1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

MY SEVENTEEN INCH WELL CARED FOR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT FAILED WITH A TREAD SEPARATION BLOWOUT...THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS..I STILL HAVE THE BAD TIRE BUT HAVE REPLACED THE REST WITH NEW GOODYEARS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: SEVENTEEN )

THESE TIRES WERE INSPECTED BY THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND HAVE CRACKING IN ALL FOUR TIRES IN THE TREAD SHOULDERS.THIS IS THE SAME DEFECT AS THE RECALLED TIRES--JUST A DIFFERENT SIZE.THE PROBLEM IS NOT JUST WITH THE 15" TIRES.THESE SHOPULD ALL BE PART OF THE RECALL.FORD HAS NOT OFFERED ANY HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM EITHER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R17 )

BOUGHT NEW CAR 8/11/99. ON 9/27/99 AT 2, 284 MILES THE VEHICLE STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS PROPERLY AND WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. FORD REPLACE THE CONTROL MODULE. THEY TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND IT FAILED IMMEDIATELY. THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS FINALLY READY FOR US TO PICK UP ON 10/15/99. THREE MILES AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK IMMEDIATELY. FORD REPLACED IT AGAIN AND WE GOT OUR CAR BACK ON 10/28/99. ON 8/7/00 WE BROUGHT OUR CAR BACK TO FORD AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WHILE STOPPED, LOOSE POWER OR STALL WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED. TOOK IT TO FORD AGAIN. REPLACED TRANSMISSION AGAIN. VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE FOR A TOTAL OF 36 DAYS IN ONE YEAR AND HAD 4 REPAIR ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT VEHICLE. NO REASONABLE OR SAFE REASON TO DRIVE - UNSAFE.

I HAVE NOT HAD A FAILED TIRE YET. I AM TRYING TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE FROM OCCURING. I HAVE P255/70R16 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON MY 1999 FORD EXPEDITION. I HAVE COME ACROSS AN INTERNAL FORD MEMO FROM WWW.SAFETYFORUM.COM THAT HAS FORD INSTRUCTING THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND DEALERS OVERSEAS (IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA) TO REPLACE ALL (5) 16 INCH WIDERNESS AT TIRES ON THEIR FORD VEHICLES. THE MEMO STATES THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERIOR TIRE DEGREDATION AND TREAD SEPARATION. I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS MEMO DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SAME TIRES ON THE SAME FORD VEHICLES IN THE US.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 1 TIRE ON THIS VEHICLE AND THE 3 OTHERS NOW ALSO HAVE PLACES WHERE THE SIDE WALLS ARE CRACKED AND PEELING AWAY FROM THE TIRE. WHEN WE SHOWED THIS TO A LOCAL DEALED WE WERE TOLD " THOSE TIRES JUST DO THAT" AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. WE ARE NOW VERY WORRIED ABOUT THESE TIRES AND THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILY!! I ALSO OWN A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION (DOT NUMBER W2CUIRD050060 , TIRE SIZE P25570R16 ) AND ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE TIRES AS WELL. IT JUST DOSEN'T SEEM LIKE TIRES WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON THEM SHOULD BE CRACKING AND PEELING!!( DOT NUMBER: VNCU1RD029 TIRE SIZE: P255/7OR16 )

AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR ONLY THREE DAYS, WE WERE TRAVELING 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE DISINTEGRATED - NO STEERING OR CONTROL PROBLEMS OCCURRED AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND PUT ON THE SPARE. WE RETURNED HOME AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THREE DAYS PRIOR AND THEY AT FIRST REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF REPLACING THE TIRE. AFTER MUCH DEBATE AND RELUCTANCE ON THEIR PART ("THIS NEVER HAPPENS, YOU MUST HAVE HIT A NAIL") - WE ARGUED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THE TIRE SHOULD HAVE BLOWN AFTER ONLY BEING DRIVE ON FOR LESS THAN 300 MILES AND THAT WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING WE WERE AWARE OF (THEIR INSPECTION OF THE TIRE ALSO YIELDED NO PUNCTURES THAT THEY COULD FIND). FORD FINALLY AGREED TO PAY FOR A NEW WILDERNESS TIRE AND IT WAS REPLACED. WE ARE REPORTING THIS SO THAT YOU KNOW THIS HAPPENED OVER ONE YEAR AGO ON A VIRUALLY BRAND NEW TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: VNCU TIRE SIZE: 16 )

WHILE TRAVELING 65-75 MPH AND WITHOUT INDICATION TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *AK DUE TO THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE (P26570R17) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE DOT#W2T61RE388. *SLC

TIRE SHREDDED SO BAD IN A SPLIT SECOND WITH NO WARNING AND NO PUNCTURE WAS APPARENT. FIRESTONE DEALER REPLACED AT NO CHARGE..( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 25570R16 )

I HAD BEEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. I CAME INTO TOWN AND HAD A TIRE FAILURE WHEN I BACKED INTO A CURB AT VERY LOW SPEED (5 MPH+\-). THE FIRESTONE DEALER WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT SAYING IT WAS A ROAD HAZARD AND THE FORD DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, SO I REPLACED THE TIRE MYSELF. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: 1999 FORD EXPEDITION, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, DOT#VNCU1RD269 & TIRE SIZE P255/70R16. A RIGHT REAR BLOWOUT/ SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. *AK