1995 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT CAUSING THE FORD TO FLIP SEVERAL TIMES. I RECEIVED MAJOR INJURIES. I DO NOT RECALL ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT, EXCEPT WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNCU 1PL 0 TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH LEFT REAR FIRESTONE ATX TIRE EXPLODED. CONSUMER MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED. TIRE SIZE T235/75R 15. *AK

ACTUALLY HAD TWO VERY SIMILAR SITUATIONS ALTHOUGH ONE WAS ON ICE AND THE OTHER DUE TO HYDROPLANING. WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE IN BOTH INSTANCES AT BELOW SPEED LIMIT AND CAR SEEMED TO FLOAT OFF TO THE RIGHT AND THEN GO INTO UNCONTROLLABLE SPINS BOTH INSTANCES WERE NEARLY IDENTICAL WITH THE LAST ONE RESULTING IN CAR CAREENING INTO DITCH AND STRIKING GUARDRAIL I DO NOT FEEL I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN EITHER INSTANCE BUT AM NOT FRIGHTENED TO RIDE IN VEHICLE DURING ANY KIND OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. THANKS DANIEL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON FREEWAY AND WAS GOING UNDER/OVER PATH WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE AND VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. THEN, HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE TIRES ATX #@P235-/75RR15105S DOT W2HL1PN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEY HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HE HEARD A NOISE . HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A CHUNK OF THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE TIRES CAME OFF. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL HAD SIGNALED TO HIM TO PULL OVER. WHEN HE PULLED OVER, HE NOTICED THAT TREAD ON REAR TIRES CAME OFF. VEHICLE CAME WITH FIRESTONE ATM TIRES #P235/75R15105S. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, REAR FIRESTONE ATX TIRES THAT WERE PURCHASED AFTER MARKET, HAD A TREAD SEPARATING WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SPIN, RESULTING IN BODY DAMAGE.*AK THE TREAD SEPARATION ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

ENGINE STALLS AFTER DRIVING IN WARM WEATHER, CONSUMER BELIEVES IT MIGHT BE A VAPOR LOCK PROBLEM. *ET

OVERDRIVE LIGHT WILL START TO BLINK, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, IT WILL KEEP SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR, EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITH THE SAME LIGHT DUTY DESIGN TRANSMISSION, BUT DEFECT KEEPS OCCURRING. *AK *ML