2005 FORD RANGER Tires Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD RANGER EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK RADIAL H714 TIRES, TIRE SIZE 225/70/15. THE DOT NUMBER WAS 1GUUAPH. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

CONTINENTAL TIRES.....I OWN 2 VEHICLES THAT HAVE COME EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES AND FOUND THAT OVER TIME BOTH SETS OF TIRES HAVE WORN OUT DUE TOO POOR QUALITY OF THE TIRE. I HAVE GONE ON LINE AND LOOKED UP ON THE WEB SITE UNDER CONTINENTAL TIRE AND CLICKED ON COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE TIRES AND IT IS ALARMING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FINDING THAT THE TIRES FROM CONTINENTAL ARE POORLY MADE AND THE QUALITY OF THESE TIRES IS PUTTING PEOPLE IN HARMS WAY , DUE TO BLOWOUTS , TREAD SEPARATION, PREMATURE WARE . I LIVE IN TUCSON AZ AND JUST ABOUT EVERY TIRE DEALER WITHIN 20 MILES OF ME WONT EVEN RECOMMEND A TIRE BUILT BY CONTINENTAL. REPLACING THESE TIRES WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS THE ONLY OPTION TO BE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE HAPPEN TO YOU ,WHAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE HAD HAPPEN TO THEM , AFTER YOU READ THE COMPLAINTS POSTED...

A TIRE VALVE STEM, # DILL 414, WAS LEAKING AIR AROUND THE BASE. THIS VALVE STEM CAME ON A BRAND NEW 2005 FORD RANGER, PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2005, WHICH IS PRIOR TO THE PRESENT RECALL PERIOD. *TR

2005 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE SWITCHING TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE, THE BACK RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE TRUCK SWERVED AND THE UHAUL TRAILER FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES. *MC (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB