FIRESTONE FR380 TIRES Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 KIA SEDONA EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE FR380 TIRES, TIRE SIZE P215/70/R15. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE CENTER WHERE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND BOTH REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TIRE TREAD EXHIBITED PREMATURE WEAR. THE SIMILAR FAILURE RECURRED ONE YEAR AND NINE MONTHS AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THREE TIRES. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE TIRE CENTER FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED AND TO DETERMINE WHICH TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN.

I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON THE MUSKOGEE TURN PIKE AROUND MILE MARKER 9 WHEN I HEARD A NOISE. I FELT SHUTTERING AND LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW A LARGE PIECE OF TIRE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. ALL OF THE TREAD WAS MISSING AND THE TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. THIS CAUSED OVER $1,800 IN DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND CAUSE ME TO HAVE TO BUY A NEW SET OF TIRES. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN I40 TO LITTLE ROCK AND THE TREAD ON THE TIRES SEPARATED AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO OUR VEHICLE. THE TIRES FIRST STARTED MAKING A CLICKING SOUND AND THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TREAD CAME LOOSE AND CAUSE WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION. THE GROUND EFFECTS, BUMPER , GAS COVER AND GAS CAP WERE BLOWN OFF. ANY OTHER DAMAGE IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME DUE TO IT NOT BEING LOOKED AT BY A SHOP YET. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS GOING AT A SPEED OF 45 -50 MILES PER HOUR;ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. THE CAR LANDED IN A DITCH ON SOME HUGE ROCKS. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF THE WRECK BUT I NEVER AGREED OR FELT LIKE THE CAR HYDROPLANED. THERE IS KNOW REAL EXPLANATION FOR THE CAR SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL OTHER THAN WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE TIRES. NOT SURE IF IT WAS TRACTION,TREAD OR BLOWOUT. THE CAR HAS BEEN DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

PURCHASED 2 FIRESTONE FR 380 ON 7/21/09 AND HAD THEM PUT ON REAR.ON 7/28/09 WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY AT 70MPH SUDDENLY DRIVER REAR TIRE FAILED. PEOPLE IN CAR BEHIND REPORTED TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT AND HUB CAP FLEW OFF. DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND WENT INTO DITCH AND ALMOST FLIPPED HIT MANY SMALL TREES 1 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER CAR CAME TO A STOP PASSENGERS NOT HURT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 FORD RANGER. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE FR380 TIRES, SIZE P215/70/R14. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WERE ALMOST FLAT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, HE NOTICED THAT THE TREAD LINES WERE BECOMING LOOSE AND APPEARED TO BE PEELING OFF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES WAS 12,781. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 118,000.

TIRE STARTED TO BUBBLE AND THE TREAD STARTED TO COME APART, I REPLACED 2 TIRES ON 11/13/2008. *TR

I PURCHASED FIRESTONE F380 P235/75R15 TIRES FOR MY VEHICLE. I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THESE TIRES. MY TIRE WAS PRODUCED BEFORE THE RECALLED TIRES BUT IS HAVING VERY UNEVEN & UNSAFE WEAR. THE DOT# IS DOT WBHL 380 2805. I FEEL THAT MY TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND WANT THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE THEM AS PART OF THE RECALL. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED NEW FIRESTONE FR380 195/75/14 TIRES FOR MY DAUGHTER'S 1993 CHEVY LUMINA. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2008 FOR HER CAR WHEN THE CAR HAD 58,868 MILES ON IT AND THE CAR NOW HAS 60,256 MILES. ON NOVEMBER 20, 2008 HER PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLEW AND CAUSED HER TO HIT A TREE. SHE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR, AND DIAGNOSED WITH A NECK STRAIN, AND THE CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED DUE TO THE BLOWOUT. WE NEVER DID RECEIVE NOTICE THAT ANY TYPE OF FR380 FIRESTONE TIRE WAS RECALLED AND THIS IS VERY UPSETTING. FIRESTONE REQUESTED THAT WE SEND THIS TIRE TO THEM FOR ANALYSIS AND IT WAS RECEIVED BY THEIR COMPANY ON 11/24/08. THEY THEN STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EVEN LOOK AT THE TIRE UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THIS COMING YEAR SO WE ARE STUCK WITH NO VEHICLE FOR MY DAUGHTER TO GET TO SCHOOL AND TO WORK. IT HAS NOT BEE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. *TR

DURING THE TIME OF JUNE 24 2007 I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT WHERE THE VALVE STEM BLOW OUT OF A TIRE AND THE TIRE BLEW OF THE RIM AT NIGHT CAUSING MY CAR TO GO OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH EMBANKMENT AND CAUSE THE CAR TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE TOTAL AND I THEN CONTACTED THE COMPANY OF FIRESTONE ON RESEARCH BLVD HERE IN AUSTIN TX .I WAS INJURED WITH NECK PAINS AND BACK PAINS . CALL #200703564 ELGIN TEXAS 78621 ELGIN POLICE DEPARTMENT #5122855757. *TR