1999 FORD F-350 Tires Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK DYNAPRO AS TIRES, SIZE: 235/85R16. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SWERVE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING DOWN QUICKLY AND UNEVENLY, BUT THE REAR TIRES SHOWED NO FAILURES. THE LOCAL TIRE STORE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY NO LONGER SERVICED OR SOLD HANKOOK TIRES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 370,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: X RADIAL LT, AND TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 220,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 WITH UNIROYAL LIBERATOR TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

1999 FORD F-350. UNIT #1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE. UNIT #1 HAD A RIGHT TIRE BLOWOUT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND STRIKE THE GUARDRAIL OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. UNIT #1 CAME TO A CONTROLLED STOP AFTER STRIKING THE GUARDRAIL. *LN ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, ALL THE TIRES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT ALL WERE FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS AND ALL HAD DIFFERENT READ PATTERNS. THE DRIVER STATED THE TIRE BLOWN TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0460-91)*JB

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED ON 7-26-09 I WAS ON MY WAY BACK TO FORT WORTH FROM AUSTIN, TX FROM A TRADE SHOW WHEN ABOUT 3:00 PM ON HWY I-35E 19 MILES SOUTH OF WACO TX THE I FELT A SUDDEN VIBRATION AND THUMPING IN THE FRONT. I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN TO GET OFF THE ROAD TO CHECK IT OUT WHEN FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SEVERELY VEER TO THE LEFT TRYING MY BEST TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM ROLLING, THEN HITTING THE CONCRETE GUARD RAIL WHICH DEFLECTED THE TRUCK ENOUGH TO SLIDE DOWN THE BARRIER FOR ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FEET TILL IT STOPPED. I FELT LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE RIGHT LANE AT THE TIME I WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARS OUT AS WELL. I WAS ABLE PUT THE SPARE ON AND LIMP BACK HOME THIS IS THE THIRD TIRE OUT...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN AIR BUBBLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE TIRE PLUS STORE WHERE IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE RECURRED, HOWEVER, THERE WERE FOUR AIR BUBBLES IN THE TIRE AND THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. THE TIRE STORE STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT REPAIR IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SHE WAS STRIKING THE CURB WHEN PARKING AND DRIVING, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRES HERSELF. THE TIRES WERE BRIDGESTONE DUELER A/T 693, SIZE LT265/75R16. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

1999 FORD F-350 LEFT REAR DUAL TIRES CAME OFF. *TS THE POLICE REPORTED STATED THE DUAL STUDS WERE ALL SHEARED OFF. THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THE STUDS WERE BROKEN PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. *JB

THE FRONT RIMS HAD CRACKS ON THEM. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT TIRES TO LOSE AIR PREMATURELY. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE RIMS/TIRES. *AK

CONSUMER THOUGHT THE VEHICLE HAD WHEEL BEARING PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE NOISE IT MADE WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER LATER HEISTED THE TRUCK UP AND NOTICED THAT THE TWO FRONT TIRES LOOKED STRANGE. WHEN THE TIRES WERE REPLACED THE NOISE STOPPED. *NM *NM

THE CONSUMER HAD TWO SETS OF SIX FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES WITH CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL. *NM FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER FOR THE TIRES. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND TOWING A TRAILER THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE BLOW.*MR CONSUMER FIRST NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT TILL FINDING OUT THE BLISTERING AT THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AT THE SEAM OF THE THREAD AND THE SIDEWALL. TIRE HAD 39,657 MILES ON IT. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD A BLOW OUT. FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL AT, LT265/75R/16, DOT# UNKNOWN. *AK

LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE AND AFTER ABOUT 3,000 MILES, MOSTLY ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SIDE OF MY TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON MY MUDDY DRIVEWAY GOING AT THE BLINDING SPEED OF 3-4 MILES PER HOUR. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED TWO OF THE TIRES HAD SLOW LEAKS. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN SAW RIM WITH CRACKS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE BLEWOUT, THE DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. FIRESTONE CONTACTED (1999 FORD F350, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE LT 265/75R16, DOT# VNW81XL358). *AK *YH

WHILE TRAVELING ON 405 FREEWAY LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT/ BOTH AIR BAGS WENT OFF, AND WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED BY THE IMPACT OF AIRBAGS. LEFT FRONT FENDER/ BUMPER WERE DAMAGED. WHEN TIRE BLEWOUT TRUCK TURNED TO THE LEFT. CONSUMER WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH. ENTIRE TREAD WAS SHREDDED AWAY. CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED NOR DID HE CRASH THE TRUCK.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD A BLOWOUT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT, THEN STRUCK SEVERAL TREES AND ROLLED ONTO IT'S LEFT AND TOP AREAS, THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ON IT'S TO. (TEXAS PEACE OFFICER'S ACCIDENT REPORT). NLM

WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVERS TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DOT #VNW81XL, SIZE LT26575R16. ORGINIAL TIRES.*AK DURING THE ACCIDENT CONSUMERS WIFE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO LOWER LEGS.*YH( FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT265 75R16)

THE PICKUPS LEFT FRONT 16 INCH FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE HAD A MALFUNCTION OF SOME TYPE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE PICKUP TO SHARPLY VEER LEFT GOING ONTO THE MEDIAN AND THEN CROSSING THE WESTBOUND LANES, THE DRIVER OF THE U-HAUL (DECEASED) WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE PICKUP CROSSING THE MEDIAN AND INTO THE PATH OF THE WESTBOUND LANES (ATTORNEY FOR DECEASED). NLM

CAB OF THE TRUCK VIBRATED VERY HARD AT ANY SPEED. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER, THEN HUB, STILL SAME PROBLEM. TOOK TO FORD, FORD REPLACED TIRES, STILL SHAKING. THEN, THEY REPLACED DRIVESHAFT, STILL SHOOK. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TIRES WERE CONSTANTLY GOING FLAT. SEVERAL TIMES I PULLED PIECES OF GRAVEL/ROCK OUT TO FIND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LEAKING. I FEEL THESE TIRES WERE UNREASONABLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PUNCTURES . TO HEAR OF GRAVEL PIERCING THROUGH THE TIRE, I REPLACED THEM FEARING THAT IF I HIT A LARGER PIECE OF DEBRIS THAT A SEVERE TIRE FAILURE MAY OCCUR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE. AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE TRAVELED OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. *AK *JB

I HAD JUST CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURES (70PSI) PRIOR TO LEAVING HOME. 45 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP, I FELT 2 OR 3 SECONDS OF ROUGH SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN A LOUD NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY A "DROP" OF THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACELORATOR AT THE SHAKING AND MAINTAINED CONTROL WHILE GENTLY BRAKING AND WHEN SLOWED ENOUGH, PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOWING A GOOSENECK TRAILOR AND ALL WHIGHTS WERE WITHIN LOAD CAPACITY OF THE F350. THE SEPEAATED TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY TORE UP THE REAR PANEL OF THE TRUCK, TWO ESTIMATED WITHIN $50 OF EACH OTHER; LOWEST WAS $2654. I FILED A CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE TO PAY OR THE REPAIR AND WAS REQUIRED TO SEND THEM THE TIRE REMANTS AS PART OF THAT CLAIM. I THINK THOSE TIRES ARE TOO LIGHT FOR A SUPERDUTY TRUCK RATED AT...

THE TREAD, IN A 1 PIECE "BELT" SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE; BOTH BEADS REMAINED SEATED ON THE RIM. TIRE DEALER SAID NO TIRE DEFECT AND REQUIRED US TO BUY A NEW TIRE. THEY KEPT THE TIRE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY TIRE DEFLATED. STOPPED, BELT HAD SLIPPED AND CUT THROUGH TOP OF OUTSIDE EDGE OF TIRE FOR ABOUT 6 INCHES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75 R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75 R16 )

TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE ON THE SHOULDER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL 26575R16). NLM

TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE ON THE SHOULDER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL 26575R16). NLM

INSTALL 4 NEW BFG TIRES ON MY NEW TRUCK. ALL 4 FAILED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION & BLOWOUTS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: BEXFUB1124 TIRESIZE: 33X12.5X16)

ALL OF THE GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S LOT 235-85R16 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED DUE TO DRY ROT AND CRACKING. *MJS

I NEARLY DIED AS A RESULT OF A FRONT, PASSENGER TIRE THAT FAILED CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY AFTER I TRIED TO CORRECT AFTER THE BLOWOUT. I STRUCK THE END OF AN IRRIGATION BRIDGE AND ROLLED MY TRUCK, BREAKING MY NECK, FRACTURING MY SKULL AND BEING HOSPITILIZED FOR SEVEN WEEKS. I HAD A PRIVATE ENGINEER WHO IS A CONSULTANT FOR GOODYEAR LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY TIRE AND GIVE A REPORT THAT IT WAS A FAILURE DUE TO RUNNING LOW ON AIR. I HAD MY TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED 1 DAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND HAVE PROOF OF THAT. I FOUND TWO PARTS OF THE TIRE AND THE WHEEL RECENTLY AND AS THE ENGINEER SAID I WOULD FIND MELT NYLON ON THE SIDEWALL, I DID FIND MELTED NYLON. I HAVE THE TWO PIECES OF THE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/85R 16 )

ON OCTOBER 17, 1998 AFTER DRIVING ON A US MONTANA 300 MILES I HAD A FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLOW OUT. THE LAST I RECALL WAS JERKING THE WHEEL AND WHEN I CORRECTED I STRUCK A SMALL IRRIGATION BRIDGE IN THE ON COMING LANE CAUSING MY TRUCK TO ROLL. THIS CAUSED ME TO FRACTURE MY SKULL, BREAK MY NECK, AND BE HOSPITILIZED FOR SEVEN WEEKS. I HAD AN ENGINEER, WHO IS A PRIVATE CONSULTANT FOR GOODYEAR, EXAMINE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY TIRE AND SENT ME A REPORT SAYING THE TIRE FAILED DUE TO LW AIR PRESSURE. I HAD MY TIRE CHECKED BY A CERTIFIED FORD DEALERSHIP THE DAY PRIOR TO MY ACCIDENT AND I HAVE PROOF OF THAT. IF THIS TIRE IS THE FAULT OF GOODYEAR IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE OTHERS NEARLY DIE LIKE I DID. I HAVE TWO PEICES OF THE TIRE AND THE RIM IN MY POSSESSION. THE...

WHILE TRAVELING ON A STRAIGHT AND LEVEL ROAD THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE. THE AIR PREASURE IN THE TIRE WAS ABOUT 60 PSI. SPEED WAS ABOUT 55 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS WITHOUT WARNING AND WAS TOTAL. THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OFF. TIRE WAS INSPECTED BY SEARS (THE INSTALLER) WHO FOUND NO ROAD HAZARD DAMAGE OR PUNCTURE. (TIRESIZE: 295/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 295/75R16 )

TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE ON THE SHOULDER (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL 26575R16). NLM

ON SUNDAY MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M. 2MILES WEST OF SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. WE WERE TOWING A 30 FOOT 5TH WHEEL RECREATIONAL VECHICLE AT ABOUT 70 MPH. DUE TO WHERE THIS HAPPENED, I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY TO KEEP FROM BEING RUN OVER BY 18 WHEELERS RUNNING 75+ MPH. SINCE I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE, I HAD TO GO IN THE CENTER MEDIAN. THIS AREA WAS EXTREMELY SLOPED AND WE WERE BARELY ABLE TO CLEAR THE ROADWAY WITH THE RIGH SIDE OF TRUCK AND TRAILER. NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL WAS CONTACTED BUT NEVER SHOWED UP. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO A LOCATION TO FIND A REPLACEMENT TIRE. WE HAP TO BUY A USED TIRE FOR A SPARE. IN SANTA FE, NM WE LOCATED A FIRESTONE DEALER. HE REPLACED BOTH REAR TIRES WITH THE SAME MODEL TIRE BUT A DIFFERENT TREAD...

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER, AND NOTICED A BULGE ON SIDE OF TIRES. AFTER A DEALER INSPECTED ALL TIRES, HAIRLINE CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE SIDEWALLS OF ALL THE TIRES (FIRESTONE TWX R4S P265 75 R16). DOT #VNW8IXM. *SLC

DEALER INSPECTED TIRES AND CHECKED BALANCE FOR VIBRATION AT 30+MPH SPEEDS. DEALER SAID NO OBVIOUS EXTERNAL DEFECTS VISABLE BUT VIBRATION PERSISTS THAT COULD BE AN INTERNAL DEFLECT LIKE A PLY SEPARATION CAUSING VIBRATION. (DOT NUMBER: DO 8061 TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)

BLOWOUT ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

BLOWOUT ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

BLOWOUT ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

A TIRE ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, COMPLETELY DISENTIGRATED. I'VE DRIVEN A LONG TIME, AND SO HAS MY MOTHER WHO WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME, AND NEITHER OF US HAVE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. LUCKILY BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURED ON MY REAR WHEELS, AND I HAVE A DUAL REAR WHEEL TRUCK SO NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W10P TIRESIZE: 215/85R16)

TIRE BLOWOUT OCCURED AT 55 MPH ON STRAIGHT SECTION OF DRY SMOOTH GRAVEL COVERED HIGHWAY DURING DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS WITH OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREES F. TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO FAILURE VEHICLE HAD TIRES INSPECTED, INFLATED (60 LBS PSI), AND ROTATED BY FIRESTONE TIRE CENTER DEALER. AFTER INCIDENT THE DESTROYED TIRE WAS TAKEN TO SAME FIRESTONE TIRE CENTER DEALER WHERE I REPORTED THE INCIDENT. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THIS TIRE WAS NOT PART OF OTHER FIRESTONE TIRE RECALLS. DEALER REPLACED TIRE UNDER PROVISIONS OF FIRESTONE ROAD HAZARD INSURANCE PROTECTION WHICH I HAD PERVIOUSLY PURCHASED. I AM SUBMITTING THIS REPORT DUE TO LATER INFORMATION IN THE NEWS REPORTED ON 9/29/2000 THAT NHTSA HAD BEGUN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SAME TYPE OF FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRES AS USED ON MY FORD F350 PICKUP TRUCK BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF COMPLAINTS NTHSA HAS RECEIVED IN RECENT MONTHS CONCERNING TIRE FAILURE SITUATIONS WHICH...

I HAVE HAD THREE TIRE BLOWOUTS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST OCCURED ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN SIDEWALL BLOWOUTS WITH COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TIRE (UNABLE TO REPAIR) ALL OCCURED AT LESS THAN 40 MPH ON GRADED GRAVELED ROADS. IT APPEARED AS IF THE TIRES HAD BEEN CUT. (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT26575R16 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265X75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265X75R16 )

WHILE DRIVEING AT BETWEEN 60-65 MPH ON TWO CONSECTIVE DAYS I HAD MASSIVE TIRE FAILURES ON THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. IN BOTH CASES I WAS TRAVING ALONG AT THE LEGAL SPEED LEVEL WITH MY TRUCK EMPTY, ON A DRY ROADWAY, TEMPERATURE AROUND 100 DEGREES F. IN BOTH CASES THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE REAL BAD AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE TIRES EXPLODED. IN NEITHE CASE DID THE TIRES LOOSE AIR. THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE CASING. I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS DUAL REAR WHEELS. BOTH TIMES IT DID DAMAGE THE FENDERS, FENDER WELLS, FENDER LINERS AND FENDER BRACES. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 4,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE INFLATED TO 65 PSI. I HAVE CONTACTED KUMHO TIRE COMPANY AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND IN THE BLOWN TIRES AND THEY MAY REPLACE THEM AND MAY REPAIR MY VEHICLE DAMSGE. I STILL HAVE THE...

WHILE DRIVEING AT BETWEEN 60-65 MPH ON TWO CONSECTIVE DAYS I HAD MASSIVE TIRE FAILURES ON THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. IN BOTH CASES I WAS TRAVING ALONG AT THE LEGAL SPEED LEVEL WITH MY TRUCK EMPTY, ON A DRY ROADWAY, TEMPERATURE AROUND 100 DEGREES F. IN BOTH CASES THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE REAL BAD AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE TIRES EXPLODED. IN NEITHE CASE DID THE TIRES LOOSE AIR. THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE CASING. I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS DUAL REAR WHEELS. BOTH TIMES IT DID DAMAGE THE FENDERS, FENDER WELLS, FENDER LINERS AND FENDER BRACES. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 4,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE INFLATED TO 65 PSI. I HAVE CONTACTED KUMHO TIRE COMPANY AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND IN THE BLOWN TIRES AND THEY MAY REPLACE THEM AND MAY REPAIR MY VEHICLE DAMSGE. I STILL HAVE THE...

WHILE DRIVEING AT BETWEEN 60-65 MPH ON TWO CONSECTIVE DAYS I HAD MASSIVE TIRE FAILURES ON THE REAR OF MY TRUCK. IN BOTH CASES I WAS TRAVING ALONG AT THE LEGAL SPEED LEVEL WITH MY TRUCK EMPTY, ON A DRY ROADWAY, TEMPERATURE AROUND 100 DEGREES F. IN BOTH CASES THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE REAL BAD AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE TIRES EXPLODED. IN NEITHE CASE DID THE TIRES LOOSE AIR. THE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE CASING. I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS DUAL REAR WHEELS. BOTH TIMES IT DID DAMAGE THE FENDERS, FENDER WELLS, FENDER LINERS AND FENDER BRACES. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 4,000 MILES ON THEM AND WERE INFLATED TO 65 PSI. I HAVE CONTACTED KUMHO TIRE COMPANY AND THEY WANT ME TO SEND IN THE BLOWN TIRES AND THEY MAY REPLACE THEM AND MAY REPAIR MY VEHICLE DAMSGE. I STILL HAVE THE...

THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AN APPROX. 3INCH SECTION OF THE SIDE WALL ON THE OUT SIDE OF THE TIRE, A SECTION STAYED ON THE RIM AND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE WAS INTACT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF TREAD SEPARATION ON THE TREAD. THE LOCA FIRESTONE DEALER INSPECTED THE TIRE AND COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THEY REPLACED THE TIRE WITH THE SAME TYPE FOR A PRORATED PRICE OF $64.78. THE TIRES WERE INSPECTED BY ME BEFORE I LEFT FOR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK AND INFLATION AND CONDITION APPEARED OK. THE FAILURE OCCURED APROX. 35 MILES INTO THE TRIP AT ABOUT 9:30 AM PDT AND THE TEMPERATURE WASAPPROX. 60 TO 70 DEGREES. THE FAILURE OCCURED ON BUSINESS IS80, WESTBOUND , INSIDE LANE. THE PICKUP WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN PULLING MY FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER WITH A GROSS COMBINED VEHICLE WEIGHT...

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, F350, LT215/85R16 SIZE. TREAD ON THE LEFT INSIDE REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX SEPARATED AND BLEWOUT . OWNER HAS REPLACED ALL OF THE TIRES.*AK DOT# W10P1XNZ494. *SLC

THERE ARE HUNKS OF TREAD COMING OFF MY TIRES, SOME THE SIZE BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF DOLLAR.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW8 1XL TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT265/75R1 )