Since purchase, when the vehicle is driven in inclement weather, the tires traction isn't reliable. The service manager and the field engineer both agree that this is merely a "handling characteristic".
2001 Ford Escape tires complaints
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My 2001 ford excape has 27,600 miles on it. My tires have worn out from the outside in. I carried it to the local ford dealer and was told I needed a 4 wheel alignment. My dealer said I had received a check before I bought it. I did not. I drove it off the showroom floor. Now I have to buy over $400 worth of tires and have an alignment. The local dealer said I would have to have had a pretty good lick for it to have all 4 out of alignment. I do not hotdog this car. I feel like this is a manufacturers defect
Rotated all 4 tires at 5,000 / 10,000 miles. Front tires showed signs of excessive wear. Both tires had tread wear of 2-1/2 inch wide. Dealership stated was due to low tire pressure and was not willing to do anything. Dot# aeuu44w3900. Ts
While driving at 65mph on flat surface and no warning tire sidewall started to separate, causing a blowout on the rear tire, consumer had to pull over. Dealer notified. Firestone wilderness, size p23570r16. Dot# w208 itc1601.*ak consumer stated the entire sidewall separated, ford and firestone refused to give a prorate warranty.
Entire outer sidewall seperated from tire. Tires properly inflated, rotated per maintenance instructions. Vehicle never used off-road, never carried a heavy load, nor ever used for towing.
Firestone wilderness ht tires failed (p235/70r16as, p235/70r16 1047). Nlm
Consumer stated all for wheels were changed to p225/70r16, but not the spare tire which remains a 15 inch, tire and wheel are about 1 inch less diameter than the wheels on the vehicle, in addition the spare wheel stamped in the body metal is sized for the smaller 15 inch wheel.
Heard a noise, took vehicle to dealer and was informed that front driver's side tire was begining to separate, original tire. *ak firestone tires.
Front and rear tires are wearing. Cause known. Dealer notified. Size#235r16 dot unknown. Dealer notified.*ak firestone wilderness ht tires.
Tires has no traction on wet road/snow
While driving the driver's side front and rear continental tires experienced tread separation, causing tires to go flat. Original equipment, 12000 miles, mounted on a ford, escape, 2001. *ak
Left front tire wear.
While consumers wife was driving 50 MPH, the right rear passenger general tire ,size#p22575r15, suddenly blewout without prior warning, dealer replaced tire at no cost. *ak
Front tires wear is excessive causing premature wear. Tires are down to 5/32 of inch and need to be replaced. This is a new vehicle with only one owner. I have done all of the tire rotations as directed by the maintenance procedure. *ak (tiresize: p255/70r15)
Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 75mph on highway heard a popping noise ten minutes before incident. Then he felt vibration, and the vehicle was traveling rough. He was able to pull over to the shoulder and was in control. Consumer noticed that right/rear tire was blown out, and tread separated from tire. Firestone, wilderness at. *ak
Was driving vehicle and heard a loud noise, drove home and parked, noticed a large bulge on inside of left rear tire, next to rim, tread was coming loose, took vehicle to dealership, and checked on tire. Mechanic put two plugs in tire because of a hole on outside of tire. Firestone, wilderness ht, b235/70r16.
Briefly, the transmission fails to shift upon acceleration above 50 MPH, this has caused 2 near collisions on I-95, tire split open & roof rack blew off while driving*ak (dot number: a3083jj390 tiresize: a3083jj390)
Belts separated internally causing sidewalls to fail. Inspection by tire dealer showed no visible signs of damage or puncture. *ak (dot number: w208dk8711 tiresize: p235/70r16)
Tire on front drivers side replaced. Tire splitting passenager rear tire, this tire has not been replaced.
Tire thumping was noticed after 6k mile servicing. Dealership acknowledged thumping and has ordered tire replacement. Surface defect noticed on tread. The vehicle was not involved in any accident or driven in abnormal or on rough road surfaces. No other complaints on these tires. Dealership mentioned they will rebalance remaining 3 tires when replacement tire arrives for vehicle. As of this writing, faulty tire is on left (driverside) rear. Thank you for your time, sincerely robert e. Smith. *ak (dot number: w208 tiresize: p235/70r16)
(1) engine has started stalling at stop signs, waiting for someone in parking lot, etc. (2) when making a hard right trun into a parking space, there is a kind of clicking sound from the front tires area.
Left front tire - slight bulge in sidewall (dealer replaced with new), right and left rear tires - causing vibration and determined to be out-of-round (dealer replaced with new). *ak (dot number: ??? Tiresize: p235/70r16)
Tires make a humming noise. Consumer feels that they may be leaving ground like hydroplaning, and at 65 MPH vehicle wobbles, vehicle is not stable at high speeds with window down. *ak the vehicle hesitates when A/C unit is in operation and A/C make a loud cyclic clicking sound. Transmission makes sound. The vehicle was unstable at 65 MPH with a slight wind and front end makes tumbling sounds on rough roads. The alternator light comes on intermittently. The cruise control turns off automaticaly by itself. The front brake has excessive dust. The vehicle had numerous interior system failures and malfunctioning.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Ford shipped vehicle with firestone wilderness tires. Neither ford nor firestone have admitted responsibility or cause of failure of these tires on ford explorer. I am unwilling to accept a potentially unsafe tire on a new vehicle. The tires are not only potentially unsafe, but have lower the value of my vehicle. I replaced the firestone tires with another brand and requested ford to pay for this replacement. They refused. *ak (dot number: unknown tiresize: p235/70r16)
Tires had less than 3,000 miles on them and tread already 1/2 gone. (tiresize: 16 inch)( dot number: tire size: 16 inch )
While pulling away from a stop light this vehicle equipped with firestone, wilderness/at tires, p23575r16, sidewall blewout unexpectedly. Ford has been contacted.
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