1996 FORD F-250 Tirestreadbelt Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH UNIROYAL LAREDO TIRES, SIZE: 265/75R16 (NA). WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE RUPTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE VEHICLE TIRE TREAD HAS BEGUN TO SEPARATE. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE, AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER AND DISCOVERED THAT A HUGE CHUNK OF THE TREAD FROM THE REAR TIRE WAS MISSING, FIRESTONE REPLACED THE TIRE.(FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S LT 235 85 R16 M/S.*JB

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE EXHAUST PIPES AND WHEEL WELL OF THE VEHICLE, THE TIRE HAD 30774 MILE ON IT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE AND DAMAGES BUT WAS DECLINED BY THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THE TIRE WAS OPERATED FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME WITH INSUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE, THE CONSUMER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRES, SIZE LT 235/85R16, DOT#VDORRAA507, SET OF FOUR TIRES WAS PURCHASED 24-JUL-1999). NLM

TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, JUST LIKE THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDOR 1W1 TIRESIZE: LT23585R16)

VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH CONSUMER FEELS THE TIRES WERE THE CAUSE, HOWEVER NONE OF THE TIRES ACTUALLY BLEWOUT, PRIOR TO ACCIDENT A DEALER NOTICED STEELBELTS COMING THROUGH CENTER OF THE TREAD, FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES P235/85R16 DOTVD0RTWW046. *SLC

FIRESTONE STEELER 4RS TIRE (P235 85 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

TWO OF THE FIRESTONE (STEELTEX RADIAL LT 235/85R16 M/S) TIRES ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *MJS

FIRESTONE: DRIVING ON TURN PIKE WHEN TIRE BLEW OUT, TIRE DENTED REAR QUARTER PANEL. (CLAIM#38-J518-357) *MW

ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAVE SUFFERED TREAD SEPERATION ON 4 TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75R16 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER , RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. THERE WAS A SECOND INCIDENT WHERE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED THE TIRES. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX RADIAL#AT,#LT2358516E HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE. TIRES WERE REPLACED BY COOPER TIRES, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK FIRST TIRE SEPARATION OCCURED AT 25000 MILES. THE REPLACED TIRE FAILED SIMILARLY AT 37OOO MILES, FIRESTONE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE TIRE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *YH

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FELT VIBRATION INSIDE VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX, #R4S 2358516. HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

PE00-040; ORIGINAL TIRE ON FORD, 1996, F250, LT235/85R16 M/S. PASSENGER'S REAR SIDE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF AT 45 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE, INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN ALASKA.*AK

WHILE LOOKING TIRES OVER, NOTICED CRACKS ON TREAD. CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES . *AK TIRES WERE FIRESTONE STEELTEX P235/85R16. *SLC

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHILE DRIVING THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH. THE TEMPERATURE ON THE DAY OF THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES. THERE WAS SUFFICENT TREAD ON THE TIRE AND THE PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED AT 70 PSI. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT THE TREAD SLUNG UPWARD INTO THE TAIL PIPE DRIVING IT INTO THE FENDER, CAUSING $800.00 WORTH OF BODY DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THESE TIRES ARE NOT RECEIVING THE ATTENTION OF THE TIRES ON THE FORD SUV'S BECAUSE TRUCKS DO NOT TEND TO ROLL OVER, THEREFOR FATALITIES ARE NOT REPORTED. THIS DOES NOT HOWEVER NEGATE THE FACT THAT FIRESTONE HAS PRODCUED A BAD TIRE THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/85 R16 )

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHILE DRIVING THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH. THE TEMPERATURE ON THE DAY OF THE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES. THERE WAS SUFFICENT TREAD ON THE TIRE AND THE PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED AT 70 PSI. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT THE TREAD SLUNG UPWARD INTO THE TAIL PIPE DRIVING IT INTO THE FENDER, CAUSING $800.00 WORTH OF BODY DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THESE TIRES ARE NOT RECEIVING THE ATTENTION OF THE TIRES ON THE FORD SUV'S BECAUSE TRUCKS DO NOT TEND TO ROLL OVER, THEREFOR FATALITIES ARE NOT REPORTED. THIS DOES NOT HOWEVER NEGATE THE FACT THAT FIRESTONE HAS PRODCUED A BAD TIRE THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/85 R16 )

TIRES WORE OUT IN ONE SECTION ONLY. THE REST OF TIRE TREAD GOOD FOR ANOTHER 20000 MI. DEALER SAID TIRES WERE MADE INCORRECTLY AND WERE EGG-SHAPED INSTEAD OF ROUND. I HAD TO PAY $137.69 TO REPLACE TIRES THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED REPLACING YET IF THEY WERE MADE CORRECTLY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDOR1WW445 TIRE SIZE: 23585R16 )