1995 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

ROLLOVER ACCIDENT OCCURRING ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH DUE TO THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

PEOO 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON FREEWAYAND THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE. HE LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE ROLLED TWICE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. RIGHT TIRE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEELS. THERE WERE SIX INJURIES, AND EVERYONE INSIDE OF VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. TIRE SIZE #P235/75R15/105FM+S, AND #DOT W2HL 1PM 105. FIRESTONE COMPANY IN OHIO HAS EVALUATED THIS TIRE LAST YEAR, AND THEY WERE AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON I-90 AT ELLENSBURG, WA, IN LIGHT RAIN AND A TEMPERATURE IN THE 30'S, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SUDDENLY FAILED WITH COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION, LITERALLY IT WAS JUST A BALL OF WIRE AND RUBBER. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIRE FAIL SO COMPLETELY. THE TIRE EASILY HAD ANOTHER 10,000 MILES OF TREAD LEFT. HAD A TIRE ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE FAILED IN SUCH A FASHION, I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. AS IT WAS, WE WERE SWERVING OVER BOTH LANES BEFORE WE COULD GET THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED. I WAS SO SHOOK UP BY THE INCIDENT I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO A TIRE DEAL AND PURCHASED A SET OF NEW TIRES AND THEY WERE NOT FIRESTONES! *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P325/75R-1 )

TIRE BLOW-OUT ON 2 YR OLD CAR WITH 32,000 MILES WITH NO APPARENT REASON. IMMEDIATELY REPLACED TIRES, WITH MICHELINS AT COST OF $500. STILL HAVE PAPERWORK. WITH ALL THE ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TIRES, HAS THERE BEEN A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST FORD AND FIRESTONE? IF NOT, WHAT IS MY RECOURSE FOR RECOVERY OF MONEY SPENT NOW THAT PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES HAVE BEEN SURFACED BY OTHER MOTORISTS. THANKS, R. VAUGHAN.....P.S. PLEASE GIVE MY REGARDS TO GENERAL WYKLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNK TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A BUMPING NOISE. RIGHT REAR TIRES SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE SLID INTO AN ENBANKMENT AND RAN INTO A TREE. *AK FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX P235/75/R15 *MW

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES BLEWOUT ON THE REAR LEFT SIDE WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. FORD WAS CONTACTED. *AK FIRESTONE ATX P235/75/R15

TIRE NUMBERS: 105S M/S; 20958URBW062(2)1; E4 02 6556. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN PURCHASED, CAR PULLED RIGHT,ROTATE TO BACK FIXED PULL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ON MAY 9, 1998 MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A USED 1995 FORD EXPLORER FROM HOOKS FORD IN GRANBURY. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE MY HUSBAND COMMENTED ON ONE OF THE TIRES. THE SALESMAN ASSURED US HE WOULD HAVE THE SERVICE DEPT. CHECK THE TIRES. AFTER MERELY "ROTATING" THE TIRES, THEY DECLARED IT SAFE. THREE DAYS LATER, MAY 12, 1998 WHILE DRIVING HOME TO AUSTIN, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER AND ROLL 5 1/2 TIMES. A FOUR YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS THROWN THROUGH A WINDOW AND SURVIVED. A SECOND CHILD RESTRAINED IN A CAR SEAT WAS PHYSICALLY UNHARMED. THE DRIVER, MYSELF, REMAINED IN THE VEHICLE AS IT ROLLED BUT MY SEAT BELT FAILED AND I SUSTAINED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF MY NECK, LACERATION OF MY HEAD AND EAR, AND WENT INTO A COMA. WE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TO FORD AND NEVER HEARD BACK FROM EITHER. WE CONSULTED AN ATTORNEY AND BECAUSE WE NO LONGER "HAD" THE VEHICLE IN HAND, HE COULDN'T PROVE ANYTHING. MY HUSBAND WAS FOLLOWING THE EXPLORER IN A U-HAUL AND WATCHED THE ENTIRE INCIDENT. THIS ACCIDENT CHANGED MY LIFE, AS I SUSTAINED PERMENANT INJURIES. OUR FAMILY WAS DEVISTATED. IF THERE IS EVERY A CLASS ACTION SUIT OR ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO PREVENT ANOTHER FAMILY FROM ENDURING WHAT WE WENT THROUGH. PLEASE LET US KNOW! WE DO HAVE PICTURES FROM THE ACCIDENT AND PROOF I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT, WHICH FAILED. WE DO HAVE A PHOTO OF THE TIRE THAT BLEW, CAUSING THE WRECK.*AK

COMPLETE # ON TIRE IS ATX FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE P235/T5R151055M+S. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/TR15 )