1996 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

ON JULY 13, MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING FROM YUMA, AZ TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. OUR RIGHT FRONT TIRE'S TREAD CAME AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE WHILE WE WERE GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR. THESE TIRES WERE INSPECTED BY ALEXANDER FORD IN YUMA AZ IN APRIL AND DETERMINED TO BE FINE. ON JULY 24TH, I WAS ONCE AGAIN TRAVELING FROM YUMA,AZ TO CALIFORNIA AND THE TREAD ON MY BACK LEFT TIRE CRACKED AND PART OF IT CAME OFF AS WELL. BOTH THE TIRES WERE OBVIOUSLY REPLACED, AND IN FACT I STILL HAVE ONE OF THE TIRES IN MY POSSESSION.( DOT NUMBER: )

TREND CAME OFF TIRE , DAMAGE TO REAR FENDER-TRAVELING APROX. 65 ON FREEWAY( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

ENTERING FREEWAY, TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE AND KNOCKED OFF MOLDING AND BENT BODY.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75-15 )

FIRESTONE TIRE (NO SIZE OR BRAND) EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CONSUMER NOTICED A SPLIT IN SIDEWALL ALL AROUND THE TIRE, CONSUMER STATES THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. *SLC

PE00 020; CONSUMER HAD JUST COME BACK FROM A TRAVELING TRIP AND GAS ATTENDANT TOLD HIM THAT HIS TIRES DIDN'T LOOK GOOD. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE ATX#. HE HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. *AK

PE 00020: WAS DRIVING 60MPH & HEARD A NOISE FROM LEFT REAR. AFTER PULLING OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD & CHECKING TIRES, NOTICED TREAD HAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY. TREAD HAD WRAPPED AROUND REAR AXLE. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. TREAD HAD BEAT AGAINST THE FENDER & UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE, CAUSING A LOT OF DAMAGE. CHANGED THE TIRE. STILL HAS TIRE, AND WILL MAIL IN WHEN LABEL WAS RECEIVED. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ATX; DOT #VDHL1PM395; SIZE P235/75R15 AND HAD 40,000 MILES ON TIRES. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER SON'S TIRES BEGAN TO LOSE TREAD AFTER RIDING FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER PUTTING AIR IN TIRES. THEN, TREAD PEELED OFF.*AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN SHE HEARD A POP, AND LOST CONTROL, HITTING THE GUARDRAIL/ CONCRETE WALL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. AFTER SHE CAME TO A STOP, THE POLICE STATED THAT TREAD WAS COMING OFF FROM THE TIRE.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A GRINDING NOISE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM WHEEL. *AK

PE00020, ORGINIAL EQUIPMENT ON THE 1996 EXPLORER. REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING IN WHICH TREAD WRAPPED AROUND REAR AXLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND. FIRESTONE FIXED DAMAGE AND REPLACED ALL TIRES WITH SAME BRAND. FIRESTONE SAID IT WAS AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. *AK *SLC