1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

FIRESTONE TIRES DEVELOPED VERY ODD WEAR, THE LEFT TIRE BEGAN FALLING APART WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER FEELS FIRESTONE IS NOT HANDLING THE RECALL SITUATION IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER, CONSUMER RERQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THEY WERE PURCHASED FROM A COMTETITIVE RETAILER PRIOR TO AUGUST 9, 2000 (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 SERIAL#VD). NLM

HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER DUE TO CONTROLLING OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC NOTICED 2 REAR TIRES WERE CUPPED. HAD NO EXCESS OR UNEVEN WEAR ON THEM. TIRES STILL ON VEHICLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P235/75R15 WITH 35,000 MILES.*AK

ONE OF THE FRONT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES (P235/75R15) HAD A STRIP OF TIRE MISSING, THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE 2 FRONT TIRES, NOW THE CONSUMER HEARS ABOUT RECALL 00T-005 AND 3 OUT OF 5 TIRES WERE INCLUDED AND REPLACED, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 2 TIRES THAT WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO THE RECALL WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *SLC

CONSUMER REPLACED THE FIRESTONE TIRES (P235/75R15) DUE TO A CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES THUMPING, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

I HAD TWO FIRESTONE ATX RECALLED TIRES REPLACED ON 02 MAR 00 DUE TO BELTS SHIFTING WITHIN THE TIRES. TWO MONTHS LATER, ON 12 APR 00, TWO RECALLED FIRSTONE ATX TIRES "DELAMINATED" (WITHIN TWO HOURS OF EACH OTHER)WHILE I WAS DRVING ON I-10 THROUGH EL PASO,TEXAS AND THROUGH LORDSBURG NEW MEXICO. THE DAMAGE FROM THE TIRES DELAMINATING WAS APPROXIMATELY $1,800. (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER NOTICED VIBRATION AND A STEERING PROBLEM, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND INFORMED OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION, TIRES ARE FIRSTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 DOT W2HL. *SLC

ALL FOUR TIRES HAD A HAIRLINE FRACTURE AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE ON BOTH SIDES, WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, P23575R15, DOT # VNHL1PY247. OWNER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. OWNER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT UNDER RECALL (00T-005). *CJ

FIRESTONE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T-005 BUT THREE OUT OF FOUR TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15). NLM

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE (P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED STEEL BELT SEPARATION. *SLC

TIRE HAD BEEN REPLACED ONLY ONE WEEK AND IT WENT FLAT. A HOLE WAS IN IT. I DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING, OR INTO ANYTHING, AND THERE WAS NOT A NAIL, ETC IN THE TIRE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )