1996 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING FELT SOME VIBRATION AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, THEN AUTOMIBILE BEGAN TO SWAY- LATER, FOUND OUT FROM THE POLICE OFFICER THAT FIRESTONE TIRE THAT WAS ON AND TREAD HAD BEGAN TO PEEL OFF. *AK

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND DRIVER THOUGHT THAT HE HAD A BLOWOUT, BUT DISCOVERED THAT TREAD HAD PEELED OFF OF TIRE. SIZE OF TIRE WAS WILDERNESS P255/70 R 16.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P255/70/R16 *MW

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. THEN, CONSUMER TOOK TIRE FOR REPAIRS, BUT FOUND OUT THAT TIRE HAD CRACKS ON EACH SIDE WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS, 255/70R16. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE SUFFERED A BLOWOUT. CONSUMER KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE NOT STEPPING ON THE BRAKES. THEN, FOUND OUT OF A TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, 225/70R15. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-95, TO FLORIDA THE FRONT TIRE, DRIVERS SIDE, BLEW OUT AT 65 MPH.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I HAD TWO TIRES THAT BLEW OUT ON ME RESULTING IN TWO MAJOR DENTS IN MY VEHICLE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ON JULY 29, 2000 WE HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE/BACK TIRE. IT RESEMBLED AN ORANGE THAT HAD BEEN PEELED WITH THE OUTER EDGE LODGED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EXPLORER. THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE WAS IN SHREDS. WE HAD PURCHASED THESE TIRES IN MARCH OF 2000 AND THEY HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON THEM. FIRESTONE AND FORD WILL NOT TALK TO ME BECAUSE THEY ARE P255 AND NOT P235. WE ARE LUCKY WE WERE NOT KILLED ON THE INTERSTATE WE WERE ON. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. AFTER A MONTH NO ONE WILL TAKE MY CALLS OR TELL ME I AM WASTING MY TIME WHEN I COME IN PERSON BECAUSE WE HAVE 16 INCH TIRES. DO WE HAVE TO DIE TOO?( DOT NUMBER: W2CU -VNCU TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

I WAS DRIVING ON I20 AT APPROX. 50 MPH WHEN THE TREAD CAME OFF THE LEFT REAR TIRE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. (NO INJURY OCCURRED.) I HAD BEEN TO THE FIRESTONE OFFICE IN TYLER, TX TWICE SINCE THE RECALL. THE FIRST TIME THEY LOOKED AT THE TIRES AND SAW THAT THEY WERE ALREADY BEGINNING TO BREAK LOOSE, BUT HAD NO TIRES TO REPLACE THEM, SO THEY PUT MY NAME ON THE LIST. LAST FRIDAY I CHECKED TO SEE WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE TIRES. THEY REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE TIRES THEN, JUST SAID THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 140 MORE AHEAD OF MINE. THEY SAID THAT MY NAME WAS #2 ON THE ATX LIST, BUT THAT WILDERNESS ATS WERE THE ONLY ONES THEY WERE CHANGING OUT NOW. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE 2 MORE WEEKS BEFORE MY NUMBER WOULD COME UP, EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM AGAIN THAT THE TREAD WAS ALREADY COMING LOOSE AND THAT I DRIVE 50 MILES A DAY BACK AND FORTH TO WORK ON HIGHWAYS.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL1PM095 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

CRACKING BY TREAD,UPPER SIDEWALL AND BY RIM. LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER SAID THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SAID I HAD TO WAIT ABOUT 2 MO. FOR BRIDGESTONE REPLACEMENTS. BOUGHT GOODYEARS AND THREW OUT THE FIRESTONES. I DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VNCU1PL285 TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TIRE BLOWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, UPON INSPECTION THE REMAINING TIRES SHOWED SIGNS OF SEPARATION AS WELL, ALL FOUR TIRES REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. *MJS