2001 FORD EXPEDITION Tires Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTRI TRAC AW TIRES, LINE SIZE P275/60/R17. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE TREAD OF THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED. THE CONTACT INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT NOTICED ANY PRIOR ISSUES WITH THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,230 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,239.

MY FAMILY'S FORD EXPEDITION HAD A GOODRICH LONG TRAIL T/A TIRE DISINTEGRATE DUE TO PLY SEPARATION. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING AND THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. THIS HAPPENED AT 10:30 PM ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION. THE VEHICLE HAD CONTINENTAL GRABBER AW TIRES, SIZE P275/60R17 (NA) THREE YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME, ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DROVE ROUGHLY AND THE TIRES BEGAN TO FORM BUBBLES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS GENERAL CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC SUV TIRES, SIZE 275/60R17 (NA) AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE FIRST SET OF TIRES THAT HE REPLACED AND TO HAVE THE CURRENT TIRES REPLACED. HE REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02T012000 (TIRES:TREAD/BELT). THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION WITH CONTINENTAL 265/70 TIRES PURCHASED AT WAL-MART ON 8/05 STARTED VIBRATING REALLY BAD ON 5/07, WENT TO WAL-MART FOR BALANCE & ROTATE AND TIRE INSPECTION. WAL-MART SAID TIRES LOOKED FINE. DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY 1 TIRE SEPARATED. GOT IN REPLACED WITH THE SAME BRAND. 6/07 ANOTHER TIRE SEPARATION ON FREEWAY. *JB

1. FORD FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL: 12/2/02 ALL TIRES REPLACED AS PER RECALL REQUIREMENTS. MILEAGE: 15750. 2. FRIDAY, 4/21/2006: DURING A ROAD TRIP THIS PAST WEEKEND, MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE SHREDDED. I HEARD THUDDING NOISES, PULLED OFF THE I-75, CHECKED AROUND MY 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING WRONG. HOWEVER A FEW MILES LATER, I REALIZED SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG AND PULLED OFF OF THE FREEWAY. I CALLED 911 SOMETIME BETWEEN 3 AND 3:15 PM 4/21/06 FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. TIM THE TOWMAN TOWED MY VEHICLE OFF THE FREEWAY TO A NEARBY GAS STATION. THERE HE OBSERVED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD SHREDDED. THE SHREDDING PROCESS CAUSED DAMAGE AS FOLLOWS: A) RIGHT FRONT BUMPER NOW DANGLES BECAUSE SCREWS SHEARED OFF APPARENTLY; B) TIRE CASING NEEDS TO BE RESECURED, SINCE IT WAS FLAPPING. C) THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE AS WELL AS CABLES. EST. MILEAGE: 47600. 3....

SINCE I GOT THE TRUCK THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN FAILING, ALSO THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST HAD US KILLED. THE BACK DOOR LOCKS BY ITSELF AND CAN'T BE OPENED. AIR COMES IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND IT ALSO LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE VERY WASTED, ALSO I WAS LIED ABOUT THE INTEREST RATE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY INTEREST WOULD BE 6.78% AND IN THE CONTRACT IT APPEARS AS 12.15%.*JB

PURCHASED A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION FROM MAROONE FORD IN MARGATE ON 11/05/2004. THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THIS VEHICLE WERE THE CONTITRAC AW ID # 02T012000. ON 04/02/05 WHILE TRAVELING ON I-95 AT THE SPEED OF 55 MPH MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUCK UNDER CONTROL WITHOUT HITTING ANY OTHER CARS AND I WAS NOT INJURED. I HAD THAT TIRED REPLACED THE SAME DAY AND THOUGHT IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ON I-95 THAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. ON 05/21/05 WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON COMMERCIAL BLVD IN FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA AT A SPEAD OF 30 MHP THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, I DROVE THE TRUCK INTO TIRE KINGDOM AND HAD THAT TIRE REPLACED AS WELL. THIS MORNING WHILE PARKING AT WORK I NOTICED THREAD SEPARATION LUMPS HAD DEVELOPED ON THE TWO REMAINING TIRES, AT THIS POINT I REALIZED SOMETHING HAD...

TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING CAUSING VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL FROM SIDE TO SIDE, NO CRASH

TIRE RECALL FROM CONTINENTAL TIRES. *MR. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE HAD A BUMPY RIDE, WHEN HE CHECKED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS DAMAGED, THE RUBBER HAD PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND THE WIRES WERE EXPOSED. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 MONTHS LATER. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL, BUT IT HAD ALREADY ENDED. *JB

TIRE SEPARATION ON A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND SIDE PANEL OF THE VEHICLE. *NM

AT 30 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED ONE OF THE TIRES WAS MAKING A RUMBLING NOISE. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. FIRESTON STELLTEX, SIZE ATLT265/75R16. *AK

WHILE DRIVING REAR LEFT TIRE FELL OFF OF VEHICLE. *MR *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

THIS IS A MODIFIED COPY OF A LETTER SENT TO CONTINENTAL TIRE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. AND TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THE REASON FOR INFORMING THE NHTSA OF THIS IS THE HOPE THAT THESE COMPANIES WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PRODUCTS THEY SELL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. I DRIVE IS A 2001 FORD EXPEDITION, WHICH AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT HAD 26,000 MILES ON IT AND CAME STOCKED WITH GENERAL GRABBER AW TIRES DOT# ADT044T4900 SIZE 275/60/17. THE REASON FOR THIS LETTER IS NOT ONLY TO INFORM YOU OF MY DISGUST, BUT ALSO TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS TIRE CAUSED CLOSE TO $3,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND ALSO PUT MY FAMILY AND I IN DANGER ON THAT DAY AND EVERY OTHER DAY WE DROVE ON GENERAL TIRES. I ALSO WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL TIRE DISTRIBUTORSHIPS, THE TIRES WERE POORLY MADE AND IN ORDER FOR FORD TO...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH AND WITH NO WARNING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEWOUT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE'S RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT CAUSE.

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON 10/25/02 FROM CONTINENTAL WHICH STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CONTINENTAL TIRES GENERAL GRABBER AW P275/60R17. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED REPLACEMENT TIRES BECAUSE THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. RECALL #02T012000. *NLM

CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR FAILED TIRES. *AK *JB

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT TIRE RECALL REPLACEMENT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE OWNERS MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS. TIRE RECALL CALLED FOR REPLACED CONTINENTAL TIRE P275/60R17 GENERAL GRABBER AW WITH SMALLER TIRES P265/70R17 CONTENTIAL CONTITRAC TIRES. *TT *NLM

(NHTSA RECALL# 02T012000) CONTINENTAL TIRE TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE NUMBERS DIDN'T MATCH, THEREFORE THE SERVICE WAS DECLINED. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL DID IN FACT INCLUDE HER VEHICLE'S TIRES AND THAT CONTINENTAL TIRES SHOULD HAVE REIMBURSED HER. TS SCC

LEFT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT IN DRIVE WAY DUE TO ROAD HAZARD, WHEN TIRE WAS CHANGED NOTICED 3" CRACK IN SIDEWALL. WENT TO GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE, WHERE THEY FOUND ALL OTHER TIRES HAD CRACK IN SIDEWALL ALL OF WHICH WERE AT LEAST 1" WIDE. GENERAL REP., STATES THEY ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. TIRE MANUF. UNCOOPERATIVE. DT

PRIOR TO LEAVING MY HOUSE FOR A TRIP TO NAPA VALLEY WITH MY FAMILY, I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURES ON ALL FOUR TIRES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF. I HAVE 6 RELATIVELY SMALL-SIZED ADULT AND A CHILD AS PASSENGERS. 25 MILES INTO THE TRIP, TRAVELLING ON THE SLOW LANE OF INTERSTATE 880, I HEARD A POPPING SOUND AS IF SOMETHING HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. A FEW SECONDS LATER, I CAN SEE SMOKE FROM BEHIND THROUGH MY SIDE MIRROR AND A SHUDDER. REALIZING I HAD A FLAT TIRE, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE OUTER SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED ITSELF FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. AN OFFICER OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL BY THE NAME OF OFFICER ESPIRITU ASSISTED US IN GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET PICTURES OF...

WHILE ON TRIP ON HIGHWAY TIRE BEGAN RIDING ROUGH, CALLED FORD NATIONAL CUSTOMER HOTLINE, WHILE TALKING TO FORD TIRE DELAMINATED CAUSING OUT OF CONTROL CONDITION, FORD SAYS TIRES PUT ON VOLENTARY RECALL TWO DAYS EARLIER, $1,290 DAMAGE TO CAR, FORD DENIES RESPONSIBILITY, FORD UNABLE TO REPLACE TIRES WHILE ON TRIP, NO FORD DEALER BETWEEN ATLANTA AND MIAMI ABLE TO SUPPLY TIRES THUS REQUIRING DRIVING FROM ATLANTA WITHOUT SPARE AND ON 4 RECALLED TIRES. CONTINENTAL WILL ONLY REPLACE WITHOUT CHARGE THROUGH FORD DEALER, OTHERWISE REQUIRING CUSTOMER TO PAY FOR REPLACMENT AND THEN "SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSMENT" FROM CONTINENTAL. ARMSTRONG FORD, HOMESTEAD, FL, SERVICE MGR, FRED OLIVERA SAYS THAT CONTINENTAL WILL NOT PAY FOR DAMMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR TIRES AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED INTO A TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TIRE. *AK