1996 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

AFTER CONSUMER'S TIRES WERE TAKEN TO A TIRE SERVICE STATION, MECHANIC INDICATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE CRACKING FROM THE TREAD TO THE BLACKWALL SIDE OF THE TIRE. TIRES WERE THE WILDERNESS AT. TIRE SIZE P255R70/16, DOT# W2CU1PX. TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES PURCHASED W/ VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS A 1996 FORD, EXPLORER. PE# 00020. *AK TIRES WERE REPLACED AT THE RECOMENDATION OF FOR DEALER. *YH

TIRE FAILURE. TRAVELING ON I-20, NEAR WEATHERFORD,TX, TRAVELING AT 70, THE REAR LEFT TIRE PEALED OFF. I LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND HIT A SIDE RAIL. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH SAME TIRE MODEL. A SET OF 4 TIRES WAS PURCHASED. THIS IS MY MAIN COMPLAINT.( DOT NUMBER: VDHL1PM475 TIRE SIZE: P235-75R15 )

ALL 4 TIRES HAVE SPIDER CRACKES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RUBBER LUGS. THIS TIRE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I SHOULD GET 2 MORE YEARS OUT OF THEM, BUT I DON'T FEEL SAFE AND THINK I'M TAKE THE OFF. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS TIRE SIZE. THANK YOU( DOT NUMBER: W2CULPX TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

STEEL BELT CAME THROUGH FRONT TIRE WHILE DRIVING. TOWN FAIR TIRE EXAMINED AND FOUND A SECOND TIRE WITH SEPARATION.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

AT ABOUT 44K MILES, DURING A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE GARAGE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE SEPARATING. SINCE I COULDN'T SEE THE PROBLEM, I DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. AT 61K MILES, JUNE 29, 2000, THE MECHANIC TOLD US TO REPLACE THE TIRES YESTERDAY. I RAN MY HAND ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE REAR TIRE AND CUT MY FINGER ON SOME SHARP STEEL COMING THROUGH THE TREAD AREA. REPLACED THE TIRES IMMEDIATELY WITH NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT'S. A FEW WEEKS LATER THE NEWS ABOUT FIRESTONE PROBLEMS STARTED APPEARING. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE NEW FIRESTONE TIRES AND REPLACED THEM WITH MICHELIN'S. MY FAMILY WAS VERY LUCKY. SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES, I DON'T KNOW THE SERIAL NUMBERS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE MANUFACTURED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES P255 70 R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX(P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING A BLOWOUT WHICH THEN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN UNTIL IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TREE, THERE WAS ONE DEATH AND ONE INJURY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 10, THE FLOORBOARD STARTED SHAKING. WE DECIDED TO PULL OVER TO THE CURB BUT BEFORE WE COULD THE TIRE TREAD PEALED OFF. WE SWERVED FOR A BIT AND RESUMED CONTROL OF THE CAR. WE PULLED OVER AND OBSERVED THE TIRE'S TREAD WAS COMPLETELY OFF. THE TREAD WAS LOST ON THE ROAD AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND DISCARDED. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THE DAMAGES AND FOR THE REPLACEMENT IRE.( DOT NUMBER: W2UUIPO TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES WERE REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE CRACKS DEVELOPED AT THE SIDEWALL WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL, THE TIRES THAT ARE PRESENTLY ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE THE SAME CRACKS AS PREVIOUS FAULTY TIRES. NLM

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WITH DRIVER/THREE PASSENGERS IN A 1996, FORD EXPLORER WITH AFTERMARKT EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT 52,000 MILES, P255.70R16, AND DOT# VDCU1PX059. VEHICLE RECEIVED FRONTAL BODY DAMAGES,AND FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK DUE TO THE BLOWOUT OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS WERE SORE FOR WEEKS, THE CONSUMER ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *SLC