1993 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

MY SON WAS DRIVING DOWN I-95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT ONLY ABOUT 50 MPH DUE TO RAIN WHEN HE SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, LEFT THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES INTO A DITCH AND TOTALED THE CAR. THERE WAS NO APPARENT EXPLANATION FOR WHY HE LOST CONTROL. WE HAD JUST RECENTLY REPLACED TIRES WITH NEW FIRESTONE ATX II. WHEN WE ASKED THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ABOUT RECOVERING THE TIRES WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE BLOWN OUT. SINCE THIS ACCIDENT OCCURED PRIOR TO ANY PUBLICITY ABOUT FIRESTONE TIRE FAILURES WE DID NOT ASK TO SEE THE TIRES. MY SON WAS INJURED AND FORCED TO MISS CLASSES AT COLLEGE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 23575SR15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575SR15 )

TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FUEL FILLER PIPE, INSIDE FENDER WELL AND CRACKED THE PLASTIC TRIM ALONG THE REAR FENDER PANEL, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT (FIRESTONE FIREHAWK P23570R/15). NLM

CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR FIRESTONE TIRE DUE TO NOISE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00T-005, THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE WAS RETURNED TO FIRESTONE AND FOUND TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL NOW THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES WHICH WERE REPLACED BELIEVING THEY WERE ALSO INCLUDED. NLM

RECALL 97V235000/SUN ROOF: SUN ROOF MALFUNCTIONED WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

I EXPERIENCED TWO DIFFERENT TIRE FAILURES WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER, SEPTEMBER 1998. FIRST TIME, I WAS AWARE OF VIBRATION FRONT PASS. SIDE. TREAD WAS SEPARATING; REPLACED TIRE. TWO WEEKS LATER, THOUGHT I HAD FLAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. TREAD SEPARATED WHILE MOVING. FLAPPING TREAD DAMAGED THE WHEEL WELL LINER (BLACK PIECE). REPLACED TIRE AND TRIM.

MY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE TIRES WERE FOUND TO HAVE TREAD SEPARATION WHEN I BOUGHT THEM IN BECUASE OF EXCESSIVE WOBBLE. I HAD THESE 4 TIRES REPLACED ON MY OWN. NOW THERE HAVE RECALLED THESE SAME TIRES FOR THE EXACT ISSUE I HAD TO REPLACE THEM. I HAVE WRITTEN TO FIRESTONE AND COMPLETED ALL OF THEIR REIMBURSEMENT FORMS ONLY TO BE REJECTED SINCE MY REPLACEMENT WAS BEFORE THEIR RECALL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CANNOT REIMBURESE ME FOR DEFECTIVE TIRES SIMPLY BECUASE I REPLACED THEM EARLIER. THE NHTSA SHOULD FORCE FIRESTONE INTO REIMBURSING ALL OWNERS OF THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES WHO HAD THEM REPLACED REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE REPLACEMENT TOOK PLACE. WE WERE IN JUST AS MUCH DANGER DRIVING ON THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES AS ANYONE WAS WHO HAD THEM REPLACED IN 2000 AND WAS ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THANK YOU. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

REAR VIEW MIRROR KEEPS FALLING OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT CONSUMER SHOULD TAKE IT TO A GLASS DEALER. *AK

HAD ARRIVED AT CEMETERY WHEN A KNOT WAS NOTICED IN RIGHT REAR TIRE. AFTER LEAVING CEMETERY & HEADED FOR HOME AT 55 MPH A LOUD BUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD. STARTED TO SLOW DOWN & THEN THERE WA SAN EXPLOSION. CENTER OF TIRE HAD LOST TREAD. THEN, WENT FLAT. PUT ON SPARE IN PLACE OF TREADLESS TIRE. DOES NOT HAVE TIRE.*AK

ON JULY 1, 2000 RIGHT REAR TIRE SHREDDED;REPLACED TWO; ON RETURN TRIP ON JULY 4, 2000 THE OTHER TIRE SHREDDED LIKE THE RECALL TIRES, REPLACED TWO MORE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 235 75XR15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235 75XR15 )

TIRE TREAD PEALED OFF; LOST CONTROL AND CAR ROLLED. *AK (TIRESIZE: 23575R15LT)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15LT )