2000 FORD EXCURSION Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH AND WITH NO WARNING RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, SIZE LT265/75R16, DOT#119116R.*AK

LEFT FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT....MY WIFE SHARON SERNE WAS DRIVING EAST ON HWY 50 COMING UP TO THE ELDORADO HILLS EXIT WHEN OUT OF NO WARE THE LEFT FRONT TIRE (FIRESTONE RS4 LT265-75-16) OF OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION BLEW OUT, SHE WAS PULLED HARD INTO THE CENTER GUARDRAIL AND DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF OUR VEHICLE. SHARON DID A GREAT JOB ON AVOIDING ANY OTHER PERSONS OR DOING FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AS IN ROLLING OR GOING OVER THE EMBANKMENT THAT WAS UP AHEAD. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE I LOOKED INTO THE FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEMS JUST FOR THIS KIND OF CONCERN AND AT THE TIME COULD NOT FIND ANY TYPE PROBLEMS SO I FELT OK ABOUT THEIR TIRES. UNTIL NOW IM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE TIRES THAT MY FAMILY WILL HAVE ON THE CARS WE DRIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME I KNOW ITS IMPORTANT, IF YOU CAN HELP BY POINTING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THE SENRE FAMILY. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 FORD EXCURSION THAT HAS FIRESTONE TIRES ON IT THAT WERE STOCK FROM THE FACTORY. THEY HAVE 1/4" OF TREAT LEFT AND WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE TREAD OFF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME OFF. I SLOWED AND STOPPED AS QUICK AS I COULD. THE TREAD BENT THE BOTTOM 8" OF THE REAR QUARTER PANEL UP UNDER THE TRUCK AND DENTED AND SCRATCHED IT ALL OVER THE REAR PANEL. IT ALSO BROKE OUT THE REAR TAIL LIGHT. I HAVENT RECEIVED A ESTIMATE YET BUT QUESS IT WILL BE BETWEEN 1500 TO $2000 DOLLARS DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING CONTROL BUT I AM A TRAINED EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATOR/VETERAN POLICE OFFICER OF 17 YEARS. MY DRIVING ABILITIES ENABLED ME TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TREAD AND STEEL CORD PEELED OFF FROM TIRE CARCASS CAUSING OVER $2,000 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AND MOMENTARY LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THIS IS THIRD STEELTEX FAILURE ON SAME VEHICLE IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS. REMAINING TIRE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. FIRESTONE REFUSED TO WARRANTY OUT EITHER TIRE (BLOWN OR STILL IN SERVICE) OR PAY FOR VEHICLE DAMAGE.*AK

FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T REMOVED FROM SERVICE AS FIRESTONE TECHNICIAN DID NOT LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF THE SIDEWALL. THIS IS SECOND OF 3 FAILURES IN TWO MONTH PERIOD. *AK

BLOW OUT OF FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T. THIS IS FIRST OF THREE STEELTEX TIRE FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE IN TWO MONTH PERIOD. EACH WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY.*AK

LOUD MISSING NOISE COMMING FROM ENGINE AND LOSS OF POWER. PROBLEM FOUND WAS # 4 SPARK PLUG ON PASS SIDE OF ENGINE HAD BLOWN OUT AND WAS LAYING ON TOP OF ENGINE. IT DAMAGED THREADS IN ALUM HEAD AND COIL PACK. SPARK PLUGS HAVE NEVER BEEN CHANGED. FACTORY DEFECT DURING BUILD. FORD DEALERS CONTACTED AND COULD OFFER NO ASSITANCE*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND . ALSO, BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

I'VE BEEN A MECHANIC FOR OVER 7 YRS, I NOTICED THAT MY FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TIRES HAD STRANGE WEAR AND WERE NOISY. I CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT ON MY VEHICLE, WHICH WAS IN MANUFACTURER'S SPECS. WE WENT ON A 500ML ROAD TRIP ALMOST TO MY DESTINATION, WHEN MY LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE FREEWAY WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN I SAW THE TIRE THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WERE THE SIDEWAYS STILL IN TACT, AND THE TREAD WAS GONE. BEFORE WE LEFT I DID A TRIP CHECK WHICH INCLUDES CHECKING THE PRESSURE AND CONDITION OF TIRES.*AK

FIRESTONE TIRE DEFECT - STEELTEX -- LAST WEEK MY SON AND TWO FRIENDS WAS DRIVING MY EXCURSION AT ABOUT 75 MPH WHEN THE TREAD ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED. THIS WAS WITNESSED BY AN ON-COMING DRIVER. MY VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD HIT A CULVERT AND FLIPPED END-TO-END. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE BOTH FRONT TOP AND REAR. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ONE PASSENGER WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE. VERY FORTUNATELY ALL OF THE PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS -- ALL WERE INJURED BUT NONE SERIOUSLY -- THE INJURIES OF THE PASSENGER THAT WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED WAS NOT AS SERIOUS AS INITIALLY BELIEVED.