FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE TIRE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE SIDEWALL GAVE AWAY. I WENT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT ON RECALL AND IT MUST OF BEEN A ROAD HAZARD PROBLEM OF WHICH I COULD NOT FIND . I REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND AND DEALER. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE IN POSSESION. THE OTHER 3 TIRES ARE STILL ON THE VEHICLE AND APPEAR TO BE IN GREAT CONDITION.*AK (DOT NUMBER: HYHL1PY049 TIRESIZE: P23575R15)

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY VEHICLE WAS CRACKED ALL THE WAY AROUND ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THIS OCCURRED AFTER ONLY 2000 MILES. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRE ON THE TRUCK I JUST PURCHASED IN NOV 2001.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH WITH DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER IN A 1997, TOYOTA, 4 RUNNER, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P225/75R15, DOT# W2HHAWB207; FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, 265 75 R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 9000 MILES MOUNTED ON A 2000, CHEVROLET, SILVERADO. RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. WHILE TRAVELING AT 80MPH.*AK

THE TIRES WERE CHECKED AND INFLATED TO 39 PSI BEFORE LEAVING HOME FOR THE 112 MILE TRIP. ON THE RETURN TRIP AFTER APPROX. A ONE HOUR STOP THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW AFTER ABOUT 50 MILES. THE TIRE HAS AN L SHAPED SPLIT ABOUT 12" LONG 3/4" DOWN FROM THE EDGE OF THE TREAD THEN A 90 DEGREE TURN AND AN OPENING ALL THE WAY TO THE BEAD. THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE BELOW THE 12" SPLIT HAS THE CORD BOBY OF THE TIRE ATACHED TO IT. THE CORD HAS SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD PORTION AND IS HANGING DOWN INSIDE THE TIRE. THE TREAD TO BEAD SPLIT IS COMPLETELY OPEN BOTH PLIES OF CORD SPLIT AT THE SAME PLACE. I NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES ARE SAFE. MY GM DEALER HAD TWO REPORTED FAILURES OF THIS TYPE OF TIRE ON THE SAME DAY THE OTHER PERSON SAID HIS TIRE FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER AT 18,000 MILES. GM IS WILLING TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, BUT I WOULD LIKE THEM TO REPLACE THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W273 TIRESIZE: P265/75R16)

REAR LEFT TIRE SEPARATED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SIDE OF THE TIRE CAME OFF.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/75R15)

PHOTOS OF THE TIRE DAMAGE ARE POSTED AT HTTP://WWW.SPEAKEASY.ORG/~DERVISH/FIRESTONE/FIRESTONE.HTML. I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES DESPITE THE SUBSTANTIAL TREAD LIFE REMAINING ON THE FIRESTONES. THE FIRESTONES WERE WELL-MAINTAINED: ROTATED, INFLATED, ETC.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2X0W66070 TIRESIZE: P225/60R16)

DEALER CHANGED 4 TIRES, TOO SMALL PROFILE TIRES, BUT DIDN'T CHANGE SPARE TIRE. ALSO, STATED SPARE HAD WRONG RIM ,AND RIM WOULD NOT FIT HUB ON VEHICLE. P22535105S.*AK

IN CONTACTING FIRESTONE TO RECEIVE A REBATE FORM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WILDERNESS TIRE THAT BLOW OUT FOR ME, THE FIRSESTONE 800 NUMBER AND THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER DOES NOT HAVE AND WILL NOT PROVIDE A COPY OF THE REIMBURSEMENT FORM. IT NICE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 16 INCH TIRES, BUT A CUSTOMER CANNOT RECEIVE THE FORM FROM EITHER THE MANIFACTURER OR THEIR CORPORATE RETAIL OUTLET.*AK (TIRESIZE: 16)

FIRESTONE,WILDERNESS AT, 31X10.5R15LT 1090, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 35000 MILES ON A 1992, JEEP, CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION WHERE TREAD MET SIDEWALL.*AK