2000 FORD E-350 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS CAMPER VAN CONVERSION HAS NOT HAD A SMOOTH RIDE DUE TO TIRES. THE TIRE MAKE AN OSCILLATING NOISE WHICH MAKES THE CONSUMER THINK THE TREAD IS ABOUT TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FOR DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE BALANCED. IN THE OPINION OF THE TECHNICIAN THE TIRES WERE TOO FAR OUT OF TOLERANCE. ONE OF THE TIRES COULD NOT BE BALANCED THEREFORE GOODYEAR REPLACED IT. THE CONSUMER READ SEVERAL ARTICLE ABOUT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN NHTSA AND GOODYEAR TO REPLACE 200000 TIRES ON 15 PASSENGER VANS EQUIPPED WITH LIGHT TRUCK LOAD RANGE E TIRES FOR MODEL YEARS 1996 TO 2000. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE CAMPER CONVERSION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE REPLACEMENT. *NM

FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX TIRES LT 225/75R16, DOT VD, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, FORD E 350, AMBULANCE WITH 52000 MILES.WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH DRIVER'SSIDE REAR OUTER TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. NO ACCIDENT.*AK

VEHICLE HAS POOR STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER PURCHASED A CAR ON FEBRUARY 21, 2000 WITH 0 MILES. AFTER DRIVING 18 MILES, NEXT MORNING VEHECLE WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DEALER , AND THEY REPLACED STARTER.*AK

WHEN BRAKING ON PATCHY AREAS, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS TERRIBLE AND LONGER THAN THE STOPPING DISTANCE OF OTHER VEHICLES. *SLC

WAS MAKING AN EMERGENCY TRANSPORT WITH A CARDIAC PATIENT ON BOARD, APROX SPEED @ 70 MPH, FELT VIBERATION FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS, THEN TREAD OF TIRE TORE FROM SIDEWALLS AND TREAD FLEW FROM UNDER AMBULANCE, CAME TO A SLOW STOP NOTICED WHAT HAD ACTUALLY OCCURED, CALLED FOR MUTUAL AID TO TRANSPORT CARDIAC PATIENT ON TO HOSPITAL, TOOK PICTURES OF TREAD, SIDE WALLS REMAINING ON RIM, SLOWLY DROVE AMBULANCE BACK TO BP STATION WHERE ATTENDANT CHANGED TIRE. REPORTED INCIDENT TO FIRESTONE DEALER, DANVILLE, KY 40422 (DOT NUMBER: VD1L1X1469 TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

LEFT FRONT GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE 305/70R16 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL AND EXPERIENCE A ROLLOVER, DOT OF TIRE AMMBV4N0V0600, FAILURE CAUSED 1 DEATH AND DAMAGED VEHICLE. *SLC

BLOW OUT AND TREAD SEPARATION ON A 2000 FORD E-350 AMBULANCE WITH PATIENT ON BOARD. AMBULANCE IS OWNED BY HOSPITAL. I HEARD THAT THIS MODEL OF TIRE IS ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION. FEEL FREE TO CALL, THANKS. (TIRESIZE: 225/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75R16 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215/55R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/55R16 )

DRIVING SOUTH ON I-25 FROM ALBEQUERQUE TO EL PASO. TIRE BLEW OUT & I MADE A CONTROLLED STOP. LOOKING UNDER THE REAR INSIDE DUAL WHEEL I SAW THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. I EXITED ALMOST AT ONCE TO A SMALL TOWN NAMED BELEN, N.M. THIS OCCURRED ALMOST NOON ON A SATURDAY. I CONSIDERED MYSELF LUCKY TO FIND A TIRE STORE OPEN IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN. I'M ALMOST 75 WITH A HEART CONDITION. NO WAY I WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THAT TIRE ON A HOT INTERSTATE ALONE. CRAIG TIRE CO. EXPLAINED THE RECALL POLICY. THEY REPLACED THE BLOWN TIRE (IN 2 PIECES) AND PLACED IT IN MY RV MOTOR HOME. I PAID THEM $165.08 AND HAVE THE RECEIPT. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND A TIRE DEALER ON SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEW MEXICO DESERT. I HAVE CALLED FORD, FIRESTONE, THE RV DEALER, THE RV MANUFACTURER, THE LOCAL TV STATION, EVEN THE NEWSPAPER. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED. THENCE, NEWS OF NO IMPORTANCE! WRONG! I'M RETIRED. UNEXPECTINGLY I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE TO TRAVEL AT MY LEISURE. THE PRICE OF ALMOST $69,000.00 IS NOT PRIMARILY IMPORTANT. SOMEONE SELLING ME SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE ENDED MY WIFE'S AND MY LIVES IS MY MAJOR CONCERN. HOW MANY OTHER UNEXPECTING BUYERS MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE? I USED TO DRIVE A SEMI; I OWNED 12 TRUCKS. GOOD THING I HAD EXPERIENCE WITH BLOWOUTS. PERHAPS THE NEXT PERSON WON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE BLOWOUT. LUCKILY, THIS WAS NOT A FRONT TIRE, BUT AN INSIDE DUAL REAR TIRE. I DON'T WANT THE FIRESTONE I HAVE. NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN MY PROBLEM NOR REIMBURSEMENT. ADDITIIONALLY, ON CLOSER EXAMINATION I FOUND ANOTHER TIRE, SAME SIZE, ON THE RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE DUAL HAS A 2" CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL, WHICH I DEEM UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. I ALSO OWN A 1998 FORD RANGER EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES, P225/70R15 M/S 1005. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 5,281 MILES, PURCHASED NEW. I'M TOLD WILDRENESS HT'S ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CLARIFICATION. (DOT NUMBER: VD1L 1XD TIRESIZE: 225/75R16E)