2001 FORD F-150 Tires Problems

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY HERE IN SAN DIEGO, CA. ON DEC. 31, 2018 AT 11:15 AM, AT 65 MPH I NOTICED A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SWERVE AND BEFORE A COULD DODGE THE OBJECT I HIT IT WITH MY LEFT FRONT TIRE. A DELFINITY, DAKOTA, A/T 2, LT265/75 R16. WITH ONLY 28,880 MILES ON THEM. WAS NOT LONG BEFORE MY STEERING BECAME WOBBLY. AFTER MANAGING TO GET OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC I OBSERVED MY TIRE WAS FLAT AND DESTROYED BEYOND REPAIR. AFTER REPLACING IT WITH THE SPARE IN THE RAIN. I RETURNED HOME TO CHECK FOR ANY DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK, BUT FOUND NONE. AFTER A CALL THE THE PEPBOYS STORE WHERE I PURCHASED THEM ON APR. 30, 2013, AS WELL AS THE ROAD HAZARD SERVICE PLAN, I LEARNED THEY DO NOT CARRY THESE TIRES ANY MORE. I...

DRIVING 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE COMPLETE BLOWOUT 2X IN ONE WEEK... SIDEWALLS LOOK LIKE THE RUBBER WAS WEATHERED AND EXTREMELY CRACKED... *TR

THE FAMILY WAS TRAVELING ON US HIGHWAY 77 ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE ON KING RANCH IN 2001 F150 SUPERCREW (LARIET). WE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM REAR TIRE ON PASSENGER SIDE. WE HAD COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION BUT DID NOT LOSE AIR. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE TO CROSSOVER TO CHANGE TIRES. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK'S WHEEL WELL, FIBERGLASS FENDER, AND REAR PANEL OF TRUCK. ACCORDING TO COLLISION CENTER, IT IS AT LEAST $1800 WORTH OF DAMAGE. *TR

I HEARD A POPPING SOUND FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. THEN IT JUST BLEW OUT. *TR

YESTERDAY I NOTICED ONE TIRE WAS FLAT - TRIED TO PUT AIR INTO IT AND IT WOULDN'T TAKE THE AIR. WHEN I CRAWLED UNDER MY TRUCK I NOTICED THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TIRE HAD DRY ROTTED. *TR

CONSUMERS REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT ON JULY 9TH. THE CONSUMER WENT TO GET A NEW TIRE AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE CUT MARKS ON THE TIRE. *TS ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. A FEW DAYS LATER THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE FAILED AS WELL. (FACTORY INSTALLED GOODYEAR RT/S 265 70 R17, MKT6 C6WR 2501 106L, MKT6 C6WR 2501 113R, MKT6 C6WR 2501 110R, MKT6 C6WR 2501 113L, MKT6 C6WR 2501 113L). *NM

COULDN'T CHANGE GEAR WHEN I WAS GOING UPHILL, ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. *LA

THE TOP PART OF THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. *PH *JB

CONTINENTAL, GENERAL GRABBER AW, SIZE P255/70R16 DOT # UNKNOWN, ALL FOUR TIRES CRACKED. DEALER ADMITTED THEY WERE DEFECTIVE, BUT WON'T REPLACE THEM. *AK *PH *JB

THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A SLOW AIR LEAK. FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED A SMALL PUNCTURE IN THE TIRE. *NLM *PH *JB

RIGHT FRONT VIBRATION,RIGHT FRONT FLOOR AND MIRROR VIBRATION , THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES WITHOUT ANY SATISFACTORY RESULTS

THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPERATED FROM THE SIDEWALL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TIRE AT HIGH SPEED. JOHN PIERCE THE FORD DEALER SERVICE MANAGER AGREED THAT IT HAD TO BE A FAULTY TIRE. THE DEALER WILL ONLY REPLACE THE TIRE BUT WILL NOT FIX THE 750 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE BLOWOUT. MY MAIN CONCERN THOUGH IS THE OTHER TIRES. I WAS DRIVING THIS TIME BUT MOST OF THE TIME MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE IN THE TRUCK ALONE. HOW SAFE IS THAT. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO SAID THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WOULD ONLY HONOR THE PRORATED WARRANTY AND NOTHING ELSE. DT

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW , AT ABOUT 10,000 MILE I NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING VERY QUICKLY. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER AND ALSO AN AUTHORIZED BF GOODRICH DEALER AND THEY CHECKED THE WHEEL ALIGNMENT WHICH THEY BOTH FOUND TO BE WITH IN SPECIFICATIONS. BOTH THE DEALER AND THE BF GOODRICH DEALER CAME UP WITH ALMOST THE SAME CONCLUSION. WHICH IS WHY I AM SUBMITTING THIS LETTER TO YOU. MY RESEARCH ON THIS MATTER WITH FORD FOUND THE FOLLOWING 1) FORD INSTALLED SMALLER TIRES ON MY VEHICLE THEN WHAT WAS INDICATED ON THE VEHICLE DESCRIPTION STICKER THAT ALL NEW VEHICLES COME WITH ON THE WINDOW. THE STICKER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAVE P275/70 R 17 INSTALLED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED TO ME WITH P275/60 TIRES. SEEING IF THIS WAS A ISOLATED CASE I FOUND A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER WHICH ALSO INSTALLED SMALLER TIRES THAN WHAT...

FOUND TIRE SEPARATION ON 3 OF 4 ORIGINAL TIRES. SEPARATION WAS LOCATED APPROX 1/2 FROM RIM AND APPROX 1.5 INCHES LONG. ON TWO OF THE TIRES THE SEPARATION WAS LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE AND ONE HAD THE SEPARATION LOCATED ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. THIS WAS THE ONE THAT CONCERNED ME MORE THAN THE OTHERS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T LOOK ON THE INSIDE OF THIER TIRES. THESE SEPERATIONS WERE ALL NOTICED WHEN TIRES WHERE BEING ROTATED AND BALANCED. TIRES WERE SHOWN TO THE LOCAL GOODYEAR DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A TIRE SEPERATE AT THAT AREA OF THE TIRE AND THEY WOULD REPLACE AT A PRO-RATED PRICE. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE ALL THREE TIRES AT NO COST. THE TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DISCRIPTION ON THE WINDOW OF CAR WHEN PURCHASED, SAID THE TIRES SIZE WAS P275/70R17 AND THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE IS P275/60R17 WHICH CAUSES TIRE TO WEAR DOWN FASTER. *JB THE TIRES THAT CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE VEHICLE ARE SMALLER THAT WHAT THE WINDOW STICKER INDICATED, THE TIRES ARE NOT WEARING CORRECTLY AND THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE VHEICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL FRONT RIGHT TIRES SNAPPED OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED. SIZE ,/DOT UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FROM ACCELERATION OF 25-50 MPH, A SEVERE VIBRATION WOULD OCCUR IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. AT 70 MPH OR MORE REAR END WOULD VIBRATE SEVERELY ALONG WITH A ROARING AND GRINDING SOUND. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK THE VIBRATION IS EXTREME TO THE POINT THAT CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO RIDE IN THE VEHICLE. THE POPPING SOUND IN THE DRIVERS SEAT FEELS LIKE THE SEAT IS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD OUT OF THE LOCKED POSITION. WHEN CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE HAD A NOISE UNDERNEATH. IT WAS TOLD TO CONSUMER THAT IT WAS BEING REPAIRED WITH A NEW MUFFLER THAT HAD BEEN ORDERED. AT THE TIME THE MUFFLER WAS BEING REPAIRED THE VIBRATION ALSO WAS WORKED ON. THE WORK DID NOT CORRECT THE VIBRATION PROBLEM. A SERVICE MAN TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE CONSUMER AND AGAIN THE VIBRATION PRESENTED...

WHILE DRIVING AT 45-50 MPH CONSUMER HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP, AND THEN FRONT TWO TIRES FELL OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *YH

THE POLICE SAID MY DAD'S TRUCK WAS GOING AROUND 65 MPH. THE TRUCK STRUCK A GUARD RAIL ON BOTH SIDES IN THE FRONT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WITH EITHER IMPACT. THEY SAID HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT BUT THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL ON HIM. HE WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AND HE WAS PINNED UNDER THE TRUCK. THREE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT ALSO. NLM

BLOWOUT OCCURRED ON OPEN HIGHWAY. CONTACTED FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE BLOWOUT PROBLEM. CONTACTED FORD FACTORY AND WERE TOLD TO REFER THE PROBLEM TO FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE REFERRED TO FORD. THE FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE REPLACEMENT WAS PURCHASED ADVISED US TO CONTACT FIRESTONE AS IT WAS DEFINITELY A DEFECTIVE BLOWOUT. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON 7 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 34, 52 AND 72 MPH. THEY HAVE HAD THE FORD REGIONAL REP LOOK AT THIS VEHICLE 4 TIMES AND HE INSISTS THAT I HAVE A TIRE PROBLEM! I HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH 5 NEW SETS OF TIRES, 2 NEW SETS OF WHEELS, A DRIVE SHAFT REPLACEMENT AND A REAR END OVERHAUL AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM! I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT YOUR OFFICE COULD PROVIDE IN HELPING RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS!*AK (TIRESIZE: P26570R17)

GOODYEAR, WRANGLER RTS 0265/70417:WAS DRIVING ON WET SURFACE WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE DUE TO TIRES NOT ABLE TO GRIP ROAD. PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS WHEN MAKING TURNS, DOES NOT HAPPEN ON DRY SURFACE. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO OPTION TO GET LIGHT TRUCK TIRES FOR A LIGHT TRUCK. THE TIRES WERE WEARING OUT EXCESSIVELY DUE TO INCORRECT ONES ON VEHCLE.*AK

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT TIRE, P234/70R16 SIZE. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, F150 WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT, CAUSING A TEMPORARY LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

NO SUMMARY FOR ABOE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255170R16)