1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE SAFTEY ISSUES OF THIS TIRE. A REPORT WAS BROADCAST ON THE NEWS YESTERDAY ABOUT THE HAZARDS OF THIS TIRE WHICH CAME WITH OUR EXPLORER. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT FORD HAD TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES IN ALL COUNTRIES EXCEPT THE USA. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEIR COMMENT WAS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING INTO IT. I WANT A RECALL. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R14M )

AS I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON I25 BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE NM, I FELT MY EXPLORER START SHAKING AND THEN THERE WAS A VERY LOUD POP AND I SAW SOMETHING FLY PAST ME. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND GOT OUT TO SEE IF I COULD DISCOVER WHAT HAPPENED. I FOUND THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD COME OFF. PART OF THE TREAD WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE. THE TIRE DID NOT BLOWOUT. LUCKILY I WAS NOT INJURED, ONLY VERY VERY SCARED! THE RUNNING BOARD ON THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF AND GONE, BOTH LEFT DOORS ARE DAMAGED, THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE QUARTER PANEL, AND TO THE TAIL GATE. I FILED A CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE ON 5/10/00 AND SENT IN 3 ESTIMATES OF $3,000; SO FAR I SEEM TO BE GETTING THE RUNAROUND. WHEN I WAS GETTING MY ESTIMATES, I WAS TOLD THIS IS BECOMING "NORMAL" FOR FIRESTONE TIRES AND EXPLORERS AND TO COUNT MYSELF AMONG THE FEW NOT INJURED. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. WE IMMEDIATELY PURCHASED NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES AND THEN I HEARD OF THE ACCIDENTS ETC.. SO, NOW I WANT TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYWAY TO RETURN MY TIRES AND BUY A DIFFERENT BRAND. WE HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE ATX HAVING UNEVEN WEAR DESPITE PROPER MAINTENCE AND FIRESTONE JUST SAID TO ROTATE THEM IN A SPECIFIC WAY AND NOT TO WORRY AND THEN THE TIRE BLEW, NOT THE SAME TIRE WITH UNEVEN WEAR. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

WHEN APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, IT WILL NOT HOLD AS IT SHOULD. INSTEAD THE VEHICLE MOVES JUST LIKE STATED IN RECALL 94 V169001. *AK THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL SELF ADJUSTING PAWL DOES NOT LINE UP PROPERLY WITH SELF ADJUST RACHET CAUSING THE PAWL TO SLIP OVER ONE OR MORE TEETH IN THE RACHET. *YH

WAS DRIVING 70MPH ON CLEAR SUNNY DAY WHEN TIRE BLEWOUT FOR NO REASON. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL & GUIDE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. AAA CAME & CHANGED FIRESTONE TIRE. NOTICED TREAD IN MIDDLE OF TIRE HAD SEPARATED & HANGING OFF,BUT STILL ON TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE SHOP & HAD FIRESTONE TIRE REPLACED. SHOP KEPT TIRE & HAVE NO REPORT. WAS ORIGINAL FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 ON A 1994 FORD EXPLORER. *AK

TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 50MPH AND DRIVING UP A HILL CONSUMER HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE. SO HE PULLED OVER, AND HE SAW A PIECE OF THE TIRE HANGING OFF OF THE TIRES. REAR LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CAME APART. IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, REAR LEFT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY ABOUT 55MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE, SOMETHING HIT THE CAR. PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR LEFT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE, TIRE FLEW OFF AND DAMAGED VEHICLE.*AK

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY. FELT LIKE THE WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALANCE. DROVE A FEW MORE DAYS & WAS STILL SHIMMYING. TOOK TO TIRE DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS DELAMINATED. TREAD WAS SEPARATING, BUT NOT COMPLETELY. HAD THE ORIGINIAL TIRE WITH 63,000 MILES ON IT & WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER. FIRESTONE ATX - P235/75R15 DOT W2HL1MO. HAVE NO REPORTS OR PHOTOGRAPHS. WILL BE SENDING TIRE. *AK *SLC

I WAS TRAVELLING AT 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. THE CAR SWERVED ACROSS THREE LANES AND ROLLED OVER 1 AND 1/4 TIMES, LANDING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND ROTATED 4 MONTHS (1500 MILES) BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. AT THAT TIME WE WERE ADVISED BY FIRESTONE THAT THE TIRES HAD 10,000-20,000 MILES OF USAGE LEFT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1MO482 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT REAR SEAT BELT THAT HAD CHILD SEAT LOCKED IN BECAME UNLOCKED. CHILD SEAT WAS LAYING FACE DOWN ON FLOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK