1995 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

CONSUMER REPLACED FIRESTONE TIRES PRIOR TO RECALL 00T005 AND IS HAVING TROUBLE SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAS A LARGE GASH IN IT, FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 105 S M/S, CLAIM #24-5122-557. NLM

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON VEHICLE, INQUIRE ABOUT POSSIBLE RECALL AS TIRES WERE CAUSE OF INSD LOSING CONTROL, TIRES ONLY 2-3MONTHS OLD. (CLAIM# 42-1277-959) *MW

TIRE BLEW. FIRESTONE ATF WILDERNESS (RECALL FROM FORD & FIRESTONE) TIRE THAT BLEW WAS A FIRESTONE ATF WILDERNESS TIRE (RE:TIRE RECALL FROM FORD & FIRESTONE); LOOKS LIKE SALV. SOLD WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS UP IN MEMPHIS; AGT. INDICATES OUR INSD. (AN ENGINEER) HAS SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE TREAD SEPARATION AND IS WILLING TO PROVIDE THESE TO US; KIM. (CLAIM# 53-P012-511) *MW

FIRESTONE: INSUREDS TIRE BLEW OUT, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEH, THE VEH FLIPPED OVER SHE HAS THE RECEIPT AT HOME. SHE WILL SEND IT TO US VIA FAX. SHE PURCHASED THE TIRE IN FLA. IT WAS A NEW TIRE AND NOW SHE IS TOLD THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A RECAPPED TIRE. INSD STILL HAS TIRE. SHE PURCHASED THE TIRES 2/99. (CLAIM# 11-3354-635) *MW

V1 DRIVING BACK TO HOUSTON FROM LOUISIANA WHEN TREAD OF TIRE CAME OFF CAUSING VEH TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A TREE. VEHICLE BEING TOWED BACK TO HOUSTON TO JACK ROACH FORD. NI WANTS TO PURSUE A CLAIM AGAINST FIRESTONE. HIS TIRE CAME APART AND CAUSED HIM TO HIT A TREE. NI HAS COPY OF RECEIPTS WERE HE REPLACED HIS TIRES WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. HE HAS PHOTOS OF HIS VEHICLE AND THE TIRE APPEARS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLE. (CLAIM# 53-C438-456) *MW

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF SUB RECOVERY ON A FIRESTONE ATX TIRE FAILURE WITH ONLY A PHOTO OF THE TIRE? IT APPEARS THE BELT SEPARATED. THANKS...SHANE (CLAIM 43-R340-135) *MW

ABOUT TWO MONTH AGO CONSUMER HAD FOUND OUT THAT TIRES WERE CRACKING. TIRES WERE NOT LISTED ON THE RECALL. *AK

THE FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 50-55 MPH. AS A RESULT I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WHICH FLIPPED OVER THE GUARD RAIL AND ROLLED DOWN A 70 FOOT DITCH. I WAS IN THE CAR AND WAS SEVERELY INJURED, SUSTAINING PERMANENT EXTERNAL INJURY (I.E., SCARRING) AND INTERNAL (I.E, HEADACHES, BACKACHE).*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255 16 )

THE TIRE SPLIT AND I TOOK IT TO A TIRE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )