDENTICAL ONE. AT THE TIME I ASKED IF MY TIRES WERE PART OF THE RECALL. THEY ASSURED ME THEY WERE NOT. NOW I HEAR YOU ARE LOOKING INTO THE EXACT TIRES I HAVE...THE EXACT ONE THAT DISINTEGRATED ON ME ON THE HIGHWAY. I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW IT HAPPENED TO ME AS WELL. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF MY TIRES END UP ON THE RECALL LIST. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MY CAR NOW-ESPECIALLY WITH MY THREE CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MILLY WOODHOUSE. *AK (DOT...

LEAVING FOR HERSHEY PA. ON 10/04/00, AFRAID OF TIRE FAILURE TO AND FROM. CALLED FIRESTONE DEALER HERE LOCALLY, THEY BRUSHED ME OFF. WHAT TO DO?? I DON'T WANT TRADGEDY TO HAPPEN.*AK (DOT NUMBER: TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER 1998, IN EARLY MARCH 1999 THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 4000 MILES. ON INTERSTATE 240, 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE I-40 JUNCTION, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-40 AND I-240. BEFORE TAKING THE TIRE OFF OF THE VEHICLE, I TOOK PICTURES OF THE REMAINS OF THE TIRE. DO YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS? (DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRESIZE: LT24575R16)

WE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT ON A VACATION (7/6/00) ON NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY;SIX CHILDREN AND WIFE WERE IN CAR AT 55 MILES PER HOUR; I WAS ABLE TO SAFETY GET CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. MY DEALER REPLACED TIRE WITH MATCHING TIRE. IT TURNS OUT ALL TIRES ARE THE RECALLED FIRESTONE TIRES VERIFIED BY A FIRESTONE DEALER. I AM ON A WAITING LIST FOR REPLACEMENTS. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SAME TIRES ON OTHER SUBURBANS AROUND MY AREA AND ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT FORD. A SLOWER REACTION ON MY PART COULD HAVE MEANT MY 6 CHILDREN HURT. THOUGHT I WOULD FINALLY REPORT TO SOMEBODY FOR RECORD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE TIRE BLEW WHILE TURNING LEFT ON AN UP HILL CURVE. APPROXIMATELY 95% OF THE FRONT SIDEWALL SHREDDED. NO VISABLE DEFECTS IN THE SIDEWALL OR TREAD. THIS OCCURED AFTER 3.5 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS DRIVING AT SPEEDS FROM 55 - 75.( DOT NUMBER: VN11BAB TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON LEFT REAR TIRE WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. PUT SPARE ON. THE FIRESTONE DEALER TREATED THE EVENT LIKE "IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME". DID NOT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. ALLUDED TO MAYBE I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIR IN TIRES. TOLD HIM TO GO CHECK, BUT HE DECLINED. STILL DID NOT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. HAD TO PURCHASE A ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY FOR THE NEW TIRE. THIS SURE DID NOT MAKE ME HAPPY!!( DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )

EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON LEFT REAR TIRE WHILE TOWING A TRAVEL TRAILER. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. PUT SPARE ON. THE FIRESTONE DEALER TREATED THE EVENT LIKE "IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME". DID NOT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. ALLUDED TO MAYBE I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIR IN TIRES. TOLD HIM TO GO CHECK, BUT HE DECLINED. STILL DID NOT MAKE ME VERY HAPPY. HAD TO PURCHASE A ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY FOR THE NEW TIRE. THIS SURE DID NOT MAKE ME HAPPY!!( DOT NUMBER: V611B1A TIRE SIZE: 245/75R16 )

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE CAME APART. THE OUTER TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE INNER CORDS. THIS TIRE IS NEW AND THE AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECKED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SHOWED CUPPING, NOW ALL 4 TIRES SHOW SIDEWALL CRACKING AND TREAD CRACKING (BOTH ON THE TREAD FACE AND SIDEWALL). TIRE LIFE I ALMOST OVER AT LESS THAN 24000 MILES DESSPITE PROPER INFLATION AND ROTATION CCNDDUCTED SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. DUNLOP TIRES INSTALLED ON ANOTHER VEHICLE AT SAME ADRESS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME ANDD WITH MUCCH GREATER MILEAGE SHOW NONE OF THESE SIGNS.( DOT NUMBER: URBM053261 TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )

THE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE ENTIRE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT COMPLETLY. THE POLICE SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A FAILURE BEFORE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE CURRENT FIRESTONE TIRE DEFECTS. THIS VEHICLE IS USED TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN WITH AND THERE WERE 4 OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT24575R16 )

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. VIBRATION/SHAKING NOTED, HOWEVER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY AND CORRECT. VEHICLE HAS HAD 3 SETS OF TIRES, L FRONT AND REAR AXELS REPLACED, BRAKE ROTORS TURNED 4 TIMES, AND 2 BATTERIES.

THE STANDARD SPECIFIED TIRES FOR THIS VEHICLE ARE INCOMPATIBLE FOR ITS WEIGHT.