1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 5OMPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. SHE FELT VIBRATION INSIDE OF VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. CONSUMER STATED THAT MANUFACTURER WILL CONTACTED. *AK

UPON HEARING ABOUT THE TIRE RECALL, I WENT TO MERTZ FORD WHERE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD MY TIRES WEREN'T ON THE RECALL LIST. AS ADDITIONAL NEWS REPORTS CONTINUED, WE INSPECTED THE TIRES OURSELVES TO FIND A CRACK AT THE TREADLINE THAT RAN AROUND THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER OF ALL FOUR TIRES. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD BY THEIR SALES MANAGER THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE AS THE TIRES WERE NOT SAFE. WE RETURNED WHEN THE SERVICE DEPT. WAS OPEN AND WERE AGAIN TOLD THEY WOULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF, WE RECEIVED A CALL INDICATING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR ALL 4 NEW TIRES (REPLACED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT/S (TIRES, LABOR, TAX: $379.01). I KEPT THE DEFECTIVE TIRES AND MY RECEIPT. I DON'T KNOW HOW FIRESTONE CAN MAINTAIN THAT TIRES MANUFACTURED ONLY AT THE DECATUR PLANT ARE THE UNSAFE TIRES FOR THE RECALL. I WANT FIRESTONE TO REIMBURSE ME FOR MY TOTAL EXPENDITURES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNHL1PY506 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

TIRE BLOWOUT WITHOUT WARNING, TIRE WAS MANUFACURED AT DECATURE PLANT (DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES(P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED LOUD HUMMING SOUND, THUMPS, AND CRACKING. *SLC

LEFT FRONT TIRE ON THE INSIDE AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON THE OUTSIDE.....THE BELTS ARE BROKE ON BOTH TIRES AND ARE COMING THROUGH THE TREAD. WIRE IS STICKING OUT OF TIRES AND IS CAUSING THE FRONT END OF VECHICLE TO WOBBLE. THE TIRES ARE TOO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. I HAVE THE EXACT TIRE THAT IS BEING RECALLED, THE SAME BRAND AND SIZE BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MADE IN THE DECATUR ILLINOIS PLANT, MY TIRES ARE NOT BEING REPLACED. I HAVE A 18 MONTH OLD BABY AND EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE I CONSTANTLY WONDER IF MY TIRES WILL BURST, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR A DEATH. I BELIEVE THAT MY TIRES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL OR AT LEAST BE REPLACED*AK. (DOT NUMBER: W2HL426 TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THESE TIRES WERE ON THEM THE FIRST ONE BLEW COMING DOWN A MOUNTAIN AND I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS A TURN OFF SO THAT I COULD CHANGE IT. THAT ONE WAS REPLACED ON JAN 19 1999 WITH ANOTHER FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AND THE OTHER FRONT TIRE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1999 AT MONTGOMERY WARDS WITH WRANGLER RT. THEN ON MAY 31, 2000 I HAD TO REPLACE THE BACK 2 AGAIN WITH WRANGLER RT'S. THIS WAS DO TO THE TIRES ALL SHREDDING AND PEALING LIKE AN ONION. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED MY VEHICLE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND HAD TO BE REALIGNED BESIDES HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED. AM I ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL TIRES. I KEPT GETTING TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS DUE TO HEAT.... (DOT NUMBER: P235 TIRESIZE: 75RX15)

THE VEHICLES LEFT REAR TIRE CAME APART CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROTATED CLOCKWISE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERTURN SEVERAL TIMES AND AS A RESULT THE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE CAME TO FINAL REST ON THE SHOULDER,DRIVER SUSTAINED INCAPACITATING INJURIES, THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INCAPACITATING INJURIES BUT LATER DIED (FLORIDA TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT, BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, P235/75R15, WWILDERNESS AT M/S, VDHL1PY147, UNKNOWN POSITION). NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FIRESTONE#RECALL NUMBER. TWO REAR TIRE S AND FRONT TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, P235/75R15.*AK ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE HAIRLINE CRACKS AROUND THE TREAD. *YH

FIRESTONE TIRES ARE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, BUT HAVE EXSTENSIVE TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL 4 TIRES. THE DEALERSHIP THAT INSPECTED MY TIRES IN LUE OF THE RECALL SUGGESTED I REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. MY QUESTION IS, CAN OR WILL I BE REINBURST FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE PARTICULAR TIRES.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE PARKED, NOTICED FRONT TIRES SHOWED SIGN OF TREAD SEPARATION FROM TOP OF TIRE, WHERE TREAD MEETS. TIRES MOUNTED ON A 1997 MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P235/75R15, DOT# W2HL. FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK