1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

PE00020 ; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH TIRE ON THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE SPLIT RIGHT DOWN TO TREAD. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE TRUCK. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, FORD, EXPEDTION. A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP AGREEDED TO REPLACE TIRE WITH A MIMIMAL CHARGE. PLEASE LIST TIRE SIZE AND DOT #.*AK THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED ON 3 OF THE 4 FIRESTONE 16 IN TIRES. *YH

I OWN A SET OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES; SIZE 255/70R/16 109S M/S. I KNOW THAT THESE TIRES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE LATEST RECALL, BUT THEY APPEAR TO BE DOING THE SAME AS THE 15" TIRES. I HAD THEM INSPECTED AT FIRESTONE AND THEY OBSERVED THE SAME THING. THEY, FIRESTONE DISTRIBUTOR, SUGGESTED THAT I REPLACE THEM IMMEDIATELY, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THE SAME TIRE WHICH WILL BRING THE SAME RESULT. I HAVE SINCE PURCHASED A SET OF MICHELIN LTX M&S'S. MY TIRES ARE ALOT WORSE THAN I EXPECTED AFTER HAVING THEM REMOVED AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM ON BOTH SIDES. I ALWAYS KEEP ALL OF MY VEHICLES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, INCLUDING THE PROPER TIRE INFLATION.( DOT NUMBER: VCLU TIRE SIZE: 255/70R/16 )

TIRES SHOW CRACKS ALONG THE TREAD, JUST AS THE RECALLED TIRES FOR FIRESTONE DID BEFORE THEY BLEW OUT, OR HAD TREAD FAILURE. MY TIRES ARE NOT IN THE WARNING, OR RECALL, SO FIRESTONE WON'T REPLACE THEM. SINCE THIS IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM WORK, AND I TRAVEL THE FREEWAY 70 MILES PER DAY, TREAD FAILURE WILL HAPPEN SOON IF NOT REPLACED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70 R17 )

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. NOTICED, MOST OFTEN WHEN USING BLINKERS. SHE WILL CONTACT THE DEALER.*AK

IN LESS THAN 14 MONTHS, I HAD 2 FLATS WHILE DRIVING AT MODERATE SPEEDS, ONCE ON A GRAVEL ROAD, AND ONCE ON THE FREEWAY. I WOULD EXPECT AT TIRES TO HOLD UP BETTER THAN THIS. THE TIRES DID NOT SEPERATE AS THE RECALLED ONES HAVE, BUT THEY JUST GAVE OUT/LOST AIR. INTERESTINGLY, A FRIEND OF MINE BOUGHT THE SAME CAR AT THE SAME TIME, AND HE HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED 2 FLATS IN THE SAME TIME. SINCE THESE TIRES ARE LABELED "ALL TERAIN" I WOULD EXPECT THEM TO HOLD UP BETTER, ESPECIALLY DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OR FLAT GRAVEL ROAD AT MODERATE SPEEDS. I FEEL THESE TIRES SHOULD BE ON THE RECALL LIST ALSO. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265170R17 )

CONSUMERS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE (P265/70R17) DISINTEGRATED WHILE DRIVING, TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T-005 BECAUSE THEY ARE 17 INCH TIRES, CONSUMER REPLACED A FOUR TIRES AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT OWL TIRE, CURRENTLY THE 17 INCH TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (P265/70R17). NLM

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE RPLACED. *AK

I'VE HAD 5 FLAT TIRES IN THE 20 MONTHS I'VE OWNED THIS TRUCK. THREE OF THE 5 (INCLUDING THE SPARE) TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF THE TREAD CRACKING AT THE BASE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/70-17 )

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHEN CHANGING REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE, THERE WAS A CRACK FRONT IN THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD. TIRE SIZE P25570R1,. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, EXPEDITION. TIRE MILEAGE ABOUT 16000. FORD/ FIRESTONE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE TIRE. PLEASE DOT NUMBER IF POSSIBLE AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK DOT#WZCU1RD139. *SLC