FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

REPLACEMENT TIRES ON A FORD, EXPLORER 1998. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN TIRES GET HOT CAR WILL SHAKE.*AK

PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1998 MERCURY, MOUTAINEER, TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT W2. FRONT PASSENGER EXPERIENCED UNEVEN WEAR AND TEAR ON THE TREAD. CAN SEE THROUGH TIRE, INTO THE RUBBER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I HAVE THE WILDERNESS AT FIRESTONE TIRES. THEY SEEM TO NOT BE THE RECALL TIRES BUT THE DOT # IS W2HL. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ON A ROAD TRIP AND GOING 70 MPH AND THE TREAD JUST RIPPED OFF THE REAR RIGHT TIRE. OUR EXPLORER SPORT JUST SWERVED HARD TO THE RIGHT TILTING UPWARDS AND THEN COMING DOWN, THEN SWERVING TO THE LEFT TILTING UPWARDS AND THEN COMING DOWN, ANOTHER SWERVE TO THE RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT BEFORE WE STOPPED. THIS WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND EVERYONE BEHIND US BEGAN SLAMMING ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID US. THAT SCARED ME VERY MUCH BUT WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT NO ONE CAN HELP US. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK AND I HAD TO BUY TWO NEW TIRES AT MY COST. WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT ANOTHER TIRE AND WE COULD ALMOST MOVE THE TREAD IT WAS GETTING THAT BAD. IT WAS READY TO BLOW HE SAID. SO WE BOUGHT TWO. I AM UNHAPPY WITH FIRESTONE RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T WANT THESE TIRES ON MY TRUCK. ALL THE TIRES HAVE THE SAME DOT #. I NEED TO GET THREE MORE TIRES AND GET MY TRUCK FIXED AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

WHILE USING MY TURN SIGNALS TURNING LEFT I NOTICED THE FLASHER ON THE DASH HAD FROZEN AND THAT SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF THE HAZARD FLASHER BUTTON AND ALSO OUT OF THE BASE OF THE TURN SIGNAL STEM. THIS CAN BE REPEATED ALMOST EVERY TIME I USE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL. THE DEALSHIP WILL BE LOOKING AT IT ON 10/27/2000.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDHL)

NO FAILURE YET BUT POOR HANDLING AND VISIBLE CRACKING. FIRESTONE DEALERS WILL NOT CERTIFY AS TO BEING SAFE, NOR WILL THEY REPLACE THE TIRES. I WILL REPLACE, BUT I WANT FIRESTONE TO PAY FOR MY NEW TIRES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 255/70/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70/16 )

THESE TIRES ARE UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED!*AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

PE20020; WILDERNESS AT P235 70R16, ON A FORD F150 4X4 1997. ON ASPHALT HIGHWAY RIGHT FRONT TIRE DISINTEGRATED AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF TREAD, THERE WAS NO TIRE LEFT. SECOND TIME LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW IN THE TREAD LINE, DID NOT COME APART.*AK

AFTER MARKET TIRES, P235/75R15 SIZE. TWO OF THE TIRES BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM A TRIP A PASSING CAR INDICATED TO ME A TIRE PROBLEM. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, CALLED AAA AND HAD MY SPARE PUT ON MY FORD EXPLORER. ABOUT A WEEK LATER I TOOK THE TIRE IN TO GET IT FIXED. THE MANAGER OF THE FIRESTONE STORE WHERE I TOOK IT CALLED ME OVER AFTER INFLATING THE TIRE ON A STAND. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. HE CALLED HIS OFFICE WHO AUTHORIZED A 50% REDUCTION IN REPLACEMENT TIRES WHICH I ACCEPTED BUT CALLED FIRESTONE TO REQUEST 100% REPLACEMENT COST. TO DATE NO REPLY FROM FIRESTONE. CONCERNED THAT OTHER TIRES MAY HAVE THIS PROBLEM. DO NOT HAVE THE DOT CODE BUT DO REMEMBER THAT THE TIRES WERE MADE IN CANADA. *AK (TIRESIZE: 255/75X16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/75X16 )

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED UNEAVEN BALANCE WHILE TRAVELING. TIRES WERE NOT PART OF RECALL. CONUSMR REPLACED TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAITION.*AK