1999 FORD F-250 Complaints

VIOLENT SHUDDER AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY. CONTINUED SHAKING TILL SPEED DECREASED TO AROUND 50 MPH. THE EXTREME TWISTING AND TIRE BOUNCING MADE CONTROL ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, FORTUNATELY, I HAVE A CLASS A CDL AND WAS ABLE T STOP THE TRUCK SAFELY . FORD DEALER HAS TRUCK AND CAN FIND NOTHINING WRONG WITH MY TRUCK ITSELF. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 1231200/S TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY. THE TREAD CAME OFF AND THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE TO REPLACE THE TIRE--THERE WAS NO RECALL AT THE TIME. THE SECOND TIME, 2 WEEKS AGO, THE TIRE TREAD WHIPPED AROUND INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL AND WRECKED MY FENDER AND RUNNING BOARD. I ALMOST GOT RUN OFF THE ROAD AND CAME CLOSE TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I THEN PURCHASED 4 NEW MICHELIN TIRES FOR SAFETY SAKE. I CALLED FIRESTONE AND THEIR "CUSTOMER SERVICE " SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AS THESE TIRES AREN'T UNDER RECALL!! PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE TIRES---PEOPLE WILL GET HURT AND/OR KILLED WITH THEM!!!!! THANK YOU. P.S. AFTER REVIEWING THIS, WE TYPED 0 PEOPLE WERE INJURED OR KILLED, BUT YOUR SYSTEM PUTS IN A NUMBER????*AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

ON JANUARY 30, 2001 OUR VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE CAR COLLISION WITH A BRIDGE OVERPASS CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS TO OUR TRUCK. THIS WAS MAINLY A FRONT IMPACT WITH COLLATORAL DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE TRUCK. MY WIFE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, OUR SON WAS IN A REAR SEAT AND ALL WERE WEARING OUR SEATBELTS. LUCKILY FOR US THE SEATBELTS DID THEIR JOB AND OUR ONLY INJURIES WERE RELATED TO THE SEAT BELTS HOLDING US IN PLACE. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. SINCE THERE WERE NOT SERIOUS INJURIES WE WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. MY NAGGING CONCERN WAS WHAT IF WE HAD NEEDED THEM? THAT IS WHY I'VE DECIDED TO REPORT AT THIS TIME PLUS WE RECEIVED NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM FORD THAT THEY ARE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

1ST TIRE FAILED W/ TREAD SEPARATION OCT, 2000. DID NOT REPORT BECAUSE THOUGHT WAS ISOLATED INCIDENT. THEN, ON MAY 22, 2001, 2ND AND 3RD TIRES OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR FAILED WITH TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION WITHIN 125 MILES OF EACH OTHER. WE HAD TO LIMP HOME ON TWO USED TIRES. WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE NO ONE WAS HURT IN ANY OF THE INCIDENTS. INITIATED CLAIM FOR MAY, 2001 FAILURES THROUGH TIRE DEALER. PER CONTINENTAL'S REQUEST, I SENT THEM BOTH TIRES. THEY NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF 2ND TIRE AND REFUSED TO PAY CLAIM FOR 1ST TIRE. THEY STATED TIRE HAD AT SOME POINT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE IN TREAD AREA WHICH HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THIS IS POSSIBLY TRUE. HOWEVER, CONTINENTAL WENT ON TO STATE THIS CAUSED GRADUAL LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE WHICH LED TO UNDERINFLATION WHICH LED TO TIRE FAILURE. NOT TRUE. I RELIGIOUSLY MAINTAINED PROPER AIR PRESSURE IN ALL THE TIRES ALL THE TIME. THEIR FINDINGS ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS WHICH WORK FOR THEM BUT DO NOT REFLECT THE ACTUAL SITUATION. I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN AFFORD ME IN THIS MATTER. WE ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS FROM 7-25-01 BEFORE THEY DISPOSE OF THE TIRE. SINCE THEY REJECTED MY CLAIM, ALL ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE PERSON @ CONTINENTAL WITH WHOM I WAS WORKING HAS FAILED. HER NAME IS KIMBERELY SOMERVILLE AND HER PHONE NO. IS: 704.588.4164.

BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGER'S DOORS ARE SHOWING STRESS CRACKS. CONSUMER FEELS IN AN ACCIDENT DOORS MAY NOT HOLD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, F250, LT265/75R16SIZE. REAR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED A SPLIT RESULTING IN AIR LOSS, CAUSING A BLOWOUT FROM SIDEWALL WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

SIDEWALLS ON FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX TIRES HAVE CRACKS ALL AROUND THEM. CRACKS WERE APPROXIMATELY 1/3 TO 3/8 DEEP. HAVE NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP OR TIRE RETAILER. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, 265/75R16 WITH APPROXIMATELY 38,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK

THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VERY HARD WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. IN JULY OF 2000 THE NEWSPAPER IN BECKLEY, WV , THE REGISTER-HERALD, RAN AN ARTICLE THAT NHTSA REPORTS THAT THE FORD F-SERIES SUPER DUTY TRUCK HAD PROBLEMS OF LOSING THEIR STEERING AND BRAKES. AND THEY COULD GO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THAT HAPPENED TO MY TRUCK. FORD DENIES KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE REPORT? I HAVE ASKED TO TALK TO FORD ENGINEERS AND HAVE BEEN REFUSED. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THIS? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?*AK

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. TIRES ARE FAIRLY NEW AND IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 3057060)

PURCHASED NEW TIRES ON 3/16/2001. ON 4/23/2001 FOUND HOLE ON OUTERWALL OF TIRE. DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD NOT PURCHASED ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY. HE ATTRIBUTED THE DAMAGE TO THAT. PURCHASED AT TOM FROST FIRESTONE IN WARRENTON, VA. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75R16E)