FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON THE PA TURNPIKE. I GOT OFF AT FORT WASHINGTON EXIT. I PROCEEDED TO FT. WASHINGTON EXPO CENTER. I PULLED INTO A PARKING PLACE AND I HEARD A LOUD POP. I GOT OUT TO FIND MY REAR-PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DEFLATING RAPIDLY. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE GROUND AROUND THE TIRE. IT JUST POPPED. *JB

TIRE FAILURE. NEW VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 3,000 MILES. FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. TIRE WAS REPLACED BY FIRESTONE AT NO CHARGE. FIRESTONE PERSONEL MAINTAIN THAT DRIVER RAN OVER SOMETHING AND FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY PUNCTURE. THE SIZE OF THE HOLE IN THE TREAD NOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT THEORY.

I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME NHTSA RECALL NOTICE 01T016000 WHICH RECALL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 TIRES WITH DOT SERIAL NUMBERS ENDING IN "7" (AMONG OTHER NUMBERS). I HAVE THESE TIRES ON MY CAR. I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER IN THE RECALL NOTICE FOR FIRESTONE, BUT THEY DENY THERE IS ANY RECALL. HOW DO I GET FIRESTONE TO FOLLOW THE RECALL? *NLM

FIRESTONE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD NAME BRAND. THEY HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS AS OF LATE. I DID NOT LIKE THESE TIRES ON THIS TRUCK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. NOW I'M JUST STUCK WITH THEM UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS. DT

CONSUMER STATES THEY CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE TIRES AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THEY WILL CALL HIM BACK WHEN THEY WERE, THAT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO. CONSUMER STATES HE NEVER RECEIVED A CALL BACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND NOW THE CAMPAIGN IS OVER AND THE MANUFACTURING IS REFUSING TO REPLACE CONSUMER TIRES FOR FREE. TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES SEAPRATION ON THE REAR SIDE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 60MPH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2002, P26575R16 114S DOT NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WOBBLES WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH ROAD AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER READ IN THE OWNERS MANUAL, THAT IF THIS HAPPENS. THE WHEELS MAY NEED REBALANCING. TS

TIRES ARE 60,000 MILE TIRES,THEY HAVE 40,000 MILES AND ARE SEPERATING FROM THE CASING. DT

TOTAL UPPER SIDEWALL TO TREAD SEPARATION ALL WAY AROUND ON OUTSIDE FACING TIRE. MR

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P225/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH UNKNOWN MILEAGE ON A 1987, JEEP, CHEROKEE. TREAD SEPARATION ON PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE AT 60-65 MPH.*AK