1999 FORD RANGER Tires Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER WITH DEFINITY DAKOTA H/T TIRES, SIZE P225/70/R15. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A CENTER HIGHWAY MEDIAN. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHIN AND ARM DUE TO THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS SEPARATED. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES OF THE VEHICLE WERE APPROXIMATELY 175,000. UPDATED 01/29/13*LJ UPDATED 1/30/2013 *JS

I HAVE HAD 2 OF THESE TIRES BLOW OUT ON ME. THE FIRST HAPPENED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. HEARD A LOUD BOOM AT 10 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. WENT OUTSIDE AND FOUND A GASH IN THE TIRE ON THE SIDE WALL ABOUT 5 TO 6 INCHES LONG. I HAD THOUGH SOME ONE HAD SLASHED THE TIRE BUT THE POLICE OFFICER SAID THAT THE TIRE BLEW OUT FROM THE INSIDE. THIS TIRE WAS ON THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE 99 FORD RANGER PICK UP. I HAD IT REPLACED WITH THE SAME TIRE BRAND AND MODEL. THE SECOND TIRE BLEW OUT 6/24 WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 81. THIS WAS THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE SIDE WALL HAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD. IT LOOKS LIKE THE SEPARATION STARTS RIGHT ABOVE THE RAISED WHITE LETTERING. ONE OF THE OTHER 2 ORIGINAL...

1999 RANGER TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB, WHEN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A GUARDRAIL. *NM

CONSUMER REQUEST ASSISTANCE RE THE DIFFICULTY HE IS EXPERIENCING IN GETTING FORD TO REPLACE THE FIRESTONE TIRES ON HIS 1999 FORD RANGER. *NM THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD REPLACE THE RECALLED TIRES AT ANY TIME, FREE OF CHARGE. HOWEVER HE HAS SINCE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT TOO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED AND HE MUST PAY FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE TIRES HIMSELF. *NM

DT: FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSED TO REPLACE TIRES THAT FORD SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE AT ANY TIME. THESE TIRES WERE RECALLED, AND CONSUMER CHOSE NOT TO REPLACE AT THAT TIME. FORD TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE COULD REPLACE AT ANY TIME. CONSUMER WASN'T NOTIFIED OF ANY CHANGES THAT FORD MADE. *TT

THERE IS 3 OR 4 RECALLS ON MY RANGER AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY. WITH THE TIRES I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO BECAUSE I CHANGED THE TIRES MYSELF TO SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE I EVEN NEW THEY MAY BE PROBLEMS. I ALSO OWN A 1998 FORD ESCORT AND COULD NOT PULL UP THAT MODEL CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU.*LA

I BOUGHT A 1999 FORD RANGER ON JANUARY 31 2003 WHICH HAS THE WILDERNESS AT. TIRES . I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS MY PROBLEM THEY NO LONGER REPLACE THOSE TIRES ,COULD YOU PLEASE HELP THEY GOT REALLY HATEFUL SAID THEY GAVE CUSTOMERS A YEAR TO GET THIS DONE ,BUT I JUST GOT THE TRUCK.

AFTER HAVING BRAKE JOB DONE AND TIRES ROTATED I WAS DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED. VIOLENT STEERING WHEEL JERKING OCCURRED. PULLED OVER AND CALLED AUTO REPAIR SERVICE WHO HAD JUST WORKED ON VEHICLE TO COME INSPECT. HE SAYS NOTHING THEY DID WRONG, BELTS IN TIRE APPEAR TO BE SEPARATING. NOT BELIEVING, TOOK VEHICLE TO 3RD PARTY WHO SAID SAME THING. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999 FOR RANGER PICK UP. FORD SAYS CONTACT FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE SAYS THAT PROBABLY ISN'T WHAT IT IS BUT WILL SELL ME NEW FIRESTONES WITH PRO-RATE FOR USAGE. THANKS, BUT NO THANKS. DT

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRE, 225/70/R15, CLAIM NUMBER WAS NOT GIVEN. NLM

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRE, 225/70/R15, CLAIM NUMBER WAS NOT GIVEN. NLM

FOR 3 DAYS IN A ROW I HAVE HAD ALL 4 TIRES AND THE SPARE TIRES, MAKING THAT 5 TIRES ALL TOGETHER DISINTEGRATE. THESE WERE THE WILDERNESS HT SIZE 14 FROM FIRESTONE. NEITHER FORD NOR FIRESTONE WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE. THE STEEL BELTS HAVE COMPLETELY COME THROUGH THE TIRE AND I HAVE CRACKS AND GOUGES IN ALL 5 TIRES. NOONE WANTS TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE SIZE OF THE TIRE HAS TO DO WITH IT. OBVIOUSLY THE WAY THE TIRE IS MADE IS THE PROBLEM. IF THEY HAVE TO RECALL ANY OF THEM THAN OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM IS WITH FIRESTONE. THEY SHOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BLAME THE CONSUMER FOR THEIR FAILURES.

VEHICLE IN SHOP FOR TIRE MAINTENANCE AND WHEEL BALANCE OVER 3 DAYS. *JG

I JUST DISCOVERED THAT MY 1999 FORD RANGER 4X4 OFF-ROAD PICKUP, WHICH WAS FACTORY EQUIPPED WITH 16" TIRES, HAS A 15" SPARE. THE ENGINEERS AT FORD HAVE DECIDED THAT MISMATCHING TIRE SIZES POSES NO ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR CONSUMERS. I FEEL THAT EMERGENCY HANDLING WITH A 15" SPARE MOUNTED ON THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE WOULD BE A CHALLENGE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. I DOUBT THAT ANY TIRE MANUFACTURERS WOULD RECOMMEND OR SUPPORT THIS PRACTICE. WHAT DID THE DEALERSHIP OR FORD MOTOR COMPANY DO WHEN I BROUGHT THIS MATTER TO THEIR ATTENTION, YOU ASK? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE RESULTS FROM SOME INDEPENDENT TEST CONDUCTED BY A CONSUMER GROUP OR FROM ANY TESTS THAT FORD MAY HAVE PERFORMED. COULD THIS BE ANOTHER RECALL IN THE MAKING? I HOPE SO, AS I THINK THAT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, DRIVING A VEHICLE IN THIS CONFIGURATION COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS!...

BOTH TIMES THE TIRES JUST BLEW OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. THE 1ST TIME IT CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH THRU A CHAIN LINK FENCE. THE SECOND TIME I SPUN AROUND THREE TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY BUT NO DAMAGE HAPPENED. I HAVE CALLED FIRESTONE AND THEY WILL NOT HELP. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK AND FORD SAYS IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. THE TIRES BEFORE THEY BLOW WILL START THUMPING AND WITHIN SECONDS THEY FALL APART. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/70/R1)

PE00 020; ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, HT TIRES. *AK

THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE. AN ACCIDENT DIDN'T OCCUR, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT INJURY. THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE SIDE, NOT ON THE TREAD. MY FORD DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE CHARGE OF A NEW TIRE AND REFUSED TO HEAR MY CONCERNS. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND WANT TO MAKE MY INCIDENT KNOWN. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE FOR EVIDENCE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P22570R15)

DRIVING ON I-17 NB NORTH OF CAREFREE HWY AT 75 MPH. TIRE MADE A HIGH PITCHED NOISE, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE WIND BUFFETING THE TRUCK BED. THIS LASTED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND THEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED AND WE WERE IMMEDIATELY DRIVING ON THE RIM. THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD. I HAD PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO GET THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEED. IT FELT LIKE THE STEEL BELTS HAD SEPARATED. THEY OFFERED TO SELL ME NEW TIRES, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE. UNABLE TO AFFORD NEW TIRES I CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH THESE. I HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE FAILED TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

THE CONSUMER HAD REQUESTED THE FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY FOR REFUND OF FOUR DEFECTIVE TIRES WHICH ARE ON RECALL P235/75R15, BUT FIRESTONE HAS NOT REIMBURSED CONSUMER YET. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *YH

DEALER/MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REIMBURSE COST OF TIRES SINCE THEY WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO 8/1/2000. IF THEY HAD NOT BLOWNOUT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. UNFAIR ARBITRARY CUTOFF DATE OF 8/1/2000. ALL TIRES ARE COVERED IF STILL ON VEHICLE YET NOT COVERED IF OFF THE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R75X16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R75X16 )

I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO FOR. THEY EVEN REPLACED MY TIRES. NOW THE NEW TIRES ARE CUPPING. I HAVE NOT HAD THE EXTREME VIBRATIONS AFTER MY TRUCK WAS REAPAIRED FROM THE ACCIEDENT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

ON MAY 1,2001 I NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL FOUR TIRES. ITOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROBERTS TIRE AND RECAPPING AT 1210 W. STATE STREET BRISTOL TENN. A FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE TIRES AND STATED THEY COULD NOT GURANTEE THAT I WOULD GET HOME WITHOUT TIRE SEPARATION. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND WOULD ONLY PRORATE THE TIRES. I CALLED FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH A SET OF MICHELIN FROM SAM SNEED TIRE IN BRISTOL TENN. I STILL HAD APPROX 40 PERCENT TREAD LEFT ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES. I BELIEVE THE 16 INCH WILDERNESS TIRES WILL FAIL AS THE 15 INCH HAVE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

WHILE DRIVING AFTER HAVING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHEN CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE. FORD, RANGER ,1999, P-225/70R15. *AK CONSUMER STATES ONE SIDE OT TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF RIM, THE RIM BECAME BENT.(DOT W2UU1P0119) FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT CONSUMER HAD TIRE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE AND THEY KEPT THE TIRE. *JB

WHEN ROTATING THE TIRES ON OUR PICKUP, WE NOTICED CRACKS/SPLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS OF THREE OF THE TIRES. THESE TIRES CONTINUE TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE CRACKS/SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS. WE VISITED A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO CLAIMS THE TIRES ARE NOT DEFECTIVE, AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD70 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT SUDDENLY FLAT. DID NOT SHREAD. UPON CLOSE LOOK FOUND SMALL CUTS OR SEPARATIONS INTHIS FLAT TIRE AND ALSO IN ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES .FELT ALL SHOULD BE REPLACED AS I DID NOT TRUST THEM. FIRESTONE HAD NO INTEREST IN TALKING TO ME. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R16 )

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW, RIPPED THE TIRE, I MANAGED TO STOP WITHOUT INJURY. ARE THESE TIRES UNDER THE RECALL?*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W270RF059 TIRESIZE: P24575R16)

CHECKED TIRE AND THEY ARE CRACKING BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDWALLS (WAS TOLD BY FIRESTONE DEALER IT WAS NORMAL). *AK (TIRESIZE: P24575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P24575R16 )

BOTH REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED CUPPING WHICH CAUSED NOISE, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P205/75R14 95S M/S). NLM

2 OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235/75R15) TIRES DOT VD SERIES, EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WHEELS, THE CONSUMER HAD THE OTHER TIRES REPLACED DUE TO THEM BEING INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T005, THE DEALER WILL NOT REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER FOR DAMAGE OR REPLACEMENT TIRES, HE STATED THAT THE RECALL ONLY COVERED CONSUMERS WHO EXCHANGED RECALLED TIRES BETWEEN 1-1-00 AND 8-8-00. *SLC

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRE DISINTIGRATED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. NLM

FIRST OFF THERE HAS BEEN NO FAILURE AS YET. I COULDN'T GET THIS FAR WITHOUT SAYING THERE WAS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT ABOUT THE TIRES I HAVE IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES BEING RECALLED? I STILL DON'T HEAR WHY THEY ARE FAILING. IF AS I SUSPECT THAT IT IS THE GLUE IS THERE A DIFFERENT GLUE USED ON 16"? I'M CURIOUS TOO ABOUT WHETHER THE TIRE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FEELING THAT THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL VERY EASILY. I'VE NOTICED IN A COUPLE OF CIRCUMSTANCES OF QUICK BRAKING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT THAT THE VEHICLE LIKE THE CENTER OF GRAVITY IS SOMEWHERE ABOVE THE TOP OF THE CAB. THIS IS NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE THE VEHICLE IS SLIDING SIDE WAYS EITHER. IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT COULD VERY EASILY FLIP OVER. I SEE NO APPARENT FLAWS IN THE TIRES AT THIS POINT AND THEY SEEM TO...

FIRESTONE WOLDERNESS AT, P225/70R15, DOT W2UU1P0209, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 41000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERENSS AT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, DAMAGED WHEEL OF VEHICLE. FIRESTONE DEALER BRIEFLY LOOKED AT TIRE, AND STATED IT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARD. *AK *SLC

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE (P205 75 R15) EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING UPHILL THE AROUND A BIN THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P225/70R15 TIRE LOST PRESSURE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL AND HIT A CURB. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEWOUT WITH LESS THAN 7000 MILES ON THE TIRE, AT 15000 MILES THE TIRES WERE CUPPING CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END(FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P245/75R16 1095 M+S). NLM

ON OCTOBER 4, 2000 MY SON WAS TRAVELING AT 30 MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN HIS DRIVERS SIDE FRONT TIRE ASSEMBLY CAME OFF SPINDLE CAUSING HIM TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A VAN AND A BOAT THAT WERE PARKED IN FRONT OF A RESIDENCE HERE IN MIDLAND, TEXAS. THE POLICE REPORT THAT WAS FILED BACKS UP THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS: WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON STANOLIND STREET AT 30 MPH, IN THE 4400 BLOCK, THE 1999 FORD RANGER'S DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL DISENGAGED FROM THE SPINDLE CAUSING IT TO PULL LEFT AND ALONG SIDE A PARKED LATE MODEL CHEVY VAN. THE RANGER HAD NO BRAKES, AND SCRAPED ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE VAN, LEAVING SCRAPE MARKS AND AXLE GREASE, AND TIRE RUBBER RESIDUE ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE VAN. THE RANGER HIT THE FENDER OF THE VAN AND SINCE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO STEER AWAY FROM THE...

TIRE SUDDENLY LOST AIR PRESSURE WITHOUT PUNCTURE THROUGH SIDEWALL BUBBLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/15R70)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/15R70 )

WHILE DRIVING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEWOUT WITH LESS THAN 7000 MILES ON THE TIRE, AT 15000 MILES THE TIRES WERE CUPPING CAUSING VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END(FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P245/75R16 1095 M+S). NLM

WHILE DRIVING 45-50 VEHICLE VIBRATES VERY HARD WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED PART OF TRANSMISSION/TIRES, BUT WON'T REPLACE WHEEL WHICH MAY BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AFTER THE FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL STARTED I CHECKED MY TIRES TO SEE IF THEY WER PART OF THE RECALL AND I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE NOT BUT WHAT I DID FIND WERE SOME "STRESS FRACTURES" IN THE TIRE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND THEY STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I THEN TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND HE ALSO STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND I WOULD NEED IT REPLACED. HE ALSO STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE TIRES DUE TO THE TREADWEAR ON MY TIRES. I HAVE LEASED THE TRUCK AND THE TIRES ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST ME THE TERM OF THE LEASE. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM I CAUSED MYSELF AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE WHICH FIRESTONE REFUSES TO DO. AT THIS POINT...

I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE STORE FOR INSPECTION. THEY FOUND THAT THERE WERE BUBBLES AND THE TREAD WAS PEELING AS WAS COMMON WITH THE RECALLED 15" TIRES. IT SHOWED INDICATIONS THAT THE TREAD WAS COMING OFF. WE WERE ADVISED TO REPLACE THE TIRES AS THEY WERE UNSAFE. WE HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES BEFORE A FULL SEPARATION AND ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WE HAVE RETAINED THE TIRES FOR INSPECTION AND WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES AS THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75% TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRES. (DOT NUMBER: W270 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

LEFT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS TRAVELING ON EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH. RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW AND I HAD TO PULL OFF AND CHANGE IT. TIRE APPEARS TO HAVE SEPERATED WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE. TREAD BELTS IN THAT AREA ARE TWISTED AND OUT OF ALIGNMENT. (DOT NUMBER: W270IFR428 TIRESIZE: 245 75R 16)

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE'S (P235 75 R15) STEEL WIRES CAME THROUGH THE SPLIT ON THE SURFACE OF THE TIRE. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS HAD 5 FLAT TIRES IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR, ONE BLEW BUT WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMERS TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL 00T-005 BUT HE BELIEVES THEY SHOULD BE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P215/75R15). NLM

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P245 75 R16 EXPERIENCED A SIDEWALL PUNCTURE, A BLOWOUT, AND A CENTER TREAD PUNCTURE. *SLC

WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER TO MY FARMHOUSE IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS WHEN MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE JUST BLEWOUT. THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS ON THE TIRE WHERE THE OUTER RUBBER APPEARS TO HAVE WORN OFF. THOSE AREAS ARE WHITE IN COLOR. ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE IS SHOWING WEAR AND THERE ARE WHITE AREAS SHOWING UP ON IT ALSO. THESE TIRES WERE NOT IN THE RECALL, BUT PERHAPS THEY SHOULD BE. I WAS LUCKLY GOING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND NO INJURIES OCCURED AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND AM WAITING FOR A REPLY FROM THEM. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON ALSO. THANKS, TRENT BUNN (DOT NUMBER: W2UUIPO468 TIRESIZE: P255/70R15)

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE (P245/75R160) EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALLL 00T-005 BECAUSE IT IS A 16 INCH TIRE. NLM

HEARD ABOUT TIRES ON TV. CHECKED TIRES, INCLUDING THE SPARE. NOTICED THAT ALL 5 TIRES HAD SLITS OR CRACKS AROUND THEM, WHERE TREAD MET THE CASINGS. CONSUMER CAN PULL THE SLIT APART. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P225/70R15 WITH 4,000 MILES.*AK *SLC

RECALLED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235 R15 TIRES FAILED, CAUSING RIMS TO BEND, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

I HAVE ALREADY BLOWN A TIRE AND BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE HAVE SAID THAT MY PERTICULIER SIZE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.BUT THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. SO I'AM EXTREMELY WORRIED THAT THE NEXT TIME COULD BE FATEL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )