1996 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED CONSUMER THOUGHT THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT ,BUT IT DID NOT GO FLAT. TREAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE, AND AFTER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING AT 70 MPH , LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE ,SPUN AROUND, AND ROLLED OVER,CAUSING 1 FATALITY AND 4 SERIOUSLY INJURED. TIRE AND TREAD WERE SENT TO HR BAUMGARDNER TIRE CONSULTANTS ,JAY HALPERN, TO 3330 LAKEWIND WAY ,ALPHARETTA, GA 30005 TELE#18008827006 BY ATTORNEY. ( FIRESTONE ATX RADIAL TIRE DOT VDHL1PM196). *AK *MJS

THE ACCIDENT OCCURED OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN TEXAS AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF MY BROTHER JOHN CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON AND HIS FIANCE, DANA WILLENBERG. 3 OTHER PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT IS ON FILE WITH THE GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE 3 OTHER PASSENGERS, WHO RESIDE IN AUSTIN, ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

RIGHT REAR TIRE PEELED COMPLETELY AROUND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL SLAMMING INTO THE GUARDRAIL ON THE FREEWAY MULTIPLE HITS TO LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. PINBALL EFFECT.*AK( DOT NUMBER: VDHL1PM016 TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

TREADS SEPARATED FROM TIRE ON ONE AT 18,000 MILES AND AT 23,000 MILESA BLOW OUT. WE WERE NOT DRIVING FAST. ONE WAS IN YELLOWSTONE AND THE OTHER WAS ON A FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 65MPH. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

TIRE BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY. TREAD SEPARATED FROM REST OF TIRE. THIS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO PUBLISHED REPORTS OF FIRESTONE/EXPLORER FAILURES. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL AND PULL OVER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

TREAD FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEADS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE ROLL OVER ACCIDENT AND SERIOUS INJURIES( DOT NUMBER: )

VEHICLE WAS EQUIPTED WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES ( P235/75R15). TIRES WERE CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, FOUND OUT THAT CORDS WERE BAD IN THE TIRE. THEY EVENTUALY BLEW OUT.DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY TIRE TREAD CAME UNDONE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FLIP OUT OF CONTROL, ONE INJURY . *AK *MJS

BOTH TIRE DEFECTS APPEAR AS LARGE BUBBLES IN THE TREAD OF THE TIRE. THE FIRST TIRE DEFECT BECAME APPARENT THE FIRST TIME THAT TIRE WAS MOUNTED AFTER HAVING BEEN USED AS THE SPARE TIRE ALL OF IT'S LIFE, NEVER HAVING BEEN MOUNTED UNTILL THEN. THE BUBBLE BECAME APPARENT TO ME AS A VIBRATION AND ROAD SLAP NOISE. THE MOST RECENT DEFECT (DIFFERENT TIRE) APPEARS AS A BUBBLE APPROXIMATELY 12" IN LENGTH, APPROXIMATELY 3" WIDE ALONG THE INSIDE TREAD SURFACE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ODI# 6141; WHILE DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY GOING APPROX. 60 MPH LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. TIRE SIZE WAS 255/70R16. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES OTHER TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO CRACKS ALONG THE EDGES. *SLC