FOUR WINDS Complaints

LT22575R16E FIRESTONE TIRE THREAD SEPARATION AND BLOW OUT NEAR LAS VEGAS NV. *NLM

FIRESTONE TIRE LT2257516E TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOW OUT HWY 95 APPROX. 35 MI NO OF YUMA AZ. *NLM

TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I 84 NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME ID. OUTSIDE LEFT REAR DUEL BLEW. I WAS AT 60 MPH. CLEAR WEATHER. 85 DEG. SMOOTH ROADWAY. THE TIRE DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TIRE. TWO EST. ONE WAS $2072, THE OTHER AT $2405. I CALLED FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY GAVE ME A CLAIM NUMBER AND TOLD ME TO SEND THEM THE TIRE. FINALLY AFTER NINE MONTHS AND EIGHT PHONE CALLS ,I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE FAILED BECAUSE IT HAD HIT AN OBJECT OR POT HOLE ETC. I SAY BC TO THAT! THEY REFUSED MY CLAIM FOR REPAIR, TIRE REPLACEMENT, AND UPS COST, TO SHIP TIRE TO THEM. TOTAL $2235. BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! THE COACH CAME NEW FROM THE FACTORY WITH SIX ON THE GROUND AND ONE AS A SPARE. I HAVE LOST ALL SEVEN OF THEM FROM SEPARATION IN 40,000 MILES OF DRIVING. STARTING 4-01 THRU 29-03. THE FIRST SIX CAUSED NO DAMAGE TO THE MH. I WILL NEVER DEAL WITH OR OWN FIRESTONE TIRES AGAIN! *NLM

FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRES, 9000 MILES ON THEM, 31' MOTORHOME ON FORD E450 CHASSIS, TIRES TO PROPER INFLATION, VEHICLE STORED INSIDE, 50 DEGREES OUTSIDE. DRIVING AT APPROX. 60-65 MPH ONLY ABOUT 25 MILES UNDERWAY WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR INNER DUAL TIRE CAME APART AND THEN BLEW. AS THE TREAD WAS COMING OFF IT "GRABBED" THE EXHAUST PIPE AND "WHIPPED IT AROUND UNDER THE COACH, DOING FAIRLY EXTENSIVE DAMAGE (BLOWN OUT GRAY WATER TANK, WIRING, BENT CROSS BEAM, TORE UP UNDERSIDE OF COACH, RUINED BACK HALF OF MUFFLER, ETC., ETC.) TO THE TUNE OF APPROX. $5,000. FIRESTONE, FORD OR MOTORHOME MANUFACTURER ALL "PASSED THE BUCK".*JB

THE MOTOR HOME DOES NOT TAPER UP IN THE REAR. AS A RESULT WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO A PARKING LOTS THE REAR OF THE HOME COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND CAUSED THE FRAME TO BEND. IT WAS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE SEAL AROUND THE WATER HEATER CRACKED WHICH ALLOWED CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES TO ENTER THE LIVING QUARTERS. CONSUMER BELIEVES MOTOR HOME HAS A DESIGN DEFECT. THE MOTOR HOME IS A 2001 CHATEAU 31Z WITH A FORD CHASSIS. *NLM *TT

DEVELOPED LARGE 'BULGE' ON SIDEWALL OF FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S LT225/75R16 M/S TIRE WHILE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE SPEED IN MOTORHOME. 10K MILES ON TIRES. OTHER TIRES DEVELOPING CRACKS IN SIDEWALLS.

CONSUMER NOTICED SMELL OF GAS FUMES WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DETERMINED MOTORHOME HAS LEAK FROM SEAM OF GAS TANK. CONSUMER STATED HAS A 1997 FOUR WINDS HURRICANE WITH A FORD CHASSIS. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION RESULTING IN A BLOWOUT OF TIRE. VEHICLE IS A 1999 FOUR WINDS CHATEAU. TIRE INFO: FIRESTONE 225/75R16 DOT NO.- **PLZ PROVIDE** ORIGINAL TIRES 25,800K MILES ON TIRE INSIDE DUAL ON PASSENGER SIDE

WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACE AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE ,CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WATER IS SEEPING IN THROUGH THE SEALS OF ALL THE WINDOWS. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER. *AK