1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

FRONT TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS ALONG THE SIDEWALL. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15 AND DOT # VNHL376. *AK

DEAR SIR OR MADAM, I HAVE A 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER WITH AT TIRES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I TOOK MY VECHILE TO FIRESTONES SERVICE CENTER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY SHOW THE SAME TYPE OF WEAR AS THE RECALLED TIRES AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BUT SINCE THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A PRORATED AMOUNT FOR REPLACEMENTS. I DO NOT THINK THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENTS IF THEY ARE SHOWING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED ONES .I AM ON THERE LIST WAITING FOR REPLACEMENTSBUT I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

THESE TIRES ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT ON A RECALL LIST HAVE A HAIRLINE CRACK AROUND THE SIDEWALL WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAD. THREE OF THE TIRES HAVE THIS CRACK ONE DOESN'T.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75/15 )

THIS DEFECT INVOLVES SIDEWALL DETERIORATION AND ABNORMAL WEAR. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT WITH 35000MI AND IMMEDIATELY THEY STARTED WEARING. IN JUNE THE FIRST TWO STARTED LOSING AIR BETWEEN THE BASE OF THE TREAD & SIDEWALL. IN EARLY JULY THE OTHER 2 FOLLOWED SUIT. WE REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES WITH B.F. GOODRICH WITH AN LT RATING. ALSO, TIRE PRESSURE WAS KEPT AT 30PSI INSTEAD OF 26 AT ALL TIMES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

ORIGINAL TIRES ON A MERCURY, MOUNTINEER 1997. THERE WAS A SMALL PIECE OF CONCRETE IN THE ROAD, NOT A HUGE PIECE.CONSUMER HAD TO RUN OVER IT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE COMPLETELY CAME APART.*AK BURST AND STARTED TO DELALMINATE AS OTHER PROBLEM TIRES HAVE. THE DEALER CALLED IT A ROAD HAZARD AND THE CUSTOMER PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT. *YH

PE-00-020; TIRES ARE BELIEVED TO BE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER 1997, TIRES SIZE P23575R15 DOT NUMBER BEGIN WITH W2HL, TIRES HAVE 50 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER HAS NOTICE EVIDENCE OF TREAD SEPARTION ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, THE INNER BELTS ARE SEPARATING WHICH IS CAUSING THE TIRES TO WOBBLE. *AK

PE00020, BOUGHT USED ON A 1997 MOUNTAINEER, P235/75R15, DOT W2HL1PY. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE "DRY ROTTEN" AND HAVE A CRACKED FROM THE EDGE OF THE TREAD,AND WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS, WHICH MAY CAUSE TREAD TO COME OFF IN ALL THE SAME SPOT. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING IT HAS BEEN MORE BOUNCING. *AK THE CUSTOMER WANTS FIRESTONE TO PAY THE REPLACEMENT COST FOR FAILED TIRES. *YH

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING EXCCESIVE TREAD WEAR AND VIBRATION WITH THESE WIDERNESS/AT P23575R15 DOT:VUJ27040. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED.*AK *SLC

TIRES NOT UNDER RECALL/I FOUND CRACKS AROUND THE SIDE WALL ALL AROUND THE THREAT ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF TIRE, ALL FOUR TIRES ARE THE SAME. I CHECK THE TIRES BACK IN AUGUST WHEN THE RECALL FIRST CAME OUT AND THERE WAS NO CRACKS IN THE TIRES. I WILL BE REPLACING THE TIRES AND KEEPING THE OLD TIRES HOPING THAT THE RECALL WILL BE EXPANED. LOOKING AT THE OTHER FAILURES THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED , I FOUND OTHER THREAT SEPERATION ON WILDERNEES TIRES THAT ARE NOT COVER BY RECALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VHHL TIRE SIZE: P235/15 )

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION ON BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )