2000 FORD F-450 SD Tires Problems

TWO FRONT TIRES WERE SHREDDING, AND THEN BLEW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED.*AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS A TIRE ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN BLOWOUT, THE FIRST TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING, THIS TIRE HAD 25000 MILE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, AT THIS TIME THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL (01V-046)ON THE VALVE STEM AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER BUT PRIOR TO THE APPOINTMENT THE VALVE STEM HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A LEAK, THE VEHICLE WAW TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL BUT NOTHING WAS DONE, THE SECOND TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING A STOP LIGHT, THIS TIRE HAD 28000 MILES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACED TIRES (CONTINENTAL-GENERAL TIRE 225-70R19.5 LMT-400). NLM

FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX RADIAL TIRE, P225/75R16, LOAD RANGE E, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, BIG FOOT CLASS C MOTORHOME , FORD F450 SUPER DUTY CHASSIS WITH 12000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT.*AK *YD

DUELER RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, SIZE 225/70R19.5, DOT# CU9RIHTK0400 BLEW OUT WHILE PUTTING AIR INTO TIRE. CONSUMER RECEIVED HAND/ARM INJURIES. TIRE CONTRACTOR FOR CONTINENTAL TIRE WAS NOTIFIED, AND WAS UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. TIRE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. *AK *YD

TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD, F450, TIRE SIZE P22570R19.5, TIRES HAD THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND MILES ON THEM, CONSUMER NOTED THREE OUT OF SIX TIRES FAILED. ONE TIRE WENT COMPLETELY FLAT AFTER DRIVING INTO A HOLE. SECOND TIRE TREAD BLEWOUT COMPLETELY OUT AT SIDEWALL, AND THIRD TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM ENTIRE TREAD FROM INNER PART OF TREAD, OUTER PART OF THE TREAD. *AK 2ND TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, BOTH OF THE TIRES FAILED WITH ONLY THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK, IT WAS NOT OVERLOADED, CONTINENTAL GENERAL, DOT CU9R1HPK1300, SIZE 19.5. *SLC

TWO GENERAL TIRES (225/70R19.5) EXPERIENCED BLOWOUTS, THESE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON THEM. NLM

SINCE PURCHASING TRUCK I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED FORD 450'S AND ALL OF THEM HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VALVE STEMS. SEVERAL HAD 4 VALVE STEM FAILURES AND ADVISED ME TO CHANGE MINE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: CU9R HMTJ TIRESIZE: 22570R19.5)