2000 FORD EXPLORER Tires Problems

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN TIRE FAILURE ON A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE (P25570R16). THERE WAS A LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE BACK OF MY TRUCK JUST PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. AFTER THE TIRE FAILED I IMMEDIATELY PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND CALLED FORD'S ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. I WAS TOLD THAT FORD WOULD SEND SOMEONE OUT TO FIX THE FLAT BUT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO REPLACING THE TIRE. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO VISIBLE INDICATIONS THAT THE TIRE FAILED DUE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MANUFACTURING DEFECT I AM TAKING THE TIRE TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER FOR OBSERVATION.( DOT NUMBER: VNCU1PX459 TIRE SIZE: P25570R16 )

AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NEW, WE NOTICED VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS. FORD SERVICE FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE EXPLORER. WHEN THE RECALLED WAS ANNOUNCED WE HAD THE LOCAL NTB TIRE COMPANY CHECK THE TIRES AS THE VIBRATION HAD BECOME VERY PRONOUNCED EVEN BEFORE THERE WAS 1500 MILES OF THE TRUCK. NTB RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES. AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, BECAUSE THE FIRESTONE COMPANY REFUSED TO LOOK AT THE TIRES FOR 2 MONTHS (THEY WERE TOO BUSY AND WE HAD TO BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST) WE HAD NTB REPLACE THE WILDERNESS AT TIRES WITH MICHELIN TIRES. THE VIBRATION IMMEDIATELY CEASED. THE TRUCK RIDES SMOOTHLY AND WE HAVE HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS. FIRESTONE REFUSES TO DISCUSS TAKING THE TIRES BACK EVEN THOUGH WE EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM WE WERE HAVING.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHEN THE STORY ABOUT THE WILDERNESS TIRES FIRST BROKE I WAS IN A PANIC BECAUSE I TRAVEL EVERY DAY FOR MY JOB. ON 8/09/200 I WENT TO FIRESTONE TO GET MY TIRES INSPECTED AND THEY SAID MY TIRES WERE FINE. I WAS ASKED IF I FOUND ANYTHING UNUSAL RIDING ON THESE TIRES. I TOLD HIM IT WAS LIKE A FLAT SPOT ON MY TIRES. HE SAID THAT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF TIRE. ON 8/25/00 I WAS TRAVELING ACROSS A BRIDGE ABOUT 55 TO 60 MPH I FELT MY REAR END SWAYING THEN HEARD A NOISE LIKE A HELICOPTER I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I PULLED ON THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND SAW MY REAR TIRE WAS BLOWN WITH PIECES OF RUBBER ALL AROUND. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SENT EDDIE'S TOW TRUCK OUT. A POLICEMAN STOPPED AND CALLED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS ON HIS WAY. EDDIE'S...

THESE TIRE ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF COMPLETE DETERIATON( DOT NUMBER: VDOUPX4091 TIRE SIZE: 255/70R/16 )

A PIECE OF TREAD APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES WIDES BY 3 INCHES HIGH CAME OFF OF THIS PARTICULAR TIRE. WE NOTICED IT WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED. WE TOOK IT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THIS TIRE WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT. THE FIRESTONE TIRES WERE RECALLED THE NEXT DAY BUT DO NOT INCLUDE THE ONE WE HAD OR ANY OF THE ONES WE CURRENTLY HAVE. FIRESTONE ORDERED US SOME BRIDGESTONE TIRES TO REPLACE ALL OF THE TIRES ON AUG. 9 AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEM YET. THESE FIRESTONE TIRES ARE UNSAFE BECAUSE THE TREAD SEPARATED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT DOT VDHL.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: 236/75R15 )

TIRE BLOWOUT DAMAGE WAS ON INSIDE OF TIRE AND NOTHING WAS RUN OVER AT ANY TIME PREVIOUS TO THAT.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE TIRES "FLOAT" OR "HYDROPLANE" IN RAIN. OUR CONSTANT NEAR WRECKS AND LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE FIRST 1400 MILES DRIVEN CAUSED US TO REPLACE THE TIRES. MY HUSBAND, DON MCREE, CALLED STEVE FORMBY TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM. THE PROMISED RETURN CALLS NEVER HAPPENED. THESE TIRES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THEY ARE STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON EXPLORER'S IN SNOW AREAS, YET THEY DON'T HOLD THE ROAD IN LIGHT RAIN. THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET IMMEDIATELY.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

CONSUMER CONCERNED THAT THE 16 INCH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WITH THE 15 INCH TIRE. NLM

2000, EXPLORER SPORT WITH ORIGINAL TIRES; 2 REAR TIRES HAD FLATS AT 3,000 MILES. FORD DEALER & FIRESTONE CENTER DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. *AK FORD PUT THE CUSTOMER ON PRIORITY LIST TO REPLACE THE TIRES BUT THE CUSTOMER STILLWAITING AFTER 4 WEEKS. *YH

WHAT MAKE THEY THINK THE 16" IS SAFE THAN THE 15" TIRES, I AM DRIVING IN FEAR, I DEMAND A REPLACEMENT WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255X16 )

TIRE FAILURE, FAILURE NEAR EDGE OF TIRE ON INSIDE NEAR WHERE TREAD AND SIDEWALL MEET. TIRE PARTIALLY OFF RIM. TIRE BEYOND REPAIR. NO EVIDENCE THAT A ROAD HAZARD CAUSED THIS DAMAGE.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHLIPY499 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

DURING TIRE CHECK, DEALER DETECTED THAT WIRES WERE STARTING TO COME OUT OF THE SIDEWALL OF LF TIRE, FROM THE POINT WHERE THE TREAD MET UP WITH THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 6600 MILES ON IT. MY TIRES (DOT 8XHL) ARE NOT RECALLED BY FIRESTONE, BUT I FEEL THAT THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS DEFECT. I HAVE CHANGED ALL OF MY TIRES TO A DIFFERENT BRAND AT MY OWN EXPENSE, BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE DEFECTIVE TIRES AND MY REPLACEMENT COST FOR THE NEW TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

MY SUV HAS HYDROPLANED ON TWO OCCASIONS DURING INTERSTATE TRAVEL. THIS OCCURRED ONCE IN LIGHT RAIN AT APPROX. 65 MPH & ONCE DURING MODERATE-HEAVY RAIN AT 55 MPH. DURING THE HEAVY RAIN, I SLIDE INTO ANOTHER LANE (I WAS NOT BRAKING AT THE TIME). I DID NOT HIT ANOTHER CAR. DURING RAIN, THE TIRES FEEL AS IF THEY ARE NOT GRIPPING THE PAVEMENT. THIS TIRE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED;HOWEVER, AFTER SPEAKING WITH OTHER EXPLORER OWNERS WITH NON-RECALLED TIRES, I HAVE HEARD MANY SIMILAR STORIES. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS TIRE OR IT'S THE WRONG TIRE FOR THE EXPLORER. I HAVE CALLED BOTH FIRESTONE AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED. ON 8/18/00, I PAID $551.75 FOR NEW GOODYEAR TIRES WITH SPECIAL WET TRACTION FEATURES. SAFETY WAS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN EXPENDITURE I CAN NOT AFFORD. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES SHOULD BE PART OF...

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. DROVE TO THE SHOULDER OF ROAD WHILE TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. REPORTED PROBLEM TO FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. A HIGHWAY COURTESY VEHICLE STOPPED & GUY SWITCHED OUT TIRE. TOOK SHREDDED TIRE TO FIRESTONE (LOS COLINAS) FOR REPLACEMENT. FIRESTONE DEALER SAID, "THERE WAS PROBABLY A NAIL IN THERE SOMEWHERE." THE BAD TIRE HAD SHREDDED TREAD BUT THE INNER TUBE PART LOOKED INTACT - NO NAIL AND ALITTLE BIT OF AIR. REPLACED TIRE WITH ANOTHER WILDERNESS AT. NONE OF THE TIRES KEPT AIR WELL AFTER 8,000 MILES. REPLACED ALL TIRES WITH BRIDGESTONE DUELER HL AT ANOTHER DEALER. THE WILDERNESS ATS ON MY VEHICLE WERE NOT THE RECALLED TIRES BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255R70/16 )

GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, MY TIRE WENT FLAT. I WENT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY DODGING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TWO MEN WITNESSED THIS AND STOPPED TO HELP. I DID NOT FILE A REPORT BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS NOT SEVERE. I DO HAVE THE TROOPER'S NAME. GOD SPARED MY LIFE. WILL THE NEXT PERSON BE SO LUCKY?( DOT NUMBER: VNCUIPX TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: VDCU1PX TIRE SIZE: 255-70R16 )

TIRE BLEW OUT AT HIGH SPEED, EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION. WAS NOT IN HEAT CLIMATE, HAPPENED ONLY 3 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING HOME.. TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED.. BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE HAVE BLOWN ME OFF.. MADE ME PAY FULL PRICE FOR A REPLACEMENT TIRE AND DISCARDED THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. REPEATED CALLS TO BOTH COMPANIES HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.. I BELIEVE THIS TIRE SIZE IS ALSO AS DEFECTIVE AS THE 235'S ALREADY RECALLED AND SHOULD BE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. AT MINIMUM I THINK I SHOULD BE REEMBURSED FOR THE NEW TIRE I WAS FORCED TO PURCHASE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70 R16 )

WE PURCHASED A 2000 FORD EXPLORER IN FEB OF 2000, WE HAD AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE SLID OF OF THE ROAD AND THEN ROLLED. WE WERE DRIVING UNDER THE POSTED SPPED LIMIT AND NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED. IT WAS RAINING AND WET AND WE HYDROPLANED OF THE ROAD. UNFORTUNATELY I ONLY HAVE MINIMAL INFORMATION ON THE VEHICAL BECAUSE IT WAS TOTALED SOON AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED. THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE PROVIDED IS FROM THE ACCIDENT REPORT AND MEMORY AS ALL PAPER-WORK ETC.. WAS STILL IN THE CAR AND SUBSEQUENLY LOST IN THE ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE CAR WAS EQUIPED WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES THAT ARE BEING RECALLED - AS THAT MAY HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SERVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT. I KNOW THAT WHEN I WENT BACK TO SIGN THE EXPLORER OVER TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY THE TIRES WERE SERVERLY DAMAGED. I...

DRIVER WENT ONTO SHOULDER THEN BACK ONTO PAVEMENT, LOST CONTROL, TIRES DEBEADED AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DEATH OF BELTED PASSENGER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

3/10, ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. DRIVING HEARD LOUD BANG, LOOKED TO MY BACK RIGHT AND SAW DEBRI FLYING IN THE AIR. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE, I PULLED OVER AND MY TIRE WAS TOTALLY FLAT. , IT EXPLODED. 7/4 DRIVING ABOUT 40, HEARD LOUD BANG FROM FRONT OF CAR, CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. MANGED TO PULL OVER TO SIDE AND TIRE WAS TOTALY FLAT( DOT NUMBER: VNCU1PX409 TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

JUST WANTED TO LET NTSB KNOW OF ANOTHER FAILURE AND GET ON RECORD. COOL WEATHER, NOT SPEEDING. FIRRESTONE REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRENTY. THNX JIM( DOT NUMBER: )

SENT AN E-MAIL TO FOR SAYING THAT MY TIRES HAD TURNED GREEN AROUND THE( DOT NUMBER: VNCU TIRE SIZE: P25570R16 )

ON 12/6/99 ABOUT 10PM, AS I ENTERED CURVE OF RAMP INTO I-75 SOUTH THE RIGHT-REAR TIRE FAILED. THE DAMAGE WAS ON THE SIDEWALL NEAR THE TREAD/RUNNING SURFACE. A GASH EXTENDING ABOUT 1/3 THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE WAS CREATED. ALTHOUGH MY TIRES ARE NOT FROM THE DECATUR PLANT, I RECOGNIZED THE SAME OR SIMILAR FAILURE FEATURES AS SHOWN ON TELEVISION RECENTLY. MY TIRES START WITH 8XHL. AT THAT TIME THE FAILED TIRE WAS REPLACED UNDER MY NEW VEHICLE TIRE WARRANTY. RECENTLY, REPLACEMNET OF OTHERS WAS DENIED ON THE BASIS THAT THESE TIRES ARE NOT COVERED BY THE ACTUAL RECALL AT THIS TIME. I AM CERTAIN THAT THESE TIRES ARE ALSO UNSAFE.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT, WHEN THE BACK TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING ME TO GO INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WE REPLACED THE FIRESTONE TIRES BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE RIDING ON THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT RECALLED..AFTER REPLACING THE TIRES, THE GOODYEAR SERVICE MANAGER NOTICED THE TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE TIRES AND BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION..I TOOK THE TIRES TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND WAS TOLD BY THE MGR. HE COULD DO NOTHING. HAVE CALLED FIRESTONE BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY..WE HOPE THE RECALL IS EXTENDED BCAUSE THERE A MUCH BROADER PROBLEM THAN THEY ARE STATING..THANK YOU, RICHARD POWELL( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: P235/R15 )

APOLOGIES IF THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO SUBMIT THIS. FIRESTONE DOES NOT RESPOND. MY 16" TIRES ARE FROM THE DECATUR PLANT. WHY ARE ONLY THE 15" BEING RECALLED? SAME PLANT, SAME TIME, SAME TIRES. I AM FEARFUL OF DRIVING MY CHILDREN IN THIS CAR. PLEASE FORCE FIRESTONE TO REPLACE ALL DEADLY TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VDCU TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

TIRE BLEW OUT, CAME COMPLETELY APART AT THE SEAMS, COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE AFTERWARDS THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. REPORTED TO BOTH LOCAL FORD AND FIRESTONE ABOUT THIS, AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN DISCUSS IT SINCE IT WASN'T ONE OF THE "RECALLS". I BELIEVE THEY ALL NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO. CALL T.V. STATION AND THEY HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE TIRE AND ALL.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

PE00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH FORD EXPLORER, 2000, 4800 MILES P255/70R16 AND DOT # VNCUIPX529. RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW THE SIDEWALL OUT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH . NO PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD AND FIRESTONE, BUT BOTH DID NOT INSPECT TIRE, AND WAS TOLD DRIVER MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING.*AK

I NOTICED ONE OF MY TIRES HAS A DEEP TEAR. IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF THE RUBBER JUST TORE OFF LEAVING A GASH.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 INCHES )

WE WERE ON A DRIVE, WHICH IS 90 MILES ONE WAY, TO MY PARENTS FOR DINNER. IT WAS 1PM ON THE 6TH OF MARCH AND THE WEATHER WAS BETWEEN 95 DEGREES OR HIGHER. 10 MILES INTO THE DRIVE, I NOTICED THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT HANDLING AS CRISP WHEN CHANGING FROM LANE TO LANE AND ASKED MY WIFE IF THE RIDE FELT DIFFERENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE DRIVES IT DURING THE WEEK. SHE DID NOTICE ALSO THAT IT SEEMED TO BE SWAYING WHEN I CHANGED FROM LANE TO LANE BUT SHE THOUGHT THAT I WAS DOING IT. I, FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, THOUGHT I SHOULD STOP AND CHECK THE TIRES AND JUST IN TIME BECAUSE WHEN I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE AIR RUSHED OUT OF THE TIRE. I EXAMINED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT IT LOOKED AS IF IT HAD SEPARATED INSIDE THE TIRE BUT DID NOT THINK...

LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSES TO WORK WITH ME ON THESE TIRES SINCE THEY WERE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA, NOT DECATUR; I QUESTION THE SAFETY OF ANY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT AND HAVE OFFERED FIRESTONE CASH $$$ TO REPLACE THESE TIRES, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL; I WOULD SUPPORT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN GETTING ALL FIRESTON WILDERNESS AT TIRES RECALLED AND OFF THE HIGHWAYS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R 1 )

TIRES CAUSE EXCESSIVE, VIOLENT SIDE-TO-SIDE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE WHEN CROSSING A BRIDGE WITH A STEEL GRID DECK, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STAY WITHIN DRIVING LANE AND AVOID HITTING CARS AND SIDE OF BRIDGE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

HEARD A LOUD SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION, THEN FELT WHEEL LOSING CONTROL AND ABOUT TO GO OVER THE RAMP, VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL, STOPPED JUST IN TIME , TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE EXPLODED.

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIRE RECALL AND FAILURES (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT), OWNER IS REQUESTING THAT THE TIRES BE REPLACED WITH OTHER MAKE TIRES AND IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RECALL PROCEDURE. *MJS

AFTER ISSUE OF RECALL ALERT, I CHECKED MY TIRES FOR PROBLEMS, I PUT THE RECOMENDED AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IN THE TIRES (THAT WAS REASSIGNED TO 30 PSI BY FIRESTONE) AND NOTICED HALF INCH SLITS ON THE SIDE WALLS JUST OUT SIDE THE WRITING ON THE TIRE, ON 2 OF MY TIRES. AFTER SEEING THE SLITS I THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD REFILL THE TIRES UP TO THE THEIR NORMAL CAPACITY, AND DROVE 3.5 MILES TO A GAS STATION TO DO SO. WHILE FILLING THE TIRES BACK UP TO NORMAL CAPACITY, I NOTICED THAT THE OTHER 2 TIRES WERE STARTING TO SHOWS SIGNS OF THE SAME SPLITTING. IN A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND WHO ALSO HAS AN EXPLORER THAT WAS AT THE SAME GAS STATION, I FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAS THE RECALLED TIRES WITH THE VD CODE AND THAT HER TIRES ARE DOING THE SAME AS MINE, BUT THAT MINE DO...

TRAVELING AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED TIRE FAILED CAUSING A SPIN. TRYING TO CONTROL THE SPIN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. CAR WAS TOTAL DESTROYED AND ONLY THROUGH LUCK DID MY SON AND HIS COMPANION AVOID SERIOUS INJURY.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

SUV BEGAN TO WEAVE AND COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED, IT WAS RAINING AND INTIALLY I FELT THAT IT WAS HYDROPLANING BUT THE RT FRONT TIRE WOULD NOT GRAB THE PAVEMENT. THE SUV ROLLED DOWN A 25FT EMBANKMENT IN A DENSELY VEGETATED AREA, FELLED SEVERAL TREES, AND FLIPPED. THE DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE SUV WAS TOTALLED. DUE TO THE MEDIA COVERAGE REGARDING THE FIRESTONE/EXPLORER TIRE I LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE FIRST PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IS THAT THE TIRE WILL LOSE AIR. I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS LOSS OF AIR ON THE RT FRONT TIRE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND HAD ASKED ABOUT IT WHEN THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND WAS TOLD BY CROSSROAD FORD, "THAT THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS". SO, I THEN WENT TO THE SALVAGE YARD WHERE THE CAR WAS BEING STORED TO VIEW THE TIRE AND THE CRACKS AND PEELING RUBBER OF THE RT...

CONSUMER HAS GONE THROUGH THE BOARD FROM THE LEMON LAW TO TRY & CONFIRM THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. BOARD DISAGREED WITH THE CONSUMER. WHEN TRAVELING 65-70MPH, CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. SERVICEMAN FROM DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE VEHICLE & FOUND THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM, BUT DIDN'T CONFIRM IT. THEY WERE REFUSING TO GIVE MONEY BACK FOR THE UNWANTED VEHICLE. CONSUMER SAID IT WAS SWAYING & WONDERED WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES. *AK PROBLEM COULD ALSO BE RELATED TO FAULTY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 16" TIRES. *SLC

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUND NOISE AND REALIZED THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON MY RIGHT REAR TIRE. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND PROMPLY NOTIFIED MY FORD DEALER WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. FORD NEVER NOTIFIED ME AT ANY TIME THAT THE TIRES WERE UNDER POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION FOR DEFECTS. I BELIEVE THAT I EXPERIENCED DEFECTIVE TIRES MADE BY FIRESTONE THAT WERE ONLY SEVEN MONTHS OLD AND HAD LESS THAN 13K MILES ON THEM.( DOT NUMBER: )

IT WAS RAINING BUT I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY ON RIGHT SIDE. SUDDENLY, I REALIZED THAT THE EXPLORES HYDROPLANE AND HIT THE LEFT HAND SIDE GUARD RAIL. THEN THE AIR BAG WENT OFF AND I HEARD A BIG NOISE. THE CAR HIT THE FRONT LEFT FIRST AND THE BANK. AFTER THAT IT CROOSED OVER TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND SLIDED ALL THE WAY TO FAR SIDE GUIDE RAIL. IT SLIDED FOR ANOTHER 5 METERS BEFORE COMING TO REST FINALLY. I NOTICED THAT TIRES WERE OFF THE RIM AND TEAR APART.( DOT NUMBER: )

TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER GETTING UNDERWAY AFTER A TRAFFIC LIGHT( DOT NUMBER: VD3705 TIRE SIZE: LT255/7516 )

I'VE NOT HAD A FAILURE BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE 16" TIRE HAS EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURES AS THE RECALLED 15" TIRE AND FORD VOLUNTARILY REPLACED ALL SUCH TIRES IN TEH MIDDLE EAST. IT SEEMS IMPERATIVE THAT THE NHTSA REQUIRE A RECALL OF THE 16" FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE AS WELL AS THE 15" TIRE. MY 16" TIRE, APPARENTLY, WAS PRODUCED AT THE SAME DECATUR, ILLINOIS PROBLEM PLANT.( DOT NUMBER: VDCU TIRE SIZE: P255/70-16 )

THESE TIRES ARE TERRIBLE IN THE RAIN DESPITE HAVING PART TIME 4X4. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

BROUGHT VEHICLE WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. FEAR OF DRIVING WITH THE TIRES ON THE CAR.

I HAVE HAD NUMERSOUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE SOME HAVE REOCCURRED, AND SOME HAVE NEVER BEEN FIXED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: STOCK )

I HAVE HAD NUMERSOUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE SOME HAVE REOCCURRED, AND SOME HAVE NEVER BEEN FIXED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: STOCK )

ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 8/5/00, MY WIFE NANCY AND I WERE IN OUR EXPLORER WHEN ONE OF THE TIRES FAILED. WE WERE NORTHBOUND ON M-51 HEADING INTO NILES, MICHIGAN. WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH. SUDDENLY, WE FELT A VERY NOTICEABLE SHUDDER. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL AND PULL OVER. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE TIRE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. I CALLED FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE EXPLORER WAS TOWED TO CAMPBELL FORD IN NILES. TOMORROW (MON. 8/7/00) I HOPE TO LEARN WHAT POSITION FORD MOTOR CO. IS TAKING ON THIS. I DO NOT INTEND TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES ON IT. I AM ASKING FORD TO REPLACE ALL 5 TIRES (INCLUDING THE SPARE) WITH GOODYEAR TIRES, AT NO COST TO ME. BEFORE NEWS REPORTS SURFACED ABOUT THE FIRESTONE TIRES, I HAD DRIVEN TO PITTSBURGH AND BROUGHT BACK A CARLOAD OF TEENAGERS. I ALSO...

TIRE BLEW OUT ON 6-MONTH OLD VEHICLE--HIGHWAY DRIVING, NEARLY CAUSED COLLISION AND RUINED TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

A BUBBLE APPEARED ON THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P235/75R15 DOT W2HL AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 700 MILES AT 70-75 MPH, CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS VIBRATION, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT BY THE NEXT MORNING THE BUBBLE WENT AWAY, HOWEVER THE VIBRATION IS STILL IN VEHICLE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P235/75R15 DOT 8XHL 1PY WAS MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE, THEN WENT FLAT, INSPECTED TIRES AND FOUND RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A HOLE WHERE IT MEETS THE SIDEWALL. *SLC