1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

R/R TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 101 IN MONTEREY AT 65MPH( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING, A FIRESTONE ATX TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, $3500 WORTH OF DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BECAUSE OF THE TREAD SEPARATION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONSUMER MUST HAVE RUN OVER A NAIL, HOWEVER NO NAIL WAS FOUND. *SLC

FUEL TUBE THAT PUMPS FUEL FROM TANK HAS CORRODED, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK UNDER PRESSURE. FORD AHS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

DRIVER TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-95 WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE DETREADED, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SPUN COUNTERCLOCKWISE INTO MEDIAN, ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES ACROSS SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC LANES, COMING TO REST ON ROOF IN WEST SHOULDER. ONE PASSENGER EJECTED.( DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY176 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE TREAD CAME OFF MY TIRE ON THE INTERSTATE AND RIPPED OFF PIECES OF MY CAR. THE DAMAGE WAS $976 FOR ALL OF IT TO BE REPAIRED. WHEN I WENT TO GET A NEW TIRE FIRESTONE PUT ANOTHER "BAD" TIRE ON MY CAR. ALL FIVE OF MY TIRES NEEDED REPLACING BUT NO ONE AT FIRESTONE LET ME KNOW THIS. IT WAS TOLD TO ME BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO IF ANYTHING ABOUT MY SITUATION. THANK YOU.( DOT NUMBER: )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. TREAD SEPARATED SIX FEET OFF, AND TREAD WAS HANGING OFF THE BACK OF TIRE. LEFT REAR TIRE ON THE FIRST INCIDENT. RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED ON THE SECOND INCIDENT. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE#AT, P235/75R15. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, JUST SOME DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. CONSUMER NOTIFIED FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP ON SECOND FAILURE, AND ATTENDANT REPLACED THE TIRES.*AK

WAS HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLE & NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS WEARING EXCESSIVELY. THIS WAS CAUSING CHUNKS OF TREAD TO COME OFF. WAS REPLACEMENT FIRESTONE TIRES FOR ORIGINAL TIRES DUE TO SAME PROBLEM. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS ATX, P235/75R15 WITH 32,000 MILES ON IT. HAS REPLACEMENT TIRES & NOT ORIGINAL. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ATX P235/75/R15 *MW

AT APPROXIMATELY 22,000 MILES, BOTH REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED SEPARATION OF THE TREAD. THE SEPARATION IN EACH INSTANCE CONSISTED OF A SIX INCH BY EIGHTEEN INCH SECTION FLYING OFF THE TIRE. THE TREAD SEPARATED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE METAL CORDS WERE EXPOSED. OBVIOUSLY, THE VEHICLE CHATTERED AND SHUDDERED NOTICABLY UNTIL THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. I DID NOT WANT TO CHANCE ADDITIONAL SEPARATION, SO I REPLACED THE OTHER TIRES AT THE SAME TIME. THE BROKER THROUGH WHOM MY MECHANIC PURCHASED THE TIRES SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R )

AUGUST 20, 2000 ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 1999 I PURCHASED A 1994 FORD EXPLORER EDDIE BAUER WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX, P235/75R15 M+S, DOT # VNHL- 1MO TIRES. I DO NOT DRIVE THAT FAST IN THE WINTER, BUT THIS SPRING I NOTICED THAT EVERY TIME WHEN I WENT TO SPEED UP TO 55, 60 OR 65, THE EXPLORER WOULD START TO SHAKE REAL BAD. BEAR IN MIND THAT THESE SPEEDS ARE ON THE HIGHWAY OR NY THRUWAY. IN JUNE I TOOK MY EXPLORER TO WAL-MART TIRE & LUBE EXPRESS TO HAVE MY TIRES BALANCED AND FOUND OUT THAT I HAD THREE GOOD TIRES AND ONE BAD ONE. THIS WAS WAY BEFORE THE RECALL NOTICES IN THE PAPERS. WAL-MART BALANCED MY TIRES FOR NOTHING THAT DAY, EXPLAINING THAT MY TIRES WERE THE PROBLEM. ON JULY 1, 2000, I WENT BACK TO WAL-MART AND HAD THEM REPLACE THE TWO BACK FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX'S WITH GOODYEAR ALL SEASON TRACKER TIRES. I HAVE THE FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX P235/75R15 DOT # VNHL-1MO'S, WHICH WAL-MART TOOK OFF. I HAVE BEEN READING THE NEWS PAPER AND LISTENING TO THE NEWS STATIONS ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES AND MY FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX, P235/75R15, DOT # VNHL-1MO ARE NOT ON THE LIST. I'M NOT EVERY HAPPY ABOUT IT AND DON'T FEEL 100% PERCENT COMFORTABLE THAT THOSE TIRES ARE ON MY EXPLORER. I ALSO HAVE A SPARE FOR MY EXPLORER THAT IS A FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX, P235/75R15 M+S, DOT # VNHL - 1MO. I WOULD EVERY MUCH LIKE TO HAVE MY REMAINING FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX, P235/75R15 TIRES TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE VIBRATION REMAINING; ALSO, BECAUSE I DRIVE AND HOUR TO AND FROM WORK. THERE IS A LOT OF TREAD REMAINING ON THESE TIRES AND SEEMS A SHAME THAT THEY ARE FAILING THIS WAY. I KNOW THAT FIRESTONE WILL REIMBURSE YOU ONLY UP TO FOUR TRIES BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FIFTH TIRE WHICH IS A SPARE TIRE, SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL REIMBURSEMENT TOO. SINCERELY MARY ANN HUGHES 160 EAST NORTH ST. ILION, NY 13357-1214 1-315-894-3202 E-MAIL ADDRESS'S: [email protected]( DOT NUMBER: VNHL-1MO TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON 4 LANE HWY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AT THE REAR OF MY CAR AND THE CAR PULLED TO MY LEFT. I LOOKED IN MY SIDE MIRROR AND SAW A PIECE OF TIRE BOUNCING ON THE ROAD. I THOUGHT I HAD A BLOWOUT BUT I STILL HAD CONTROL OF MY CAR SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SAW THAT THE WHOLE TREAD ON MY REAR LEFT TIRE HAD PULLED AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. IT STILL WAS INFLATED SO I DROVE TO MY OFFICE 4 MILES AWAY AT 35 MPH AND HAD MY MECHANIC PUT ON THE SPARE. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO OSBURN'S TIRE CENTER, INC. IN MORGAN CITY, LA. AND TROY OSBURN TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD ORDER A REPLACEMENT TIRE AND CALL ME WHEN IT CAME IN. I GOT THE TIRE CHANGED OUT AND WAS GIVEN A BILL FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR $ 99.98. I WILL SCAN A COPY OF THE BILL AND EMAIL TO YOU. I WAS UPSET THAT I HAD TO PAY $ 100.00 FOR THE TIRE AND I ALSO SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE TO THE CAR. I ASKED TROY IF I COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR MY DAMAGES AND HE TOLD ME HE WOULD FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO ME. HE NEVER GOT BACK TO ME AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I SEE THAT FIRESTONE IS RECALLING MY TIRES. I WOULD LIKE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR NOT ONLY THE COST OF THE TIRE BUT GET REIMBURSED FOR MY DAMAGES. I HAVE SPOKEN TO TROY AT OSBURNS SINCE THE RECALL AND HE TOLD ME HE NOT A FIRESTONE DEALER AND HAD NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME WHAT STEPS WOULD BE TAKEN TO GET MY TIRES REPLACED. I HAVE TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES CALLING FIRESTONES HOTLINE BUT KEEP GETTING BUSY SIGNAL. I WANTED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO YOU SO THAT YOU WOULD BE INFORMED. WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT THIS BILL AND IF I AM OWED FOR DAMAGES THAT THE TREAD CAUSED TO MY BUMPER AND SIDE WALL WHILE THE TREAD WAS SPINNING AROUND INSIDE THE INSIDE FENDER WALL? THESE TIRES ARE REPLACEMENT TIRES BUT I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH THE SAME TIRES I ORIGINALLY HAD INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )