2001 FORD F-250 Tires Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH MICKEY THOMPSON/BAJA ATZ TIRES, TIRE SIZES 35 * 12.50 R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO RUN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE CONTACT STATED THE BELT SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:06T024000(TIRES:TREAD/BELT) THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2360,000. UPDATED 11/19/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE DISCOUNT TIRE MANAGER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRE OR GIVE A DOCUMENT STATING THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE TIRE. THE MANAGER DID BALANCE THE TIRE BUT WOULD NOT PRINT A RECEIPT FOR THE CUSTOMER. ON 10/15/2012 THE CONSUMER FILED A...

MY THIRD UNIROYAL LIBERATOR TIRE HAS FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE TWO BEFORE. THIS IS MY THIRD COMPLAINT CONCERNING THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES. THESE TIRES ALL FAILED IN THE SAME EXACT MANNER (TREAD/TIRE SEPARATION) AND ALL WITHIN WEEKS OR MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. THE TREAD PULLED LOOSE FROM THE CARCASS,CAUSING A BUMP-IMBALANCE. I RECOGNIZED THE FAILURE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WHERE I CHANGED TO A SPARE. I LATER REPLACED THIS TIRE. THIS TIRE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 37,000 MILES. WALMART,WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES,REFUSES TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY OR TIRE CREDIT AND NO LONGER CARRY THIS TIRE. THIS TIRE HAD PLENTY OF TREAD AND WAS WELL WITHIN ITS LIFE SPAN. THIS LIBERATOR TIRE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND PULLED OFF THE MARKET BECAUSE OF ITS CONSISTENT FAILURE RATE. I HAVE SENT COMPLAINTS TO UNIROYAL WITH NO RESPONSE. PLEASE HAVE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR INJURED....

CONCERNING TREAD SEPARATION ON UNIROYAL LIBERATOR A/T LT 265/75R16 TIRE PURCHASED FROM WALMART ON 092007,APPROX. 36,000 MILES ON TIRE. USED ON 2001 FORD F-250,DIESEL, REAR WHEEL DRIVE. THE TIRE HAS DOT MARKING AS FOLLOWS: DOT BFW8 C62U 0807, E RANGE RATED. ON MARCH 23 2011 WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH I FELT BAD VIBRATION AND WHEN SAFE, PULLED OFF ROADWAY TO FIND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TO HAVE A BULGE ON TREAD AND SIDE WALL DISTORTION. I HAVE HAD THIS SAME FAILURE FROM COOPER TIRES WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND DESTRUCTION TO QUARTER PANEL. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND LATER (03302011) CONTACTED UNIROYAL WHO OPENED A FILE BASED ON MY PHONE NUMBER([XXX]). UNIROYAL CLAIMS NO RECALL NOR DO THEY ACKNOWLEDGE ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS TIRE. I HAVE 3 OF THESE TIRES AND HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS ON THE 2-REMAINING TIRES IN USE. AT TIMES I PULL AN RV OR...

INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER, CAUSED BY TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, TIRE TREAD CAME OF, TIRE STILL HAS AIR IN IT, VEHICLE IS TOTALED, FOUND PIECE THAT CAME OFF TIRE IS A (GENERAL AMERITRAC TR LT235/85R16) SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES DUE TO ROLLOVER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F-250 WITH COOPER DISCOVER HT TIRES (TIRE SIZE LT265/75/R16). THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE THREE FAILURES WITH THE TIRES. THERE WAS A TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE DEFLATION AND THE THIRD TIRED SUFFERED A BROKEN BELT. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED HER A CHECK FOR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE FIRST TIRE. THERE WERE 12,000 MILES ON THE TIRES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE FOR THE VEHICLE WAS 45,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE TIRE FAILURES HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE BED OF THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH THE FENDER AND WHEELS.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD F250. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE AS IF IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR FENDER, BUMPER, AND THE BED SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR AREA AND TAILGATE. THE TIRES WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES AND EACH HAD 12,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL # 06T016000 (TIRE;TREAD). THE TIRES WERE DISCOVERER H/T (P22575R15). THE DOT # LISTED WAS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOT # WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 50,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND DEBRIS FLEW OFF OF THE REAR END. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FENDER BRACKET WAS STICKING OUT AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD BEGUN TO GO FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN A MILE, WHERE THE SPARE WAS REPLACED. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS, WITH MULTIPLE DIAGNOSES. THIS WAS A CONTINENTAL GENERAL GRABBER TIRE, TR M&S LT, . SIZE 235/85R16, *AK UPDATED 10/31/2006 - *NM

THE CONSUMER DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL TIRES ON HIS 2001 FORD F250.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASIONS THE FRONT AND REAR LEFT TIRE HAD COME APART WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *SC

DT: AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN TIRE BLEW OUT AND VEHICLE HIT THE BERM AND FLIPPED OVER, END OVER END. THE SPEED AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS 68 MPH. THE TIRE SEPARATED/BLEWOUT AND THE RIM HIT THE GROUND PULLING THE VEHICLE INTO BERM. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE PASSENGER SPENT 7 WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, A COLLAR BONE FRACTURE AND SHOULDER BLADE FRACTURE. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN ARM, BROKEN VERTEBRAE AND VISION AND BALANCE PROBLEMS. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLES. THE PSI WAS CHECKED REGULARLY, VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY SERVICED. NO WARNINGS OR PROBLEMS WITH TIRES PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.*AK *NM THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. *SC

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING. *NM THE REMAINING DEPTH WAS 0.20 INCHES DEEP. *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SIDEWALLS WERE COMING OFF THE TIRES. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRES BACK TO THE FIRESTONE, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE ONLY AUTHORIZED TO REPLACE THE TIRES ON THE FORD EXCURSION. THE CONSUMER INSISTED THAT HE HAD THE SAME TIRES AND THEY WERE DOING THE SAME THING. FIRESTONE, LT 265/75R16LRD. *AK FIRESTONE REPLACED THREE OUT OF THE FOUR TIRES. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE LEFT REAR TIRE DISINTEGRATED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK *JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. *PH

ALL FOUR TIRES CRACKED (SIZE#LT26575R16). PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT#. NLM

THE ONLY REASON THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES IS BECAUSE THE VEHICLES AROUND ME WERE PAYING ATTENTION AND GOT OUT OF THE WAY AS I FISH TAILED ACROSS THE LANES OF I-95. DT

PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR LT30570R16 TIRES AT GOODYEAR DEALER IN ARCADIA, FL TO REPLACE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONES TO AVOID TIRE PROBLEM. GOODYEAR DEALER ASSURED US THAT LARGER TIRE WOULD BE ADEQUATE AND SAFE FOR OUR NEEDS EVEN THOUGH WE EXPRESSED CONCERNS. CONTINUED WITH TRAVELS AND IN 6/2001 UPON CROSSING THE US/CANADA BORDER ON THE DIRT AND GRAVEL ROAD KNOWN AS 'THE TOP OF THE WORLD HIGHWAY' GOING 25MPH TOWING A 5TH WHEEL THE LEFT REAR TIRE SPLIT IN TWO CROSSWAYS. I HAD TO DIG A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND WITH THE HELP OF A FRIEND MANAGED TO GET THE TIRE CHANGED. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THERE WAS A 1,000 FT DROP OFF OF A VERY NARROW ROAD WITH ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHICLES PASSING DUE TO THE US CUSTOM'S STATION HAVING JUST OPENED FOR THE DAY. RETURNED TIRE TO GOODYEAR DEALER IN FAIRBANKS, AK ON 6/26/01. GOODYEAR REPLACED THE...

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, ON INTERSTATE 80, MY PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANYTHING. THE ENTIRE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL WAS GONE. DT

WHILE IN MOTION , THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO VIBRATE LIGHTLY. CONSUMER BEGAN TO SEPARATE FROM TRAFFIC WHEN THE TREAD FROM THE TIRE CAME APART CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE AND SOME WIRING ON THE VEHICLE. *JG

NO SUMMARY LISTED ON ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

B.F.GOODRICH, P275/60R17; BOTH INSIDE TIRES ARE WORN OUT. IT FEELS LIKE VEHICLE IS OUT OF LINE. CONSUMER HAS TO CONSTANTLY KEEP STEERING WHEEL STRAIGHT. *AKCONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO COMPANIES.(FORD & B. F.) IN WHICH THEY'RE BLAMING EACH OTHER, BUT IN THIS CASE THE PROBLEM IS THE TIRES BECAUSE THE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM THERE. PLEASE REFER TO SUMMARY. *SCC

CONSUMER STATED ALL TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 2001 FORD F250 TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16). NLM THE DOT NUMBERS FOR ALL FOUR TIRES ARE: VNW 81 X M2900. *JG

THE RIGHT REAR STEELTEX TIRE ON MY F-250 BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED AND HAD 19,000 MILES ON THEM. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER STEELTEX TIRES STILL ON MY TRUCK AND AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ANY FIRESTONE TIRES ON MY TRUCK.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

SIDEWALL IS FLAKING APART AND LETTERS ARE COMING OFF. ALSO, THE TREAD IS WEARING VERY QUICKLY. I HAVE LESS THAN 1800 MILES AND THE TREAD IS ALREADY 1/2 WORN IN SOME SPOTS. I TRIED MORE TIRE PRESSURE, BUT THE TREAD AND THE SIDEWALL STILL FLAKES APART.*AK (DOT NUMBER: NONE FOUND TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)