1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

HAD 2 OF THESE TIRES FAIL ON HOT SUMMER DAY WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. ONE ON PASSENGER REAR AND ANOTHER ON DRIVER FRONT. TWO REMAINING TIRES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF TREAD BEGINNING TO SEPARATE FROM CORE. TURNED TIRES INTO FIRESTONE FOR ANALYSIS (THEIR NASHVILLE LABORATORY) AND THEY REIMBURSED ME FOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO REAR OF CAR. THEY ADJUSTED THE TREADWARE AND CHARGED ME $300.38 FOR A NEW SET OF TIRES. THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE OR ADJUST THE ORIGINAL SPARE (WHICH I STILL HAVE) OR REIMBURSE FOR THE USED TIRE I WAS FORCED TO BUY IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME (HAD 2 FAILURES WITHIN 10 MILES). THE TIRES IN QUESTION WERE EXHIBITING EXCEPTIONAL WEAR. THE TIRES SPENT MOST ALL THEIR LIFE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MEMPHIS, TN. THE TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED, BALANCED, ROTATED 8 DAYS BEFORE THEY FAILED BY THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

THE TIRE FAMILY ON A FAMILY TRIP TO FLORIDA. WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 65MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED A STRANGE VIBRATION. WE PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE CAR AND TIRES. NOTHING WAS APPARENT. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES LATER, THE VIBRATION INTENSIFIED AND THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FORM THE TIRE AND FLEW UNDER THE CAR, MAKING A LOUD NOISE., WE WERE IN THE RIGHT LANE AND MANAGED TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. YOU COULD SEE TIRE TREAD FLYING IN THE AIR FROM THE CAR IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. WHEN WE STOPPED THE RIM OF THE TIRE WAS PRACTICALLY ON THE GROUND AND A HUGE STRIP OF TREAD WAS MISSING. VERY SCARRY! OTHER TIRES WERE FINE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TREAD SEPARATION RESULTING IN BODY DAMAGE TO RIGHT REAR QUARTER PANEL. MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO TIRE GOING FLAT.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1MO204 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON FLA. TURNPIKE ON A CLEAR, WARM MORNING IN JUNE, 1998 AT 70 MPH, THE TREAD ON MY LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE (TIRE STAYED INFLATED). I LOST STEERING CONTROL, CRASHING INTO A MEDIAN RETAINING WALL AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, RESULTING IN PHYSICAL INJURY TO MYSELF AND TOTAL LOSS OF MY VEHICLE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

FAILED JUST LIKE THE RECALLED TIRES, BUT NOT COVERED BY RECALL. TRAVELING APROX 65MPH AND ALL TREAD CAME OFF TIRE. APROX 30,000 MILES WITH PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT. THE TIRE DID NOT LOOSE PRESSURE AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO A SAFE STOP. WE FEEL THE FIRESTONE PROBLEM MAY COVER MANY MORE TIRES THAN COVERED IN RECALL. ARE MY TIRES SAFE??( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE00020, TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL TRUCK, AND WAS NOT INJURED. TIRE WAS A WILDERSNESS AT, P23575R15, DOT # W2HL. NOT ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. TIRE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE 2 /1/2 WEEKS BEFORE TIRE COULD BE REPLACED. OWNER PURCHASED OTHER TIRES AT SAMS.*AK

I HAVE WATCHED WITH INTREST THE EVENTS WHICH HAVE UNFOLDED SURROUNDING FIRESTONE'S RECALL OF THE WILDERNESS TIRES. I, TOO, OWN A FORD EXPLORER, A 1994 LIMITED. IN MARCH 1997 I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH A NOISE AND A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL OF MY EXPLORER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST FIRESTONE STORE WHO CHECKED THE TIRE AND TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRE. THEY SAID A CERTAIN PART WAS BAD IN THE FRONT END OF MY EXPLORER AND IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $150 OR SO TO HAVE HAVE THEM FIX IT.NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS ANSWER, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER TIRE DEALER WHO CHECKED THE FRONT END AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NO BAD PART, THE FRONT END WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECT IN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE. TO PROVE IT TO ME, THEY MOVED THE TIRE FROM THE FRONT RIGHT TO THE REAR RIGHT. THE VIBRATION AND THE NOISE MOVED WITH THE TIRE. WENT BACK TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT THE OTHER DEALER HAD TOLD ME. THEY ALL BUT CALLED BOTH ME AND THE OTHER DEALER A LIAR. ACTUALLY, ALL THEY HAD TO DO TO BEGIN WITH WAS SAY, "OK, THE TIRE IS BAD. YOU'LL NEED TO PAY $X DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF USE YOU HAVE HAD" AND I WOULD HAVE DONE IT AND BOUGHT 2 NEW TIRES FROM THE DEALER. THIS OFFER WAS NEVER MADE AND I LEFT VERY DISGUSTED WITH BOTH FIRESTONE AND THE DEALER.LESS THAN 1 WEEK LATER, AROUND 10:00 AT NIGHT, MY WIFE AND I WERE RETURNING FROM OUR SON'S HOME IN MOBILE, ALABAMA TO OUR HOME IN BILOXI, MS VIA INTERSTATE 10. SUDDENLY, THE BACK END OF MY EXPLORER BEGAN TO MAKE A ROARING SOUND AND STARTED TO "FISHTAIL" ON THE HIGHWAY. I LET OFF THE GAS AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY. THE BACK RIGHT TIRE, THE ONE IN QUESTION ABOVE, HAD TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED AND THE FLAPPING BELTS HAD ALSO DAMAGED THE TRIM BEHIND THE WHEEL WELL ON MY VEHICLE.HAVING HEART PROBLEMS, I WAS ABLE TO CALL A WRECKER TO COME OUT AND CHANGE THE TIRE FOR ME SO WE COULD GET HOME. THE NEXT DAY, MY WIFE CALLED YOU, THE FIRESTONE NATIONAL OFFIC

THE REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEW-OUT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ,ROLLING OVER THREE TIMES ;THE VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT23575R15 )

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD ON A 1994 FORD, EXPLORER SEPARATED, CAUSING ONE PERSON TO BECOME PARALYZED AND ONE KILLED. TIRE SIZE WAS P23575R15. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK FIRESTONE ATX P235/75/R15 *MW

I HAD TIRE SEPARATION IN APRIL OF 2000 ON INTERSTATE 95 IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO MYSELF OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE/PERSON. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS THE ONE THAT SEPARATED AND I REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER ATX. I CURRENTLY HAVE ALL ATX TIRES AND WILL HAVE ALL TIRES REPLACED THIS WEEKEND.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )