1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

I HAVE A 1994 FORD EXPLORER THAT I AM NOT DRIVING ANY MORE BECAUSE BOTH OF THE REAR TIRES BLEW WHILE DRIVING EXACTLY AS THEY SHOWED ON THE NEWS REPORT LAST NIGHT CONCERNING FIRESTONE RECALLING 20 MILLION RADIAL ATX TIRES. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT NIGHT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY WIFE AND BOTH CHILDREN IN THE CAR, WHO AT THAT TIME WHERE 1 AND 5. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ON MY WAY BACK FRON OUT OF TOWN ALONE. BOTH TIMES IT TOOK ALL I HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM TURNING OVER. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPEND I HAD TO SEND THE DESTROYED TIRE BACK TO FIRESTONE FOR THEY TO EXAMINE. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ASKED TO DO THE SAME THING BUT THE FIRESTONE DEALER LOST THE TIRE. I DO HAVE PICTURES HOWEVER OF BOTH TIRES AND THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSED. EVEN THOUGHT I DID NOT HAVE THE TIRE THE SECOND TIME FIRESTONE PAID FOR ALL THE DAMAGES BOTH TIMES. TO HEAR OF THE 46 POSSIBLLE DEATHS IS VERY DISTURBING TO ME TO THINK OF MY CHILDREN WHERE IN THE CAR THE FIRST TIME. AFTER THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPEND I REFUSED TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE EVEN THOUGH IT IS A COMPANY VEHICLE AND PART OF MY SALARY, I DECIDED TO COME OUT OF POCKET AND BUY MYSELF A VEHICLE, SOMETHING WITHOUT FIRESTONE TIRES ON IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN BE OF ANY HELP DURING YOUR INVESTIGATION OF THESE TIRE OR WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT. FIRESTONE PUTS OUT A VERY DANGEROUS PRODUCT AND I WILL NEVER BE A CUSTOMER OF THEIRS AGAIN, AND I PROBABLY WONT BE OF FORD EITHER FOR USING SUCH A POOR QUALITY PRODUCT. THANK YOU GEOFF MULES JR. V. P. OF MANUFACTURING( DOT NUMBER: )

THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AT APPROXIMATELY 12PM ON JUNE 23, 2000 AT 55MPH, TEMPEERATURE 86-88 DEGREES F. TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY AND I PERSONALLY CHECK THE COLD TIRE PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN 34PSI. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF CONTROL OR INJURIES. RAYMOND T. CHEEK F( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I HAD LEASED THE VEHICLE NEW FROM 6/94-6/96. BOUGHT OUT THE LEASE AT THE END OF IT. WAS DRIVING NORTH ON I-95. MY FRIEND WAS DRIVING. BEGAN CROSSING THE SAVANNAH RIVER BRIDGE. HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND "THUMP" AT REAR OF CAR. IT SKIDDED OUT OF CONTROL AND SLAMMED AGAINST THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. THAT THREW THE CAR HEADING ACROSS THE BRIDGE TOWARDS THE OTHER SIDE. WE WERE HIT BY AN 18-WHEEL SEMI-TRAILER WHICH THREW US, CAUSED US TO SPIN, ROLL, THEN THE CAR SLID ON IT'S RIGHT SIDE ANOTHER 100 YARDS DOWN THE BRIDGE. ALL 3 PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS AND SURVIVED. THE CAR WAS TOTALED.ING( DOT NUMBER: )

PEOPLE TODAY MOVE ALL THE TIME. WHAT IF WE MOVE TO A WARM CLIMATE YEARS FROM NOW AND OUR TIRE FAIL THEN? WE'RE OUT OF LUCK!!!( DOT NUMBER: )

I HAD TWO FAIL 1 YEAR AGO. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST RANDOM. THE THIRD FAILED YESTERDAY. THE OUTSIDE TREAD CAME OFF ALL THREE. THE FAILURE RESEMBLES A RETREAD COMING APART.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

PE02000, TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH TREAD ON THE REAR PASSEGNER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, AND HIT A GUARDRAIL. DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT HURT. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. FIRESTONE HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE TIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT INCIDENT IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. *AK

PE-00-020-TIRES ON A FORD EXPLORER 1994, TIRE SIZE NOT AVAILABLE, AND DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE. WHEN DRIVING 30-35 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM TREAD, RUBBER WAS VISIBLE WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE'S UNDERBODY. *AK THE FAILED TIRE WAS REPLACED BY FIRESTONE AND THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE REST OF THE TIRE. *YH

VEHICLE HAD FIRESTONE ATX TIRES, AND AT 35,000 MILES TIRES BEGAN TO BLISTER, AND SEPARATE. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOTHING. *AK FIRESTONE ATX 235/75/R15 *MW

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE. ON JULY 31,1998 THERE WAS A POP SOUND , AND SUDDENLY VEHICLE WAS ON IT'S ROOF, LEFT REAR TIRE HAD PEELED LIKE A BANANA, CAUSING THIS. FORD WAS CONTACTED. *AK THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS HIT WHEN THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED BUT THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *YH

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM MY TIRE. THIS CAUSED THE SUV TO LOSE CONTROL AND SUSTAINED BODY DAMAGE. THE FIRST OCCURANCE WAS 60 DAYS AGO, BEFORE I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )