FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT SUDDENLY FLAT. DID NOT SHREAD. UPON CLOSE LOOK FOUND SMALL CUTS OR SEPARATIONS INTHIS FLAT TIRE AND ALSO IN ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES .FELT ALL SHOULD BE REPLACED AS I DID NOT TRUST THEM. FIRESTONE HAD NO INTEREST IN TALKING TO ME. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R16 )

CONSUMER PURCHASED A USED 1995, FORD, EXPLORER AND HAD TO CHANGE ALL 4 TIRES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. P255/70R16, DOT# VNCU1PL CONSUMER CAN'T MAKE OUT LAST 3. IS KEEPING SET JUST IN CASE IT IS RECALLED.*AK

I EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW OUT (LEFT REAR) WILDERNESS AT (P255/70R16) ON A '99 EXPEDITION GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL CAME APART, COMPLETELY SEPARATING FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. THERE IS AN AREA ON THE TIRE THAT HAD CRACKS ON THE TREAD CLOSE TO THE MAIN PART OF THE TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY FORD DEALER IN GRAPEVINE FIRST BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST INSPECTED THE TIRES FOR ME APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO. THEY RECOMMENDED HIGHLY THAT I TAKE THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE, THAT THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO FOR ME WAS TO SELL ME 5 NEW TIRES, COSTING MORE THAN $700 TOTAL. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO MY FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE AFTER I POINTED OUT TO MY TECHNICIAN THE DAMAGE, HE TRIED TO EXPAIN TO ME THAT A BLOW OUT IS "NORMAL" WHENEVER THERE IS DAMAGE TO A TIRE AND THAT THE TIRE HAD BEEN DRIVEN WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE WHICH IS WHY THE SIDEWALL WAS TORN UP. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE TIRES HAVE NEVER BEEN LOW ON PRESSURE, THAT I CHECK THEM MYSELF AT A MINIMUN OF 1 TIME PER WEEK AND NEVER DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I HAVE CHECKED THEM, AND FORD CHECKS THEM APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3,000 MILES AND ROTATES THEM ACCORDING TO SPECS. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED. I ASKED IF MY OTHER 3 TIRES WERE SAFE IN HIS OPINION AND WITHOUT DOING MORE THAN A QUICK GLANCE SAID "THEY ARE AS SAFE AS ANY TIRE". I ASKED HIM AGAIN AND EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD AND ALL I WANTED WAS TO ENSURE THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE, HE STATED THAT "I WOULD BE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT DRIVING A FORD THAN I WOULD BE ABOUT YOUR TIRES". THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AND I FEEL THAT ATTITUDES AND REACTIONS LIKE THIS TO AN OBVIOUSLY REALISTIC CONCERN IS CRIMINAL. I ALSO ASKED THEM TO RETURN THE DAMAGED TIRE TO ME, WHICH I HAD TO REMIND THEM TO DO. I THEN TOOK THE CAR & TIRE TO NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY (WHOM I TRUST) AND ASKED FOR THEIR OPINION ON THE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNCU1RD458 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

ALL 4 TIRES HAVE TIRE SEPARATATION. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

CONSUMER PURCHASED AFTERMARKET TIRES, AND RIGHT REAR TIRE SHREDDED. CONSUMER WAS ON A 4- LANE HIGHWAY DURING DRY CONDITIONS DOING 65MPH AND SUDDENLYTIRE STARTED TO THUMP AND SHRED. CONSUMER ONLY HEARD THE TIRE THUMP BECAUSE REAR WINDOW WAS DOWN. SIZE P265/ 75R16, TIRES HAD ABOUT 13,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY LEFT, REAR TIRE BLEW. AFTER TIRE WAS CHANGED, FULL SIZED, BRAND NEW SPARE BLEW 300 MILES LATER. *AK (TIRESIZE: P2657UR17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P2657UR17 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A LOSS OF AIR. THEN, FOUND OUT THAT TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. FORD, EXPLORER, 1998, P-255/70R16. *AK

MASSIVE TREAD SEPARATION - NON-RECALLED TIRE. I HAVE THE TIRE. FIRESTONE SHOWED NO INTEREST IN THE FAILURE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRESIZE: P23575R15)

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P255/75R16 SIZE, DOT# W2CU. WHILE DRIVING 30MPH FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND LIFTED UP ABOUT 5 INCHES. CONSUMER STILL HAS THE TIRES.*AK

THESE TIRES HAVEN'T ACTUALLY "FAILED" BUT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY THE WORST HYDROPLANING TIRES I HAVE EVER OWNED. AT 40 MPH ON STRAIGHT ROADS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL. I BOUGHT A SET TO PUT ON OUR JEEP CHEROKEE 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE RECALL,ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T PURCHASE THE RECALLED SIZE. I ALSO HAVE A SET OF THE STEELTEX AT ON A FORD F-250 PICKUP I PURCHASED NEW AND THEY ARE WORTHLESS ON WET ROADS ALSO.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT23575R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT23575R15 )