1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

ON THE WAY HOME FROM A ROUTINE DEALER MAINTENCE, INCLUDING TIRE ROTATION, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER TOLD ME TO GO TO FIRESTONE AND I WAS TOLD "THAT THE BELTS INSIDE THE TIRE HAD SEPARATED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED." I PURCHASED THREE NEW TIRES, (DOT VNHL AT9 189) PUT THE UNUSED SPARE ON AS THE FOURTH, AND USED THE BEST OF THE OEM'S AS THE NEW SPARE.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1MO314 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN A 1994 FORD EXPLORER. CONSUMER HAD AFTER MARKET TIRES ON VEHCILE. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING 65MPH.*AK CUSTOMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE WAS SHREDED AND WAS COVERED WITH BRAKE OIL FROM THE BROKEN LINE. THE INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BRAKE LINE , MASTER CYLINDER AND SPARE TIRE CABLE. *YH

DRIVE TRAIN LOCKED UP CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP. THE FRONT WHEELS MAY ALSO HAVE LOCKED UP, BUT UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS FROM THE LEFT HAND PASSING LANE ACROSS TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT, HITTING SHOULDER AND ROLLING OVER ONE AND ONE HALF TIMES.

NEARLY KILLED ON THE 405 FREEWAY WHEN OUR TIRE EXPLODED AND BLEW OUT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL WELL. I WAS COMPLETELY WTHOUT CONTROL AND NEARLY RAMMED A SEMI TRUCK AND ANOTHER SMALLER VEHICLE. ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THIS TIRE WAS A RIM OF TWISTED STEEL. FIRESTONE AND FORD HAVE BOTH BEEN CONTACTED AND NEITHER COMPANY HAS OFFERED ANY HELL WHATSOEVER. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS NOW?( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AS IF THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. I GOT OUT TO CHECK IT BUT IT HAD AIR. I THEN THOUGHT THAT THE ROAD COULD HAVE BEEN BUMPY BUT IN FACT IT WAS NOT. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE TIRE CHANGED AND BY THE NEXT DAY 3 OF THE 4 TIRES NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE TECHNICIAN AT THE TIRE STORE TOLD ME THAT THE BELTS WERE BROKEN IN THE TIRES AND THEY WERE SHAPED LIKE EGGS. I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES FOR THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AS IT WAS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

RIGHT REAR TIRE OF EXPLORER BLEW OUT ON NY THRUWAY NEAR ALBANY AFTER TWO HOURS OF HIGH SPEED DRIVING IN CIRCA MID-SEPTEMBER 1994. LESS THAN 6,000 MILES ON CAR AND TIRES. BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING; NO OBJECT STRUCK. NO LOSS OF CONTROL AND NO INJURY TO DRIVER. TIRE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE WITH APPROX. 90% CREDIT FOR UNUSED TREAD LIFE. DEALER SAID UNDERINFLATION MIGHT HAVE CAUSED OVERHEATING INTERNALLY (ALTHOUGH OTHER TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED).( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75 R1 )

TIRE BLOWN OUT, DID NOT HIT ANYTHING, TIRE STILL IN MY POSESSION( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235 75R 15 )

OCT. 15TH TRAVELING FROM CHARLESTON S.C. TO COLUMBIA S.C. AT 920 A.M. PROCEEDING AT ABOUT 65 MPH. LEFT REAR TIRE SHREDDED CAUSING CONTROL AND NOISE PROBLEMS. STOPPED VEHICLE ON SIDE OF ROAD TO FIND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL AND REAR PART OF ROCKER PANEL COMPLETLY DESTROYED. I HAVE THE NAMES OF TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT STOPPED TO ASSIST IN MAKING THE VEHICLE TRAVELABLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 2028 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

FIRESTONE ATX TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BODY PANEL BEHIND THE TIRE. NLM

PE-00-020-P225/70RX15 DOT NUMBER (VNHL7M0), FIRESTONE ATX TIRES HAVE 26-28 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. WHEN COMING AROUND A RAMP DOING 32 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND IT WENT OVER A MISSING GUARDRAIL DROPPING DOWN OVER 100 FEET INTO A RIVER . DRIVER WAS KILLED. CONSUMER STILL HAS THE TIRES. VEHICLE LOCATED AT DEGIOVANNIS COLLISION SERVICE- 5104 UMBRIA ST. PHIL, PA 19128 (215) 483-0935. ATTORNEY TARAS WOCHUK, ESQ. 13 PAUL COURT-PAOLI, PA. 19301, 610-296-9900. *AK *MJS