2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH TWO FRONT WILDERNESS/AT P245/75R16 TIRES COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM RIM, COMING OFF THE TRUCK, AND CAUSING ROLLOVER. FORD AND FIRESTONE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P245/75/R16 *MW

I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MARTIN INGLIS, VP FORD NORTH AMERICA, STATING MY "2000 RANGER WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL". TODAY I HAD TO CHANGE MY LEFT REAR WILDERNESS AT P245/75R16- DOT W270 AS IT WAS FLAT. WHEN THE SPARE WAS LOWERED DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, I NOTICED IT WAS A RADIAL ATX P235/75R15. ON THE BACK OF MR. INGLIS'S LETTER OF 8.17.00 IT STATES ALL P235/75R15 TIRES WERE RECALLED. PERHAPS, OTHER FORD OWNERS WHO RECEIVED THAT LETTER MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THEIR SPARES. OBVIOUSLY, ONE CANNOT RELY ON FORD TO SUPPLY ACCURATE INFORMATION..0( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH IN WEST BRANSON, MISSOURI ON SAID DATE (090100). THE TIRE HAD LESS THAN 7000 MILES ON IT. THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 100+ DEGREES. THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. NO LOAD WAS IN THE BED OF TRUCK. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER. THE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE RIM OF THE TIRE WAS BENT, TOO.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/70R15? )

RIGHT REAR TIRE. CENTER TREAD OF TIER CAME COMPLETLE APART JUST LIKE A RETREAD. MADE IT TO A FIRESTONE TIRE CENTER.THANK GOD IT WAS A REAR TIRE AND NOT A FRONT TIRE WHERE ALL THE WIEGHT IS.( DOT NUMBER: W2UU1P0419 TIRE SIZE: 222570R15 )

NO DAMAGE DONE.TIRES ARE VERY UNSTABLE AND CAUSE TRUCK TO WANT TO ROLL OVER WHEN YOU HAVE TO BREAK HARD . LIKE SOMEONE PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF YOU OR JUST HARD BREAKING !!( DOT NUMBER: ??? TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

I HAVE THE 16" FIRESTONE TIRES NOT UNDER RECALL, HOWEVER IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AFTER LEARNING OF THE RECALL I CHECKED THE AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRES OF MY NEW VEHICLE COLD. RIGHT FRONT AT 34.5 PSI, RIGHT REAR AT 33.5 PSI,LEFT FRONT AT 32.5 PSI, AND LEFT REAR AT 32 PSI. THE TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFLATED TO 30 PSI. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT FORD DOES NOT CONTROL THE INFLATION OF THE TIRES CORRECTLY.

WHILE CHECKING TIRES NOTICED CRACKS. TIRES ON THIS MAKE/MODEL WERE NOT UNDER RECALL #P245/75R16. THE TIRES WERE FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX. *AK

PE00020, ORIGINAL TIRES ON A, FORD RANGER, 2000, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, 22570R15. ALL 4 TIRES ARE NOT COMPLETELY ROUND. THIS CAUSES A VIBRATION FROM THE FLOOR ALL THE WAY TO THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK THE DEALER REPLACED FIRESTONE TIRES BUT ALL OF THEM VIBRATED. THE DEALER THEN REPLACED TIRES WITH GOODYEAR AND THE REST WITH DUNLOP TIRES AND NO VIBRATION OCCURED. *YH

FIRESTONE (P245/75R16) WILDERNESS TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL, THE TIRE HAD 874 MILES ON IT. NLM

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY I-25 IN COLORADO WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD A "WEIRD" SOUND AND MY TRUCK STARTED TO SWING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER. I MANAGED TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL AND PUT IT ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY SHREDDED. FIRESTONE BLAMED IT ON ME, SAID THAT I DROVE OVER A NAIL OR SOMETHING AND THAT THEY WOULDN'T COVER ANYTHING. IT WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE THAT THE THREAD HAD SEPERATED, ALL AROUND. I HAD LOST MY CONFIDENCE IN THE TIRES SINCE ONE OTHER TIRE SHOWED MARKS ON THE SIDE AND I BOUGHT BRIDGESTONE TIRES. AFTER A LONG DISCUSSION, THEY AGREED TO REFUND ME FOR ONE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: )