1998 FORD RANGER Complaints

PE00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD, RANGER ,1998 WITH 30,000 MILES, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT VNHL307. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CONTINUOUS CRACKS ALL AROUND THE TIRES ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF TIRES. IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD BE PEELING OFF.*AK

ONE TIRE HAS SPLIT IN TREAD 60% OF CIRCUMFERENCE. OTHERS HAVE SMALLER CRACKS/SPLITS.( DOT NUMBER: VN08 TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

DRIVING ALONG, LUCKILLY NOT VERY FAST. TIRE SHREDDED. I DO NOT BELEIVE I HIT ANYTHING. THE OTHER THREE TIRES SIDEWALLS RIGHT AROUND THE LETTERING ARE ALSO STARTING TO LOOK FUNNY. THE BLACK AROUND THE LETTERS IS COMING OFF.( DOT NUMBER: D2UU TIRE SIZE: P225-70-R1 )

APPEARS TO BE A STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF TIRE BETWEEN SIDEWALL AND TREAD, PARTIAL TREAD DELAMINATION, SIDEWALL TORN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THERE WAS NO PRIOR DAMAGE TO THE TIRE, AND NOTHING WAS HIT PRIOR TO BLOWOUT. ALLOY WHEEL DAMAGED, LIKELY WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.( DOT NUMBER: VNFC 1P4 TIRE SIZE: P225/70R14 )

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE CRACKED AROUND THE TREAD. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT # VNHL. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, FORD, RANGER. TIRE MILEAGE 43,000. *AK

CONTINUOUS CRACKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TIRES, ABOUT 1" FROM OUTSIDE EDGE, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON ALL FOUR TIRES .( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE00020. ORIGINAL TIRES ON A 1998, FORD, RANGER, 23570R15. LEFT REAR AND LEFT FRONT TIRES HAVE FLAT SIDES, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH AND HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE. FIRST CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, THEN TIRE BLEW OUT, AND CONSUMER COULD SEE PART OF THE TIRE GO RIGHT PASSED HIM. *AK THERE WAS THUMPING NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRES, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES HAD A FLAT SIDE. *YH

THREE OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE, SEPARATION AND AIR LOSS. *MJS

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1998, FORD, RANGER WITH 23,000 MILES, TIRE SIZE P235/70R16, DOT VN0811U. ALL 4 TIRES HAD WORN OUT FROM INSIDE AND GOING TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE CAUSING FRONT END TO COME OUT OF ALIGNMENT. TIRES SHOULD HAVE LASTED 50,000 MILES. *AK

ALL TIRES HAVE HAIRLINE CRACK ALONG TOP EDGE OF TIRE. I WAS TOLD BY BOTH A FORD DEALER AND FIRESTONE DEALER THAT WAS AN EARLY INDICATION OF EARLY TIRE SEPERATION. THESE ARE NOT THE RECALLED TIRES I CAN NOT RECIEVE REPLACEMENTS. FIRESTONE OFFERED TO PRO-RATE THE TREAD LIFE AND USE THEIR NORMAL WARRANTY TO GIVE A DISCOUNT ON NEW TIRES, WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THE CRACKS HAVE BEEN THERE, AS I JUST LOOKED BECAUSE OF THE RECALL IN THE NEWS. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AT MY OWN COST WITH ANOTHER BRAND, IF I CAN FIND THEM. I SUGGEST THAT FORD, FIRESTONE AND NHTSA LOOK AT ALL OF THE WILDERNESS TIRES AND NOT JUST THE ONES MADE IN ILLINOIS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: 235/70R15 )