1993 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

IN A SLOW TURN AROUND A CORNER, THE FIRESTONE ATX BLEW OUT ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE WALL.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: UNKNOWN )

I WAS DRIVING WEST ON HWY 21 FROM NORTH ZULCH, TEXAS TO BRYAN, TEXAS I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES AN HOUR, BUILDING SPEED TO 70. I HEARD A LOUD THUMP AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE . I STOPPED AND THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL GARAGE WHERE THE MECHANIC CHANGED THE TIRE AND TOLD ME THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE BACK QUARTER PANEL WAS DAMAGED AND THE SIDE MOLDING WAS TORN OFF.MY HUSBAND TOOK THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE WHERE THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE TIRE AND SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT WE SHOULD REPLACE ALL THE TIRES ON THE VECHICLE. AT THIS TIME WE REPLACED ALL THE TIRES WITH NEW FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX II . THE CAR WAS REPAIRED IN CALDWELL TEXAS AT AUTOFRAME BODY WORKS AT A COST OF 19, 0215.34.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

WEAK CAUSING A SHAKE / UNABLE TO BALANCE OR ALIGN TO STOP SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

I HAVE WILDERNESS AT'S, P235/75/15, WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. ONE WAS MANUFACTURED IN DECATUR, THE OTHER THREE WERE NOT MANUFACTURED IN DECATUR (DOT CODE 8XHL). ALL HAVE AN INTERMITTANT SPLIT IN THE SIDEWALL ON BOTH SIDES ABOUT 1/2" DOWN THE TREAD ALL THE WAY AROUND. I SHOWED THEM TO A FIRESTONE DEALERER AND HE AGREED TO REPLACE ALL THE TIRES. HAVE YOU HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: P135-75-15 )

LEFT FRONT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE BELT CAME LOOSE (BROKE) WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A LOUD THUMPING NOISE. NLM

NO INJURY MAJOR FIRESTONE OEM EXPLORER FAILURE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/65SR15 )

PEOO 020 ; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS GOING DOWN A HILL WHEN HE FELT VIBRATION, AND THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. TIRE WAS HITTING UP AGAINST VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FIRESTONE #ATX, P23575 R15. HE WENT TO FIRESTONE, AND THE PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OFF. *AK

ON 8/15/97 WE WERE TRAVELLING WEST ON I-40 BETWEEN WINSLOW, AZ AND FLAGSTAFF, AZ WHEN OUR REAR PASSENGER TREAD CAME FLYING OFF OUR TIRE. FORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE, REDUCE OUR SPEED AND PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY. WE EXAMINED THE DAMAGE, THERE WAS SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF BODY DAMAGE, BUT THE TIRE, STILL INFLATED, HAD NO TREAD. WE REMOVED THE TIRE, REPLACED IT WITH THE SPARE AND MADE OUR WAY SLOWLY TO FLAGSTAFF WHERE WE FOUND A DISCOUNT TIRE CO. AND HAD THE DAMAGED TIRE REPLACED, NOT WITH FIRESTONE TIRE, AND WE CONTINUED ON OUR WAY TO LAS VEGAS THE NEXT DAY. IN NOVEMBER WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO DISCOUNT TIRE TO HAVE THE OTHER 3 TIRES REPLACE AND WERE TOLD THAT THEY ALL SHOWED TREAD SEPARATION AND WE WERE LUCKY. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE FIRESTONE TIRES AS A SPARE AS IT SHOWED THE LEAST TO NO SEPARATION. THE DOT # I PROVIDED IS FROM THE SPARE. I DO NOT HAVE THE NUMBER OFF OF THE ACTUAL DEFECTIVE TIRE. NO REPORTS FILED SINCE THERE WAS, THANKFULLY, NO SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE RECEIPTS FROM BOTH TIRE PURCHASES AND ONE FROM FORD STATING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MATCHING TIRES SINCE WE'D REPLACED THE ONE, SO THEY COULDN'T DO THE ALIGNMENT REQUESTED THAT WE THOUGHT WAS WHY THE SUV PULLED TO THE RIGHT SO DRASTICALLY. WE WERE TOLD, BY DISCOUNT TIRE CO. REP., THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE SEPARATION THE OTHER TIRES WERE EXPERIENCING. WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE AFTER LEARNING OF THE RECALL. WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT TYPE OF TIRE SEPARATION BEFORE AND THE TIRES APPEARED TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE! THEY WEREN'T ALL THAT OLD NOR WORN. THIS WAS OUR FIRST TRIP IN THIS VEHICLE. IT WAS FRIGHENING BUT WE CHALKED IT UP TO A BLOWOUT TYPE OF INCIDENT AND DID NOT REPORT IT. THE SLIGHT BODY DAMAGE HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF TOO.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1M0083 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND RESULTED IN VEHICLE ROLLOVER AND INJURIES TO CONSUMERS. *MJS

TIRE SHREDDED. DID NOT DEFLATE. TREAD TOTALLY DEPARTED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )