2004 FORD E-350 Tires Problems

SIDEWALL SEPARATED COMPLETELY ON ONE TIRE AND THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE BODY IF ANOTHER TIRE. BOTH TIRES ARE THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. DEAN MUD TERRAIN SXT M+S LT245/75-R16 DOT ON TIRE WITH SIDEWALL SEPARATION UP11-DNW-0108 DOT ON TIRE WITH TREAD LUG SEPARATION UP11-DNW-0108 FAILURES OCCURRED AT THE SAME TIME ON A 2004 FORD E350 ECONOLINE. DURING FREEWAY OPERATION, OPERATOR FELT A RUMBLE AND SLOWED AND PULLED OVER TO THEN NOTICE THE SIDEWALL HAD SEPARATED. HE THEN ALSO NOTICED THE REAR. CHANGED TIRES TO A DIFFERENT BRAND AND CONTACTED COOPER THE PARENT COMPANY OF DEAN TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. NO RECALL WAS STATED UNDER THEIR COMPANY. FOUR OF THE TIRES ON THE VAN ARE UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY DIRECTED ME TO CONTACT A LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR TO CHANGE THEM. STILL HAVE THE TIRES AND HAVE YET TO CHANGE THEM OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD E350. EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH T/A A/S TIRES, SIZE: LT245/75R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12T019000 (TIRES: TREAD/BELT) WAS RECEIVED JULY OF TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE WAIT FOR THE REPAIRS HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS A PASSENGER IN A 15 PASSENGER VAN COMING TO TRANSPORT ME FROM THE AIRPORT. IT WAS A WHITE FORD CLUB WAGON (YEAR UNKNOWN). WE WERE GOING AT 70 MILES PER HOUR ON CRUISE CONTROL. THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND WE BEGAN TO SWERVE AND THEN STARTED TO DO 360 DEGREE TURNS AND THEN HIT A GUARDRAIL AND FLIPPED 1.5 TIMES. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND SEVERAL MORE WERE INJURED SEVERELY. THE FRONT PASSENGER HAD TO HAVE THE JAWS OF LIFE TO REMOVE HER FROM THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE TIRE WAS UNDER SIZED. *SC THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR AXLE WAS OVER WEIGHT BY 400 POUNDS. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE RV EXCEEDS THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. (MICHELIN LOAD RANGE E TIRES.) *JB