1997 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

TIRES REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL (OOT-005) DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, OWNER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *CJ

TIRES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED(AT OWNER'S EXPENSE), PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (00T-005) DUE TO REPEATED TIRE FAILURES IN LESS THAN 13,000 MILES. OWNER SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM FIRESTONE. *CJ

CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT ALL FOUR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235/75R15) HAD A CUT LINE APPEARING COMPLETELY AROUND EACH TIRE AND THAT THEY WERE CAPABLE OF TREAD SEPARATION, ONLY THE TWO FRONT TIRES WERE UNDER RECALL 00T005, THE TWO REAR TIRES WERE IN THE SAME SHAPE (INCLUDING SPARE), BUT DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL, CONSUMER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR TIRES NOT UNDER RECALL. *TT

CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00T-005 (FIRESTONE RADILA ATX TIRES), CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

FIRESTONE ATX TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL OF THE TIRES PRIOR TO RECALL 00T005 AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT, CONSUMER HAS A SPARE TIRE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT IS ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE REPLACEMENT. *SLC

WAS WASHING VEHICLE & NOTICED CRACKS ON ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. CRACKS ARE LOCATED WHERE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. TOOK TO DEALER & INDICATION WAS THAT TIRES WHICH WERE NOT AFFECTED DUE TO BEING MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P235/75R15 WITH 39,000 MILES.*AK

PE00-020 ;CONSUMER HAD FOUND CRACKS ON THE TIRES AFTER SEEN THE RECALL INFORMATION ON IT. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED FIRESTONE DEALER. FORD, EXPLORER, 1997, P235/75R15.*AK DOT#VNHL1PY077. *SLC

TIRE WAS KNOCKING, TOOK SUV IN TO FIRESTONE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. (IT HAD NOT YET DEPARTED THE TIRE).*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY157 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

CONSUMER IS BEING REFUSED RECALL (00T-005) REIMBURSEMENT OF THE FAILED FIRESTONE (P235/75R15) TIRES WHICH WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, THE DATE OF REPLACEMENT DOES NOT MEET WITHIN THE RECALL GUIDELINES. *MJS

CONSUMER FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL BUT ARE BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. NLM