FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

AFTER MARKET TIRE P235/75R15, SIZE DOT#: 8XHL1PY3000. RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AT 55MPH, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*AK

PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1998, MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT VNHL1PY188, ALL TIRES HAVE CRACKS BETWEEN THE GROOVES OF TIRE TREAD AND CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE NOT WILLING TO HELP BECAUSE ITS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AFTER MARKET TIRE, P235/75R15 SIZE DOT#: W2HL. FRONT RIGHT TIRE SPLIT OPEN ON ONE SIDE. FIRESTONE HAS INSPECETED THE TIRE.*AK

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT FROM SIDE WALL SEPERATION AT 55 MPH IN SOUTH FLORIDA ON 11/08/00. VEHICLE RENTED FROM BUDGET AT ORLANDO AIRPORT (RA # MCOBD1137287). CONTACT MANAGER AT 407-850-6727.( DOT NUMBER: )

I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE STORE FOR INSPECTION. THEY FOUND THAT THERE WERE BUBBLES AND THE TREAD WAS PEELING AS WAS COMMON WITH THE RECALLED 15" TIRES. IT SHOWED INDICATIONS THAT THE TREAD WAS COMING OFF. WE WERE ADVISED TO REPLACE THE TIRES AS THEY WERE UNSAFE. WE HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES BEFORE A FULL SEPARATION AND ACCIDENT OCCURRED. WE HAVE RETAINED THE TIRES FOR INSPECTION AND WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES AS THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75% TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRES. (DOT NUMBER: W270 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

REAR CAB BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I LOST MY TURN SIGNALS AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE STATION TO REPLACE THE BULB IN THE REAR CAB BREAK LIGHT THE SERVICE ATTENDANTS FOUND THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF THE REAR CAB BREAK ASSEMBLY BLACK AND MELTED. THEY REMOVED THE OTHER 2 LIGHT BULBS AND WOULD NOT PUT ANY NEW ONES IN, STATING THAT I WAS LUCKY MY TRUCK HAD NOT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THEY SUGGESTED A POSSIBLE WIRE SHORTAGE. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN FINDING OUT IF THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH OTHER FORDS AND IS THERE A RECALL THAT I AM NOT AWARE OF. IN REGARDS TO MY FIRESTONE TIRES, AFTER RECEIVING A PHONE CALL FROM DAVID LAHGJHR AND DISCUSSING THE PROBLEMS AND THE NHSTA ADVISORY LIST I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE PLACE THAT I HAD ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE TIRES TO HAVE THEM REPLACED UNDER THE "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION" PLAN WITH FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE SAID NO! I HAVE THE WRONG SIZE. WHEN I FIRST TOOK IT IN FOR INSPECTION THEY STATED ON MY FORM THAT I DID NOT REQUEST AN INSPECTION, WHEN IN FACT, THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I WAS THERE. MY TIRES WERE NOT MADE IN DECATUR SO THEY WERE NOT IN THE RECALL. NOW THE PLANT THAT MADE MY TIRES IS ON THE LIST BUT NOW THEY ARE THE WRONG SIZE. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THIS TO END AND FIRESTONE BE MADE TO REPLACE ANY WILDERNESS AT TIRES UNDER THE "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION" PLAN. MY TIRES ARE ONLY 2 YRS OLD AND I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO JUST GO OUT AND BUY NEW TIRES. THANK YOU. PEGGY ANTHROP (DOT NUMBER: W2HL1PY038 TIRESIZE: 235/75 R15)

AFTER THE FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL STARTED I CHECKED MY TIRES TO SEE IF THEY WER PART OF THE RECALL AND I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE NOT BUT WHAT I DID FIND WERE SOME "STRESS FRACTURES" IN THE TIRE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK AND THEY STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I THEN TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER AND HE ALSO STATED THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND I WOULD NEED IT REPLACED. HE ALSO STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE TIRES DUE TO THE TREADWEAR ON MY TIRES. I HAVE LEASED THE TRUCK AND THE TIRES ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST ME THE TERM OF THE LEASE. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM I CAUSED MYSELF AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE WHICH FIRESTONE REFUSES TO DO. AT THIS POINT I AM THINKING OF FILING A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINS FIRESTONE. I DON'T FEEL THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 15" TIRES WHEN IT PROBABLY EFFECTS ALL SIZES. PLEASE ADVISE ME. (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

THIS TIRE WAS NOT A RECALL WITH THE VD CODE. IT SUDDENLY FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEED BY LOSING PART OF ITS TREAD. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE PLY FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX 18" ON ONE SIDE OF THE TIRE. PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE. (DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY2HL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

LEFT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS TRAVELING ON EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH. RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW AND I HAD TO PULL OFF AND CHANGE IT. TIRE APPEARS TO HAVE SEPERATED WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE. TREAD BELTS IN THAT AREA ARE TWISTED AND OUT OF ALIGNMENT. (DOT NUMBER: W270IFR428 TIRESIZE: 245 75R 16)

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, EXPLORER, P235/75R16 SIZE, DOT#: NVCU1PX080. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TREAD SEPARATED, AND FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT.*AK