1993 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

COMPLETE SEPARATION OF TREAD, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO FENDER AREA. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TO BE DET. TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

TIRE LITERALLY BLEW APART CAUSING VEHICLE TO VEER INTO MEDIAN, RUINING THE RIM. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235X15/75 )

TIRE TREAD BLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING ON STRAIGHT ROAD AT ABOUT 35MPH. SOME TREAD REMAINED HANGING OFF THE TIRE. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. WAS ORIGINAL TIRES FOR THE VEHICLE. ROTATION OCCURRED AT ABOUT THE PROPER INTERVALS. DECIDED TO REPLACE BOTH REAR TIRES AT THE TIME. NEW TIRES PLACED ON FRONT OF VEHICLE. OLD FRONT TIRES (STILL FIRESTONE ATX) WERE MOVED TO THE REAR. MY PROBLEM SOUNDED EXACTLY LIKE THOSE BEING REPORTED ON THE NEWS, SO I THOUGHT THAT I BETTER REPORT IT. WHEN IT HAPPENED I JUST ATTRIBUTED IT TO OLD AGE AND DID NOT THINK IT MIGHT BE PART OF AN OVERALL PROBLEM. I SUSPECT THERE ARE MANY MORE CASES LIKE THIS OUT THERE. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W1HL AT5 TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 ON NOVEMBER 25, 1999, WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-81 ONE MILE NORTH OF THE WVA/VA STATE LINE THE TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE BODY. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE. THE TREAD SEPERATION WAS ABRUPT, BUT THE CORDS MAINTAINED INTEGRITY LONG ENOUGH TO SAFELY SLOW THE VEHICLE AND GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. ON OR ABOUT 11/03/99 THE RIGHT REAR TIRE FAILED WHILE IN A MALL PARKING LOT. THE TIRE FAILED THROUGH LOSS OF AIR AND A BLISTERING EFFECT ON THE TREAD AND BODY. THE VEHICLE MECHANIC WHO LOOKED AT THIS TIRE REFUSED TO LET THE DRIVE LEAVE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT WITH THE TIRE ON THE GROUND. THEY WOULD PUT THE SPARE ON FOR FREE, INDICATING THEIR CONCERN, NOT JUST AN EFFORT TO SELL A NEW TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ONCE BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER. IT BLEW AGAIN, AND WAS LUCKILY, STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE FACT THAT 2 TRANSMISSIONS WERE REPLACED IS VERY TROUBLING. WE NOW CALL OUR EXPLORER, THE EXPLODER! I RECENTLY READ OF THE STUDY UNDERWAY INTO THE FIRESTONE TIRES PEELING OFF THEIR CASINGS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO US. THANK GOODNESS, NO ONE WAS HURT, JUST MAJOR VEHICLE DAMAGE. HAD IT BEEN THE FRONT TIRE, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE ALIVE TO WRITE THIS. PLEASE GET THESE TIRES OFF THE MARKET, BEFORE OTHERS ARE KILLED! *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1MOO15 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE00 020; WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY SHE HEARD A BANGING NOISE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. *AK

FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX LEFT REAR TIRE P235/75R15 DOT W2HL1M0023 BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO REAR. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *SLC

EVERY TIRE ON VEHICLE PLUS SPARE HAD TO BE REPLACED EITHER FAILED OR COULD NOT BE BALANCED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE TRAVELING ON A NARROW BRIDGE, I DECIDED TO PASS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME THAT WAS TRAVELING ON THE RIGHT LANE, I MOVED TO THE LEFT AND ACCELERATED TO OVERCOME THE OTHER VEHICLE, AND WHEN I WAS DRING TO THE RIGHT LANE THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF THE FORD EXPLORER BLEW OUT. I HIT BOTH SIDES OF THE BRIDGE RAIL WHILE TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL1MO333 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE PASSING A TRUCK AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH AT 8 AM NEAR DEMING, NM. WE WERE ABLE TO STOP SAFELY, HOWEVER IF THE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT WE LIKELY WOULD HAVE ENDED UP UNDER THE TRUCK!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235-75R15 )