FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A FORD, EXPLORER, 2000. TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, 39,000 MILES ON TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH TREAD SEPARATED ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

SINCE THE LAST TIME I FILLED OUT A FORM ON THESE TIRES I NOW HAVE 2 OUT OF 4 TIRES WITH CRACKS AND SPLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS. I AM HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP IN THE CASE TO FORCE A FULL BLOWN RECALL ON ALL OF THESE TIRES. THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN HOT IN MY AREA. I HAVE TO DRIVE OVER 20 MILES EACH WAY TO WORK ON HILLS AND CURVES AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PEGGY ANTHROP (DOT NUMBER: W2HL1PY038 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES BECAUSE OF VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WE HAD THESE TIRES BALANCED AND CHECKED OVER 8 TIMES AT NUMEROUS DEALERS, BUT BECAUSE OF FORD RECALL, THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I REMOVED THE TIRES FROM MY VEHICLE AT 14,000 MILES DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THE VIBRATION. I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE FIRESTONE DEALER WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT HAD THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL IN EFFECT. THIS PROBLEM EXISTED FROM THE DAY WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE UNTIL WE HAD THEM REMOVED.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225R75/15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225R75/15 )

TREAD SEPARATION/DEFECTS ALL FOUR TIRES AFTER 7 MONTHS. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

THE OIL PRESSURE GUAGE HAS JUST QUIT WORKING PROPERLY, IT WILL NOT REGISTER WHEN THE TRUCK IS STARTED, BUT IF I HIT A BUMP OR STOP THE TRUCK AND TURN IT BACK ON, OR DRIVE FOR TWO MILES THE OIL GUAGE WILL POP INTO NORMAL RANGE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES WHEN SWITCH IS OFF, EVERY TIME I MAKE A RIGHT TURN, DURING SOME LEFT TURNS, AND RECENTLY WHEN I AM SLOWING FOR RED LIGHTS. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WORE UNEVENLY AND CAUSED EXCESSIVE NOISE AND BUMPINESS IN THE FIRST 12,000 MILES, IT WAS ROTATED TO LEFT REAR AND NOW JUST MAKES NOISE. IT WAS NOT A 2000 RECALL TIRE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT HAS FAILED.*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

AM FEARFUL TIRES ARE NOT SAFE, HAVE COMPLAINED TO FORD AND FIRESTONE RIDE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY BUMPY AND ROUGH, AM FEARFUL TIRES ARE DEFECTED, FORD TOLD ME THE TIRE WAS CHOPPED UP DUE TO ROTATING BUT OK TO DRIVE. CAN YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. I WANT MY TIRES REPLACED. FEARFUL THEY MAY BE DEFECTED.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

DESPITE REPEATED ALIGNMENTS AND BALANCINGS, THE TIRES VIBRATE, THE VEHICLE PULLS, AND WET AND SNOW PERFORMANCE IS POOR COMPARED TO OTHER OE TIRES GM HAS USED IN THE PAST, I.E. GOODYEAR. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS PROBLEM WITH NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY, AND THEY ARE OF THE OPINION THAT ALL WILDERNESS AT TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER OWNERS OF CHEVYS TRUCKS WILL SIMILAR EXPERIENCES, AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET THAT HAVE DOCUMENTED BLOWOUTS. IT IS TIME TO ACT AND GET WILDERNESS AT TIRES OFF THE ROAD WITH A COMPLETE RECALL. THANK YOU FOR INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER. JAMES CILECEK, MD. [email protected]. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265 75 16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265 75 16 )

THE TIRE BLEW OUT AND FIIRESTONE WOULD MAKE NO REPLACEMENT UNDER THE ROAD HAZARD GUARANTEE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

MY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE EXPLODED JUST AS THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED. YET MY TIRE SIZE AND MANUFACTURER LOCATION IS NOT ONE THAT IS BEING RECALLED. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE RECALL TO BE EXPANDED AND IT HASN'T . A LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE ON ERIE BLVD. IN SYRACUSE, NY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL IS ONGOING AND WILL PROBABLY EXPAND. I HAD TO CHANGE A SIDEWALL EXPLODED FLAT ON THE HIGHWAY IN 90 DEGREE HEAT AND THEN A YEAR LATER I FIND THAT THE SAME THINGS WERE HAPPENING TO OTHERS ONLY WITH MORE DRASTIC RESULTS. MY EXPERIENCE LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE LOCATION AND SIZE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. I THINK IT IS THE DESIGN AND ALL WILDERNESS AT'S SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225/75/15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75/15 )

EVERY MONTH I CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURE. IN CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE ON APRIL 6TH, I NOTICED THAT ON ALL FOUR TIRES, THERE WAS A SPLITTING/CRACK WHICH RAN ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT RIGHT UNDER THE TREAD KNUCKLE WHERE THE KNUCKLE OF THE TREAD WOULD HAPPEN TO MEET THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY FORD GARAGE WHICH IS VENUS FORD IN CUDAHY, WISC. HE TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED FIRESTONE DEALER. I CONTACT MUSKEGO FIRESTONE IN MUSKEGO, WI. THEY INSPECTED THE TIRES AND I WAS TOLD THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE UNSAFE. AFTER I ASKED THE OWNER (KEITH) HOW SAFE THE TIRES ACTUALLY WERE,HE TOLD ME "IF THOSE TIRES WERE ON MY VEHICLE, THEY'D BE COMING OFF." KEITH CONTACTED FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE I GUESS IN DOING THIS THEY WOULD NOT ADMIT TO ANY DEFAULT WITH THE TIRE OR WITH THEIE WORKMANSHIP. THE ONLY THING FIRESTONE WOULD DO FOR ME WAS TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES UNDER A PRO-RATING SYSTEM. DON'T GET ME WRONG, THE TIRES WERE WEARING LIKE IRON AND FOR HAVING 34,600 MILES ON THEM, THE ACTUAL TREAD WEAR LOOKED LIKE THE TIRES ONLY HAD 10,000 MILES ON THEM. THE DEPTH OF THE TIRES WERE MEASURED BY THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND ALL FOUR TIRES CAME IN AT 10/32. THE TIRES BEFORE COMING OFF OF MY VEHICLE WERE DOCUMENTED BY THE FIRESTONE DEALER ON SOME FORM WHICH I HAD TO SIGN. ON THIS FORM, THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF ALL FOUR TIRES WERE LISTED AND THE THEIR ACTUAL POSITION ON THE VEHICLE. THE REPLACEMENT TIRES FIRESTONE PROVIDED WERE AGAIN THEIR WILDERNESS AT'S AND SAME SIZE. MY COST WHICH INCLUDED LABOR AND TAX CAME OUT TO ABOUT $50.00 PER TIRE. AFTER SEEING THE SPLITS/CRACKS IN THE TIRES I WANTED THESE TIRES REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS MY CONCERN THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE HERE. ESPECIALLY WITH A FAMILY AND THIS FAMILY VEHICLE GOING TO BE USED VERY SHORTLY FOR TWO SEPARTE FAMILY VACATIONS.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/70R17)