1991 FORD EXPLORER Tires Problems

I PURCHASED TWO MICHELIN LTX MS2 235/75R15 TIRES FROM TIRE RACK.COM, E732381. THEY WERE DELIVERED SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 WITH AN INCORRECTLY COMPLETED OMB CONTROL NO. 2127-0050 TIRE REGISTRATION CARD. THE CARD LISTED THE BRAND AS BF GOODRICH AND THE TIRE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AS BETJMX912711. THE TIRES I RECEIVED ARE MICHELIN B3DDDVOX2511 ACCORDING TO THE TIRE SIDEWALLS. I CONTACTED TIRE RACK'S CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY ADVISED THAT THERE SYSTEM SHOWED THAT I WAS SENT MICHELIN B3DDDVOX2511 TIRES AND THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECTLY COMPLETE THE TIRE REGISTRATION CARD. DOES THIS COMPLY WITH DOT REGULATIONS REGARDING TIRE RETAILER'S CONDUCT REGARDING TIRE RECALL REGISTRATION? *TR

UNIROYAL TIRE SIDE WALL CRACKS LT 235 75R15 - NO FAILURE - JUST CRACK. ALL 4 OF MY TIRES HAD A SIDE WALL CRACK THE ENTIRE DIAMETER OF THE TIRE ABOUT 3 INCHES DOWN ON THE SIDE WALL . I NOTICED THE CRACK ON THE INSIDE AS WELL SO IT APPEARS THE TIRES HAD SOME ISSUE. I HAD NEVER APPLIED TIRE FOAM CLEANER(ARMOR ALL TIREFOAM PRIOR ) BUT ONE TIME THIS LAST WEEK I DID APPLY SOME AND FOUND THE CRACK. LOOKING UNDER THE 1991 FORD EXPLORER 4X4 I DID SEE THE SAME ISSUE ON THE INSIDE OF A FRONT TIRE AS WELL...I NEVER APPLIED ANY ARMOR ALL TYPE CLEANER ON THE INSIDE EITHER. UNIROYAL FACTORY PHONE SUPPORT BLAMED ME OF APPLYING TIRE CLEANER WHICH RUINS TIRES AND SO DID THE WALMART TIRE STORE STAFF . I NEVER APPLIED ANYTHING AS THIS IS AN OLDER VEHICLE WHICH AND NO PR...

I FOUND SEVERAL RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE. IT IS AN OLD VEHICLE, BUT I ONLY BOUGHT IT IN 2003. I KNOW SOME OF THEM EXPIRED, AND IT SAYS TO CONTACT FOD. I DID VIA WEB SITE. THEY DO NOT SHOW ANY RECALLS. BUT, YOU SHOWED ME OVER 5 RECALLS? CAN I STILL GET THEM FIXED? MY TIRES I GUESS, HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT THEY DID NIT REPLACE THE SPARE TIRE. I STILL HAVE THE RECALLED SPARE TIRE?? WHAT DO I DO NOW? CAN I DO ANYTHING? BUT, I STILL HAVE BAD TIRES, THE 2001 TIRE RECALL DOES NOT SAY WHAT BRAND? I HAVE ATX AND APT FIRESTONE TIRES. CAMPAIN #92V113000,91V189000,00T005000 AND ANOTHER TIRE RECALL, I DID NOT GET THE #, BUT IT WAS IN 2001. THANK YOU. *AK

I HAVE A FIRESTONE ATX SPARE TIRE AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON MY 1991 FORD EXPLORER. BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE PARTICIPATED IN A RECALL OF THESE TIRES. I WAS NEVER CONTACTED ABOUT THE RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO GET THIS TIRE REPLACED AND THEY SAY THEY CAN NO LONGER REPLACE MY TIRE. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINIED ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TIRES. STATED THAT TWO BACK TIRES BLEWOUT. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15 FROM FIRESTONE WHICH WERE REPLACEMENTS FROM THE FIRESTONE TIRES THAT WERE RECALLED.MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD ABOUT IT.*AK

2 TIRES SHOW FEATHERING & 2 TIRES ARE OUT OF ROUND. DT

I TOOK THE TIRE TO MY LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID I MUST CALL THEIR LOS ANGELES OFFICE. THE LA OFFICE SAID I MUST CALL THE TENNESSEE OFFICE. THE TENN. OFFICE SAID I MUST SEND THE TIRE TO THEM. I MAILED THE SEPARATED TIRE AND PARTS, AT MY EXPENSE, ON 09/23/96. THEIR LETTER ACKNOWLEDED RECEIPT OF THE TIRE AND SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT ME AFTER THEIR ANALYSIS. I NEVER HEARD FROM THEM AGIIN. MY INSURANCE COMPANY, USAA, ARRANGED FOR THE MASSIVE REPAIRS. I REPLACED ALL 4 FIRESTONE TIRES BECAUSE I FEARD FOR OUR SAFETY WHEN DRIVING ON THEM. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE 4 TIRES AND THE COST OF MAILING THE SEPARATED TIRE TO TENNESSE. THE COST OF MY TIME AND MENTAL ANGUISH IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235-75-R15)

I TOOK THE TIRE TO MY LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID I MUST CALL THEIR LOS ANGELES OFFICE. THE LA OFFICE SAID I MUST CALL THE TENNESSEE OFFICE. THE TENN. OFFICE SAID I MUST SEND THE TIRE TO THEM. I MAILED THE SEPARATED TIRE AND PARTS, AT MY EXPENSE, ON 09/23/96. THEIR LETTER ACKNOWLEDED RECEIPT OF THE TIRE AND SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT ME AFTER THEIR ANALYSIS. I NEVER HEARD FROM THEM AGIIN. MY INSURANCE COMPANY, USAA, ARRANGED FOR THE MASSIVE REPAIRS. I REPLACED ALL 4 FIRESTONE TIRES BECAUSE I FEARD FOR OUR SAFETY WHEN DRIVING ON THEM. I WANT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE 4 TIRES AND THE COST OF MAILING THE SEPARATED TIRE TO TENNESSE. THE COST OF MY TIME AND MENTAL ANGUISH IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235-75-R15)

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE BROKE OFF TRUCK AND BOUNCED AWAY. VEHICLE THAN FELL ON RIGHT SIDE AND DRAGGED UNTIL VECHICLE STOPPED. ENTIRE FRAME WAS DESTROYED.

FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 TIRES WITH UNKNOWN DOT NUMBER ARE ON RECALL ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, FIRESTONE INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE TIRES PURCHASED AFTER JANUARY 1ST 2000 WITH PROOF OF PURCHASE. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING,CONSUMER EXPERIENCED HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AFTER HAVING VEHICLE LOOKED AT, DEALER REPLACED HEAVY DUTY SHOCKS AND 4 NEW TIRES. *SLC

THE STEEL FIBERS WERE PROTRUDING THROUGH THE CONSUMER FIRESTONE ATX TIRES, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED. NLM

STEEL BELTED RADIAL LT, P235/75R15, DOT BFHKBL1408, 1994 REPLACEMENT TIRES WITH APPROXIMATELY 20000 MILES; ALL 4 TIRES SHOWED PATCHY/UNEVEN WEAR. *AK *SLC

LEFT REAR FIRESTONE ATX TIRE EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, VEHICLE FISHTAILED AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE ROLLED AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED AND PINNED UNDER VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, TIRE SIZE IS P235/75R15, DOT VDHL1PM136. *SLC

TIRE SEPARATION OCCURED ON INTERSTATE 66, VA. I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT. HOWEVER, THE NOISE FROM TIRE SEPARATION CAUSED SOME EMOTIONAL STRESS. THESE TIRES ARE IDENTICAL TO "ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT" WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY REPORTED INCIDENTS WITH THESE TIRES, OR POSSIBLE RECALL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UUIMX034 TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

I HAD THE ATX RADIAL TIRES AND THEY WERE REPLACE WITH THE FIREHAWKS BY FIRESTONE. ON 10/18/2000,THE FIREHAWKS SEAL AROUND THE OUTSIDE RIM DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE OUTSIDE RIM AND I LOST CONTROL OF MY FORD EPLORER. SENDING ME CRASHING INTO THE REAR END OF A CAR AND THEN INTO A CONCERET RAIL. ON INTERSTATE 94 EASTBOUND DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. BEAR IN MIND THESE ARE THE REPLACMENTS FOR THE RECALL FIRESTONE TIRES ATX. I HAD THE TIRE REPLACED ON 9/15/2000. NOT EVEN A GOOD MONTH,JUST A FEW DAYS OVER A MONTH. NOW MY EXPLORER IS BASICLY TOTAL AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,AS FAR AS REPLACEMENT AND ALL MY DOCTOR BILL. I REALIZE, ITS ONLY BEEN A WEEK,BUT I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO RETURN BACK TO MY JOB.COULD YOU DIRECT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR GIVE ME THE CONTACT PEOPLE WHO WILL HELP ME. THANK YOU. (TIRESIZE: P23575R15)( DOT NUMBER:...

MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW UP ON MY EXPLORER AS I WAS DRIVING. IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR DOOR , THE WHEEL WELL, AND THE FENDER. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AND OF THE TIRE. I ALSO HAVE THE RECEIPTS OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.( DOT NUMBER: )

MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW UP ON MY EXPLORER AS I WAS DRIVING. IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR DOOR , THE WHEEL WELL, AND THE FENDER. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AND OF THE TIRE. I ALSO HAVE THE RECEIPTS OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.( DOT NUMBER: )

ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1997, I WAS RETURNING HOME (DALLAS, TX) FROM A CAMPING TRIP IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO IN MY 1991 FORD EXPLORER. PRIOR TO LEAVING ON THIS TRIP, MY HUSBAND TOOK OUR EXPLORER TO THE FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE ALL 4. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

JUST A FEW MORE DATA POINTS FOR THE FIRESTONE INVESTIGATION; TWO OF THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRES THAT CAME AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON MY 1991 FORD EXPLORER EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION IN MID 1995, CAUSING BODY DAMAGE BUT NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY. WE TOOK THE TREAD FROM ONE TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO CLAIMED IT WAS "ROAD HAZARD DAMAGE" AND THAT HE COULDN'T HELP US. THE TIRES WERE ALWAYS INFLATED TO THE PSI RECOMMENDED ON THE SIDEWALL; THEY WERE NOT UNDERINFLATED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

PE00-020 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH FIRESTONE RADIAL AT . 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES WERE PLUGGED WITHIN 1 YEAR AND AT APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES , CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH WHEN LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT UNEXPECTEDLY. ALL TIRES HAD PLENTY OF TREAD, AND LOOKED LIKE NEW.*AK FIRESTONE DEALER INDICATED THAT IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. *YH

TIRE FAILURE 8-21-91, 302 MILES, 26 PSI, RIGHT REAR, FLAT TIRE IN PARKING LOT. MITCHELL TIRE SERVICE IN ANAHEIM CA PUT AIR IN TIRE & DISCOVER A PIN HOLE LEAK IN SIDEWALL. HE THEN DISMOUNTED TIRE TO LOOK FOR HOLE INSIDE TIRE. NO HOLE FOUND INSIDE TIRE, & TOLD ME THE BELT WAS SEPERATING. HE TOLD ME THAT SINCE IT WAS A SPORT UTE, IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER FIRESTONES WARRANTY, I HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER TIRE. I MANAGED TO GET FIRESTONE FACTORY TO PAY ME BACK FOR FAILED TIRE. TIRE FAILURE #2, 1-11-92, 4,000 MILES, 32 PSI, LEFT REAR, TIRE FLAT IN DRIVEWAY. FIRESTONE DEALER IN EL TORO, CA PUT AIR IN THE TIRE & DISCOVERED A PIN HOLE LEAK. HE SAID I HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER TIRE SINCE IT WASN'T COVERED BY WARRANTY. I TRIED TO GET FIRESTONE FACTORY TO REPLACE TIRE, BUT THEY REFUSED. SO I PURCHASED...

THE TIRE PEELED AWAY AND WAS FLUNG UP AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WE WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND WERE GOING THROUGH TWO CONCRETE BUNKERS IN THE MIDST OF SOME ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WITH AN 18 WHEELER RIGHT ON O UR BUMPER. HE DIDN'T SEE THAT THE TIRE HAD EXPLODED AND BORE DOWN ON US AND TO AVOID BEING HIT WE HAD TO RIDE ON THE RIM WHILE TRYING TO CONTROL THE TRUCK UNTIL WE COULD GET OUT OF THE SINGLE LANE OF CONSTRUCTION. WE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AFTER COMING O UT OF THE BUNKER LANE AND WENT ACROSS THE ESPLANADE. WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO A STOP BEFORE GOING INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT IT BENT THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK AND RUINED THE RIM. WHEN WE WENT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AT SPRING CYPRESS AND KUYKENDAHL ROAD IN SPRING, TEXAS WE WERE...

THE VEHICLE HAD FIRESTONE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE HAD EXTENSIVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *MJS

ON JULY 18, 1999, I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER (15 AT THE TIME) TO SUMMER CAMP FROM HENDERSON, NC TO BROWN SUMMIT, NC. SHE WAS DRIVING UNDER HER PERMIT, AND I WAS DOZING. I WAS SUDDENLY AWAKENED BY A SOUND LIKE A MACHINE GUN, AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW, WE WERE SPINNING IN CIRCLES ACROSS THREE LANES OF I-40/85. WE ENDED UP SPINNING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT TURN OVER. I FOUND THAT MY RIGHT REAR TIRE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT) HAD LOST ITS TREAD, AND THAT WAS THE NOISE I HAD HEARD. A PASSING MOTORIST STOPPED TO SEE IF WE WERE OK, AND HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE AVOIDED BEING CREAMED BY AN ONCOMING SEMI-TRAILER. THE NEXT DAY (MONDAY), I WENT TO A TIRE DEALER IN HENDERSON, AND FORKED OUT $400 FOR A SET OF MICHELIN M/S TIRES. THE DEALER COMMENTED...

THE REAR TIRES BELTS APPEAR TO HAVE SEPERATED CAUSING LARGE KNOTS ALL AROUND THE TREAD OF BOTH REAR TIRE THEY EVEN HAVE BUBBLES ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE.ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN ABOUT A 30 MILE TRIP,YOU COULD FEEL A WOBBLE IN THE BACK THAT GROW WORSE, AND WORSE.IF I HAD NOT PULLED OF TO INSPECT THEM I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE BLOWN.I STILL HAVE THE TIRES BUT DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND A LEMANS TIRE COMPANY AND THERE IS NO OTHER MANUFACTURES NAME ON THE TIRES.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE LOCAL INTERSTATE, THE TREAD ON ONE OF OUR REAR TIRES SEPARATED. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS AT NIGHT AND NOT MUCH TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURRED BEFORE THE RECALL, WE JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A FLUKE ACCIDENT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE, WHICH IS ALSO FIRESTONE, AND ANOTHER SPARE WAS PURCHASED. NOW, WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER REAR TIRE -- WE HAVE CALLED OUR LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER DAILY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SHIPMENT FOR RECALL REPLACEMENTS SINCE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. WE ARE NOT IN THE POSITION TO MAKE A MAJOR PURCHSE OF 4 NEW TIRES, AND FEAR OUR SAFETY. WHAT IN THE WORLD CAN WE DO? PLEASE ADVISE -- I HAVE CONTACTED FIRESTONE, BUT ONLY GET THEIR STANDARD SCRIPTED ANSWERS. I ALSO OBJECT TO THE WAY FIRESTONE IS PLACING THE BLAME OF THEIR FAULTY WORKMANSHIP ONTO THE CUSTOMER AND HOT WEATHER....

I HAVE A 1991 EXPLORER WHICH I PURCHASED NEW.WHEN I RECENTLY INSPECTED MY SPARE FOR THE FIRESTONE RECALL, I WAS REMINDED OF A PROBLEM I FOUND BACK IN 1991 WHERE WHEN I LOWERED THE SPARE FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE WERE 2 CUTS ON EACH SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE;DEEP ENOUGH TO CUT THRU THE STEEL BELTS.THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE FRAME CHAFING THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING. I CALLED FORD DEARBORN AND WAS TOLD TO SEE THE TIRE MANUFACTURER.THE INSTALLATION CHAFED THE TIRE ,NOT FIRESTONE.I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND WILL TAKE A DIGITAL PICTURE AND FWD TO U.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TIRES ARE SHOWNING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPERATION , CRACK ALL THE WAY AROUND TIRES ON SIDEWALL JUST BELOW TREAD AREA. YOU CAN STICK A DIME INTO CRACK IN TIRES. WAS TOLD BY FORD & FIRESTONE THAT THESE TIRES ARE NOT PART OF RECALL AND WERE OK. FIRESTONE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR TIRES ON LARGE SUV'S. MY FATHER HAS A 4 WHEEL DRIVE CHEVY SUBURAN EQUIPED WITH UNAROYAL TIRES OF THE SAME SIZE AND NO CRACKING OR OTHER SIGNS OF TROUBLE HAVE SHOWN UP. HOW DO I GET THESE TIRES REPLACED< MY WIFE AND 2 GIRLS ARE NOT SAFE WITH THESE TIRES.*AK( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: 235/75R/15 )

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE LOCAL INTERSTATE, THE TREAD ON ONE OF OUR REAR TIRES SEPARATED. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS AT NIGHT AND NOT MUCH TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURRED BEFORE THE RECALL, WE JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A FLUKE ACCIDENT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE, WHICH IS ALSO FIRESTONE, AND ANOTHER SPARE WAS PURCHASED. NOW, WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER REAR TIRE -- WE HAVE CALLED OUR LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER DAILY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SHIPMENT FOR RECALL REPLACEMENTS SINCE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. WE ARE NOT IN THE POSITION TO MAKE A MAJOR PURCHSE OF 4 NEW TIRES, AND FEAR OUR SAFETY. WHAT IN THE WORLD CAN WE DO? PLEASE ADVISE -- I HAVE CONTACTED FIRESTONE, BUT ONLY GET THEIR STANDARD SCRIPTED ANSWERS. I ALSO OBJECT TO THE WAY FIRESTONE IS PLACING THE BLAME OF THEIR FAULTY WORKMANSHIP ONTO THE CUSTOMER AND HOT WEATHER....

I HAVE A 1991 EXPLORER WHICH I PURCHASED NEW.WHEN I RECENTLY INSPECTED MY SPARE FOR THE FIRESTONE RECALL, I WAS REMINDED OF A PROBLEM I FOUND BACK IN 1991 WHERE WHEN I LOWERED THE SPARE FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE WERE 2 CUTS ON EACH SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE;DEEP ENOUGH TO CUT THRU THE STEEL BELTS.THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE FRAME CHAFING THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING. I CALLED FORD DEARBORN AND WAS TOLD TO SEE THE TIRE MANUFACTURER.THE INSTALLATION CHAFED THE TIRE ,NOT FIRESTONE.I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND WILL TAKE A DIGITAL PICTURE AND FWD TO U.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

AT THE TIME OF TIRE FAILURE WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THE GENERAL PROBLEMS, SO WE DIDN'T KEEP THE TIRE, GET INFO ON THE DOT NUMBERS, ETC. APRIL 2000 INCIDENT, TIRE HAD A BIG BUBBLE ON IT AFTER SLIGHTLY HITTING IT ON THE CURB AT A TURN. WE REPLACED THE TIRE IMMEDIATELY. MAY INCIDENT THE CAR SKIDDED AFTER TAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND CAR SPUN AROUND AND HIT THE CURB. WE ASSUMED THIS WAS PURELY A SKID BECAUSE OF RAIN SLICK STREETS, BUT NOW ARE WONDERING IF THE TIRE FAILED FIRST. WE REPLACED THE TIRE AND PAID FOR OTHER DAMAGE (DAMAGE TO THE AXLE AND SEVERAL OTHER RELATED PARTS). 4 TIRES NOW ON THIS CAR ARE THE RECALLED TIRES, SO WE BELIEVE THE FAILED TIRES WERE THE RECALLED TIRES ALSO. THEY WERE BOTH WILDERNESS AT TIRES.IT NEVER OCCURED TO US TO SAVE INFO ON THE TIRES AT THAT TIME. THE...

ON JULY 18, 1999, I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER (15 AT THE TIME) TO SUMMER CAMP FROM HENDERSON, NC TO BROWN SUMMIT, NC. SHE WAS DRIVING UNDER HER PERMIT, AND I WAS DOZING. I WAS SUDDENLY AWAKENED BY A SOUND LIKE A MACHINE GUN, AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW, WE WERE SPINNING IN CIRCLES ACROSS THREE LANES OF I-40/85. WE ENDED UP SPINNING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT TURN OVER. I FOUND THAT MY RIGHT REAR TIRE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT) HAD LOST ITS TREAD, AND THAT WAS THE NOISE I HAD HEARD. A PASSING MOTORIST STOPPED TO SEE IF WE WERE OK, AND HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE AVOIDED BEING CREAMED BY AN ONCOMING SEMI-TRAILER. THE NEXT DAY (MONDAY), I WENT TO A TIRE DEALER IN HENDERSON, AND FORKED OUT $400 FOR A SET OF MICHELIN M/S TIRES. THE DEALER COMMENTED...

THE REAR TIRES BELTS APPEAR TO HAVE SEPERATED CAUSING LARGE KNOTS ALL AROUND THE TREAD OF BOTH REAR TIRE THEY EVEN HAVE BUBBLES ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE.ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN ABOUT A 30 MILE TRIP,YOU COULD FEEL A WOBBLE IN THE BACK THAT GROW WORSE, AND WORSE.IF I HAD NOT PULLED OF TO INSPECT THEM I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE BLOWN.I STILL HAVE THE TIRES BUT DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND A LEMANS TIRE COMPANY AND THERE IS NO OTHER MANUFACTURES NAME ON THE TIRES.

BOTH TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPERATION. THE LEFT FRONT WENT FIRST. BENDING THE CHROME ON MY FRUNT BUMPER AND SCRAPING THE PAINT OFF OF THE LEFT FRONT FENDER( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 31X10R15 )

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH 3 CHILDERN IN THE CAR. THE BACK TIRE LOST THE TREAD AND IT CAUSED THE CAR TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. NO ONE WAS HURT AND WE STAYED UP RIGHT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR FROM THE TREAD COMING OFF. THE LIGHT HANESS WAS DAMAGED AND THE FUEL TANK WAS DAMAGED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/R1 )

ALL FIRESTONE TIRES NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE TIRES THAT CAME ON MY "91 FORD EXPLORER XLT AND THE SUBSEQUENT REPLACEMENT TIRES ALL DEVELOPED CRACKS ALL AROUND THE TIRES WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. I STOPPED BUYING FIRESTONE TIRES. THE TIRES I NOW HAVE, SHOW NONE OF THESE SIGNS OF CRACKING. INVESTIGATE ALL OF FIRESTONE TIRES, THERE IS A PROBLEM GREATER THAN CURRENTLY ACKNOWLEDGED!!!

WE JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW OF ANOTHER INSTANCE OF FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE TIRES BLOWING OUT AND CAUSING A FORD ESPLORER TO FLIP THREE TIMES. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO FATALITY - ONLY INJURY AND PROPERTY LOSS.( DOT NUMBER: ? TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE TREAD WAS COMPLETELY TORN FROM THE TIRE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS STRANGE AS DID THE TIRE SHOP, BUT SINCE I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO ESCAPE WITHOUT AND ACCIDENT I DIDN'T REPORT IT AT THE TIME. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH SOUTHERN ARIZONA DURING THE EARLY SUMMER AT ABOUT 70 MPH,S O WHEN I SAW THE RECALL IT HAD ALL THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS. I HAVE SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER EXPLORER AND WILL HAVE THOSE TIRES REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 INCH )

WE WAS ON A TRIP TO KENTUCY,( 9/24/99) WE GOT RIGHT PAST THE ST. JOE MISSOURI EXIT AND THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING THEN I HAD A BLOW OUT. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. I CALLED A STATE PATROL, WHO INTURN CALLED A WRECKER, (RANDY'S REPAIR 169 HWY, GOWER, MO, 424-6232). HE TOWED US BACK TO HIS GARAGE AND REPLACED MY TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TIRE FAILURE-BLOWOUT IN APR 2000 WHILE IN-ROUTE TO FLORIDA. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES ON TIRE; TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED REGULARLY AT 26 PSI. NO INJURIES AS TIRE WAS ON REAR OF VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH TRAVELING AT 60 MPH.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235X75X15 )

4 FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WERE BOUGHT 9/9/95 IN FLORIDA (VEHICLE MILES=58,364). I MOVED TO COLORADO 10/30/95 AND STARTED DRIVING 45 MILES EACH WAY TO WORK IN MARCH 1999 (AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS). ON OCT. 14, 1999, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WENT DOWN AT 70 MPH. WHEN I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AT GOODYEAR, THE MANAGER SAID THAT THE TIRE DIDN'T BLOW OUT. RATHER THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME, BUT I HAVE NOW!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I PURCHASED THIS VECHICLE MARCH 2000. THE VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION IN THE REAR END AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. TIRES HAVE BEEN COMPUTER BALANCED THEREFORE ILIMINATING THIS AS A CAUSE. THIS VEHICLES DOES HAVE THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES AND I HAVE BEEN READING AND KEEPING UP WITH THE POSSIBLE RECALL. TO FIND THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THIS VIBRATION I DID SOME RESEARCH OVER THE WEB TO FIND THAT THOUSANDS OF EXPLORER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SOME PROBLEM. MANY OF THEM HAVE WRITTEN OFF THE CAUSE AS "INHERANT TO THE VEHICLE". I HAVE A THEORY THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES ARE NOT JUST THE TIRES BUT ALSO STEM FROM THIS VIBRATION IN THE REAR END OF THE FORD EXPLORER. THE INFORMATION I HAVE BEEN READING SEEMS TO POINT TO THE FORD EXPLORER BEING THE MOST FREQUENT VEHICLE WITH FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE...

WHILE AWAY ON VACATION, THE TIRE ON MY TRUCK ACTUALLY EXPLODED WHILE IT WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AT HOME. THE HOLE IS ABOUT 1/4 AROUND THE CIRCUMFRENCE OF THE TIRE, WITH THE STEEL BELTS FRAYED AT THE ENDS. I SAVED THE TIRE BECAUSE IT LOOKS SO ODD.( DOT NUMBER: )

1ST INCIDENT: STEEL BELT BROKE AND BEGAN FLAPPING AGAINST REAR LEFT FENDER WITH TERRIFIC NOISE, CAR SHAKING, UNTIL BROKE OFF AND COULD STOP. WAS TRAVELING AT 74 M/P/H. COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT IF FAULTY TIRE HAD BEEN ON FRONT WHEEL.-2ND TIME CAR AND STEERING WHEEL WOBBLING AT 20M/P/H, SUSPECTED A SIMILAR PROBLEM ON A TIRE. AT A LATER OPPORTUNITY, WHILE PUMPING GAS, DISCOVERED R/FRONT TIRE'S STEEL BELT SHOWING THRU OUTER TIRE (AGAIN STEEL BELT BREAKING). LUCKILY DISCOVERED JUST IN TIME.= 3RD TIME, CAR SHAKING AT 65M/P/H. THIS TIME WENT TO GOOD YEAR. THEY FOUND THE 3RD FIRESTONE TIRE SEPARATING. THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW. IHAD ALL 4 FIRESTONE TIRES REPLACED WITH GOOD YEAR , WANTED FIRESTONE TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR FROM THE 1ST INCIDENT. TO DO SO, THEY INSISTED ON MY SENDING THEM THE DAMAGED TIRE, WHICH I DID NOT HAVE (LEFT WITH FIRESTONE...

TIRE BLEW OUT AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY; TIRE HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

ON 02/16/2000 THE LEFT REAR TIRE DE-LAMINATED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75MPH. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE DE-LAMINATING AT THIS TIME. BOTH TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN 1997. THEN ON 7/28/2000, A THIRD ATX TIRE, PURCHASED JAN. 1999, WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DE-LAMINATION. WHEN THE MATTER WAS TAKEN UP WITH A FIRESTONE DEALER, THE DEALER DENIED THE DEFECT AND OFFERED TO PUT 40% OF THE PRICE OF THE NOW DE-LAMINATING TIRE TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF NEW TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED VEHICLE SHAKING. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND TIRE A BLOWOUT. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE (FIRESTONE RADIAL AXT) SHREDDED. DURING ROTATION EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, THE BODY MOULDING, THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL, THE REAR TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY, THE REAR BUMPER AND THE TAILGATE OF THE VEHICLE. *YC

I INSTALLED A LIFT KIT AND BIGGER TIRES. KNOWING THAT MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD BE OFF, I HAD A SHOP CHECK IT OUT FOR ME AND FOUND THAT WITH THE LARGER TIRES, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ALMOST PERFECTLY MATCHED TO REAL SPEED (NEW TIRE SIZE 31X10.5X15) THIS MEANS THAT THE ORGINAL SETUP FROM THE FACTORY WAS OFF, THEREFORE INCREASING THE MILAGE SHOWN ON MY ODOMETER, WHICH HAS DECREASED THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE, AS WELL A, MAKING THE WARRANTY END AT A SOONER DATE. *AK