1996 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

LEFT REAR TIRE BEGAN TO SEPARATE, THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE THEN STEERED BACK ACROSS THE LANES ROTATING COUNTERCLOCKWISE, THE RIGHT TIRES WHERE DIGGING INTO THE GRASS MEDIAN WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER TWICE IN THE GRASS MEDIAN, THE DRIVER WAS EJECTED DURING THE FINAL ROLLOVER SEQUENCE (FLORIDA TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, P235/75R15, RADIAL ATX M/S, VDHL1PM306, LEFT REAR). NLM

THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SWERVED TO THE RIGHT THE OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAME TO REST AFTER STRIKING SOME TREES AND STRUBS ON THE WEST SHOULDER, PASSENGERS #1, #5, #6 AND THE DRIVER WERE EJECTED, PASSENGERS #5 AND #6 WERE SEATED IN THE REAR CARGO AREA PRIOR TO THE CRASH, 2 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 2 HAD INCAPACITATING INJURIES, 2 HAD NON-INCAPACITATING INJURIES AND ONE HAD POSSIBLE INJURIES (FLORIDA TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, P235/75R15, RADIAL ATX M/S, LEFT REAR). NLM

TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER TWICE, ONE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED NON-INCAPACITATING (FLORIDA TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, P235/75R15, RADIAL ATX M/S, VDHL1PM016, RIGHT REAR). NLM

THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE TIRE WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL, THE DRIVER STEERED BACK LEFT PARTIALLY INTO THE LEFT LANE THEN BACK TO THE RIGHT, AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE SPUN PARTIALLY CLOCKWISE OFF ROADWAY THEN ROLLED OVER ONTO ITS TOP AND A GUARDRAIL, TRAVELED OVER THE GUARDRAIL TO FINAL REST ON ITS ROOF, ONE PASSENGER WAS KILLED FOUR OTHER SUSTAINED INCAPACITATING INJURIES(FLORIDA TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, P235/75R15, RADIAL ATX M/S, VDHL1PM196, UNKNOWN POSITION). NLM

THE BACK LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER COMING TO REST ON IT'S LEFT SIDE, THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WAS FOUND IN THE BUCKLED POSITION YET THE DRIVER WAS EJECTED, THE DRIVER WAS KILLED, ONE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED INCAPACITATING INJURIES AND THE OTHER HAN NON-INCAPACITATING INJURIES (TEXAS PEACE OFFICES ACCIDENT REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, P235/75R15, RADIAL ATX M/S, VDHL1PM415, LEFT REAR). NLM

THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO SKID INTO THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE ROADWAY INTO A DITCH AND COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY POLE, THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES(TEXAS OFFICERS ACCIDENT REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, P235/75R15, RADIAL ATX M/S, VDHL1PM435, LEFT REAR). NLM

THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD DETACHED FROM THE TIRE, THE TIRE THEN BLEWOUT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL BY OVERCORRECTING TO THE LEFT, THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A BROADSIDE SKID, AS THE VEHICLE WAS SLIDING THE RIGHT SIDE TIRE DEFLATED CAUSING THE RIM TO DIG INTO THE PAVEMENT THUS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER TWICE LANDING RIGHT SIDE UP, THERE WAS 1 FATALITIE (DRIVER) AND THREE PASSENGERS (RF, RR, CR) SUSTAINED INJURY (NEW MEXICO UNIFORM ACCIDENT REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE P235/75R15 RADIAL ATX M/S VDHL1PM385). NLM

TIRE BLOWOUT ON HIGHWAY. SEPARATION ON SIDE. DEALER (FIRESTONE) WOULD NOT COVER BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A RECALLED TIRE YET EVEN THOUGH OBVIOUS DEFECT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 8X?? TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

FACTORY INSTALL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES EXPERIENCED CRACKING AND SEPARATION FROM THE BELT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00T-005 WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHIMMY WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBUIRSEMENT FOR REPLACED TIRES. NLM

PE# 00039; NUT TO HOLD FRONT SWAY BAR HAD SHEARD AWAY. CONSUMER HAS HAD NUT REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK