1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TIRES TWICE BECAUSE THEY BECAME FLAT, AND AT ANOTHER TIME HAD A BLOWOUT. *AK ONE OF THE TIRES WOULD NOT HOLD AIR AND THE OTHER HAD A BIG FLAT. *YH

PE00.0.20; TWO OF FIRESTONE'S WILDERNESS ATX TIRES HAD A HOLE HAS BIG AS CONSUMER'S HAND ON THE TIRE. *AZK

PE00.020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 80MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS A POPPY NOISE. VEHICLE SPINNED OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT OFF THE SIDE OF A ROAD INTO THE DESERT. CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAR. THIS WAS CAUSED BY RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATING FROM WHEEL. *AK FIRESTONE ATX 235/75/R15 *MW

FIRESTONE ATX REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. NO DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FIRESTONE TIRE TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED ON I-75 NEAR BRADENTON, FL, IN LAST OCTOBER. WITHOUT WARNING, THE TREAD SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WRAPPED AROUND REAR AXLE. I BRIEFLY LOST CONTROL AND NARROWLY AVOIDED FLIPPING THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE NEVER DEFLATED. MY 8-YEAR OLD SON WAS WITH ME AT THE TIME. THIS OCCURRED ON A WEEKEND, AND THE FOLLOWING MONDAY I BROUGHT THE TIRE INTO THE FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA. THE MANAGER DESCRIBED THE FAILURE AS "DE-VULCANIZATION" OF THE TREAD, AND MENTION THAT IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. I FILED A CLAIM THROUGH THHE FIRESTONE'S INSURANCE FOR THE DAMAGED THAT OCCURRED TO MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND QUARTER-PANEL. FIRESTONE PROCESSED THE CLAIM AND PAID FOR THE DAMAGES WHICH I HAD REPAIRED TOTALLY $800. THEY MADE ME MAIL THEM THE FAILED TIRE, BUT I DID TAKE PHOTOS AND COPIED THE CLAIM PAPERWORK. THE SET OF ATX TIRES, WHICH WERE MY SECOND SET, HAD ABOUT 40,000 MILES ON THEM AT THE TIME, AND WERE IN GREAT SHAPE. FIRESTONE COMPENSATED ME FOR THE FAILED TIRE, BUT BECAUSE I WAS NOW UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE OTHER THREE, AND REPLACED THEM, ALL WITH BRIDGESTONES, AT MY OWN COST.( DOT NUMBER: )

PE00020; CONSUMER TRAVELING 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. THEN, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND VEERED LEFT AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND CRASHED. CAR THEN ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE TIRES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

BOLTS ON THE STEERING GEAR BROKE. CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND WHEN BOLTS BROKE. ALSO, NOTICED LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. HAD OVER COMPENSATED WHILE STEERING. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER INFORMED OF PROBLEMS. MECHANIC INDICATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. HAD THE PARTS. *AK

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S TIRES CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE ATX, NOT ORGINAL EQUIPMENT. TIRE HAD ABOUT 3,000 MILES ON IT. THE TIRE WAS SENT TO FIRESTONE FOR POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AKFIRESTONE ATX 235/75/R15 *MW

WHILE ON FREEWAY REAR TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING ME TO LOSE PARTIAL CONTROL. CAME VERY CLOSE TO FLIPPING THE VEHICLE. IN FACT WITNESSES SAY VEHICAL WAS ON TWO WHEELS AT ONE POINT. DUE TO GOOD FORTUNE AND MY SKILL I WAS ABLE TO STEER OUT OF THE LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75 R15 )

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, MECHANIC SAYS THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL COMPLETELY, AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL OCCURANCE FOR A 1994 FORD EXPLORER. *AK