FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

TIRES HAVE HAD FREQENT FLATS, 1 DEFLATED ON ITS OWN OVERNIGHT, TREAD WEAR ABOVE AVERAGE, THESE TIRES NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265-75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265-75R16 )

INDENTATIONS (ROUNDED GROOVES) THAT RADIATE FROM THE HUBCAP TO THE TREAD WERE NOTICED TODAY BY AN ENGINEER ON A JOBSITE. WE INSPECTED ALL THE TIRES, THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAS THREE SUCH INDENTATIONS, THE RIGHT REAR TIRES HAD TWO, AND WE ONLY FOUND ONE ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. NO SUCH INDENTATIONS WERE FOUND ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE ENGINEER SAID THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST INDICATION THAT MY TIRES WERE BREAKING DOWN!!! *AK (DOT NUMBER: W SERIES TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

R16 TIRES MUST BE INCLUDED IN FIRESTONE RECALL. WE FEAR FOR OUR LIVES AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY ABLE TO REPLACE ALL NEW TIRES WITHOUT FIRESTONE'S MONETARY HELP! RECALL! RECALL! RECALL! *AK (TIRESIZE: R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: R16 )

I HAD TO HAVE TWO TIRES REPLACED IN MAY 2000. ONE WAS DAMAGED FROM BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE OTHER HAD GONE FLAT AND, WHEN INSPECTED FOR REPAIR, WAS FOUND TO BE CRUMBLING AND IN SUCH POOR CONDITION THAT IT ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN SEPTEMBER 2000 I NOTICED CRACKING AROUND THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND TIRE TREAD, AND IN SOME SPOTS IN THE TREAD ITSELF, ON THE LAST TWO ORIGINAL TIRES. I CONTACTED FIRESTONE REGARDING THE RECALL AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE TIRES CHECKED. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO FIRESTONE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD OR WOULD DO SINCE THE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I CONTACTED NHTSA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL MIGHT BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THESE TIRES IN THE FUTURE. I EXPERIENCED LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND HAD TO PUT AIR INTO THE TIRES AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK (THE TIRES WERE FILLED TO 30 LBS. PSI, NOT AT THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED PRESSURE). SINCE WE FELT THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE TIRES, WE HAVE REPLACED THEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN EXAMINING THEM, WE STILL HAVE THEM IN OUR POSSESSION. THE EXPLORER IS USED PRIMARILY UNDER MODERATE SPEED AND SHORT DISTANCE CONDITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, DRIVING TO THE STORE. THESE TIRES WERE NOT SUBJECTED TO ANY CONDITIONS THAT COULD BE AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS CRACKING. THE TIRES WERE NOT SUBJECTED TO ABNORMAL HIGH-SPEED CONDITIONS, EXTREME TEMPERATURES OR ANY OTHER ABUSE. ALTHOUGH WE NO LONGER HAVE THESE TIRES ON OUR TRUCK, IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THESE TIRES SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BEFORE THERE ARE ANY MORE INJURIES OR DEATHS DUE TO ACCIDENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

I HAD STOPPED TO GET GAS AND TIRE WAS FINE. BY THE TIME I HAD GOTTEN UP TO SPEED ON INTERSTATE, I HAD ONLY GONE ABOUT 5 MILES WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. I WENT BY THE DEALER A FEW DAYS LATER, BECAUSE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T WARRANTY THE TIRES I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE FIRESTONE PRO RATE IT. I DID NOT WANT ANY MORE FIRESTONE TIRES SO I KEPT THE SPARE ON FOR A WHILE THEN HAD DEALER MOUNT THE SPARE ON TO THE PERMANENT RIM ON 7/8/99. AT THAT TIME I ASKED THEM TO LOOK FOR A HOLE ON THE BLOWN TIRE. THEY SAID IT WAS SHREDDED SO BAD THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ONE HOLE IT WOULDN'T HOLD AIR AT ALL. THESE TIRES WORE SO BAD THAT I PURCHASED NEW BF GOODRICH ON 6/29/00.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: 235/75R/15)

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH WITH DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER IN A 2000, FORD, EXPLORER; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P 235/75R15, DOT# 8XHL1PY319. NO INJURY OR DAMAGES. FIRESTONE NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED TCONSUMER HAT TIRE WAS NO RECALL. TIRE AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER HAD SEEN A DEVELOPING PROBLEM WITH TIRES. THEY LOOK LIKE CRACKS ON SIDEWALLS, BUT THEY ARE NOT ON RECALL. FORD, RANGER, 2001, P245/75R16, DOT W270RIS. *AK)

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, DOT W2HL, P23575R15; WHILE LOOKING AT TIRES NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED TECHNICIAN NOTICED TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING ON RT 7 AT APPROX 40MPH, THAT WAS BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE WE HAD JUST EXPIERENCED A SNOW STORM AND THE ROADS WERE NOT VERY CLEAR. AS I SLOWED DOWN TO BETTER HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON I HAD STARTED TO HEAR THE SOUND A FLAT TIRE MAKES, SO I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND SAW THAT MY TIRE WAS FLAT AND CALLED AAA. THEY HAD TOLD ME TO REPORT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS A FIRESTONE TIRE AND IT MAY BE ONE OF THE RECALLED TIRES. I HAD MY TIRES CHECKED SOME TIME AGO WHEN THE RECALL FIRST HAPPENED BUT I WAS INFORMED MY TIRES WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE THE WILDERNESS ATS. I FEEL THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF DEFECT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I AM POSITIVE I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING IN THE SNOW SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: P235 75R15)