1997 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

1997 FORD, EXPLORER WITH ORIGINAL TIRES. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 38,000, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, AND DOT#W2HL. ALL 4 TIRES WERE DRY ROTTEN COMPLETELY AROUND SIDEWALL OF THE TIRES.*AK

TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM ALL FOUR TIRES, AND NONE OF THEM ARE ON RECALL. STEEL BELTS ARE SHOWING THROUGH THE TIRES.*AK

REAR VIEW MIRROR IS CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER ON MANY COUNTS HAS HAD CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF ACCIDENTS. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS NOTHNG THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT.*AK THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS AT EYE LEVEL AND IS HARD TO SEE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEHIND. THE SERVICE CENTER SAID THAT IT CAN NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REPLACED. *YH

CONSUMER HAS A 1997 FORD, EXPLORER. VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SHAKING DURING DRIVING. VEHICLE WSA TAKEN IN FOR THE PROBLEM & PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE BELT INSIDE WAS BROKEN . TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. DOT# UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED 1 TIRE AT HALF PRICE. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 30,415. *AK GOODYEAR WRANGLER P235/75/R15 *MW

PE00-020; TIRES SIZE P23575R15, AND DOT VNHL, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1997, FORD EXPLORER WITH 37,000 MILES, ALL 4 TIRES DEVELOPED VISIBLE CRACKS ON THE TREAD AND WHERE IT MET SIDEWALL .*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

PE00-020; P25570R16 WITH 6,000 MILES, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD EXPLORER, 1997. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH DRIVER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, AND NOTICED OUTER EDGE OF TREAD WAS COMPLETELY GONE. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE, DID NOT ASSIST DEALER, AND CHARGED CONSUMER FOR REPLACEMENT.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P225/70/R16 *MW

WE WERE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 75 IN OKLAHOMA WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT FROM TREAD SEPARATION. IT WAS 105 DEGREES AT THE TIME. WHAT SAVED US FROM ROLLING OVER WAS THAT WE WERE PULLING A LOADED TRAILER, AND IT KEPT US ON THE ROAD. THERE WERE 2 OF US IN THE CAR AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVE SINCE TRADED THAT EXPLORER FOR A NEWER MODEL EXPLORER, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE NEWER MODEL ALSO HAS THE FIRESTONE TIRES. THE MILEAGE I SHOWED AT THE TOP OF THE FORM WAS THE MILEAGE ON THE DAY I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED - I STILL HAVE A COPY OF THE RECEIPT FOR THE NEW TIRES. AN OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN STOPPED AND HELPED US CHANGE THE TIRE, SO THERE MAY BE A RECORD, BUT I'M SURE IT ISN'T VERY DETAILED. SINCE THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE MODEL OF TIRE OR WHERE IT WAS MANUFACTURED, AND OF COURSE, I DON'T HAVE THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD, NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. SLOWED DOWN TO REALIZE TIRE HAD BLOWN. THE TREAD HAD PEELED OFF OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I HAVE PICTURES IF NEEDED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75/R15 )

THE DOOR PANEL INFORMATION STATES THE TIRES SHOULD BE INFLATED TO 26PSI. THIS IS NOT THE RECOMENDED PRESSURE THAT FIRESTONE SAYS TO RUN IN THESE TIRES (30PSI)

ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE CURB AT 25 MPH. THE JOLT PRODUCED A BUBBLE AT THE SIDE OF TWO TIRES WHICH HAD TO BE REPLCED TO AVOID TIRE EXPLOSION. EXPECTED A BETTER PERFORMANCE FROM AN "OFF THE ROAD" SUV.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )