1999 FORD EXPEDITION Complaints

AFTER THE CAR SAT ALL DAY WE TOOK A EVENING DRIVE TO A NEIGHBORING TOWN. WE WERE ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY TRAVELING THE POSTED SPEED OF 65MPH, VERY UNEXPECTDLY THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT THAT NEARLY CAUSED A ROLLOVER SITUATION. AFTER WE REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VECHICLE AND PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WE WERE VERY SUPRISED THAT THE REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THE DAMAGE WAS LOCATED ALONG THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE JUST ABOVE THE TREAD LINE. THERE IS A HOLE APPROXIMATLEY 1" ACROSS AND 2 1/2" IN LENGHTH, THE REST OF THE TIRE APPEARS TO BE UNDAMAGED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 027598 TIRE SIZE: P255/70/16 )

RR SIDEWALL BLOWOUT IN CARPOOL LANE AT 70MPH. DID NOT HIT DEBRIS TO CAUSE BLOWOUT. TIRE NEW AND INFLATED PER SPECIFICATIONS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70RX16 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT . DEALER SAID IT WAS OWNER'S FAULT. OWNER REPLACED IT WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P255/70/R16 * MW

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE CAME. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. FIVE OTHER PASSENGER'S WERE IN THE EXPEDITON. NO ONE WAS HURT. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P25570R17, ORGINAL EQUIPMENT. TIRE WAS TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP OFFERED NO TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. *AK THE TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

A BOLT THAT HOLDS SUSPENSION BAR HAS FALLEN WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER .*AK

DEVELOPED A SEPARATION ( SPLIT ) IN OUTER SIDEWALL OF TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

TIRE FAILURE OCCURRED ON OPEN AND CLEAR ROADWAY NORTH OF BALTIMORE, MD ON I-895, A FEW MILES BEYOND THE HARBOR TUNNEL. I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANYTHING ON THE ROADWAY. THE TIRE HAS A COMPLETE SLICE/SHEAR FROM THE TOP OF THE TREAD DOWN TO THE RIM, ALONG THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: )

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 99 EXPEDITION. WHILE DRIVING 45MPH FRONT RIGHT FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW OUT.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P255/70/R16 *MW

AFTER READING THE REPORTS IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE FORD EXPLORERS AND THE TROUBLE WITH THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I MAY BE EXPERIENCING SOME TYPE OF TROUBLE. EVERY NIGHT ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, I HIT A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WITH A FEW SMALL POT HOLES AND CRACKS IN IT. WHEN I HIT THE HOLES, THE STEERING WHEEL WRETCHES FROM MY HANDS VERY HARD AND IT FEELS LIKE I AM LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS ALSO HAPPENS IF I HAVE TO MAKE A SHARP TURN AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. I CONTACTING THE CAR DEALER AND THEY WHERE NOT VERY COMPASSIONATE AND SAID THAT IT WAS NOT THIER PROBLEM ( JUST WHAT I WANT TO HEAR ) . SO, I WANT THIS ON RECORD IN CASE I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES AND BECOME A STATISTIC. PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED ON THIS INVESTIGATION IF PSSIBLE. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

CONSUMER HAD REPLACED TIRES BECAUSE OF NOISE AND REPORT SEEN ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM WHERE CONSUMER TIRES WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 255/70/16. *AK