1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

PE00 020; TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL LETTER FROM FIRESTONE. THERE WERE NO TIRES AVAILABLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, P2357515, #DOT VD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

PE00-020, TIRE SIZE P23575R15 DOT VNHL, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER, 1998. DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD CAME OFF ,CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD. TIRE STAYED INFLATED, BUT TREAD CAME COMPLETEY OFF ,RIGHT DOWN TO STEEL BELT, AS THOUGH IT WAS RECAP TIRE. CONSUMER TOOK TIRE TO FIRESTONE, AND WAS TOLD IT HAD CORRECT AIR PRESSURE. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED WHEN NEWS WAS HEARD ON TV ABOUT TIRES. CHECKED TIRES AND LEFT FRONT TIRES SHOWED TREAD SEPARATION AND STEEL BELT STICKING OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD & MECHANIC REPLACED TIRE WITH THE SPARE. LATER, TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE & WAS INFORMED TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL DUE TO NOT BEING FROM DECATUR PLANT. FIRESTONE TIRES ON 1998, MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, 38,000 MILES. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 WITH 34,000 MILES.*AK

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: ALL FOUR TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. TIRES HAVE CRACKS ALONG THE SIDEWALL. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 AND ABOVE, THERE IS A VERY LOUD HUMMING NOISE. TIRE SIZE IS P235/75R15, DOT #W2HL. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 98, MOUNTAINEER. TIRE MILEAGE ABOUT 30,000. *AK THE CUSTOMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR FIRESTONE TIRES, BUT THE DEALER AFTER LOOKING AT THE TIRES INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT COVERED. *YH

VEHICLE HAS THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/AT P23575R15, BUT IT WAS MANUFACTRUED IN NORTH CAROLINA. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE IS STARTING TO SEPARATE. TREAD HAS WORN COMPLETELY, AND IS NOW DEVELOPING CRACKS. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK BOTH FRONT TIRES STATED WEARING QUICKLY AND THE TREAD BEGAN SEPARATING. THEY ARE UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *YH

CONSUMER HAD SEEN RECALL INFORMATION ON FIRESTONE TIRES. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECALL, AND FIRESTONE WAS NOT WILLING TO HELP. *AK

PE00020, TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. THERE IS A TEAR BETWEEN THE LETTERS R AND E IN FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE, WILDERSNESS AT, P23575R15, DOT #VNHL. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT WITH ABOUT 16,100 MILES.*AK

PE00020, ORIGINAL TIRE ON 1998, MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD CRACKS ALONG TREAD AND SIDEWALL. IT SEEMED THAT TREAD HAS BEEN PEELING OFF. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15 AND DOT # VNHLIPY337.*AK

THERE IS A CRACK (LINE) THAT GOES AROUND THE SIDE OF THE TIRE APPROX 1 TO 1.5 INCHES BELOW THE TOP OF THE TREAD( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

AFTER READING INFORMATION ON THE RECALL, INSPECTED THE TIRES, AND FOUND CRACKS ON THEM, AS WELL AS TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE P235/75R15 DOT # VNHL1PY437. *AK THE FIRESTONE DEALERS CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE FIRSTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES HAD CONTINUOUS CRACK ON OUTSIDE OF THE TREAD LINE. *YH