1999 Ford Expedition tires problems

Filed Aug 1, 2011 · Tires · 234,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford expedition with cooper discover lfx tires with dot number 4909. The contact stated the rear passenger side tire was replaced twice. The contact had a rear alignment performed on the tire, but the side walls burst on each tire. The contact had the same tire placed on the vehicle by the manufacturer after the original one split. The failure mileage was 250,000.

Filed Jun 10, 2011 · Tires · 127,000 miles · OH · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford expedition equipped with firestone wilderness p265/70/r16 dot8x72 tires. The contact stated that the drivers side rear tire blew out while driving 65 MPH, causing the vehicle to crash into a cement divider. The contact suffered injuries to the face and mouth. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 127,000.

Filed Dec 9, 2009 · Body, Tires · 102,000 miles · TX · 1 injury

The flared portion of the terminator fob on the retaining/retracting cable for the spare tire fractured and separated on my 1999 ford expedition eddie bauer (I am the original owner). *tr as a result, the spare tire and the metal crosspiece retainer dropped onto the street pavement, and in front of oncoming vehicles, which swerved and avoided colliding with the loose spare tire. I am just glad, and fortunate, that the spare tire did not bounce into the air, or end up crashing through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle. There are numerous reports of similar, if not identical incidents of this spare tire cable breakage posted on the internet. According to the owners manual, the crank mechanism is driven using the jack handle, and it is supposed to "ratchet" when the spare tire becomes snug against the vehicle undercarriage, preventing over tension on the crank mechanism and cable. Upon inspection, there were no signs of rust, or corrosion, or attempted theft or tampering. A small collar portion of the terminator fob remained on the cable, while flared portion broke and slipped off of the end of the cable. There are not any additional safety devices on the vehicle that retain the spare tire in the event the cable fails. During the 2001 firestone tire recall, the dealer replaced all five tires, which included the spare tire. Otherwise, the crank mechanism has not been used. I searched but failed to find a reported government recall of this cable at http://www.recalls.gov/search.html. To repair the cable end, I created my own terminator fob using an electrical split-bolt sized to the diameter of the cable. I fashioned a j shape in the cable to form a loop and placed a small screw through the loop to prevent pull-through, added a few drops of blue locktite to the threads of the split-bolt, and cinched up the split-bolt.

Filed Jul 1, 2009 · Body, Tires · 200,000 miles · AL

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford expedition. The vehicle has firestone wilderness at tires. While driving 70 MPH, the spare tire blew out. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to a repair shop and had the tire changed. It was also discovered that the fender was folded under the vehicle near the fuel line. The tire size and dot number were unknown. The failure mileage was 200,000. Updated 8/10/09 *cn updated 08/13/09.

Filed Jul 1, 2009 · Tires · AL

Well me and some of my family members was heading to destine we was on I-10 south when the covering of the tire came off and bent the finder.

Filed Jan 12, 2009 · Tires · 109,000 miles · AZ

Purchase 4 new interco tsl/thornbird tires about 1 1/2 years ago. Purchased in murrieta ca at the time of residence. June 2008 moved to yuma az. On 9/2/08 a big chunk blew out the center of the tire in tucson az. Contacted ramona tire via email. Explained what happen . They were suppose to get back in touch with me to tell me who to take it to. Never returned a message. On 11/28/08 another tire did the same thing.

Filed Dec 28, 2006 · Tires · 69,500 miles · TN

My ford expedition was outfitted a little over 3 years ago with goodyear wranglers by ford due to the firestone tire failure. Recently, while washing the vehicle I noticed failure in the sidewall of the driver's side rear tire. All around the rim approximately 1/2 to 3/4" from the rim there are cracks in the rubber sidewall opening up as the earth does during an earthquake. These are approximately 2-3" long and a little over 1/8" deep so far. This is highly unusual for three year old tires. These will be removed before the next long trip as I will not wait for failure and put my or my family in danger.

Filed Jan 24, 2006 · Tires · 111,000 miles · FL

The spare tire cable snapped on ford expedition at high speed and almost caused several accidents. The tire crossed the median, after being narrowly missed by the person behind me, and went into opposing traffic.*ak thankfully, no one was hurt or injured but I was extremely lucky!

Filed Jan 13, 2006 · Tires · OH · crash · 2 injuries

1999 ford expedition left rear tire blew out. *ts the consumer lost control of the vehicle rear ended a truck and then struck a guard rail.

Filed Dec 6, 2004 · Tires · MI

While consumer was driving on the expressway at 75 MPH spare tire cable broke, and the tire flew off. There was no report of accident/injury.