While driving at 50 MPH on three different occasions and with no warning tread separated from the tires, consumer had to pull over the road. Radial, long tall, size lt265/75r16, dot#1201160mts. Sam club refused to provide different tires.
2000 Ford Excursion tires complaints
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Right rear tire blewout. Cause of the blowout was not determined.
While driving at 50mph and with no warning right front tire tread separated, consumer had to pull over. Firestone, steel tex, size lt265/75r16, dot#119116r.
Left front tire blow out....my wife sharon serne was driving east on hwy 50 coming up to the eldorado hills exit when out of no ware the left front tire (firestone rs4 lt265-75-16) of our 2000 ford excursion blew out, she was pulled hard into the center guardrail and did extensive damage to the entire left side of our vehicle. Sharon did a great job on avoiding any other persons or doing further damage to the vehicle as in rolling or going over the embankment that was up ahead. When we bought the vehicle I looked into the firestone tire problems just for this kind of concern and at the time could not find any type problems so I felt ok about their tires. Until now Im very concerned about the quality of the tires that my family will have on the cars we drive. Thank you for your time I know its important, if you can help by pointing me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. The senre family.
I have a 2000 ford excursion that has firestone tires on it that were stock from the factory. They have 1/4" of treat left and were properly inflated. I was traveling on the interstate and the tread off the right rear tire came off. I slowed and stopped as quick as I could. The tread bent the bottom 8" of the rear quarter panel up under the truck and dented and scratched it all over the rear panel. It also broke out the rear tail light. I havent received a estimate yet but quess it will be between 1500 to $2000 dollars damage to my vehicle. The vehicle was losing control but I am a trained emergency vehicle operator/veteran police officer of 17 years. My driving abilities enabled me to maintain control of the vehicle.
Firestone steeltex a/t tread and steel cord peeled off from tire carcass causing over $2,000 damage to vehicle and momentary loss of vehicle control. This is third steeltex failure on same vehicle in less than 2 months. Remaining tire has been removed from the vehicle. Firestone refused to warranty out either tire (blown or still in service) or pay for vehicle damage.
Firestone steeltex a/t removed from service as firestone technician did not like the appearance of the sidewall. This is second of 3 failures in two month period.
Blow out of firestone steeltex a/t. This is first of three steeltex tire failures on this vehicle in two month period. Each will be reported separately.
I've been a mechanic for over 7 yrs, I noticed that my firestone steeltex a/t tires had strange wear and were noisy. I checked the alignment on my vehicle, which was in manufacturer's specs. We went on a 500ml road trip almost to my destination, when my left front tire blew out on the freeway without warning. When I saw the tire the first thing I noticed were the sideways still in tact, and the tread was gone. Before we left I did a trip check which includes checking the pressure and condition of tires.
Firestone tire defect - steeltex -- last week my son and two friends was driving my excursion at about 75 MPH when the tread on the left front tire separated. This was witnessed by an on-coming driver. My vehicle ran off the road hit a culvert and flipped end-to-end. There was extensive damage to the vehicle both front top and rear. The air bags did not deploy. One passenger was life-flighted from the accident scene. Very fortunately all of the passengers were wearing seatbelts -- all were injured but none seriously -- the injuries of the passenger that was life-flighted was not as serious as initially believed.
Vehicle's right front tire had tread separation while driving at 70 mh.
Consumer states tire bubbled up under the tread, causing a blowout. Dealer notified.
While on a driving vacation with my family, I found all 4 firestone steeltex 265-75 a\t tires on our 2000 ford excursion to be experiencing sidewall failure.2 of the tires were near immediate failure and the other two were starting to fail.I make it a habit to check my tires and vehicle closely whenever I fuel my vehicles up, and this was the only thing preventing what could have been a very serious accident ( I was towing a 24 ft boat at the time).
I was proceding north on i17 just north of new river az when my left rear tire exploded. At the time I was traveling 75 MPH which is the speed limit on the highway. I was in traffic and it took at least a mile to slow down and get off of the freeway safely. As I use this vehicle for recreational usage I had just had the tires rotated and I checked the air pressure 20 min. Before this occured. All tires where at the proper inflation and since the tires had more than 50 percent tread I felt they where in great shape. I have since retired all of the tires by replacing them as I can't take the chance of another blow out. I was lucky I was not towing the 26' trailer I usually tow with this vehicle.
Firestone tire blew causing an accident.
On sunday, june 1st, while returning from a fishing trip and towing a boat, the right rear tire on my ford excursion exploded on I-285 north of atlanta ga. I was in the lane inside the fast lane, but moving at the same speed as traffic. I was able to navigate to the shoulder and change the tire. However, because the tire exploded and wrapped itself around the axle, the rim was destroyed. I have ordered another rim from a re-manufacturer. I've e-mailed firestone with the incident information, but have received no response.
The left front tire experienced a blow out.
The tire experienced tread separation, which caused damage to the vehicle.
Firestone steeltex r45 tires which were original equipment on a 2000 ford excursion. The tires have 30,000 miles with minimal tread wear, however, the sidewalls on all 4 tires are splitting to the cord. Contact with firestone resulted in a verbal explanation that they would recognize this as a 'road hazard' situation and pro-rate 50% of the cost of replacement with firestone/bridgestone tires. The firestone consumer affairs/retail operations representative further advised that the ntsb has completed an investigation of these tires and found no reason for a recall.
The emergency tire cable broke, which caused the tire to fall onto the street.
I have had two bridgstone tires with aprox 35,000 miles on the fail / seperate with in 70 miles both tires have same dot codes as well as the other on my truck the tires are bridgestone dueler a/t size 285/75/r16 with the code of ejlfccb0200
The left rear tire of my ford excursion exploded during normal highway usage. The tire was a firestone steeltex radial r4s ii, lt 265/75r16. The manufacturer claims underinflation of tire.
While traveling the rear right tire blew. Size#lt26575r16, please provide the dot#. Dealer has been notified. Ph
3 of 4 tires bad on 2000 excursion within 5 months of each other from june 6ththrough october 4th. First tire developed sidewall tread bubble on left rear tire, traveling on highway at 65 MPH, second tire developed sidewall tread bulbble on left front tire while traveling 65 MPH. Third tire blew out while traveling 60 MPH on highway while pulling trailer, damaging right rear quarter panel
A drivers front firestone steeltex at tire, on a 2000 ford excursion exploded on july 7, 2002 on I-95 in walterboro, sc. My girlfriend agnes and a good friend dave were killed, daves 11 yr old son max suffered a severly broken right femer, daves wife, cheryl had several deep cuts and scrapes I have a severly broken left femer and knee damage. There was no indication that the tire was going to fail.
I own a utility construction company with some 30 trucks and several trailers. I take vehicle maintenance and tire psi very seriously. On a trip from st. Charles, il. To cincinnati, oh. I noticed a vibration and pulled over twice to check it out and found nothing. At about 100 miles I had a catastrophic tire failure, the entire tread had separated and damaged the truck and the trailer I was hauling. I contacted firestone, they sent me a claim form to which I completed and sent back with the tire. Their reply was that the tire had been run underinflated. This had never been the case. Please contact me for more info and the tire damage photos. John spira. *jb *****dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****770829
On sept. 27, 2002 about 40 miles before my actual blow out, I felt and heard something on the drivers' side rear tire. I thought it was a rock from my wheel well, except I was on a highway with no rocks to be found. My truck began to shake so I kept my speed at about 60 MPH. About 40 miles later, my rear driver's side tire blew out. On july 3, 2002 I had all of my tires checked because I felt unsafe in my truck. My tires did not drive smoothly anymore. The factory rep. From firestone was there and personally checked my tires and told me that they were fine condition and I had a lot of wear left on them. He told me that they would rotate and balance my tires. I submitted a report to firestone asking for them to pay my truck repair and the cost of my tires pro-rated. They have denied my claim and stated that I hit something that made my tire blow like it did. I have sent them a letter to ask for reconsideration. Please advise. *jb ***dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****770178
75 MPH, loud bang and complete tire tread separation. Both interior and exterior sidewalls intact but tread completely missing. Dt
No summary. Dt
Consumer states that three faulty valve stems caused a tire blowout while driving on firestone steeltex tires. ( please provide tire size & dot#).
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