FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

EVER SINCE I PICKED UP VEHICLE FROM DEALER I HAVE BEEN HEARING AND FEELING A THUMP COMING FROM THE FRONT TIRES AT HIGH OR LOW SPEED, CAR ROCKS WHEN DRIVING SLOW, VERY NOISY WITH THUMP AT HIGH SPEEDS, ONE TIRE VERY HARD TO BALANCE REQUIRING EXTRA WEIGHTS, (SUSPECT THIS ONE IS BAD) LAST TIME I HAD TIRES BALANCED THE MECHANIC SUGESTED I GET THAT TIRE REPLACED BUT STORE MANAGER DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT, TRIED TO SELL A SET OF 4 NEW TIRES EVEN THOUGH MY TIRE ARE FAIRLY NEW. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WITH 7/32" TREAD DEPTH REMAINING, TIRE TREAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE FROM THE BODY OF THE TIRE. I KEPT THE TIRE FOR YOUR EXAMINATION SHOULD YOU DESIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

ALL THREE RIVETS CAME APART ON GAS PEDAL WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VHDL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

BOTH FRONT AND REAR TIRES BLEW OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY AS CAR PULLED FROM PARALLEL PARKING AND TURNED CORNER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CANADIAN TIRE STORE WHERE ONE BLOWOUT WAS REPAIRED AND THE OTHER REFILLED. CONTACTED DEALER AND WERE TOLD TIRES WERE NOT GUARANTEED WITH CAR SALE SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE AS OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE. TRI-TOWN RUBBER INC. REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, MOUNTED AND BALANCED FOR $286.00 (SAME MAKE AND MODEL). ON JANUARY 16, 2000, A BLOWOUT ON FRONT LEFT OCCURRED AGAIN. CAR WAS AGAIN TOWED AND PAID TO HAVE NEW TIRE (SAME MAKE & MODEL) PUT ON VEHICLE. SUBMITTED COMPLAINT TO FIRESTONE UNDER RECALL AND WAS DENIED BECAUSE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE PURCHASED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2000. WANTED NHTSA TO HAVE INFORMATION FOR RESEARCH ON INCIDENTS OF TIRE FAILURE STILL BEING RESEARCHED EVEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER HAVE VEHICLE (3/11/00 TRADED IN). ) (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH AND BRAKING FOR A RIGHT HAND TURN, FRONT RIGHT TIRES' SIDEWALL BLEWOUT, LEAVING A 4 INCH GASH IN SIDEWALL. DEALER SAID THESE WERE NOT ON RECALL.*AK

P235/75R16, DOT W2, REPLACEMENT TIRES ON A 1995 CHEVROLET BLAZER, BOTH FRONT TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. *AK

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CORE OF THE TIRE. REPLACED 4 OF 5 TIRES.I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND REPLACE DEFECTIVE TIRE. NO FIRESTONE STORE IN WINNWMUCCA. WENT TO FORD & THEY SENT ME TO LES SCHWAB. TIRE NOT ON RECALL LIST. (DOT NUMBER: W2HFIPJ077 TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)

I KEEP GETTING DISCONNECTED OFF MY INTERNET CONNECTION BEFORE I CAN FINISH MY COMMENT. I WILL MAIL A HARD COPY OF MY COMMENTS TO YOU. (DOT NUMBER: W2T61RE210 TIRESIZE: P265/70R17)

THREE OF FOUR WILDERNESS AT TIRES WERE ORIGINALS. ALL ORIGINAL TIRES FOUND TO HAVE A VISIBLE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TREAD AND BELT AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. TIRES HAD NORMAL WEAR WITH PLENTY OF GOOD TREAD LEFT; ALTHOUGH, THE TIRES ARE FIVE YEARS OLD AND HAVE 67,000 MILES ON THEM. (DOT NUMBER: VNCU1PL165 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

JOHN SEEGERS. NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)