2000 FORD EXCURSION Tires Problems

ON SEPT. 27, 2002 ABOUT 40 MILES BEFORE MY ACTUAL BLOW OUT, I FELT AND HEARD SOMETHING ON THE DRIVERS' SIDE REAR TIRE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A ROCK FROM MY WHEEL WELL, EXCEPT I WAS ON A HIGHWAY WITH NO ROCKS TO BE FOUND. MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE SO I KEPT MY SPEED AT ABOUT 60 MPH. ABOUT 40 MILES LATER, MY REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. ON JULY 3, 2002 I HAD ALL OF MY TIRES CHECKED BECAUSE I FELT UNSAFE IN MY TRUCK. MY TIRES DID NOT DRIVE SMOOTHLY ANYMORE. THE FACTORY REP. FROM FIRESTONE WAS THERE AND PERSONALLY CHECKED MY TIRES AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE FINE CONDITION AND I HAD A LOT OF WEAR LEFT ON THEM. HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD ROTATE AND BALANCE MY TIRES. I SUBMITTED A REPORT TO FIRESTONE ASKING FOR THEM TO PAY MY TRUCK REPAIR...

THE LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT. *JB

I HAVE HAD TWO BRIDGSTONE TIRES WITH APROX 35,000 MILES ON THE FAIL / SEPERATE WITH IN 70 MILES BOTH TIRES HAVE SAME DOT CODES AS WELL AS THE OTHER ON MY TRUCK THE TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE DUELER A/T SIZE 285/75/R16 WITH THE CODE OF EJLFCCB0200

THE LEFT REAR TIRE OF MY FORD EXCURSION EXPLODED DURING NORMAL HIGHWAY USAGE. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S II, LT 265/75R16. THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS UNDERINFLATION OF TIRE.

WHILE TRAVELING THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW. SIZE#lt26575r16, PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT#. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

3 OF 4 TIRES BAD ON 2000 EXCURSION WITHIN 5 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER FROM JUNE 6THTHROUGH OCTOBER 4TH. FIRST TIRE DEVELOPED SIDEWALL TREAD BUBBLE ON LEFT REAR TIRE, TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, SECOND TIRE DEVELOPED SIDEWALL TREAD BULBBLE ON LEFT FRONT TIRE WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. THIRD TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY WHILE PULLING TRAILER, DAMAGING RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL

A DRIVERS FRONT FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRE, ON A 2000 FORD EXCURSION EXPLODED ON JULY 7, 2002 ON I-95 IN WALTERBORO, SC. MY GIRLFRIEND AGNES AND A GOOD FRIEND DAVE WERE KILLED, DAVES 11 YR OLD SON MAX SUFFERED A SEVERLY BROKEN RIGHT FEMER, DAVES WIFE, CHERYL HAD SEVERAL DEEP CUTS AND SCRAPES I HAVE A SEVERLY BROKEN LEFT FEMER AND KNEE DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE TIRE WAS GOING TO FAIL.

75 MPH, LOUD BANG AND COMPLETE TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SIDEWALLS INTACT BUT TREAD COMPLETELY MISSING. DT

NO SUMMARY. DT

CONSUMERS DAUGHTER HAD STOPPED FOR GAS WHEN THE ATTENDANT CALLED ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE TIRE WAS COMING APART. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND THE DAUGHTER HAS THE DEFECTIVE TIRE AND PAPER WORK. *JG

CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WHILE IN MOTION EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW INTO PIECES. THE TIRES DID NOT APPLY TO THE FIRESTONE RECALL.. *JG

CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WHILE IN MOTION, EXPERIENCED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOWING INTO PIECES. THE TIRES WER FIRESTONE BUT DID NOT APPLY TO THE RECALL. *JG

NO SXUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE HAD THREE TIRE SEPARATIOND IN A THREE WEEK TIME PERIOD.*AK

SIDEWALL BLEWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED -- LOST THE ENTIRE TREAD, RIM AND SIDEWALL WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP. TIRES HAD 35000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE REGULARLY ROTATED. TIRE PRESSURE HAD JUST BEEN CHECKED 25 MILES BEFORE INCIDENT.

TREADS SEPARATED AND WRAPPED AROUND FRONT AXLE, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO LOCK UP. *AK

DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THERE WAS NO DAMGAGE TO THE VEHICLE. FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT265/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT (DOT UNKNOWN), MOUTNED ON A FORD EXCURSION 2000.*AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT A THIRD TIRE BLEWOUT 1 WEEK LATER. ALL TIRES HAD PLENTY OF TREAD AND ALL HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *TT

REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 3000 MILES ON A 2000 FORD EXCURSION. PASSENGER REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT AT 73 MPH.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT HE WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE, FIRESTONE TIRE, NO OTHER TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC

THIS IS OUR SECOND TIRE BLOWOUT AND THIRD TIRE PROBLEM WITH THESE FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TIRES. THE 1ST BLOW OUT I CONTACTED FIRESTONE AND EVEN SENT THEM WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE AND ALL I RECEIVED BACK WAS A FORM LETTER STATING THAT THE TIRE WAS DRIVEN ON WHILE UNDER INFLATED. WHICH I KNOW IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE I CHECK THE TIRES BEFORE GOING ON ANY ROAD TRIP AND INFLATE TO THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE. THE FIRST BLOW OUT WAS NOVEMBER 1, 2001 WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE EXCURSION AND THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING IT GOING AROUND 75 MPH. BOTH TIMES, THE TIRE HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. MY WIFE AND I FEEL LUCKY THAT BOTH TIMES WE WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND BRING IT TO A STOP SAFELY. BUT I CAN EASILY SEE HOW SOMEONE COULD LOOSE CONTROL UNDER THIS SITUATION. YOU NEED TO...

ALL FOUR FIRESTONE TIRES FAILED (FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T, LT265/75R16-119/116-L.R.DM/S). NLM

FRONT TIRES WORE QUICKLY AND BADLY ON OUTSIDE OF TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16) (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT POSTED SPEED (65) AND HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AT TIME OF TIRE FAILURE. JUST A FEW MOMENTS (APPROX 1 MINUTE) BEFORE THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO WANT TO "WANDER" A BIT AS IF A TIRE WERE A BIT LOW. THEN THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION, THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE RIGHT REAR, WE GOT A LOT OF VIBRATION AND LOUD INTERNAL NOISE. WE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND MANUEVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BOTH SIDEWALLS HAD BLOWN COMPLETELY FREE OF TREAD "BELT" SEPARATING FAIRLY UNIFORMLY ALONG A LINE ROUGHLY 1 INCH BELOW THE TREAD. TIRE WAS IN 3 DISTINCT PIECES, ALL 3 PIECES IN TACT AND WRAPPED AROUND THE WHEEL AND AXLE. ONLY VISIBLE BREAK IN INTERIOR SURFACE OF TREAD WAS A PIECE OF THE STEEL BELT MATERIAL PROTRUDING INTO THE TIRE APPROX 3/8 INCH. OTHERWISE, INTERIOR SURFACE CLEAN...

I ENTERED ON FREEWAY AND WAS GETTING UP TO FREEWAY SPEED WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED. I WAS TOWING A 32' TRAVEL TRAILER. WE STARTED TO JACKNIFE. I ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT, THEN I STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND AGAIN STARTED TO JACKNIFE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SO I AGAIN ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKES TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, THEN I TRIED TO BRAKE AND SLOW AGAIN AND WE STARTED TO JACKNIFE, SO I AGAIN ACCELERATED AND USED MY TRAILER BRAKES. THE TRAILER WHIPPED AROUND AND SLAMMED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE EXCURSION. BROKE LOOSE, TIPPED OVER, TOTALING TRAILER AND DAMAGING EXCURSION. IT WHIPPED US AROUND AND SHOOK US UP PRETTY GOOD. (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

ALL FOUR FIRESTONE TIRES FAILED (FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T, LT265/75R16-119/116-L.R.DM/S). NLM

SEPTEMBER 18, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM MY WIFE EXPERIENCED A BONA-FIDE BLOW-OUT OF THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX ON OUR 2000 EXCURSION. I HAD CHECKED AIR PRESSURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 55 PSI IN EACH TIRE. LISA WAS PROCEEDING EAST BOUND ON THE SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY ON CLEAR ROADS, IN THE MIDDLE LANE, AT 65 TO 70 MPH, WHEN THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OCCURRED. THEIR WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS NOTED, AND NO TREAD DAMAGE OTHER THAN A COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATIONTHIS MORNING I REPLACED ALL OF THE FIRESTONES WITH MICHELINS FOR $884.65 AT DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY ON FM 1960. I DO NOT WANT TO FURTHER ENDANGER MY FAMILY WITH THESE TIRES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS STEERING TO RIGHT WHILE CONSUMER WAS PULLING IT TO LEFT FOR A SPLIT SECOND. THEN, HE REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM ACELLERATOR, AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDERS. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX TIRES. *AK

GOING 25 MPH, WE HEARD A SWISH NOISE AND IT WAS THE SIDEWALL OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THERE WAS A 3" LONG TEAR IN THE SIDEWALL THAT GOES INTO THE TREAD AREA. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. LAST TIME WE WERE GOING 60 MPH AND THE TIRE SHREDDED BEFORE WE COULD COME SAFELY TO A STOP. BOTH TIMES IT'S BEEN THE SAME LOCATION, REAR DRIVER SIDE. BOTH TIMES IT'S BEEN A SIDE WALL FAILURE. WE ARE REPLACING ALL TIRES INCLUDING THE SPARE AS I DO NOT TRUST THEM. MY TIRES ARE NOT UNDER THE RECALL AND FORD/FIRESTONE SAID IT IS A ROAD HAZARD PROBLEM AND/OR TIRE INFLATION. THEY WERE AT 65 PSI AND THE MAX RATING IS 80 PSI. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 15 YEARS NOW AND THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE TO HAVE THE SIDEWALL GO OUT AND FOR IT TO HAPPEN TWICE IN...

GOING 25 MPH, WE HEARD A SWISH NOISE AND IT WAS THE SIDEWALL OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THERE WAS A 3" LONG TEAR IN THE SIDEWALL THAT GOES INTO THE TREAD AREA. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. LAST TIME WE WERE GOING 60 MPH AND THE TIRE SHREDDED BEFORE WE COULD COME SAFELY TO A STOP. BOTH TIMES IT'S BEEN THE SAME LOCATION, REAR DRIVER SIDE. BOTH TIMES IT'S BEEN A SIDE WALL FAILURE. WE ARE REPLACING ALL TIRES INCLUDING THE SPARE AS I DO NOT TRUST THEM. MY TIRES ARE NOT UNDER THE RECALL AND FORD/FIRESTONE SAID IT IS A ROAD HAZARD PROBLEM AND/OR TIRE INFLATION. THEY WERE AT 65 PSI AND THE MAX RATING IS 80 PSI. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 15 YEARS NOW AND THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE TO HAVE THE SIDEWALL GO OUT AND FOR IT TO HAPPEN TWICE IN...

TOWING 30' TRAVEL TRAILER, REAR AXLE WT. OF 5000 LBS, REAR TIRES INFLATED TO 55 PSI, AVERAGE SPEED 65MPH (TIRESIZE: 265/75-16)

TOWING 30' TRAVEL TRAILER, REAR AXLE WT. OF 5000 LBS, REAR TIRES INFLATED TO 55 PSI, AVERAGE SPEED 65MPH

SIDEWALL OF TIRE COMING APART. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

WHILE TRAVELLING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, WE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON COMPLETING OUR TRIP HOME, I MADE NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS REGARDING THE TIRES AND EVENTUALLY WAS REFERRED TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE TIRE DEALER. AFTER VISITING THE DEALER AND HAVING MY TIRE INSPECTED, FIRESTONE CLAIMS I HAD VALVE STEM FAILURE. (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON FREEWAY PASSING A TRUCK RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. TIRE SIZE LT26575R16, DOT# VNWS1X02600. *AK FIRESTONE STEELTEX. *SLC

FORTUNATELY FOR MY FAMILY AND I, WE WERE TRAVELING ALONG A STRAIGHT SECTION OF TURNPIKE JUST SOUTH OF TULSA, OK AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70MPH. WITHOUT WARNING, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE SIDEWALL IS COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE TREAD. THE TREAD ON THE TIRE IS FINE AND THERE WERE NO PUNCTURES OR OTHER DEFECTS IN THE TIRE. IT TOOK THE TIRE TO TWO SEPARATE TIRE DEALERS (NOT FIRESTONE) FOR THEIR OPINIONS. BOTH INDICIATED THAT THE TIRE SUFFERED FROM A TOTAL SIDEWALL FAILURE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. BOTH DEALERS EXAMINED THE TIRE FOR PUNCTURES, ETC. THERE WERE NONE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE AND TIRE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ASSISTANCE. SO FAR, THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY RELUCTANT TO ASSIST. THEY HAVE AGREED TO REPLACE THE ONE TIRE. HOWEVER, I LIVE IN FEAR OF PLACING MY FAMILY OF FIVE IN MY PRACTICALLY NEW $40,000 VEHICLE. I HAVE ZERO CONFIDENCE IN THESE TIRES...

FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL R4S, LT265/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD, EXCURSION WITH 36000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT. FIRESTONE DEALER EXAMINED TIRE, FOUND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE TIRE.*AK DOT NUMBER VNW81XY389. *SLC

ORIGINAL TIRE ON A FORD EXCURSION. PASSENGER REAR TIRE BLEWOUT AT A LOW SPEED, TIRE POPPED AND BLEW APART.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE, LT265/75R15, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING ON A DIRT ROAD. *SLC

TIRE SUDDENLY FAILED LOOSING TRED AND BLOWING OUT ON RETURN TRIP FROM DALLAS TX ON INERSTATE I-40 IN WEST MEMPHIS, ARK THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 4500 MILES ON THEM . BOTH FORD AND DEALER SAID "NOT MY PROBLEM" AT BLOW OUT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND IF THERE HAD BEEN HEAVY TRAFFIC A COLLISION WOULD HAVE OCCURED AS THE VEHICLE SWERVED FROM ONE LANE TO ANOTHER WHILE STOPPING IT. THE TIRE WAS MADE AT THE CANADA PLANT AND WAS THE STANDARD ISSUE 265X16R (DOT NUMBER: VNW8 IXY TIRESIZE: 16)

ALL INFORMATION ON TIRES: LT265/75R16 119/116R. OTHER NUMBERS ON TIRES 32014 EX BM 20119-3 . SO FAR I HAVE NOT HAD BLOWOUT BUT THESE TIRES ARE LOSING 4-6PSI PER WEEK WITH NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. ONE TIRE HAS LOST 23 PSI AND I AM NOW USING THE SPARE WHICH IS ALSO SLOWLY LOSING PRESSURE OVER TIME. FORS HAD BEEN E-MAILED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. IT IS GOING TO DEALER NEXT WEEK FOR INSPECTION OF TIRES. WHY ARE YOU INVESTIGATING THE STEELTEX TIRES? ALSO I SENT A PHONE COMPLAINT IN SEVERAL DAYS AGO ABOUT MY LICOLN MARK VIII AND THE COMPLETE DETERIIORATION OF THE HEADLAMP SYSTEM. SEVERAL OTHER MARK VIII'S AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAVE HAD TO HAVE THESE REPLACED DUE TO DETERIORATION OF THE LENS. MY CAR WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. NO ONE HAS GOTTEN BACK TO ME ABOUT THE RECEIPT OF THE COMPLAINT. DID YOU...

NO EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE, JUST KIND OF DISINTEGRATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ? TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

BLOWOUT ON LEFT REAR TIRE,GOOD THING BLOWOUT ON REAR, BLOWOUT ON FROUT TIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING ON I-15 NORTH BOUND SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS AT APP. 9:30 PM I HIT SOME THING THAT WAS ON THE ROAD THAT CAUSED BOTH TIRES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR TO BLOW OUT. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE OBJECT WAS. I STEERED OFF THE ROAD AND CREATED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. I NOTIFED MY ISSURANCE AGENT LEON HEATON, FARMERS INSURANCE 702-363-0026. THEY CREATED CLAIM # 78120742. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FIRESTONE ON RANCHO BLVD IN LAS VEGAS, AND HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AT FRIENDLY FORD OF LAS VEGAS 702-877-7600. *AK (DOT NUMBER: UNK TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: BM20119-1 TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, EXCURSION LT265/75R16 SIZE. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE WORN OUT .*AK THE TIRES HAVE WORN OUT PREMATURELY. *YH

ON 04/28/2000, I WAS TOWING MY BOAT AND TRAILER TO LAKE ERIE ON OHIO STATE ROUTE 11 NORTH WHEN MY RIG SUDDENLY BEGAN TO FISHTAIL EXTENSIVELY IN PERFECT ROAD AND WHETHER CONDITIONS AND AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 50MPH. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED ELECTRIC TRAILER BRAKES TO ALL FOUR TRAILER WHEELS WHICH DID OPERATE BUT TO NO AVAIL. I THEN TRIED TO HOLD THE BRAKES ON THE TRAILER AND ALSO APPLY ACCERATION TO THE TRUCK TO PULL THIS RIG OUT OF THE FISHTAIL. WITHIN A MATTER OF 5 SECONDS OR LESS, I WAS THROWN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO THE HILLSIDE WITH A BLOWN RIGHT REAR TIRE ON THE TRUCK. HAVING PULLED BOATS AND TRAILERS ALL OF MY LIFE I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THIS RIG GOT AWAY FROM ME SO FAST, ESPECIALLY AT THE SPEED I WAS GOING. AFTER EVERYTHING ABOUT FIRESTONE TIRES THAT CAME OUT IN...

WE RAN ACROSS SOME MINOR ROAD DEBRIS WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE SIDE WALLS OF BOTH FRONT TIRES. BOTH TIRES DISINFLATED VERY RAPIDLY MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO SAFETY. WE HAD SEVEN (7) CHILDREN AND TWO (2) ADULTS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. WE FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY FOUR (4) NEW TIRES AT THIS TIME. (TIRESIZE: 16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON ON OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. THE TIRES STARTED MAKING A NOISE FOR A MINUTE OR SO, THEN THE BLOW-OUT. RUBBER WAS BOUNCING OFF THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE INSTANTANEOUSLY, BUT HANDLED WELL AND WAS MANEUVERED TO THE ROADSIDE. THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A KNIFE AND CUT OUT THE INSIDE SIDE WALL OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT. IT LITTERALLY BLEWOUT THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. WENT TO FORD DEALERSHIP & FIRESTONE DEALER, NEITHER WOULD REPLACE OR DO ANYTHING. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDW8 1X050 TIRESIZE: LT265/7516)

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 FORD EXCURSION THAT IS 11 MONTHS OLD WITH 20,700 MILES. I HAVE JUST DROPPED MY TRUCK OFF YESTERDAY FOR ROUTINE SERVICE WHERE I PURCHASED IT (GLADSTONE FORD, LONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE). I HAVE A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE FIRESTONE STEELTEK R4S TIRES THAT CAME AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON MY FORD EXCURSION. MY TIRES ARE SO WORN THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT I PROBABLY WILL NOT GET THE WINTER OUT OF THEM. I HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED TO HIM THAT WHEN WE DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAT THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE COMPLAINED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE SHAKE IS GETTING WORSE. I AM ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HEARD ON THE TELEVISION ON FRIDAY EVENING 09/29/00 THAT THE NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THESE TIRES FOR POSSIBLE DEFECTS. IS THE SHAKING A SIGN OF THE TREAD...

VEHICLE HAS ROUGH RIDE, HANDLING,LOSS OF CONTROL ON BAD-ROUGH ROADS[CROSS BRONX]. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 119/116R TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

RIGHT FRONT TIRE FOUND WITH 1/2 INCH VERTICAL CUT MIDWAY UP SIDEWALL. NO EVIDENCE OF ROAD HAZZARD OR OTHER DAMAGE. FORD DEALER (ISLAND FORD BLUFTON SC) REPLACED AT OWNERS COST STATING DAMAGE MUST HAVE BEEN ROAD HAZZARD. APRIL 2000 APPROX MILES 10,000. ADDITIONAL INFO. WHILE LOOKING FOR DOT NUMBER ON TIRES, NONE IS SHOWN, ALL THREE ORIGIONAL TIRES HAVE NOTICABLE SIDEWALL INDENTATIONS ABOVE THE "R4X" INFLATION IS APPROX 45PSI. HAVE NOTIFIED FORD. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT TIRE INDUCED SEVERE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING DESPITE REPEATED BALANCING AND ADJUSTMENTS. WE ARE NOW WORRIED THAT AT HIGHWAY SPEED AN INTERNAL DEFECT MAY THE ROOT CAUSE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: CAN'T TELL TIRESIZE: 265 75 16)