1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

IN 1998 TIRE JUST BLEW UP, MEAT CAME OFF,GOING UP A NARROW UPHILL ROAD. SECOND TIME MEAT CAME OFF AND THE HANGING DEBRIS HIT AND DAMAGE BACK OF CAR AND BODY. THIRD TIME, THANKS TO YOUR REPORT ON NEWSPAPER, I CHECKED TIRES AND REAR RIGHT MEAT IS CRACKED AND SEEMS THAT IS ABOUT TO COME OFF ALSO. IT'S BEEN DISCARDED. THIS WAS A NEW TIRE. THANKS AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55-60MPH AND TREAD ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR FENDER, FIRESTONE ATX TIRES P235/R15. *SLC

PE00 020 ; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE. SHE SAW CAR PIECES FLYING BEHIND VEHICLE. RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. HER VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ONE OF THE REAR FIRESTONE ATX TIRES BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE FORD EXPLORER TO ROLLOVER FOUR TIMES . VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *SLC

WE WERE DRIVING ON I-44 BETWEEN ADAIR, OKLAHOMA AND TULSA, OKLAHOMA. OUR TRAVELING SPEED WAS 75 MILES PER HOUR. WITHOUT WARNING THE LEFT REAR TIRE LOST ALL TREAD CAUSING OUR 1994 FORD EXPLORER TO FISH-TAIL OUT OF CONTROL. WE SLID OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HIT HIGHWAY MILE-MARKER SIGN 260. OUR EXPLORER CONINTUED TO SLIDE OFF THE HIGHWAY MISSING A GUARDRAIL BY LESS THAN 3 FEET. AT THE TIME, WE WERE SLIDING SIDEWAYS AROUND 40 MPH. HITTING THE GUARDRAIL WOULD HAVE PUT THE TRUCK INTO A END-OVER-END ROLL. MY WIFE, TWO KIDS AND MYSELF YOUR BLESSED TO HAVE MISSED IT. THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP 150 YARDS LATER AND 40 YARDS DOWN A DITCH. THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE THAT FAILED IS STILL COMPLETELY INFLATED JUST WITHOUT ANY TREAD. WE HAVE NOTIFIED FIRESTONE AND THEY WANT US TO SHIP THE TIRE TO NASHVILLE AT YOUR EXPENSE. IF THEY SHOW THE TIRE TO BE DEFECTIVE THEN THEY WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THE DEMAGE TO THE TRUCK ($5,000)PLUS THE SHIPPING COST OF THE TIRE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES PER HOUR, THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THIS TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE FORD EXPLORER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RADIAL. WE SAW THE NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BRAND OF TIRES A WEEK AFTER THE FAILURE. OUR TIRE FAILURE IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS SHOWN IN THE REPORTS. WE STILL HAVE THE TIRE IF THERE IS A NEED TO EXAMINE IT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

PATRICK QUERY WAS KILLED ON US 95 NEAR MELBOURNE FLORIDA WHEN THE TREAD SEPERATED FROM HIS RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON JULY 25, 1999. WE ARE HIS PARENTS WHO ARE REPORTING THIS ACCIDENT. DALE AND KAY QUERY. THE ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED ABOVE ARE OURS. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE GROUP WHO HAVE STARTED THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE WHAT WE HAVE WHEN IT CAN BE PREVENTED.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235R15 )

IN AUGUST OF 1999 WE WERE TRAVELLING ON I-80 FROM HASTINGS TO LINCOLN, NE WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. WE STOPPED, AND UPON INSPECTION, WE FOUND THAT A CHUNK OF TREAD HAD BLOWN OFF OF OUR RIGHT REAR TIRE. WHEN WE GOT HOME, WE HAD THE TIRE STORE REPLACE THAT TIRE AND THE NEXT WORST ONE. THE STAFF AT THE TIRE STORE SAID THAT THE OTHER TIRE BEING REPLACED ALSO HAD A BUBBLE AND WAS NOT FAR FROM SEPARATING ALSO. WE DIDN'T HINK MUCH MORE ABOUT IT. THEN, ON 8/2/99, WE ARE AGAIN ON I-80 HEADED FROM HASTINGS TO OMAHA. WE NOTICE THAT THE CAR IS SHIMMYING/VIBRATING WITH INCREASING MAGNITUDE. WHEN WE STOP TO INSPECT, WE NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NO FLATS, BUT THAT THE TREAD OF THE ONE TIRE IS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE, SO WE CHANGE IT. IT IS ANOTHER FIRESTONE ATX. THAT NIGHT, IN OUR HOTEL ROOM, WE OPEN THE PAPER TO READ THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A TROUBLESOME TREND WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES ON THE FORD EXPLORER. WE ARE GLAD WE HAD NO MORE TROUBLES THAN WE DID, BUT WONDER IF FIRESTONE HAS A PROBLEM THAT THEY NEED TO LOOK ATX. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W1HLAT5057 TIRE SIZE: P235 75R15 )

FROM TIME TO TIME TIRES WERE SHOWING METAL WIRE COMING OUT. THIS HAD HAPPENED TWICE, AND CONSUMER WAS THINKING IT WAS THE BALL JOINTS. *AK