1997 Ford F-150 Tires

TRUCK WAS GIVING A BUMPY RIDE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WENT TO MY MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE TIRES UPON MY COMPLAINT. HE POINTED OUT ON BOTH FRONT TIRES WHERE THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE SIDEWALL. TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT ALL DUE TO IMPENDING DANGER. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD, THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES. CALLED FIRESTONE, THEY WOULD REPLACE WITH THE SAME TIRES THAT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH. CALLED FORD CO.IN DETROIT, CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE, FIRESTONE PROBLEM. I GOT THE RUN AROUND. REPLACED TIRES ON MY OWN AND HAVE SAVED THE FIRESTONE TIRES SHOULD THEY BE RECALLED FOR TREAD SEPARATION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

CORD RIPPED UNDER TREAD CAUSING BUBBLE AND SEPARATION OF TREAD -- NO RESULTING ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70/16)

SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT-JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY THEN SHOOK VIOLENTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE ON I37. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE HIGHWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SLAMMED THRU BRUSH SMALL TREES, CAREENED OFF A LARGE OAK TREE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROLLED THREE TIME COMING TO A REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED AND INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE POLICE REVEALED THE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CARCASS OF THE TIRE CAUSING A BLOWOUT PLUS A BLOWOUT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE DUE TO THE VIOLENT MANUVERS PRIOR TO LEAVING THE HIGHWAY. THANKS TO GOD, SEATBELTS AND AIRBAGES MY WIFE AND I WERE NOT KILLED BUT BRUISED PRETTY GOOD. WE STILL SUFFER NECK PAINS AND SHOULDER PAINS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 235/70RX16)

EACH TIRE (4) HAD TREAD SEPARATION. THE DISCOUNT TIRE CO. OF TEXAS INC (9403 CULEBRA RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78251; 210-523-7158) SALESPERSON STATED EACH TIME THAT IT WAS A FLUKE. I SWITCHED BRANDS AND REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES OUT OF FEAR. *AK (DOT NUMBER: A308443087 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, FORD, F150, TIRE SIZE P23570R16 WITH 28,000 MILES ON THEM. TWO OF FOUR TIRES DEVELOPED SPLITS BETWEEN THE TREAD. ALSO ONE OF THE TWO TIRES REPLACED DEVELOPED SPLITS. *AK GENERAL 550 AMERI AS BW TIRES, DOT NUMBER A308443088 AND A308443286, CONSUMER ALSO HAD TWO FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, ISZE P235/70R16, CONSUMER STATES THESE TIRES HAD AN AGRESSIVE TREAD, THESE TIRES WERE PURCHASED 19-OCT-1998. *SLC

TIRE THREAD SEPARATION DAMAGING RIGHT REAR FENDER AND EXHAUST PIPE*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

TIRE DELAMINATED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

TIRES HAVE CRACKS AT THE BASE OF THE TREADS, WHERE THE TREADS ARE CONNECTED TO THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: P235 70R16)

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P235/70R16, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINALEQUIPMENT ON A 1997, FORD, F150 WITH 35000 MILES. AT 65-70 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, 2 WEEKS LATER AT 65 MPH, LEFT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION.*AK *JB

PE00 020; COMNSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. HE WAS IN CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND WAS ABLE TO GO ON SHOULDERS OF ROAD. RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P25570R16. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT. THERE WERE KNOTS ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRES. FORD AND FIRESTONE WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WE TOLD THE DEALER WHEN WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK IT NEEDED TIRES .NOT LONG AFTER THAT 2 TIRES HAD KNOTS AND 1 CAME APART WE TALKED TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THE SALES PERSONS KNOW LONGER WORKED THERE SO THEY HAD KNOW IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.IM A TRUCK DRIVER SO I CANT BE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS . MY WIFE LIVES IN TX AND I LIVE AND WORK IN ARIZONA WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY WIFE SO SHE COULD GET SOMETHING DONE AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET A RESPONSE. THIS IS A USED TRUCK BUT THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE TIRES LIKE I ASKED.. I WROTE GENERAL AND GOT NO RESPONSE THERE IS ABOUT 800.00 IN DAMAGE TO OUR TRUCK. PLEASE HELP US TO KEEP OUR FAMILY SAFE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: A308443 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

MY TIRES INDICATE THE START OF A TIRE SEPARATION ESPECIALLY ON THE FRONT AXLE. I CAN SEE THE STEEL IN THE TIRE THAT HAS APPROXIMATELY 70% TREAD LEFT. I KEEP MY TIRES CLOSE TO 40 LBS OF PRESSURE AS INDICATED ON THE TIRES. THE START OF THE SEPARTION IS AT THE EDGE OF THE TIRES. MY TIRES ARE THE SAME TIRES THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. WITH 28,000 MILES, WHY SHOULD I SEE SIGNS OF SEPARTION? MY SIZE AND TYPE OF TIRE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. HAVE YOU HAD ANY INCIDENTS WITH THIS TIRE:FIRESTONE - WILDERNESS HT - 235/70R16 (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: 235/70R16)

WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT, I WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR ON GRAND RIVER AVENUE IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN. FORTUNATELY SOME OTHER DRIVER SAW THAT THE TIRE WAS VERY FLAT AND TOOTED HIS HORN AND POINTED AT THE TIRE. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A GAS STATION AND PUT AIR IN IT. SO I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

WAS DRIVING 60MPH AND PULLING AN OPEN DUAL AXLE TRAILER, LEFT REAR TIRE LOST ITS TREAD. WAS MAKING A THUMPING NOISE BEFORE IT CAME OFF. HAD HEARD A NOISE, AND NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM REAR. TIRE MAINTAINED AIR PRESSURE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GONE. LATER, WAS TRAVELING AND RIGHT REAR TIRE LOST PART OF TREAD. 1997, FORD, F150, P235/70R16. WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON TRUCK.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT II TIRES, DOT NUMBER W208 1PT. *SLC

THE TREAD OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MUFFLER AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT 235/70/16 DOT W208). NLM

THE LEFT REAR TIRE SHED A PIECE OF TREAD 12 INCHES LONG. THE REST OF THE TREAD APPEARS TO BE CLOSE TO SEPARATION WHERE THE TREAD JOINS THE SIDEWALL. THIS SEPARATION APPEARS ALMOST THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. I HAVE PHOTOS THAT I CAN E-MAIL AND THE TIRE IS STILL IN MY POSSESSION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

I HAVE HAD THREE TREAD SEPARATIONS SINCE BUYING THIS TRUCK NEW. THE FIRST ON 02/98, THE SECOND 05/06/00 WHICH CAUSED $750 BODY DAMAGE AND THE THIRD ON 08/10/00 WHICH OCCURED DURING THE REPAIRS IN THE MEANTIME FROM THE SECOND ONE. CONTINENTAL TIRE PAID FOR THE SECOND TIRES DAMAGE BUT BALKED AT THE THIRD. I AM SUING THEM IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT FOR $2200 FOR THE REPAIR OF THE TRUCK. WE GO TO ARBITRATION JUNE 14TH, 2001 IN BENSON AZ. THESE TIRES ARE A PIECE OF JUNK. I WOULD HAD A ROLLOVER IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING ANY FASTER THAN I DID (55 MPH) AND HAD NOT BEEN ALERT TO THE SITUATION. TEMPERATURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AS THE 2ND ON OCCURED LATE AT NIGHT AND THE 3RD WAS IN THE MORNING. I CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRIEF INVOVED IN THIS, AMERITECH TIRES SHOULD NEVER EVER BE SOLD ON ANY VEHICLE AND DEALING WITH THIS COMPANY IS FRUITLESS AS THEY INTENTIALLY DESTROYED THE TIRE AND EVIDENCE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE PROOF THAT I CALLED TO CLAIM THE TIRE BACK FOUR TIMES. THEY CLAIM THE TIRE HAD A REPAIR IN IT WHICH CAUSED THE FLAT. THE TIRE NEVER LOST AIR AND IT WAS THE TREAD THAT FELL OFF, NOT A FLAT TIRE. BUT THEY DESTROYED THE EVIDENCE. WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH A DECENT MANUFACTURER. WE ARE DEALING WITH A COMPANY THAT MAKES TIRES THAT ARE "UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED". AND THEY KNOW IT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: P235-70-16 TIRESIZE: P235-70-16)

VEHICLE PASSED STATE INSPECTION 04/27/01. ON 05/20/01 WHILE DRIVING ON 2 LANE HWY AT 50MPH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED AT THE OUTER SIDEWALL CAUSING A "BLOW OUT" 1/3 OF TREAD BECAME DISLODGED FORCING US TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD WITH PROBABLE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL. FORTUNATELY, NO-ONE IN THE VEHICLE OR SURROUNDING VEHICLES WERE INJURED. OF NOTE WE HAD OUR TWO CHILDREN AGES 2&3 IN THE VEHICLE WITH US. WE HAVE CONTACTED BOTH FORD MOTOR CO. AND FIRESTONE AND HAVE BEEN TREATED RATHER RUDELY AND INFORMED THAT THESE TIRES ARE NOT UNDER RECALLAT THIS TIME. I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE FROM AUGUST 2000 THAT STATED THAT THE NHTSA CONSIDERED ANY WILDERNESS AT/HT WITH DOT #'S OFVD,HY,W2 WERE CONSIDERED UNSAFE. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES AND IS THERE ANY RECOURSE WE SHOULD TAKE?*AK (DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

PE00 020; CONSUMER INSPECTED TIRES AND NOTICED THAT TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES OF HAD SPLIT. *AK

PE 00 020/TREAD SEPARATION: LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 68 MPH WITH DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER IN A 1997, FORD, F150; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P235/70R16, DOT# W2081PT207. NO INJURIES/NO DAMAGES; FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *SLC

STEEL BELT IS SEPARATING,THE SAME PROBLEM THERE HAVING ON THE 15 INCH WILDERNESS TIRES THAT ARE BEING RECALLED.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

STEEL BELT SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W208IPT446 TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE TIRES, WILDERNESS/HT 23570R16. TREAD HAS BEGAN TO SEPARATE ON ONE, AND TWO OF OTHERS WERE DEVELOPING CRACKS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES TIRES WERE 60000 MILE TIRES, HOWEVER HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 30000 MILES. *SLC

MY TIRES HAVE BEEN WEARING DOWN FOR SOME TIME. I DO NOT DO VERY MUCH HIGHWAY DRIVING, THAT MIGHT BE WHY I DIDN'T HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE. I ONLY HAVE 24000 MILES ON MY TRUCK. I WAS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT GETTING NEW TIRES, THEY WERE WORN DOWN ALOT. TWO WEEKS AGO OR SO I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND FELT A BUMPPY RIDE. WHEN I GOT HOME I CHECK THE TIRES AND FOUND THAT ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE I HAD A TORN PART OF THE TREAD. I COULD SEE THE STEEL BELT AND THE RUBBER HAD SEPARATED. I WENT AND GOT A NEW SET OF TIRES THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEN A WEEK OR MORE LATER I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER FROM YOUR AGENCY ABOUT THE TIRES I HAD ON MY TRUCK. I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD THE ARTICLE BEFORE THE TIRE WENT BAD, THEN I COULD HAVE IT DOCUMENTED, BUT I DIDN'T. GOOD THING I WASN'T GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT DID HAPPEN AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TIRE. THANK YOU. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/70R16)

GENERAL AMERIA, STAR 55 ,TIRE SIZE P23570R16, DOT NUMBER 84024009, TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON LISTED VEHICLE, TIRE HAD 28 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. PULLED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND NOTICED RIGHT FRONTAL TIRE WAS SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. *AK UPON INSPECTION, DEALER FOUND ANOTHER TIRE WAS SPLITTING. *SLC