2000 FORD F-250 Complaints

TIRE BLEW UP WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH NO WARNING NO NAILS OR PUNCTURE INDICATIONS IN TIRE.

TIRE MFG., GENERAL; MS LT23585R16 GRABBER AW; THE TIRE DECENTEGRATED WHILE BEING DRIVEN 65 MPH ON A EIGHT LANE SECTION HIGHWAY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. NLM

IMPROPER HOOD LATCH BOLT NOT EQUIPPED WITH SERRATED LOCKING WASHER WORKED LOOSE AND RELEASED HOOD ON FREEWAY. HOOD RIPPED OFF IT'S RETAINING STRUTS AND SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. NLM

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES MACHINED ON THIS VEHICLE 3 TIMES IN 30,000 MILES. *AK

HAD JUST COMPLETED DRIVING 280 MILES ON I-10 AND TEMPERATURE WAS APPROX. 100 DEGREES. TIRES WERE AT 80 PSI AND HAD BEEN CHECKED PRIOR TO TRIP. EXITED OFF I-10 ONTO COUNTY ROAD AND THEN ONTO ANOTHER SECONDARY ROAD. HAD JUST ACCELERATED TO 45 MPH WHEN I HEARD LOUD BANGING NOISE AND AND FELT BACK END VIBRATE. PULLED OFF ROAD AND STOPPED WITHIN 100 YARDS. FOUND THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM MOUNTED TIRE AND IT WAS NOW WRAPPED AROUND AXLE IN ONE PIECE. THE INTERIOR TIRE WAS DESTROYED AND WHEEL WAS RESTING ON SHREDDED SIDEWALL AND RIM. TIRES ARE 10 PLY, E RATED. INSPECTION OF ENTIRE SEPARATED TREAD REVEALED NO PUNCTURES OR OTHER DAMAGE. VEHICLE OFTEN USED TO PULL HORSE TRAILER. BELIEVE HAD TIRE TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, COLLISION/ROLLOVER COULD HAVE RESULTED DUE TO RAPID TIRE DEFLATION ONTO RIM AND TREAD WRAPPING AROUND AXLE. AM STATE POLICE OFFICER AND HAVE INVESTIGATED MULTIPLE INJURY/FATALITY COLLISIONS INVOLVING FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. TIRE SEPARATION IN THIS INCIDENT APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR.*AK

ENTIRE SIDEWALL BLEWOUT AT 65 MPH. HAVE ENCOUNTERED 2 SIMMILAR INCIDENTS ALONG MN FREEWAYS IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND PHOTOS.*AK

FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX TIRE, LT265/75R16SIZE, DOT# VNW81XM040. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, FORD, F250. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VALVE STEM SEPARATED. FORD AND FIRESTONE WERE NOTIFIED.*AK *JB

TREAD SEPARATED AND DAMAGED REAR FENDER. TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE, OTHER TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF RIPPLING IN SIDEWALL AND APPEAR TO BE DEFECTIVE. TIRES STILL HAVE VERY GOOD TREAD DEPTH. DEALERSHIP HAS ROTATED AND MAINTAINED TIRES ON SCHEDULE. THIS TIRE WAS NOT COVERED ON RECENT RECALL. HOW CAN I RECEIVE DUE PROCESS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 55 MPH, HOWEVER THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BROKEN NECK AND CLOSED HEAD INJURIES. NLM

BRAKES- DON'T KNOW WHAT PART WOULD BE CONSIDERED DEFECTIVE. HAVE HAD IT IN ATLEAST 9 SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO ANDERSON FORD IN GRAND ISLAND, NE 120 DIERS AVE 68803. THEY HAVE ADJUSTED THE CAMBER ON THE BRAKES, REPLACED PADS, AND HAVE HAD TO ADJUST THE ALIGNMENT. HAVEN'T HAD IT IN SINCE DEC. 27, 2001, ALTHOUGH BRAKES ARE PULLING AGAIN. (ANDERSON FORD SAID THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY AGAIN). TIRE- THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL HAS BLOWN OUT WITH NO HOLES IN THE TREAD AREA, CAUSED ME TO LOOSE CONTROL AND GO INTO DITCH, HAVE MINOR FINDOR AND PAINT DAMAGE DID NOT REPORT. WORKER AT GARRET TIRE AT 3004 W. OLD POTASH HWY, GRAND ISLAND 68803 SAID THAT THE VALVE STEM HAD A CUT IN IT AND CAUSED THE PRESSURE TO RUN LOW. SAID THE SIDEWALL WAS BASICALLY RUNNING ON THE ASPHALT AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE SIDE OF THE TIRE TO COMPLETELY BLOW OUT. WAS NOT LOW WHEN I STARTED MY TRAVEL. I HAVE PICTURES AND ALSO HAVE THE TIRE AND WITNESSES.*AK