1995 FORD E-350 Tires Problems

FRONT LEFT TIRE WEARING ON SHOULDER QUICKER THAN EXPECTED. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND TIRE TREAD SEPARATING CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. ALSO FOUND RIGHT INNER DUEL TIRE WITH LOW TIRE PRESSURE, AFTER REMOVING TIRE, FOUND AIR HAD LEAKED INTO INNER SIDEWALL WHICH CAUSED A BUBBLE WHICH RUBBED AGAINST CHASSIS CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT. RECALL HEARING LOUD NOISE AT RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE ON LAST TRIP IN NOVEMBER 2009 BUT COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE OF NOISE UNTIL INSPECTION OF TIRE. TIRE LABELED AS RIDGE RUNNER RADIAL APR DATE CODE 3402. SIZE LT225/75R16. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD E350. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL A/T TIRES, SIZE LT225/75R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE INSIDE OF THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,548. UPDATED 08/04/08. *LJ UPDATED 08/06/08

ON A 1995 FORD ECONOLINE 350 STANDARD BOX VAN, THE REAR TWO TIRES DEVELOPED WOBBLES WHILE DRIVING, ABOUT TWO WEEKS APART. CHECKED THEM AND THE TREADS HAD SEPARATED. HAD THEM REPLACED WITH TIRES FROM ANOTHER VAN. ON THE 26TH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE DID THE SAME THING. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH NEW TIRES AND KEPT THE DEFECTIVES. BRIDGESTONE DUELER APT II'S LT245/75R16. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FOUR INCIDENTS OF TREAD SEPARATION IN FOUR MONTHS, KELLY SPRINGFIELD IS THE MAKE

WHILE TRANSPORTING PATIENT TO HOSPITAL REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF TIRE,CAUSING DAMAGE TO INSIDE FENDER WELL.*AK (DOT NUMBER: DA180P TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

HAS THIS TIRE BEEN RECALLED? I WAS VERY LUCKY THIS TIME!! (DOT NUMBER: VD1L1XB026 TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD MASSIVE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. MOVED CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CHANGED OUT TIRE. PRIOR TO FAILURE NOTICED THUMPING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE THAT SHOOK VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS STRUCK TO CAUSE THIS INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. I SUSPECTED SOMETHING WAS WRONG PRIOR TO THE FAILURE WHEN THE THUMPING NOISE BECAME NOTICABLE, HOWEVER I THOUGHT THE TIRES MIGHT NEED BALANCING. NOW THERE ARE MORE THUMPING NOISES SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGEOUT THE THE REMAINING THREE TIRES. I TRIED TO CONTACT FIRESTONE BUT THE WAIT TIME TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WAS TOO LONG. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING IT IN FOR YOUR ANALYSIS SINCE I AM IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA.*AK (DOT NUMBER: V6TTBTA TIRESIZE: 245/75R16)