1992 FORD EXPLORER Tirestreadbelt Problems

MY FORD EXPLORER WAS ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED WITH THE BRIDGESTONE-FIRESTONE TIRES THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN RECALLED. I REPLACED THESE TIRES IN 2003 WITHOUT EVER HAVING ANY NOTICE OF THE RECALL. RECENTLY I RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT I COULD GET MY TIRES REPLACED FOR FREE. THIS WAS THE FIRST NOTICE OF THE RECALL....AT LEAST 4 YEARS AFTER THE SUPPOSED RECALL. AND YES, I HAVE BEEN THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER #00T005000 REGARDING TIRES: TREAD/BELT WAS RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED TIRE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE DEALER BELIEVED THE TIRE CAME FROM A JUNK YARD. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO CONTACT THE TIRE MANUFACTURER AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15. *AK UPDATED *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER #00T005000 REGARDING TIRES:TREAD/BELT WAS RECEIVED ON 10/07/06, AND AN AUTHORIZED TIRE DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM THE RECALL. ON 10/12/06, THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO EXPRESSED THAT THE CONTACT NEEDED TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE, AND THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WOULD REIMBURSE THE COSTS. THE RECALL STATED THAT THE DEFECTIVE TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED TO THE TIRE DEALER THAT A COMPLAINT WOULD BE TAKEN BY THE NHTSA, AND THE DEALER OFFERED NO RESOLUTION. TIRE MANUFACTURER: FIRESTONE. TIRE LINE: ATX. SIZE: P235/75R15.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPERATION AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE DEALER NOTIFIED SIZE# P23575R15 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT#. TS

THE FRONT TWO TIRE TREADS STARTED TO COME APART AND THE TREADS AND FIBERS COULD BE SEEN BENEATH, ALL FOUR TIRE WERE REPLACED, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT REIMBURSEMENT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE PURCHASED PRIOR TO JAN 1,2000 (FIRESTONE ATX). NLM

THE CONSUMERS FIRESTONE TIRES WERE RECALLED, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED TIRE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPLACEMENT BUT WAS GIVEN A DATE 2 MONTHS AWAY, THE CONSUMER INQUIRED WHAT TO DO IN THE MEANTIME AND WAS TOLD HE COULD PURCHASE NEW OR USED TIRES AND BE REIMBURSED, ON THE REPLACEMENT DATE THE CONSUMER PRESENT THE RECIEPT FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRES BUT WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT.(FIRESTONE TIRES) NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, PASSENGE'S RIGHT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. A DAYTON TIRE INTERURBAN STEEL BELT, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. AK

THE CONSUMERS FIRESTONE TIRES WERE RECALLED, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED TIRE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR REPLACEMENT BUT WAS GIVEN A DATE 2 MONTHS AWAY, THE CONSUMER INQUIRED WHAT TO DO IN THE MEANTIME AND WAS TOLD HE COULD PURCHASE NEW OR USED TIRES AND BE REIMBURSED, ON THE REPLACEMENT DATE THE CONSUMER PRESENT THE RECIEPT FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRES BUT WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT.(FIRESTONE TIRES) NLM

THE FRONT TWO TIRE TREADS STARTED TO COME APART AND THE TREADS AND FIBERS COULD BE SEEN BENEATH, ALL FOUR TIRE WERE REPLACED, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT REIMBURSEMENT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE PURCHASED PRIOR TO JAN 1,2000 (FIRESTONE ATX). NLM

THE TREAD OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE BEGAN TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE PRIOR TO RECALL, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, AFTER THE RECALL WAS INITIATED THE CONSUMER RETURNED THE SPARE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE OTHER FOUR TIRES BUT WAS ONLY REIMBURSED FOR THE SPARE BECAUSE THE OTHER TIRES WERE NOT PURCHASED AT A FIRESTONE DEALER (FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15). NLM

THE THREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. FIRESTONE AND FORD BOTH REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. THE RECALL OF THESE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMPREHENSIVE. I HAD TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED APPROX. 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE RECALL. THE RECALL DATES WERE ARBITRARY AND THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY GREATER THAT BOTH FIRESTONE AND FORD ARE ADMITTING.( DOT NUMBER: )

THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE BECAUSE THEY WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF SEVERE TREAD SEPARATION, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THE CLAIM BECAUSE THE REPLACE TIRES WERE PURCHASED PRIOR TO JAN 1, 2000 (FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15). NLM

CONSUMER REPLACED ALL 5 FAULTY FIRESTONE ATX TIRES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION PRIOR TO RECALL 00T-005, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR FAULTY FIRESTONE TIRES BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED REIMBURSEMT YET AND IT HAS BEEN PASSED THE 6-8 WEEK PERIOD. NLM

THE STEEL WAS EXPOSED ON FIRESTONE TIRE AND CONSUMER PROMPTLY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT BUT FIRESTONE REFUSE REFUND BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO JAN. 1,2000.

LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE SHREDDED WHILE DRIVING RIPPING APART THE QUARTER PANEL. NLM

UPON DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, ON A HOT DAY, FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TREAD SEPARATED WITH A LOUD BANG. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO SAFELY PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND CHANGE THE TIRE. WHEN I DELIVERED THE VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER HE INDICATED HE COULD GIVE ME A GOOD PRICE TO REPLACE IT. HE MADE NO MENTION THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. UPON CONTACTING FIRESTONE THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS THE TIRE DEALER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT IT AS A DEFECT. I HAVE SINCE HAD ALL MY OTHER TIRES REPLACED WITH MICHELINS (2 AT MY OWN EXPENSE - PRE RECALL AND 3 UNDER THE RECALL). (TIRESIZE: 235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

THE STEEL WAS EXPOSED ON FIRESTONE TIRE AND CONSUMER PROMPTLY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT BUT FIRESTONE REFUSE REFUND BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO JAN. 1,2000.

LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE SHREDDED WHILE DRIVING RIPPING APART THE QUARTER PANEL. NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00T-005 REGARDING THE FIRESTONE TIRES, THE CONSUMER HAS THE FIRESTONE ATX (P235/75R15) AND IS REQUESTING THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT STATED IN THE RECALL LETTER. *SLC

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE UNTIL STOPPED(FIRESTONE P225 70R15). NLM

OWNER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES BECAUSE OF IRREGULAR TREAD WEAR, NOISE AND VIBRATION. OWNER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT UNDER RECALL (00T-005). *CJ

CONSUMER WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT FIVE OF THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE WERE COVERED IN THE RECALL (00T-005),CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FIVE TIRES THEN WAS DENIED COMPLETE RECALL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL FIVE TIRES. CONSUMER REPLACED THE TWO REAR TIRES PRIOR DUE TO VIBRATION PROBLEMS. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT FIVE OF THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE WERE COVERED IN THE RECALL (00T-005),CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FIVE TIRES THEN WAS DENIED COMPLETE RECALL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL FIVE TIRES. CONSUMER REPLACED THE TWO REAR TIRES PRIOR DUE TO VIBRATION PROBLEMS. *MJS

WAS DRIVING 30MPH WHEN TIRES SLIPPED & VEHICLE FLIPPED ON SIDE. HIT CURB & VEHICLE FLIPPED BACK. RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ITS TREAD. THEY WERE REPLACED DUE TO OTHER TIRES FAILING TO MAINTAIN AIR. DO NOT HAVE TIRES.*AK

CONSUMER REPLACED ALL THE FIRESTONE (ATX P235/75R15) TIRES PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS HAVING DIFFICULTY RECEIVING RECALL (00T-005) REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

FIRESTONE ATX TIRE(P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX STEEL BELTED RADIAL RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE(P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO SEVERAL PEOPLE. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SLC

FIRESTONE ATX TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND A BLOWOUT, FIRESTONE IS DENYING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

FIRESTONE FR440 235 70R15 TIRE 5% WEAR ON TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION. (CLAIM# 53-C583-345) *MW

FIRESTONE TIRE TREAD DISINTREGRATED AND PIECES HIT VEH AND DID DAMAGE TO VEH SHE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SUB FR FIRESTONE. (CLAIM# 03-3150-538) *MW

HAD 10 FLAT TIRES, AND TREAD SEPARATION ON TWO TIRES, LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER BUYING THE TIRES. TIRES ARE LITERALLY FALLING APART. HAVE REPLACED THEM RECENTLY, OUT OF FEAR FOR MY LIFE USING THEM. FIRESTONE REFUSES TO DISCUSS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR MY COSTS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRESIZE: 235-15)

FIRESTONE ATX TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PANEL. *SLC

FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW OUT...MODEL ATX SIZE P235/75/R15. AGE OF THE TIRE ARE NOT KNOWN, BUT INSD. STATES THAT THERE WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. (CLAIM# 35-W485-829) *MW

FIRESTONE ATX P235/75/R15 VNHV 1MO ESTIMATOR ADVISED CR THAT THE LEFT REAR IS FLAT BUT HAS NO SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION OR BLOW OUT. (CLAIM 38-J397-225) *MW

CAR#1 GOIGN AROUDN A TURN AND LEFT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM AND INSURED LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE TURNED OVER. (CLAIM 38-J515-998) *MW

INSURED HE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HWY 35 NEAR KAPLAN. HE STATED HIS LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE. THE TIRE INVOLVED WAS A FIRESTONE ATX. HE REPORTED TO FIRESTONE IN LAFAYETTE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT HE HAD A FIRESTONE TIRE AND THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIRE FOR HIM. THEY TOOK HIS NAME & ADDRESS AND SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO HIM, THEY NEVER DID AFTER LOSS HE WENT FIRESTONE & THEY CLAIM FORM TO REPLACE TIRE & PH#F/DAMAGE. (CLAIM 18-0414-564) *MW

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. HE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED TWICE. REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM RIM. THE FIRESTON E#AT P23575R15. THERE WERE INJURIES.*AK

I'M NOT SURE THAT THE TIRE FAILURES ARE FIRESTONE'S FAULT. THE EXPLORERS ARE EXTREMELY POOR HANDLING VEHICLES AND VERY ABUSIVE TO TREAD/SIDEWALL. *AK

A PIECE OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE FLEW OFF AT WHICH POINT THE TIRE WENT FLAT, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE (FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX II 235/75R15). NLM

PE00-020 , AFTERMARKET WITH 19,000 MILES TIRE SIZE P23575R15 , DOT #W2HL1PY456. CONSUMER WAS DRIVNG AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN TREAD ON REAR RIGHT TIRE STARTED TO COME APART WHICH LEAD TO SEPARATION OF TIRE. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE 3 TIMES PRIOR TO INCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE RECALL, AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL 4 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES WERE FINE. TEN DAYS LATER, TREAD SEPARATED.*AK *SLC

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE #AT, P23575R15. FIRESTONE WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES AND IS REQUESTING A REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FIRESTONE ATX TIRES FOR 3-4 YEARS. MY EXPLORER WOULD STARTED VIBRATING AND I WOULD TAKE IT TO MY FIRESTONE DEALER IN HOUSTON. ONE THREE SEPARATE OCCAIONS OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT I HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH ATX TIRES ON EXPLORERS. HENCE, MY TIRE RECORDS AT FIRESTONE WILL SHOW THAT THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM SERVERAL YEARS AGO. EACH TIME THEY TOLD ME, THEY WOULD ONLY OFFER TO PRORATE ME A NEW TIRE. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, I MADE A BIG SEEN IN THE DEALER STORE, AND THEY DECIDED TO GIVE ME A NEW TIRE. THE POINT OF THIS REPORT IS SIMPLY THAT MY DEALER KNEW OF THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM MANY YEARS AGO. I DID NOT KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT WAS, SO I DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE NTSA, AT THAT TIME....

THEY HAVE NOT GONE OUT YET BUT 3 HAVE BROKEN BELTS THAT HAVE BUBBLES IN THE TIRES AND FORD OR FIRESTONE SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT RECALLED. WHAT AM I TO DO?( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: 235/75 R15 )

PE00-020; WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE DID NOT LOSE AIR, AND CONSUMER COULD KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FORD, EXPLORER 1992 P235/75R15, DOT VNHL1M0192. *AK *SLC

FIRST, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. THEN, THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. SAW THE TIRE TREAD IN REAR VIEW MIRROR, BUT THE TIRE NEVER WENT FLAT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *YH

WAS DRIVING 65MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL PIPE. WAS BARELY ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. TREAD HAD SEPARATED ON THE OUTSIDE & THEN WENT FLAT. HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED DUE TO CRACKS IN THE TREAD. FIRESTONE ,LT235/75R15 WITH 53,000 MILES ON IT.*AK

BRAND NEW CAR. TREAD SEPARATED AND CAME OFF BEFORE SECOND TANK OF GAS EVER USED IN CAR. FORTUNATELY IT WAS A REAR TIRE. WIFE DRIVING ON I-17 WITH INFANT IN CAR SEAT. FIRESTONE DEALER WAS A JERK. CLAIMED MY WIFE HAD RUN OVER SOMETHING. SALESMAN WE BOUGHT CAR FROM INTERVENED AND GOT US A NEW TIRE. TIRES WORE UNEVENLY ON THAT EXPLORER AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 35,000 OR SO IN SPITE OF CONSCIENTIOUS ROTATION. REPLACEMENT TIRES MADE 55,000 WITH NO ROTATION - THEY WERE PATHFINDER RADIAL ATRS. BOUGHT NEW EXPLORER IN NOV, 1997. TIRES ON IT WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS. THEY WORE UNEVENLY, DISHED OUT, AND I HAD TO REPLACE THEM A YEAR AGO AT 33,000 MILES. ONE HAD PARTIALLY SEPARATED TREAD WHEN WE TOOK THEM OFF. WE BOUGHT MICHELINS. ON BOTH EXPLORERS, WE BOUGHT REPLACEMENT TIRES FROM REPUTABLE DEALERS. AT TIME OF REPLACEMENT, BOTH THOSE DEALERS CARRIED FIRESTONE...

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 80 MPH HEARD NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT REAR TIRE, THEN STOPPED AND FOUND OUT THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. FIRESTONE, RADIAL ATX, 235/75 R15 DOT VNHL1M0202. *AK FIRESTONE CLAIMS THAT IT WAS THE DRIVER'S FAULT BUT THE FACT WAS THAT THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER. *YH

BRAND NEW CAR. TREAD SEPARATED AND CAME OFF BEFORE SECOND TANK OF GAS EVER USED IN CAR. FORTUNATELY IT WAS A REAR TIRE. WIFE DRIVING ON I-17 WITH INFANT IN CAR SEAT. FIRESTONE DEALER WAS A JERK. CLAIMED MY WIFE HAD RUN OVER SOMETHING. SALESMAN WE BOUGHT CAR FROM INTERVENED AND GOT US A NEW TIRE. TIRES WORE UNEVENLY ON THAT EXPLORER AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 35,000 OR SO IN SPITE OF CONSCIENTIOUS ROTATION. REPLACEMENT TIRES MADE 55,000 WITH NO ROTATION - THEY WERE PATHFINDER RADIAL ATRS. BOUGHT NEW EXPLORER IN NOV, 1997. TIRES ON IT WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS. THEY WORE UNEVENLY, DISHED OUT, AND I HAD TO REPLACE THEM A YEAR AGO AT 33,000 MILES. ONE HAD PARTIALLY SEPARATED TREAD WHEN WE TOOK THEM OFF. WE BOUGHT MICHELINS. ON BOTH EXPLORERS, WE BOUGHT REPLACEMENT TIRES FROM REPUTABLE DEALERS. AT TIME OF REPLACEMENT, BOTH THOSE DEALERS CARRIED FIRESTONE...