1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

BLOWOUT ON LEFT FRONT TIRE, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P25570R16, TIRE SENT TO FIRESTONE, FIRESTONE PAID FOR A NEW TIRE, WHEEL AND SHIPPING EXPENSES, IN OCTOBER 2000, OWNER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES OUT OF FEAR, WOULD LIKE FOR FORD OR FIRESTONE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENTS.

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE CRACKING/PEELING. CALLED FORD & FIRESTONE AND WENT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, SAID THEIR IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THEM.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R17 )

ENGINE NOISE UPON COLD START. SOUNDS LIKE MARBLES CHURNING ABOUT INSIDE A COFFEE CAN. *AK

TIRE NUMBER TWO EXPLODES. FIRESTONE TIRES ARE BAD NEWS AND KILL PEOPLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ? TIRESIZE: 16 INCH)

VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL AT RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE, BOTTOM OF CYLINDER HEAD. IN AT DEALER'S SHOP FOR REPAIRS. ALSO, WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED THERE IS A LOUD TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTED, THEN IT STOPS. *AK

FROM THE FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP OF OUR 1999 FORD EXPEDITION -- WE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THE FACTORY EQUIPPED 17 INCH WILDERNESS AT TIRES PULLING TO EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING STRAIT AHEAD AT ANY SPEED. WE PROCEEDED WITH A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT WITH MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL. AT LEAST 3 FRONT END ALIEGNMENTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN FIXING THE PROBLEM. A FORD MOTOR COMPANY ENGINEER SAID THE 17 INCH TIRES WERE INHERENTLY UNSTABLE AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE PULLING OF TIRES. OUR OWN MECHANIC DETUNED THE FRONT END ALIEGNMENT WITH IN FACTORY SPECIFIATIONS AND THIS ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS INCREASE TIRE WEAR. WE HAVE REPLACED AT APPROX 16,000 MILES ALL FIVE WILDERNESS AT TIRES WITH GOODYEAR TIRES AND DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE TH SAME STEARING PROBLEMS. (DOT NUMBER: W216-1RE-0 TIRESIZE: 17)

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON A HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDERS. HE NOTICED THAT PASSENGER'S RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS #AT, P2557016. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT TIRE,AND ATTENDANT FOR FIRESTONE STATED THAT NO ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN BECAUSE TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL OR ON ADVISORY LIST. *AK

TIRE BLOWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION AT 65MPH ON I-95 AT RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I WAS INFORMED BY BOTH FORD MOTOR CORP. AND FIRESTONE THAT THESE TIRES WERE SAFE. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND NOT MY WIFE WITH MY THREE BOYS SHE WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY HIT THE BRAKES AND ROLL THE TRUCK. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKLY I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR INTO THE MEDIAN. THEY THE SITUATION MADE ME VERY UNEASY WITH THE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC PASSING AT 65MPH JUST FEET FROM ME. I EXPERIENCED SEVERE CHEST PAIN AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSIPTAL THE FOLLOWING MORNING. *AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

REAR CALIPER FROZE UP, CAUSING PREMATURE FAILURE. ALSO, IT GRINDED INTO ROTORS. IT COST CONSUMER $600.00 IN REPAIRS. *AK

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE - CENTER SECTION OF TIRE GONE, 2 SIDE WALL LEFT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNCU TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)