1997 FORD ECONOLINE Tires Problems

1997 FORD ECONOLINE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TIRE ISSUES AND REPAIR REIMBURSEMENT.* LD THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE TIRES ON HER VEHICLE WERE RECALLED. HOWEVER, SHE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. RECALL #12T007000. *JB

ORIGINAL TIRES. TIRE #1 (SIZE: LT225/75R16, DOT: VD1L1XD267) HAD SIDE SEPARATION AT 9,785 MILES..TIRE #2 (SIZE: LT225/75R16, DOT: VD1L1XD247) HAD BLOWOUT WITH TOTAL TREAD SEPARATIED ON AT 70 MPH WITH NO WARNING WITH 27,572 MILES..TIRE #3 (SIZE: LT225/75R16, DOT: VD1L1DX267) HAD BLOWOUT WITH TOTAL TREAD SEPARTION WIH NO WARNING AT 65MPH WITH 32,981 MILES....TIRES 2 & 3 BLOWOUTS CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH REAR UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE.IE..BREAK SYSTEM, EXHAUST SYTEM, HOLDING TANK AND RUNNING BOARDS..I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONTACT WITH BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE ..NEITHER ARE WILL TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES. TIRES AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDILIKD267 TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

TIRE DE-LAMINATED AND THEN BLEW OUT. NO OBJECT HIT WITH TIRE. INFLATION VERIFIED AT 80PSI.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

CONSUMER BF GOODRICH TIRES (P255/70R15) ARE SPLITTING AND CRACKING. NLM

I WAS TRAVELLING ON HWY.401 NEAR WELCOME, ONTARIO AT APROX. 100 KM/H WHEN I HEARD A LOUND BANG. I SAW LARGE PIECES OF TIRE TREAD FLYING OUT THE REAR OF MY MOTORHOME. ON EXAMINATION I SAW THE ENTIRE TREAD WAS MISSING FROM THE TIRE AND IT WAS STILL HISSING (AIR ESCAPING). I LATER LEARNED THAT THE TIRE DEBRIS HAD HIT MY EXHAUST PIPE AND DISLODGED IT CAUSING IT TO REST ON THE SEPTIC HOLDING TANK. HEAT FROM THE EXHAUST CAUSED SMOKE AND FUMES TO ENTER THE R.V. IT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HOLDING TANK WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL AND HAD APROX. 30,000 KM. THE INFLATION HAD JUST BEEN CHECKED. I HAVE CONTACTED FIRESTONE CANADA AND THEY ADVISE THESE TIRES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECALL. I HAVE LEFT A VOICE MAIL WITH TRANSPORT CANADA BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK AT THIS TIME. I FEEL...

INCIDENT HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. TREAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM TIRE AND WAS THROWN, BUT TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. VEHICLE WAS SAFELY STOPPED ON SHOULDER. TWO MORE TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF FAILURE. FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. (TIRESIZE: 225/75/16R)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75/16R )