FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER HEARD SOMETHING HIT FENDER WHEEL, AND CHUNKS OF RUBBER WERE COMING OF SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THESE TIRES.*AK

HAVE VIBRATION, IRREGULAR WEAR, NOISE. HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES LOOK AT CAR & THEY ALL DETERMINED IT WAS THE TIRES. I ONLY HAVE 19,000 MILES ON VEHICLE AND SHOULD NOT NEED TO REPLACE TIRES. WENT TO FAMILY TIRE, FIRESTONE, & WORLD FORD. ALL HAVE THROWN UP THERE HANDS AND DONT WANT TO HELP OUT THE CONSUMER. CALL THE 800 # FOR FIRESTONE ALL THEY SAY IF THEY ARE NOT RECALLED. ARTICLE DTD 4-12-01 STATES THEY ARE RECALLING MORE FIRESTONE TIRES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I'AM HAVING. THE MODEL THAT IS NOW BEING RECALLED ARE P265/70R16. I FEEL THAT IT IS UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY TWO SMALL KIDS TO BE BEHIND THE WHEEL BECAUSE OF THIS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE ANOTHER DEATH AND FAMILT LOSS FOR SOMEONE TO WAKE UP AND PAY MORE ATTENTION. IF NEED BE WILL REPLACE TIRES AND CONTACT AN ATTORNEY. I DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING ANYWHERE THIS IS MY LAST RESORT.*AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

TIRES ARE THE ORIGINAL ON FORD, EXPLORER, 1998, 23575R15 DOTWDL. RIGHT REAR TIRE STARTED TO VIBRATE, THEN TIRE SEPARATED AND DEFLATED AT ABOUT 55 TO 60 MPH.*AK

WAS TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN TIRE BLEWOUT. WAS A LOUD BANG. MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE. AFTER AWHILE RIGHT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE LEAVING STOP LIGHT. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THERE WAS A SLIT IN SIDEWALL. CONTACTED BOTH TIRE AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS. WAS INFORMED BY VEHICLE MANUFACTURER THAT WOULD NEED TO SEE TIRE BEFORE REPLACING IT AT PRORATED COST. P225/70R15, 20,000 MILES. W2UU109, 1999 MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER.*AK

TIRE SIZE 235/75R15, DOT #8XHL. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, HAS 3,000 MILES MOUNTED ON A MAZDA, B-SERIES PICKUP.WHILE TRAVLING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A POP. THEN, ABOUT 100FT LATER, VEHICLE STARTED TO GO TO SIDE WHEN TIRE WAS CHECKED. CONTACTED DEALER .*AK

TIRE BLOW OUT ON SIDE. NO HOLES IN TREADS BUT TREAD SEPARATION FROM REST OF TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

FIRESTONE, P235/75R15 SIZE DOT#: 8XHLT1C400 . ONE OF REPLACEMENT TIRES HAS STARTED TO SEPARATE AND CRACK IN FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES ON BLACKWALL SIDE IN THE CENTER OF TREAD. TIRE HAS NOT BEEN USED. THERE WERE SIMILAR CRACKS ON TWO OF THE TIRES MOUNTED ON FRONT OF TIRES IN TWO PLACES DIFFERENT PLACES.*AK

THE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL, THEN BOTH REAR TIRES BLEW. THIS SEEMS PRETTY EXTREME FOR TIRES THAT HAD VERY LITTLE TREAD WEAR TO OUT AND NOT PERFORM AS THEY SHOULD. EVEN WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED, THE EXPLORER ROLLED OVER AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. THE EXPLORER WAS EQUIPPED WITH A FORD HITCH AND THE TRAILER TOWING PACKAGE. THE WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER WAS UNDER THE WEIGHT SPECIFIED BY FORD, 4990 LBS. THIS ACCIDENT SHOULD NOT OF HAPPENED.*AK (TIRESIZE: P255R75X16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255R75X16 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W270RF059 TIRESIZE: P24575R16)

I CONTACTED THE FIRESTONE ORGANIZATION TO POSSIBLY HAVE THE TIRE REPLACED BECAUSE I HAD APPREHENSIONS ABOUT THE TIRES, AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM. THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND I FELT THE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME.*AK (TIRESIZE: 175/50R)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 175/50R )