1997 FORD EXPLORER Tires Problems

WHILE DRIVING ON IH 37, NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE AUTO ROLLED 4 OR 5 TIMES DOWN THE EMBANKMENT OF THE INTERSTATE. DRIVER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, AUTO TOTALLED BY INSURANCE COMAPNY. LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE OTHER THREE TIRES WERE FLATTENED FROM THE ROLL OVER. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!( DOT NUMBER: ? TIRE SIZE: ? )

I LIVE IN MD ,AND TIRE STILL FAILED NOT DUE TO HEAT( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

TIRE BLOW OUT ON INTERSTATE 45 SOUTH. CAR TRAVELED ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES.CAR HIT CEMENT BARRIER AND CAME TO STOP FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. BACK WINDOW POPPED OPEN . PICTURES OF TIRE HAVE FLAP OF RUBBER SEPERATED FROM THE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: )

AS WE WERE RETURNING FROM VACATION ON 3/20/00 FROM FLORIDA, MY WIFE (THE DRIVER AT THE TIME) FELT WEIRD VIBRATIONS THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. (NOTE -WE WERE APPROX. 5 MILES IN TO GEORGIA ON I-75 JUST PASSED THE GA/FL BORDER - NEAR LAKE PARK?). AS WE CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE AWAY FROM OTHER TRAFFIC, WE HEARD A POPPING NOISE FROM UNDER THE EXPLORER AS IF THINGS WERE KICKING UP FROM THE ROAD AND HITTING THE UNDERCARRIAGE. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE, I LOOKED UNDER THE SUV AND DID A QUICK VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE TIRES, HOWEVER, ALL APPEARED TO BE NORMAL (NO FLATS, NOTHING THAT WE COULD VISIBLY SEE). WE PULLED BACK ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND BEFORE WE EVEN REACHED MERGING SPEED (55 - 60 MPH), THE POPPING NOISE RETURNED AND WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE SMALL BLACK PARTS EXITING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE....

I WANT TO ADD OUR NAME TO THE LIST OF THOSE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS TIRE. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING RUSHHOUR IN SEATTLE TRAFFIC WHEN IT WAS COLD (NOT HOT). THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING. I WAS LUCKY TO MANEUVER T( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

AT APPROXIMATELY 11;30 P.M. MAY 28, 1999,AS WE WERE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 10, JUST OUTSIDE OF TALLAHASSEE ,FLORIDA, MY EXPLORER SUDDENLY VEERED TOWARD THE LEFT ABRUPTLLY. A LOUD CRASHING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. PULLING THE CAR ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, MY WIFE AND I CHECKED TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXCEPT SHREDS OF A RADIAL TIRE. LUCKY FOR US , THAT AT THE TIME OF THE PROBLEM, I WAS DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE, AS SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MANUEVER DURING THE PROBLEM. ALSO THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE RIGHT LANE DUE TO THE LATE HOUR. WITH GREAT PROBLEM, WE CHANGED THE TIRE AND ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION QUITE SHAKEN UP. AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE THE NEXT MORNING, WE REALIZED...

TWO TIRE FAILURES WITHIN 8 WEEKS. ROTATED EVERY 3000 MILES, PROPERLY INFLATED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

TIRE SEPARTION CAUSED A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT. TIRES CHECKED 2/25/2000 BY MECHANIC AND OK'D. MAJOR INJURY WAS SEVERING OF 4 FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND OF THE DRIVER. TWO CHILDREN AND ANOTHER ADULT PASSENGER WERE INTHE BACK SEAT AND SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAMA EVEN STILL.( DOT NUMBER: )

NO SUMMARY.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

I HAVE HAD ONE BLOWOUT TRAVELING APPROX. 65 MPH ON AN EXPRESSWAY AND HAVE REPLACE TWO OTHER OEM TIRES (AT DIFFERENT TIMES) BECAUSE OF BROKEN BELTS IN THE TIRES... BOTH MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT IT APPEARED AS THOUGH I HAD A DEFECTIVE TIRE. THAT IS WAS NOTHING I WAS DOING WRONG, OR THAT THE TRUCK WAS DOING TO THE TIRES. THE TIRES BASICALLY STARTED GIVING ME TROUBLE AT ABOUT THE 50,000 MILE MARK - I THOUGHT TIRES SHOULD LAST A BIT LONGER THAN THAT. BEFORE AL THE REPORTS I WAS FEELING AS THOUGH THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH JUST MY SET OF OEM TIRES, BUT I SEE THAT A LOT OF OTHERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

I HYDROPLANED IN NOVEMBER 1999 IN A FORD EXPLORER WITH BRAND NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. I WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH (10 MILES BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT) AND THE CONDITIONS WERE RAINY. THERE WERE SEVERAL VERY SERIOUS INJURIES TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH EXPLORERS AND THESE TIRES AND I'D HOPED TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTER A COMPLAINT IF APPLICABLE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP TO PREVENT ANY OTHER ACCIDENTS. THANK YOU!. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

EXPERIENCED A SURPISE BLOWOUT WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE 45 FREEWAY IN HOUSTON - NO ROAD HAZARDS - THE TIRE JUST BLEW UP. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE A CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACK WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY LEAD TO A TREAD SEPARATION THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS PAST WEEKEND. I ACTUALLY NOTICED THE PROBLEM ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE APPROACHING A BRIDGE CONSUMER HEARD A "POP" NOISE, SECONDS LATER THE TIRE WENT DOWN (FIRESTONE WILDNESS AT 235-75-R15). NLM

WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P255/70R16 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT. *SLC

PE00 020;CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE TIRES INSPECTED. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT THERE WERE STRESS MARKS ON TIRES, BUT THESE TIRES WERE NOT THE ONES ON RECALL. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT#, P23575 R15 DOT#W2HL. *AK *SLC

PE00020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1997 FORD EXPLORER, P23575R15 BM07458-3, CONSUMER HAS NOTICEABLE CRACKS ON ALL FOUR TIRES, HALF INCH SLIT ON OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF TIRES. CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL ON THE OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES HAS INDICATED, AND IS VERY CONCERNED.*AK THE CRACK SLITS RUN THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. THE VNHL IPY 047 TIRES ARE MADE IN CANADA. *YH

TIRES STAY LOW ON PRESSURE, AND THERE IS EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE INSIDE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE HAD FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/ATX TIRES ON AT TIME IT WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR. AFTER BEING STRUCK, TIRES BUSTED IMMEDIATELY, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL, MAKING THE VEHICLE SPIN AND STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE SIZE OR DOT NUMBER FOR TIRE. *SLC

PE00 020; CONSUMER HEARD THAT THE FIRESTONE #ATX TIRES WERE ON RECALL. CONSUMER TOOK TIRES TO FIRESTONE, AND NOTICED CRACKS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRES. *AK TIRES WERE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE DEALER PRIOR TO RECALL. *YH

CONSUMER HAD SEEN LEFT FRONT TIRE SHOW INITIAL SEPARATION. CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS THE AXLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER A SET OF RAIL ROAD TRACKS FRONT RIGHT FIRESTONE TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL, AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, AND WAS LOST. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ORGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 1997 EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE. FORD SAID NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. *AK THE DEALER INDICATED THAT 55 PSI ON THE TIRES WAS TOO MUCH AND SHOULD BE 3O PSI. HOWEVER, THE CUSTOMER SAYS THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TIRES. *YH

FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WERE ON THIS VEHICLE. LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER. IT WAS TOTALED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

VEHICLE HAS THE WILDERNESS/ATX TIRES. WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 70-80 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED, AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND VEERED INTO THE GUARDRAIL. THEN, VEHICLE FLIPPED NUMEROUS TIME. VEHICLE CRASHED WHEN IT HIT THE CONCRETE WALL.*AK DUE TO THE TIRE FAILURE, THERE WERE 3 INJURIES AND 2 FATALITIES. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SLC

WHEN DRIVING AT 70 MPH REAR FIRESTONE TIRES BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FLIP AND ROLLOVER THREE TIMES INTO A EMBANKMENT. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE RUBBER SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. NLM

COMPLETE BLOWOUT OF LEFT REAR TIRE WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH.

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55MPH THERE WAS A LOUD POP, THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT.