1998 FORD EXPLORER Tires Problems

VISIBLE CRACKING AROUND TREAD AND SIDEWALLS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2H1 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION AND SLIGHT DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AROUND 65 MPH. ROTATED TIRES EVERY 5000 MILES, HOWEVER INSIDE OF FRONT TIRES EXPERIENCE SEVERE CUPPING. AT 35000 MILE SERVICE, BROUGHT TO BANKSTON FORD (FRISCO TX) FOR MAINTENANCE. TIRES ROTATED, BUT NOTHING NOTED ON SERVICE REPORT ABOUT SEVERE CUPPING ON INSIDE OF TIRES BY BANKSTON. GREW FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF SERVICE AND DISREGARD FOR SAFETY, TOOK TO GOODYEAR DEALER. TIRES WERE WORN TO THE 2ND LAYER AND NEAR FAILURE, AND SHOWN TO ME BY TECH. REPLACE WITH GOODYEARS & HAD ALIGNMENT CHECKED, NEEDED SLIGHT TOE IN ADJUSTMENT. VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES AT 65 MPH, ALREADY SEEING CUPPING WEAR PATTERN ON INSIDE OF BRAND NEW GOODYEARS WITH LESS THAN 500 MILES!. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

BLOWOUT ON GARDEN STATE PARKWAY DURING LAST SUMMER. REAR TIRE BLEW AND MY REAR MIRROR FILLED W BLUE SMOKE AS THE TIRE SHREDDED ALONG THE HIGHWAY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: ?????????? )

THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKING ~1.5" FROM TIRE OD (@ TREAD LINE). I HAVE REPLACED TIRES ON MY OWN AS FIRESTONE DEALER WILL NOT HAVE REPLACEMENTS TILL DECEMBER. I HAVE RETAINED THE CRACKED TIRES FOR FUTURE SETTLEMENT. PLS NOTE THAT THE CRACKED TIRES ARE CURRENTLY NOT ON THE RECALL LIST.*AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THOUGH NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL, MY TIRES ARE SHOWING TINY CRACKS ALONG THE SIDEWALL AT THE TREAD DEPTH. BECAUSE THERE ARE NEARLY 50000 MILES ON THESE THE FIRESTONE DEALER IS SAYING THEY ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD FOR THAT LONG. WE ARE CONCERNED, BUT TIRES ARE BACKORDERED. WHAT SHOULD I DO?( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/R1 )

STEVE OLINGER, A SERVICE MANAGER AT WALKER FORD HAD MY CAR INSPECTED AND FOUND THAT THREE OF MY TIRES WERE SUBJECTED TO THE FIRESTONE RECALL. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT FORD WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE FORD AND FIRESTONE HAD AGREED NOT TO REPLACE TIRES WITH OVER 50,000 MILES. I HAVE CALLED AND VISITED FIRESTONE AND THEY HAVE SAID FORD IS WRONG. I TOLD FORD THIS BUT THEY HAVE RESTATED THEIR POLICY TO ME.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 INCH )

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, EXPLORER, P235/75R15 SIZE, DOT# W2HL. TREAD ON TWO TIRES HAVE STARTED TO CRACK BETWEEN THE SIDEWALL AND THE TREAD.*AK THE DEALER TOLD THE CUSTOMER THE TIRES WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. *YH

WHILE DRIVING MY EXPLORER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I HEARD A NOISE AS IF I HAD KICKED UP A ROCK. CHECKING THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR, I NOTICED A BLACK OBJECT BEING THROWN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I PULLED OVER TO STOP MY VEHICLE AND INSPECT IT. I FOUND A SECTION OF THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE HAD COME OFF. THE SECTION WAS ABOUT 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WAS DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY FIRESTONE, (PRO-RATED), ON JULY 1ST, 2000. I JUST HAD ALL TIRES INSPECTED BY FIRESTONE AND THEY WANT TO REPLACE ALL 5 TIRES, (THIS INCLUDE THE ONE I JUST RECEIVED JULY 1ST.( DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE EVIDENCE OF ADDTIONAL FIRESTONE PLANTS THAT HAVE MADE DEFECTIVE TIRES. MY VEHICLE DOESNOT HAVE THE VD TIRE CODE, BUT HAS A VN CODE WITH THE TIRES HAVING A DISTINCT HAIRLINE CRACK JUST UNDER THE TREAD LINE AROUND THE ENITRE TIRE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE FIRESTONE DEALER, MY AUTODEALER AND BY THE TIRE DEALER THAT JUST REPLACED THESE TIRES THAT THEY SHOW THE SAME "CRACKING" AS THE VD TIRE CODE. I HAVE KEPT THESE TIRE AND WOULD OFFER THEM TO YOU FOR FURTHER INVESTIAGTION. I AM REQESTING THAT NHTSA KEEPS THE INVESTIGAION OPEN AND THAT THEY ASSIST MY SELF, AND OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS WITH ADDITIONAL DEFECTIVE TIRES, IN OBTAINING A REFUND FROM THE TIRE MANUFACTUER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VN TIRE SIZE: 235 75X15 )

TIRE CAME OFF WHEEL AND DEFLATED CAUSING ROLLOVER . I THINK WHEEL HAS A DESIGN PROBLEM CAUSING THE BEAD TO SEPERATE FROM WHEEL WHEN ROUNDING CORNERS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235-75 )

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE GOING UP THE HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SHE WAS FORCED TO GO UP AND OVER THE BRIDGE TO A SAFE PLACE TO CHANGE THE FLAT TIRE. AS A RESULT OF ROLLING ON THE FLAT TIRE, THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE WAS RUINED. WE BOUGHT A NEW TIRE FROM FIRESTONE TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED FLAT TIRE. THE NEW TIRE IS ONE THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE RECALL CURRENTLY IN EFFECT BY FIRESTONE.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL328 TIRE SIZE: 235/75/R15 )

ON SEPTEMBER 17,1999 AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR, I SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING AN ON COMING VEHICLE. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVERSIDE TIRES BLEWOUT CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO "ROLLOVER" SEVERAL TIMES. AT "NO TIME" DID THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY. UPON ARRIVAL OF THE POLICE, I WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH "SEVERE" HEAD INJURIES. MY TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED. I HAVE IN MY POSSESION PICTURES OF THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING THE TIRES AND "NO" AIRBAGS.( DOT NUMBER: )

I HAVE A WILDERNESS AT TIRE WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED AT THE CANADIAN FIRESTONE FACTORY. I DONT RECALL THE DOT NUMBER BUT I HAD FOUND THAT IT WAS A CANADIAN TIRE. I INSPECTED THE TIRES AFTER THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A VISIBLE CRACK WHICH WENT AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. THE CRACK WAS ON THE TIRE AT THE POINT THAT THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. THE CRACK WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE WHICH HAD THE RAISED WHITE LETTERS. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE, I SAW NO CRACK ON THE INSIDE SURFACE. ANYWAY, I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES AND STILL HAVE THE OLD ONES. IF THIS TIRE MAY BE OF ANY USE TO YOU IN YOUR INVESTIGATION, YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE IT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

CRACKS AT TREAD CAP( DOT NUMBER: VN TIRE SIZE: 15 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE. FRONT PASSENGER'S AND THE REAR DRIVER'S TIRES HAD STRESS MARKS GOING ALL AROUND THE TIRES. CONSUMER REPLACED THREE TIRES. ONE OF THE TIRES WAS RECALLED. THEY WERE FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, P23575R15, #DOT VNHL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

HOLES APPEARED IN THE TIRES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ONCE IT HAPPED WHIL WE WERE DRIVING AND THE OTHER TIME WE PARKED THE CAR AND WERE SITTING OUTSIDE AND SUDDENLY WE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS GONG FLAT. WE EXAMINED IT AND INFLATED IT AND FOUND NOT SCREWS, OR SHARP OBJECTS THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED IT. THE HOLES JUST APPEAR ON THE TREAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE FEEL THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE EVEN THOGUH THEY WERE NOT THE ONES MADE AT THE DECATUR PLANT, PLUS IT'S ALREADY IN THE NEWS THAT A LOT OF THE WILDERNESS TIRES WERE MISLABELED. AS A CONSUMER WE DO NOT TRUST FIRESTONE TIRES, THEIR PRODUCTS ARE CHEAPLY MADE AND NOT SAFE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT RESPOND TO OUR CONCERNS AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY GIVE US THE RUNAROUND. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LX )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

I WANTED TO ADVISE YOU THAT I OWN THE CAPTIONED VEHICLE AND HAVE JUST INSPECTED MY TIRES. I FOUND A CRACKING AROUND THE OUTSIDE TOP EDGE OF ALL 4 TIRES, WHERE THE LUGS MEET THE SIDEWALL. I KNOW THAT THESE TIRES ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING RECALLED BUT PLEASE ADD MY COMPLAINT TO ANY APPLICABLE LIST. I AM A STATE OF VERMONT LICENCED AUTO DAMAGE ADJUSTER BY TRADE AND HAVE SOME EXPERIANCE IN LOOKING FOR TIRE DEFFECTS. THESE TIRES CERTAINLY APPEAR TO HAVE DEVELOPED THE PROBLEM DISCRIBED IN REPORTS THAT I HAVE READ, EVEN THOUGH I REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT THE SIZE THAT ARE RECALLED. I AM CHANGING THE TIRES AT MY OWN EXPENSE AND WILL SAVE THEM. I WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO FORWARD PHOTOS OR HELP IN ANY WAY. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70/R16 )

HAD THE TIRES CHECKED BY FIRESTONE FRIDAY. AT 7:30 PM SAT WE WERE STOPED ON I-95 FOR APROX. 30 MIN. DUE TO MUCK FIRES. TIRES COOL, ROAD COOL. 8PM AT 70 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPERATED. NO DAMAGE TO OCCUPANTS OR VEHICLE. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE, IT IS A "POSTE( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

OUR EXPLORER WAS IN THE DEALERSHIP'S SHOP TO FIX A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHILE IN, I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT INTENSIFIED WHILE BRAKING. THE RESPONSE ON THE WORK ORDER FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAD JUST 17,000 MILES ON IT, "TIRES HAVE RIB WEAR" AND "POOR QUALITY TIRES CAUSING VIBRATION". AT THE TIME FORD NOR FIRESTONE WOULD REPLACE THE TIRES DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR OWN PERSONNEL NOTED THAT THE ARE POOR QUALITY TIRES. NOW, WITH ALL OF THE TALK OF UNSAFE FIRESTONE TIRES, I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE WILDERNESS HT TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE NHTSA IS NOT LOOKING AT ALL POSSIBLE POOR QUALITY TIRES AND DEMANDING THAT FIRESTONE REPLACE THESE TIRES AS WELL. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING THE ISSUE OF THE WILDERNESS HT TIRES OUT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. BY THE WAY, THE...

TIRE BLOW OUT WIFE & SON IN CAR AAA CHANGED TIRE ON 3/31( DOT NUMBER: PY367 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

FIRESTONE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING. NLM

TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN, I AM WRITING A COMPLAINT AS A LAST RESORT IN HOPES THAT SOMEONE WILL HELP ME WITH MY FIRESTONE TIRES. I HAVE A 1998 EXPLORER WITH WILDERNESS AT TIRES THAT ARE NOT MADE AT THE DECATUR PLANT AND NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A RECALL. HOWEVER, I HAVE 3 TIRES THAT HAVE 37K MILES ON THEM (PURCHASED WITH VEHICLE) THAT HAVE CRACKS AND SPLITTING ALONG THE ENTIRE CURCUMFRANCE OF THE TIRES WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREADS. I HAVE BROUGHT MY TIRES INTO FIRESTONE, THEY BLAME FORD FOR THE 26LB AIR PRESSURE AND SAY THE CRACKING IS "NORMAL" AND "COSMETIC". I ALSO BROUGHT MY VEHICHLE INTO FORD AND THEY SAID THEY CAN DO NOTHING AS THEYDID NOT MAKE THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC DID AGREE HOWEVER, THE TIRE IS DEFECTIVE. I ALSO BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO A GOODYEAR STORE, AND THEY TOO ADVISED ME THAT THE 3 TIRES...

TIRES CRACKING BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDEWALL FOR THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON ALL FOUR TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VNCU 1PX TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

WE FOUND CONTINUOUS CRACKS IN ALL FOUR OF OUR 15" WILDERNESS TIRES ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000. FIRESTONE REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THE DOT CODE WAS VNHL INDICATING THAT THEY WERE MADE IN QUEBEC. OUR FORD DEALER, JIM ROSS, TOLD US TO GO ANYWHERE AND BUY ANY TIRES, AND THAT FORD OF FIRESTONE WOULD REIMBURSE US. HE SAID THEY WERE SCAREY LOOKING. HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY WIFE, LUANNE, DRIVING ON THEM. LUANNE BOUGHT 4 NEW MICHELINS AND HAD THEM PUT ON FOR $507.32. SINCE THE DAMAGED FIRESTONES WERE NOT MADE IN DECATUR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL NOT GET OUR MONEY BACK. WE ARE UPSET ABOUT LOSING THIS MUCH MONEY, BUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN $500. I HOPE YOUR OFFICE CAN LOOK INTO THIS PROBABLE PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES THAT SO FAR HAVE ESCAPED THE RECALL, BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST AND PROPERTY DAMAGED. THANK...

TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED AND ALMOST CAUSED ROLLOVER. THIS IS NOT ONE OF RECALLS , BUT IT IS DEFECTIVE AND MAYBE SHOULD BE INCLUDED.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

I WAS UNSURE OF WHERE EXACTLY TO SEND THIS LETTER, SO I HOPE THIS IS THE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

TIRES HAVE WEATHER CRACKS AT 23,877MILES AS STATED AT FIRESTONE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID TO REPLACE THE TIRES AND THEY WOULD PRORATE NEW TIRES.THE TIRES ALSO HAVE A CRACK LINE STARTING ABOUT 1 INCH FROM THE TOP OF THE TIRES RUNNING AROUND THE WHOLE DISTANCE OF ALL FOUR TIRES. THE FIRESTONE DEALER MADE NO MENTION OF THIS FACT. THESE ARE NOT THE SERIAL NUMBERS BEING RECALLED BUT ARE DOING THE SAME THING AS THE RECALLED TIRES. TWO OTHER TIRE DEALERSHIPS RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT AS THEY FELT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE.I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND THAT ALL WILDERNESS AT TIRES SHOULD BE REPLACED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TREAD WEAR IS EXCELLENT, BUT THERE ARE SMALL CRACKS IN THE RUBBER ON BOTH THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE EDGES OF ALL FOUR (4) TIRES. IN LIEU OF THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES AND THEIR RECALL, MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT I REPORT THIS AS HE BELIEVES THAT THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO TREAD SEPARATION AS WITH THE 15 INCH TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THANK YOU FOR ANY ASSISTANCE THAT YOU CAN GIVE IN THIS MATTER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

FIRESTONE WRITTEN 11 SEPT 2000 ALL TIRE WERE AFFECTED BY RECALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ALL TIRES CRACKING AROUND ENTIRE PERIMETER AT SIDEWALL/TREAD INTERFACE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: CANADA TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THIS CORRECTS THE INFORMATION I SUBMITTED ON 8/16/2000 TO BETTER DESCRIBE THAT TWO FAILURES OCCURRED AND BOTH WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. MY 1998 FORD EXPLORER ([XXX]) CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE WILDERNESSAT TIRES. DURING THE FALL OF 1998, I EXPERIENCED 4 TIRE REPAIRS AND IN THE EARLY PART OF 1999, 2 MORE TIRE REPAIRS AND TWO FAILURES (NOTE: FOUR TRIPS TO ARIZONA, FROM COLORADO, HAD OCCURRED). THE TWO FAILURES OCCURRED LATER DURING TRAVEL IN 1999, ONE ON I-40 OUTSIDE ALBUQUERQUE, NM (ENROUTE TO AZ AT APPROX 62 MPH, A SEPARATION AT THE SIDEWALL/TREAD AREA) AND THE OTHER IN PHOENIX, AZ FOUND AS A LEAKING TIRE BUT IDENTIFIED, UPON BREAKDOWN, AS A NON-REPAIRABLE SIDEWALL/THREAD SEPARATION AT THE THREAD LINE). EACH FAILURE WAS REPLACED WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES. HOWEVER, I LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE FIRESTONE TIRES AND ON MAY 6 1999 I REPLACED THE FOUR INSTALLED TIRES WITH...

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE CRACKING ALONG TREAD BASE AND BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VN TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

ON I-71N, TRUCK STARTS ROCKING, PERSON PULL UP NEXT TO ME AND POINTS TO REAR. TIRE GOES FLAT FOR NO REASON. CAN NOT GET TIRE REPALCED BECAUSE I DROVE WHEN THE TIRE WENT FLAT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255R7016 )

MY EXPLORER HAS BEEN TAKEN TO BOTH TOWN FAIR TIRE & FORD DEALER AND TOLD THE WILDERNESS AT P255/R7016 SHOW TIRE SPLITTING AND CRACKING, FORD HAS STATED THIS ON A SERVICE BILL, THEY ROTATED THE TIRES AND PUT MY SPARE ON THE FRONT...BUT NEITHER FORD OR TOWN FAIR TIRE WILL CHANGE THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DEFECTED, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST???? EVEN THOUGH DEFECTED!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P25570R16 )

WHEN I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE I NOTICED UNUSUAL WEAR PATTERNS ON ALL FOUR TIRES AT 2000MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG BUT ROTATED THEM ANYWAY. THE WEAR PATTERN CONTINUED AND I RETURNED AGAIN AT 6000 MILES. THEY CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. AT 15000 MILES THERE WAS NOTICEABLE OUTER TREAD WEAR ON ALL FOUR TIRES. WENT TO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME AGAIN, NO PROBLEM. NOW WITH 30000 MILES ON THE TIRE I HAVE SEVERE OUTER TREAD WEAR. THE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED BY FIVE DIFFERENT SHOPS INCLUDING FIRESTONE AND EVERTHING CHECKED OUT INCLUDING PROPER INFLATION. NOW FIRESTONE REFUSES TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM CITING I FAILED TO ROTATE THE TIRES EVEN WITH PROOF FROM FORD. THE OUTER TREAD WILL SOON BE OFF OF THESE TIRES JUST LIKE THE OTHERS. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET ALL THESE...

MY ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 P.M. ON 24 JULY 2000 AS I WAS DRIVING TO MY RESIDENCE LOCATED AT [XXX], IN MY 1998 FORD EDDIE BAUER EXPLORER. I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON HIGHWAY 190 IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE AT 60 MPH, WHEN A CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK I WAS FOLLOWING. THE TRUCK BRAKED CAUSING ME TO BRAKE. UPON BRAKING, BOTH TIRES ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE VEHICLE EXPLODED CAUSING ME TO GO INTO A TAIL SPIN. I DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE ELSE. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE OR HURT ANYONE ELSE. MY VEHICLE ENDED UP ROLLING OVER FOUR TIMES AND ENDED UP FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON THE MEDIAN. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH NOT TO HAVE SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE POLICE, PARAMEDICS, AND FIREMEN...

I HAVE A WILDERNESS AT TIRE WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED AT THE CANADIAN FIRESTONE FACTORY. I DONT RECALL THE DOT NUMBER BUT I HAD FOUND THAT IT WAS A CANADIAN TIRE. I INSPECTED THE TIRES AFTER THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A VISIBLE CRACK WHICH WENT AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. THE CRACK WAS ON THE TIRE AT THE POINT THAT THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. THE CRACK WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE WHICH HAD THE RAISED WHITE LETTERS. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRE, I SAW NO CRACK ON THE INSIDE SURFACE. ANYWAY, I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES AND STILL HAVE THE OLD ONES. IF THIS TIRE MAY BE OF ANY USE TO YOU IN YOUR INVESTIGATION, YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE IT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

CRACKS AT TREAD CAP( DOT NUMBER: VN TIRE SIZE: 15 )

HOLES APPEARED IN THE TIRES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ONCE IT HAPPED WHIL WE WERE DRIVING AND THE OTHER TIME WE PARKED THE CAR AND WERE SITTING OUTSIDE AND SUDDENLY WE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE WAS GONG FLAT. WE EXAMINED IT AND INFLATED IT AND FOUND NOT SCREWS, OR SHARP OBJECTS THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED IT. THE HOLES JUST APPEAR ON THE TREAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE FEEL THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE EVEN THOGUH THEY WERE NOT THE ONES MADE AT THE DECATUR PLANT, PLUS IT'S ALREADY IN THE NEWS THAT A LOT OF THE WILDERNESS TIRES WERE MISLABELED. AS A CONSUMER WE DO NOT TRUST FIRESTONE TIRES, THEIR PRODUCTS ARE CHEAPLY MADE AND NOT SAFE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT RESPOND TO OUR CONCERNS AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY GIVE US THE RUNAROUND. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LX )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

I WANTED TO ADVISE YOU THAT I OWN THE CAPTIONED VEHICLE AND HAVE JUST INSPECTED MY TIRES. I FOUND A CRACKING AROUND THE OUTSIDE TOP EDGE OF ALL 4 TIRES, WHERE THE LUGS MEET THE SIDEWALL. I KNOW THAT THESE TIRES ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING RECALLED BUT PLEASE ADD MY COMPLAINT TO ANY APPLICABLE LIST. I AM A STATE OF VERMONT LICENCED AUTO DAMAGE ADJUSTER BY TRADE AND HAVE SOME EXPERIANCE IN LOOKING FOR TIRE DEFFECTS. THESE TIRES CERTAINLY APPEAR TO HAVE DEVELOPED THE PROBLEM DISCRIBED IN REPORTS THAT I HAVE READ, EVEN THOUGH I REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT THE SIZE THAT ARE RECALLED. I AM CHANGING THE TIRES AT MY OWN EXPENSE AND WILL SAVE THEM. I WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO FORWARD PHOTOS OR HELP IN ANY WAY. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70/R16 )

OUR EXPLORER WAS IN THE DEALERSHIP'S SHOP TO FIX A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHILE IN, I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL THAT INTENSIFIED WHILE BRAKING. THE RESPONSE ON THE WORK ORDER FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAD JUST 17,000 MILES ON IT, "TIRES HAVE RIB WEAR" AND "POOR QUALITY TIRES CAUSING VIBRATION". AT THE TIME FORD NOR FIRESTONE WOULD REPLACE THE TIRES DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR OWN PERSONNEL NOTED THAT THE ARE POOR QUALITY TIRES. NOW, WITH ALL OF THE TALK OF UNSAFE FIRESTONE TIRES, I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE WILDERNESS HT TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE NHTSA IS NOT LOOKING AT ALL POSSIBLE POOR QUALITY TIRES AND DEMANDING THAT FIRESTONE REPLACE THESE TIRES AS WELL. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING THE ISSUE OF THE WILDERNESS HT TIRES OUT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. BY THE WAY, THE...

TIRE BLOW OUT WIFE & SON IN CAR AAA CHANGED TIRE ON 3/31( DOT NUMBER: PY367 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN, I AM WRITING A COMPLAINT AS A LAST RESORT IN HOPES THAT SOMEONE WILL HELP ME WITH MY FIRESTONE TIRES. I HAVE A 1998 EXPLORER WITH WILDERNESS AT TIRES THAT ARE NOT MADE AT THE DECATUR PLANT AND NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A RECALL. HOWEVER, I HAVE 3 TIRES THAT HAVE 37K MILES ON THEM (PURCHASED WITH VEHICLE) THAT HAVE CRACKS AND SPLITTING ALONG THE ENTIRE CURCUMFRANCE OF THE TIRES WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREADS. I HAVE BROUGHT MY TIRES INTO FIRESTONE, THEY BLAME FORD FOR THE 26LB AIR PRESSURE AND SAY THE CRACKING IS "NORMAL" AND "COSMETIC". I ALSO BROUGHT MY VEHICHLE INTO FORD AND THEY SAID THEY CAN DO NOTHING AS THEYDID NOT MAKE THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC DID AGREE HOWEVER, THE TIRE IS DEFECTIVE. I ALSO BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO A GOODYEAR STORE, AND THEY TOO ADVISED ME THAT THE 3 TIRES...

TIRES CRACKING BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDEWALL FOR THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON ALL FOUR TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VNCU 1PX TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

WE FOUND CONTINUOUS CRACKS IN ALL FOUR OF OUR 15" WILDERNESS TIRES ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000. FIRESTONE REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THE DOT CODE WAS VNHL INDICATING THAT THEY WERE MADE IN QUEBEC. OUR FORD DEALER, JIM ROSS, TOLD US TO GO ANYWHERE AND BUY ANY TIRES, AND THAT FORD OF FIRESTONE WOULD REIMBURSE US. HE SAID THEY WERE SCAREY LOOKING. HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY WIFE, LUANNE, DRIVING ON THEM. LUANNE BOUGHT 4 NEW MICHELINS AND HAD THEM PUT ON FOR $507.32. SINCE THE DAMAGED FIRESTONES WERE NOT MADE IN DECATUR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL NOT GET OUR MONEY BACK. WE ARE UPSET ABOUT LOSING THIS MUCH MONEY, BUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN $500. I HOPE YOUR OFFICE CAN LOOK INTO THIS PROBABLE PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES THAT SO FAR HAVE ESCAPED THE RECALL, BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST AND PROPERTY DAMAGED. THANK...

TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED AND ALMOST CAUSED ROLLOVER. THIS IS NOT ONE OF RECALLS , BUT IT IS DEFECTIVE AND MAYBE SHOULD BE INCLUDED.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

PE00 020; TIRES ARE SHOWING STRESS MARKS AND CRACKS ALL AROUND, AND TEARS ARE FORMING AROUND TIRE LINES. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE.*AK

PE# 00020; FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, P235/75R15, VD. FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN LAGUNA HILLS, CA, LAGUNA HILLS MALL ADVISED CONSUMER THAT REPLACEMENT TIRES WOULD BE READY IN 3 WEEKS FROM HIS CONTACT DATE. AFTER 3 WEEKS WERE UP FIRESTONE DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT IS WOULD TAKE ANOTHER 6 MONTHS. *AK CONSUMER STATED TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *SLC