1993 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

A 2 1/2 FOOR SECTION OF TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH DURING A WINTER MONTH IN VIRGINIA. THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OVERLOADED, WITH ONLY THE DRIVER IN THE VEHICLE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/R1 )

HIGH SPEED TREAD SEPARATION ON I-95 NEAR BRUNSWICK, GA. MODERATE TEMPERATURES (70'S). VEHICLE WAS PULLING A U-HAUL TRAILER WELL BELOW VEHICLE OR TIRE LOAD LIMITS. SEPERATION OCCURED APPROXIMATELY 1.0 HOURS INTO DRIVE. AIR PRESSURE APPROX. 30 PSIG. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH NEW OF SAME MODEL. ALTHOUGH I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, THE TIRE APPEARED TO HAVE DISENTIGRATED. PULLING A LOADED TRAILER WAS NOT ROUTINE FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE TREAD SEPARATED AT 60MPH AND DAMAGED THE REAR OF THE CAR. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235 75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM REAR TIRES. THEN, PULLED OVER AND SAW TREAD SEPARATION. THIS PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED FIVES TIMES. *AK SOMETIMES THE TIRE WOULD BE FLAT WITH TREAD SEPARATION. AT OTHER TIMES, THERE WOULD BE JUST TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE DEALERS CONSIDERED THESE INCIDENT AS NORMAL. *YH

PE 00020: GOING 65MPH & HEARD 2 LOUD BANG NOISES. PULLED OVER & CHECKED TIRES & HAD A FLAT. MOTHER CONTACTED SON, WHO NOTICED THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM LEFT REAR TIRE. TIRE WAS CHANGED WITH THE SPARE. TOOK TIRE TO FIRESTONE & IT WAS REPLACED. FIRESTONE IS REQUESTING THE TIRE. *AK FIRESTONE ATX RADIAL 235/75R15 *YH

THE TIRE SEPARATED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT CRASHING. IT WAS THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO GET NEW TIRES THE DEALER SAID THAT TWO MORE OF THE TIRES WERE CLOSE TO SEPARATING.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 75/15 )

THERE IS ANOTHER FAILURE MODE ON ATX TIRES. IN OUR CASE, THE THREE FAILURES THAT OCCURRED ALL HAD STRIKINGLY SIMILAR FEATURES. THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL IN EACH CASE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL APPEARED TO BE SHREDDED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WITHOUT WARNING. TIRES WERE AT FORD'S RECOMMENDED INFLATION PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE DID NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR AS THE FAILURES OCCURRED AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE YEAR. I ATTEMPTED TO E-MAIL FIRESTONE AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM FIRESTONE ON THE FAILURES.( DOT NUMBER: )

THE TREAD SEPARATED AND TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. THE OTHER 3 TIRES HAD CRACKS ALONG EDGES ALSO. 40,000 MILES ON TIRES AND PROPERLY INFLATED. HAD HANDLING PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE TREAD SEPARATION.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING FROM JACKSONVILLE,FL. TO NORMAN,OK. ON 12 APR. 95 I NOTICED A THUMPING VIBRATION FROM THE REAR OF MY FORD EXPLORER. FOLLOWING A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE WHEELS I DETERMINED THE VIBRATION WAS CAUSED BY A SWELLING OF THE THREADED SURFACE OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. NEARING OUR DESTINATION MY PARTNER AND I DECIDED TO DRIVE ON INTO OKLAHOMA AND HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. ON APR 14TH REYNOLDS FORD OF NORMAN,OK REFERRED ME TO FIRESTONE MASTERCARE CAR SERVICE IN NORMAN,OK. THE TIRES WERE THEN BALANCED AND ROTATED AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED I HAVE THE SHOCKS REPLACED WHICH I DID WITH THE TOP OF THE LINE SHOCKS. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED ON THE RETURN TRIP TO JACKSONVILLE AND CONTINUED TO WORSEN. HAVING BEEN BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FORD AND FIRESTONE NEITHER CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIRE PROBLEM NOR ABLE TO FIX IT , I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TIRES BF GOODRICH AND HAVE HAD NO TIRE PROBLEMS SINCE. I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTEN THE RUN A ROUND ABOUT MY ATX TIRES AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED FOR TIRES AND SHOCKS NOT TO MENTION THE TIME WASTED AND THE EXPOSURE TO A HAZARDOUS CONDITION HAD THE TIRE EXPLODED DURING HIGH SPEED DRIVING ON MY RETURN TRIP FROM OKLAHOMA. I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT MY TIRES WERE OK AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MERELY AN OUT OF BALANCE TIRE PROBABLY CAUSED BY BAD SHOCKS.THEY COMPLETELY IGNORED THE SWELLING AT HIGH TEMPERATURE WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS.( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTOWN INTERSTATE, THE REAR LEFT TIRE SEPERATED, CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED FIRESTONE AT THE TIME WITH DELIVERY OF THE ACTUAL TIRE PER THEIR REQUEST. WE LATER RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THEIR OPINION OF THE CAUSE OF SEPARATION WAS NO RELATED TO MANUFACTURE DEFECT. ALTHOUGH, APPOX. 30% USABLE TREAD WAS LEFT ON TIRE. AS A SAFE DRIVER I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME WITHOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO OTHERS. MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED BODY DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE. WE HAVE READ THE CURRENT ARTICLES RELATING TO THIS BRAND & MAKE OF TIRE AND FEEL THIS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT FIRESTONE DENIED AT THE TIME OF OUR CLAIM. WE STILL HAVE OUR CLAIM FORMS AND INFORMATION FROM THE INCEDENT. PLEASE LET US ENTER OUR CLAIM IN THIS CURRENT EVENT. THANK YOU( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )