1993 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT OF THE (FIRESTONE ATX P235-75R15) TIRE, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERE ACCIDENT, VEHICLE OVERTURNED AND OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED WITH SEVERE INJURIES. *MJS

TREAD PEELED ON HIGHWAY, MOST LIKELY WRAPPING AXEL. CAUSED SUDDEN PULL TO LEFT. VEHICLE ROLLED 1 1/2 TIMES. INJURIES LIMITED TO SOFT TISSUE. PASSENGER SEAT FORTUNATELY EMPTY - RIDER THERE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: ?15 )

TIRE DEVELOPED A "BULGE" IN SIDE NEAR TREAD. TIRE MADE THUMPING NOISE WHILE DRIVING.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL 1MO TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER SLOWLY STEERED THE TRUCK TO THE EMERGENCY LANE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. *YH

PE00020 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD EXPLORER 1993. P23575R15. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATTED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, TREAD HAD CAME OFF AND HIT CAR. ONLY THING THAT WAS LEFT WAS THE PART OF TIRE THAT HELD AIR. ENTIRE TREAD HAD COME OFF. *AK

TRAVELING FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON TO HELENA MONTANA I EXPERIENCED A STRONG SHAKE IN MY FRONT END. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME ANYWAY AS I HAD BEEN GONE FOR OVER A WEEK AND NEEDED TO GET BACK TO WORK. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME IN HELENA I WENT TO A ALIGNMENT SHOP A FEW DAYS AFTER MY ARRIVAL. I WAS TOLD BY THE ALIGNMENT PERSON THAT MY LEFT FRONT TIRE WOULD NOT BALANCE PROPERLY. AFTER THIS I INSPECTED THE TIRE MYSELF ONLY TO FIND THAT I COULD VISUALLY OBSERVE SEVERAL BUMPS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE I HAD GOT THE TIRES (I HAD ONLY 5,000 MILES ON THESE TIRES), AND THEY CONTACTED FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE SENT A REPLACEMENT TIRE AND THE DEALER PUT IT ON FOR ME. THE NEXT DAY I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL AND BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED WITH THE ONE TIRE THEY SENT ME FOUR NEW TIRES. I AM SATISFIED THAT MY TIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I DID NOT EXPERIENCE A BLOW OUT AS I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND THE TIRES WAS OBVIOUSLY BAD. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THE CORDS INSIDE THE TIRE HAD RIPPED CAUSING THE OBVIOUS WARPING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TREAD OF TIRE TORE LOOSE FIRST, THEN BLOWOUT OCCURED. BLOWOUT DAMAGED MUFFLER, TAILPIPE AND SIDE MOLDING.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/R15 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE, THEN LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. SHE WAS BOUNCING ACROSS HIGHWAY. REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. SHE PULLED OVER AND CHANGED TIRE. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS #AT,SIZE P22570 RX5 THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P225/70/R15 *MW

THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND AT THE TIME I WAS'NT ABLE TO KEEP THE TIRE SO I WAS'NT ABLE TO FILE A CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE SINCE THEY SAID I MUST HAVE THE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION. THE TIRE TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TEARING THE MOLDING FROM THE SIDE OF MY VECHIAL. I NOW OWN A 1999 EXPLORER SPORT WITH WILDERNESS AT TIRES AND I DON'T FEEL THEIR SAFE DECATUR OR NOT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

IN JULY OF 1999, I EXPERIENCED HEAVY VIBRATION (NOT FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL) AND LOUD POUNDING NOISES ON THE VEHICLE UNDERCARRIAGE. I WAS AT FREEWAY SPEED PULLING A SMALL MOTORCYCLE TRAILER (APPROXIMATELY 1000 LB.) NORTH OF LOS ANGELES ON I-14 AND HAD A PASSENGER ABOARD WHO CAN CONFIRM THE EVENTS. WE WERE ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT ACCIDENT AND COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY SEE ANY TREAD MISSING. I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED AT A WINSTON TIRE STORE AND THEY REPORTED MASSIVE TREAD SEPARATION. I SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED THE TIRES BUT RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE FIRESTONES. THESE TIRES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA INSPECTION.( DOT NUMBER: H4BNDFA016 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )