1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

TOOK TIRES TO FIRESTONE DEALER, HE FOUND SEVERE CRACKS IN 2 TIRES, FRONT, BUT THEY WERE NOT PART OF RECALL. BOUGHT GOODYEAR TIRES TO REPLACE THEM. CAR SPENT 2 WINTERS IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA. TRIP DOWN LAST YEAR WAS IN OVER 90 DEGREE HEAT. RETURN TRIP THE SAME. PSI (30) AT ALL TIMES.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: 15 )

NOTICED A ROCKING/ROLLING MOTION ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT. LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BUBBLED AREA WHICH HAD WORN AND BURST A HOLE IN THE TIRE. STEEL THREAD SHOWING. I PUT THE SPARE ON AND WHEN GOT BACK HOME I BOUGHT 5 NEW TIRES . I THINK I CAUGHT THE PROBLEM JUST IN TIME TO AVOID A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

DRIVING EASTBOUND ON I-12 LOUISIANA EN ROUTE TO MD WHEN VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND DID A 360 AND SLAMMED INTO TREES . VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS AND 2 ANIMALS PERISHED , SPOUSE AND I WERE TAKEN VIA AMBULANCE TO SLIDELL MEM. HOSPITAL( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

THIS MERCURY MOUNTAINEER HAS THREE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/AT TIRES P23575R15 MANUFACTURED IN CANADA THAT ARE DEVELOPING CRACKS AROUND OUTSIDE AND INSIDE WALLS. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK DOT VNHL. *SLC

THE STEEL BELT HAS BEEN EXPOSED ON THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES. THE STEEL BELT ON 2 OF THE TIRES CAN BE LIFTED UP BY MY FINGERS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIRE WEAR LIKE THIS. I WOULN NOT HAVE NOTICED THIS UNLESS I READ OF CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES. UPON MY INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THIS EARLY WEAR PROBLEM. I FEAR FOR MY SAFTY AND MY FAMILY DRIVING ON AMY FIRESTONE TIRE OF THE WILDERNESS 'AT' TYPE. I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE TIRES MFG. AT THE N.C. PLANT WILL BE RECALLED. I AM KEEPING THE CAR AT HOME. I CALLED FORD MOTOR AND THEY SAID ALL THEIR TIRES ARE SAFE. THEN WHY ARE THERE TIRES WEARING AND FAILING SO EARLY. I NEED HELP REGARDING THESE TIRES. ASAP. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

APPARENT TREAD SEPERATION CAUSED TIRE FAILURE. I NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS ON I294. DEFECT APPEARS EVIDENT.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P23575R-15 )

WHILE INSPECTETING TIRES AFTER SEEING THE NEWS ON TV, FOUND TREAD SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P235/75 R15, DOT VNHNL. *AK

PREIVIOUSLY CONTACTED NTSHA REF # 866987 (INFO ON FORME SENT ME IS INCORRECT) CORRECT INFO FOLLOWS: WHILE DRIVING TO FL, IN GEORGA NOTICED A VIBERATIONS IN FROM END. CONTACTED FORD, THEY SAID TRY TO HAVE TIRES BALANCED. FIRESTONE STORE SAID CAN'T BALANCE TIRE BECAUSE THE STEEL BELTS HAVE SEPERATED INTERNALLY. THERE IS AN APORX. HIGHT DIFFERANCE BETREEN TREADS OF 1/2": I DIDN'T WANT TO PAY $120 FOR A NEW TIRE SO I HAD THE STORE MOUNT THAT TIRE AS MY SPARE. I STILL HAVE THIS TIRE. FIRESTONE HAS SINCE SAID THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THAT TIRE, BUT SINCE IT IS NOT IN THE RECALL, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS TIRE SINCE IT DID NOT TOTALLY FAIL?( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1PY467 TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

ON APRIL 2,2000 WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 10 AT 70 MPH I EXPERIENCED A TIRE SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT. AT THE TIME I HAD ALL FIVE ORIGINAL TIRES ON MY MOUNTAINEER. AFTER THE SEPARATION I PUT THE SPARE IN SERVICE AND THE NEXT MORNING I PURCHASED THREE NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES AND PLACED THEM IN SERVICE WHICH GAVE ME FIVE TIRES WITH ZERO MILES ON THEM.AFTER HEARING OF THE FIRSTONE RECALL AFTER RETURNING TO MINNESOTA I HAD MY FIRESTONE DEALER CHECK MY TIRES. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TIRES DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECALL BECAUSE THEY HAD THE DOT#W2HL INSTEAD OF THE DOT#VDHL.ALL OF MY TIES HAVE THE W2HL NUMBER AND YET I WAS ONE OF THE PERSONE THAT EXPERIENCED A TIRE SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT JUST AS THET-V REPORT STATED WAS THE REASON FOR THE RECALL. I HAVE NO TRUST IN THESE TIRES. I WOULD LIKE A SUGGESTIONOR INSTRUCTION AS TO WHAT TO DO. M. L. GEISZLER, BEMIDJI,MINN.ESTONE RECALL( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE(P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, ALL TIRES EXCEPT 1 WERE INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T0050, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TIRE THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *SLC