1999 Ford Explorer Tires

THE TIRE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT THE OUTWARD-FACING SIDEWALL WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. MY FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE FIRESTONE REP. ATTRIBUTED THE FAILURE TO ROAD HAZARDS.( DOT NUMBER: VDHL1PY468 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

AFTER HAVING RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. BUT THEY COULDN'T REPLACE THEM IMMEDIATELY. CONSUMER HAD TO WAIT ABOUT FOUR WEEKS TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, P235/75 R15. *AK

WHILE GOING THROUGH A STATE INSPECTION, INSPECTOR TOLD CONSUMER THAT TIRES ON VEHICLE WERE TOO SMALL, AND THEY WERE RUINING THE ALIGNMENT OF VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE BEEN INFLATING MY TIRES TO THE FORD SPECIFICATIONS,WHEN MY LOCAL FORD DEALER "INSPECTED" THE TIRES IN REGARD TO A "RECALL" THEY SAID IT WAS NOT DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THE "CODE" WAS OK.THEY MADE NO RECOMENDATION FOR A PROPER INFLATION PRESSURE!SHOULD I FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMENDATION? WILL I BE DEAD WHEN THEY RELIZE THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE?WILL I BE THE LEAD STORY ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS BEFORE FIRESTONE REPLACES THEM?I CAN NOT TRUST FORD OR FIRESTONE TO DO THE RIGHT THING!!PLEASE USE YOUR POWER TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC !!( DOT NUMBER: ???? TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TIRE SEPARATED AT 70MPH. NO PREVIOUS DAMAGE TO TIRE. HAVE CONTACTED CAR DEALERSHIP, 1-800 FORD NUMBER AND LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED TIRE FOR MINIMAL CHARGE BY NOW WE'RE VERY CONCERNED AND WOULD LIKE OUR TIRES REPLACED WITH DIFFERENT BRAND. NOT GETTING MUCH HELP AT THIS END. HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT MANY PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM AND WANTED OUR INCIDENT COUNTED. THANKS---JULIE ANDERSON. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

TIRES WILL NOT STAY BALANCED EXPLORER SHAKES IF YOU EXCEED 55 MILES PER HOUR. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

PE 00020: WHILE DRIVING 65MPH VEHICLE BECAME WOBBLY. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD & NOTICED TIRE WAS FLAT. CONTACTED HUSBAND, WHO NOTICED THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE IN THE CENTER AFTER IT HAD BLOWNOUT. TREAD WAS STILL INTACT. HAD TIRE EXCHANGED. DO NOT HAVE THE TIRE. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, SIZE P255/70R16 WITH 20,000 MILES. *AK THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CUSTOMER HAD IT REPLACED BUT THE NEW TIRE WAS ALSO IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND DEVELOPED CRACKS FROM INSIDE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING ON A HOT DAY HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT REAR TIRE, LIKE A POP WHEN ANOTHER PERSON SAW PIECES OF TIRE FLYING OUT, THEN CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FIRESTONE TIRE DISINTEGRATED, NO OTHER SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC

PEO00020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A RUMBLE THEN ROAR THEN BANG NOISE. VEHICLE HAD WENT OUT OF CONTROL. HOWEVER, CONSUMER MANAGED TO STEER OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. LEFT REAR TIRE HAD HOLE IN INSIDE OF TIRE THEY WONT REPLACE MY TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE AT A DIFFERENT PLANT. THEY WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P23575/R15. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF VEHICLE VIBRATION, THE FIRST TIME VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FIRESTONE, DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH TIRES, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK AND DEALER FOUND RIGHT REAR TIRE DEFECTIVE ON THE INSIDE OF TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION, TIRES ARE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P255 16 INCHES. *SLC

CONSUMER NOTICED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION ON THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P255/70R16 DOT VNCU, FIRESTONE NOTICED A CUT ON THE SIDEWALL. *SLC

RECEIVED FLAT TIRE LAST WEEK ON MY LEASED FORD EXP., FORD SENT ME TO THE FIRSTONE STORE IN LAKE FOREST, (MY TIRE WAS BLOWN FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND SEPERATED, THE STORE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES AND SOLD ME ANOTHER ONE, AND NEVER CHECKED THE TIRES ON MY TRUCK TO SEE IF THEY WERE GOOD, THEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT. I KEPT THE OLD TIRE,PLEASE ADVISE IF I CAN GET NEW ONES, I TRAVEL ALOT AT NIGHT THROUGH THE DESERT WITH MY SMALL CHILD, IT SCARES ME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R1S )

WE WERE DRIVING 75 MPH WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM, ALSO CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FENDER. WE HAD LESS THAN 9000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. AT THE TIME, FIRESTONE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. WE READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE, & FEEL COMPELLED TO REPORT THIS OCCURANCE TO YOU. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE ARE ENTITLED TO REPLACEMENT TIRES FROM FIRESTONE? THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: R15 )

I HAVE BEEN AN OWNER OF THE FORD EXPLORER SPORT FOR APPROXIMATELY 13 MONTHS WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES. ON 19 JUN 00, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES AND DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN I HEARD A POP AND REALIZED THAT MY RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO MANAGE THE VEHICLE OUT OF TRAFFIC AND ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WHEN I PULLED OVER, IT WAS APPARENT THAT I DID IN FACT HAVE A BLOW OUT AND NOT JUST MERELY HAD RUN OVER SOMETHING. THE PORTION OF THE TIRE THAT WAS DAMAGED WAS THE SIDEWALLS HAS SEVERAL TEARS FROM THE RIM TO THE TREAD. I MANAGED TO GET THE TIRE CHANGED SAFELY AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE SEARS AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT IN MY HOME TOWN AND PURCHASED ANOTHER FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE AT $114.12 TO ENSURE THAT I HAD A SPARE IN CASE OF ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE TIRES REPLACED AS THE MANY THOUSANDS OF OTHER CONSUMERS, HOWEVER FIRESTONE WILL NOT BE THE TIRE OF CHOICE. SINCERELY, MS. JAMIE M. MARTIN. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R15 )

TIRE BLOW OUT. TIRE COMPLETELY FELL APART FROM THE SIDE WALLS -*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

TREAD SEPARATION ON TWO REAR TIRES; IRREGULAR TREAD WEAR ON STEER AXLE TIRES; STEERING VERY IRRATIC; VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT; CONVERSATION WITH TIRE DEALER, DEALER STATED IF TIRES DEEMED DAMAGED WOULD BE PRORATED WITH REPLACEMENT FIRESTONE OR BRIDGESTONE TIRES. STATEMENT FROM CORPORATION SAID ALL TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED IF CUSTOMER DISSATISFIED, THIS IS CONTRADICTORY TO THE STATEMENT FROM THE DEALER. WITH CURRENT KNOWLEDGE MADE IT NECESSARY TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES (ANOTHER MANUFACTURER) DUE TO CONTRADICTORY INFO FROM FIRESTONE AND DEALER. WE DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR REPLACEMENT PRODUCTS. AFTER INSPECTION OF TIRES BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL DEALER, WE WERE ADVISED TO REPLACE TIRES IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID ACCIDENT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: L235R75/15 )

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR EXPLORER WITH THE FIRESTOME TIRES (WILDERNESS) PULLING OUR 25 FT CAMPER. WE HEARD THE RECALL WAS GOING TO START IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. WE BELIEVE WE ARE MORE AT RISK FOR TIRE FAILURE DUE TO EXTRA STRAIN OF PULLING RV. WE ARE AFRAID TO USE RV UNTIL TIRES ON EXPLORER ARE REPLACED.*AK

I HAVE TWO SHREDDED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS XFT TIRES, WITH TREAD SEPARATING OBVIOUSLY FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. I HAVE A FORD EXPLORER XLT. FORD DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO HELP ME!*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

SIDEWALL OF TIRE SPLIT FROM WHEEL BEAD TO TREAD, BUT REMAINED INFLATED - A DANGEROUS SITUATION! *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

WANT THIS TIRE TO BECOME A RECALL, THERE HAS BEEN 46 DEATHS PATHFINDER LOST THE TREAD ON HER TIRES SHE IN SO FAR. THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY YESTERDAY IN TEXAS THAT HER PATHFINDER LOST THE TIRE TREAD SHE IS IN THE HOSPITAL. I DO NOT WANT TO END UP LIKE HER OR THE 46 PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIFE BECAUSE SOMEONES STUPITY. PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN . A NATIONAL RECALL ON THESE TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

FRONT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE TREADS WERE WOREN OUT. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF PARKING LOT. CONSUMER GOT INSIDE OF VEHICLE AND REAR LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE.*AK (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P235/70R15)

DEFECTIVE TIRE STILL UNDER MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY BLEWOUT AND CAUSED DAMAGES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235-75-15 )

PE00020, TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 -70 MPH ALL OF SUDDEN EXPLORER STARTED SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. AFTER HEARING A LOUD BANK, DRIVER LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER GAINING CONTROL, DRIVER PULLED TO VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SAW LEFT REAR TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. TWO PEOPLE WERE IN THE VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS HURT. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS ATX ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. OWNER WAS TOLD TO COME IN AND PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON 75 IN RICHARDSON, TX WHEN THE TIRE CAME APART. THE WHEEL IS ALL BANGED UP. WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE DIDN'T GET KILLED OR KILL ANYBODY WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE FREEWAY. WE DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR NOW. IT'S VERY UPSETTING TO PAY $450.00/MONTH FOR A CAR THAT YOU'RE AFRAID TO DRIVE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )