FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

P235/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, LINCOLN TRUCK, MOUNTAINEER. 45000 MILES. ALL 4 TIRES WERE SHOWING CRACKS WHERE SIDEWALL MEETS TREAD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT A HIGH WAY SPEED LEFT REAR TIRE DEFLATED THEN TREAD SEPARATED, DAMAGING FENDER. CONSUMER KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE HAD HAPPENED TWICE IN SEPTEMBER AND FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, P235/75R15, NO DOT FORD, EXPLORER 1997. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 35MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE NOTICED CRACKS. FRONT PASSENGER TIRES, P235/75R15,TIRES ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK

WHILE CHECKING TIRES NOTICED SIDEWALL WITH TREAD SEPARATING. THESE TIRES ARE NOT PART OF RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ALTHOUGH THESE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, THE TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE AND I HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY TIRESIZE: 235-75-15)

AT 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE WHOLE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT ON THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VN73WMA TIRESIZE: P26575R16)

BEFORE THE TIRE BLOWOUT I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED AT THE LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE AND WAS TOLD I HAD NO TIRES THAT FELL UNDER THE TIRE RECALL. WHEN I WENT TO ANOTHER TIRE STORE TO HAVE THE BLOWOUT REPLACED I WAS INFORMED THAT TIRE WAS UNDER THE RECALL, THE VEHILCE WAS INSPECTED AGAIN AND TWO MORE TIRES WERE RECAL TIRES. I WENT BACK TO THE FIRESTONE STORE WERE THE TIRES WERE FIRST INSPECTED AND THE MANAGER TOLD ME I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE TIRES BEING RECALLED AFTER I TOLD ME ANOTHER TIRE STORE HAD REPLACED FOR FREE UNDER THE RECALL DOT NUMBER, I WAS THEN TOLD I COULD NOT PROVE THE TIRES WERE ON RECALL TO HIM SO LEGALLY HE DID NOTHING WRONG BY TELLING HE THE TIRES WERE SAFE SO NOW IT WAS MY WORD AGAINST HIS. I CALLED FIRESTONE CORPORATION AND TOLD THEM THE SAME STORY BUT GOT NO RESPONCE FROM THE COMPANY EATHER.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRESIZE: 235/75R15)

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE ON MY FORD EXPLORER SPORT FAILED WHILE TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A DRY FLAT COOL ROADWAY IN APRIL 1999. THE NATURE OF THE FLAT WAS VERY UNUSUAL...SO CATASTROPHIC THAT I MADE A SEARCH OF THE ROADWAY FOR SEVERAL FEET TO LOOK FOR DEBRIS. I FOUND NONE, HOWEVER THE TIRE LOOKED AS THOUGH THE TREAD HAD BEEN PEELED AWAY FROM THE TIRE ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRES WERE ADEQUATELY INFLATED AND THE FAILURE OCCURED QUICKLY. THE TIRE HAD ALMOST 19,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND TAKEN BY THE TIRE DEALER. I REPLACED IT AT MY OWN COST. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN THIS ACCIDENT. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO SHOW UP IN THE RECORD BECAUSE I AM SUSPICIOUS THAT THE 16" WILDERNESS AT TIRES MAY ALSO ME FAULTY, DESPITE WHAT FIRESTONE AND FORD SAY. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

NOT ON RECALL AND INSPECTED BY DEALER BEFORE FAILURE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: P235/75/15)

MY TIRES ARE VIBRATING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, ALSO THEY LOOSE AIR CONSTANTLY, I HAVE HAD THEM CHECKED AT LEAST 8 TIMES AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF AIR WAS MISSING EACH TIME!! THE STEERING WHEEL IS VIBRATING MAJORLY AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 75 MPH PER HOUR! I DID CONTACT THE DEALER BUT WAS TOLD THIS TIRE IS NOT RECALLED!! PLEASE NOTE THERE IS DEFINATELY A PROBLEM WITH MY TIRES AND I AM NOT AN EXPERT. PLEASE ADVISE A.S.A.P. - THANK YOU!*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2CUIRD249 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)