I was experiencing a wobble--similar to that when a wheel is out of balance--while driving on a trip to california. I stopped and looked at the tires. There was a "bubble" in the tread of the left rear tire and its sidewall was pulling out. I had all four tires replaced at a local tire store. The tire did not blow out, but it was failing. I do not have the tires.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
1992 Ford Explorer tires complaints
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All tires have very visible cracks along the circumference of each tires. The cracks appear to be getting wider - now it is possible to stick a thumb nail in some locations. Followed the recall procedure but the earliest that I can get replacement tires is 7 weeks (from 9/1) and even then I was #100. These tires appear extremely dangerous but I am forced to use this vehicle to drive to work - 36 highway miles each way! What am I to do? *ak( dot number: tire size: p23575r15 )
September 1, 2000 at 2:45am, my son was driving my explorer. The front left tire blew, he lost control of vehicle at 40mph on a +5% downhill grade,explorer totalled and son survived. I attempted to contact firestone and ford on 9.1.00 and as of today's date, have had no cooperation from either company. *ak( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 35mph on highway and front tire started to wobble and shake. Left driver's side tire tread had separated from the rim. The firestone #atx.
Accident occurred on june 7, 1997 approximately 10 miles south of montgomery, al. My wife was driving the vehicle and I trailed her in my explorer. The tire on the right rear of her explorer separated and caused the vehicle to spin and then leave the highway. It overturned as it slid down an incline. The vehicle then flipped right side up and slid into a fence post. The tire never deflated, but all of the steel belt was gone. The vehicle was totalled by southern united fire insurance company. It was replaced by a 1997 ford explorer.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
Brand new car. Tread separated and came off before second tank of gas ever used in car. Fortunately it was a rear tire. Wife driving on I-17 with infant in car seat. Firestone dealer was a jerk. Claimed my wife had run over something. Salesman we bought car from intervened and got us a new tire. Tires wore unevenly on that explorer and had to be replaced at 35,000 or so in spite of conscientious rotation. Replacement tires made 55,000 with no rotation - they were pathfinder radial atrs. Bought new explorer in nov, 1997. Tires on it were firestone wilderness. They wore unevenly, dished out, and I had to replace them a year ago at 33,000 miles. One had partially separated tread when we took them off. We bought michelins. On both explorers, we bought replacement tires from reputable dealers. At time of replacement, both those dealers carried firestone wilderness atrs. I don't think either dealer would have stocked bad tires, although clearly the original tires furnished on both explorers were awful tires. I hope that you folks are checking into the possibility that two different tires were made under the same name - a cheap one for the ford original equipment monopoly and a better one for the replacement tire market where there was true competition.( dot number: tire size: 15 inch )
Purchased vehicle was 1 yr old with 12000 miles. The tires on the vehicle lasted until 95000 miles was on the vehicle. At 95000 miles the front left tire (firestone fr680; p225/70r15 m+s)warped (the belts separated). I was pleased the the lifetime of the tires; therefore, I replaced them with the same tires. At 152,000 miles, the right front tire warped (belt separation). I replaced that tire (dot hyuu f6a 047)today (1 sep 2000). Has anyone else had any problems with these tires? They were not part of the recall; therefore, no reimbursement was applicable.( dot number: hyuuf6a047 tire size: p225/70r15 )
While picking up speed from a high clearance dirt road to a 2 lane paved road consumer felt the car vibraing intensly slowed down,pulled over and noticed that the passenger side rear firestone atx (p235/75r15) tire completely shredded with the tread pulled away completely. Nlm
Tread separation at 6 pm east of davis ca on I 80 caused damage to wheel well and left rear quarter pannel.son who was going 60mph in slow lane was able to maintain control.( dot number: unknown tire size: p235/75r15 )
A 1.5ft piece of tread separated from the tire as I was driving on I 5 north of los angeles. This separation caused a loud pounding. I was able to reach the right side of the freeway and I investigated the cause of the noise. The left rear tire was still inflated and the 1.5 ft tread that still attached to the tire was about 4 to 5 inches wide. By the time I was able to stop, the piece of tread had damaged to rear quarter panal and molding and also knocked off the mud guard. Even though the tires had 58000 miles of use, there was plenty of tread left for same driving.( dot number: w2uu imx tire size: p225/70r15 )
June 13th, 200, was traveling eastbound on 202 freeway in mesa, az, at 1:15 pm when tread separated from tire. Tread damaged muffler, rear qtr panel, tailgate, and bumper, then wrapped around wheel well. My daughter was a passenger in the vehicle. Called aaa to change tire, then went and bought 4 new michelin tires, as this was the 2nd time this happened in the past 2 yrs. Filed claim with firestone, claim #021657. Was reimbursed for damages, tire shipment, and one new tire. Intend to file claim for reimbursement of the other 3 new tires I bought, plus rental car reimbursement for the 4 days it needs to be in for repairs. Repairs are scheduled for tuesday, aug. 29th, so if you want to assess damage prior to repairs, please contact me no later than monday, aug. 28th. Still have spare atx tire. On june 29th (or 28th), 1998, I was traveling eastbound on mcdowell rd. East of higley rd. In mesa, az, around noon, when tread separated from tire. Bent muffler into right rear tire, damaged rear qtr panel and bumper. Filed claim with firestone. I am still looking for my paperwork for that claim. I was reimbursed for damages, shipment of tire, and prorated cost of old tire. I have photos of my vehicle for both of these claims, as these were required by firestone. Once again, if you would like me to hold off on repairs, please advise by monday, aug. 28th. I feel that firestone has known about this problem for quite sometime, and feel very lucky that no serious injuries were inflicted as a result of these defective tires. Feel free to contact me anytime.( dot number: vhdl1pb474 tire size: p23575-r15 )
New vehicle w/firestone p235 owl all-terrain tires (upgraded option $228.00) in aug, 1992. By sept, 1996, had replaced 3 orig tires (50,000 mi warranty). 4th orig tire failed oct 18, 1996 & replaced 1 orig & 3 replacement (firestone radl atx ii 237575r15) w/firestone wilderness at 23575r15xl. Hwy blowout of 23575r15xl in aug, 1999. All new tires show 3-4" cracking on sidewall( dot number: tire size: 23575r15xl )
Tread seperation and side wall bulging out.( dot number: tire size: 235r75/15 )
Tire blew out and shredded into one long strip of rubber. That tire and all tires were and are pressurized to exactly 30psi.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
We have a police report and an engineer's report detailing the failure of the tire. The failure caused a rollover accident resulting in a spinal fusion for the other occupant, brad west, who was driving the vehicle with myself as passenger. Firestone was contacted and a lengthy arbitration process resulted in them settling with us out of court. They contended that the incident was an isolated one. As we see now, that is not the truth. We will be happy to forward the reports in this case to help in any proceedings against firestone.( dot number: 1pb 355 tire size: p235/75r15 )
Right rear tire delaminated on i95 southbound at around 3 pm. Vehicle had been driver for several hours.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r )
I was travelling on I-75 at the tennessee/georgia border at 75 MPH when my right rear tire had a blowout. I kept control of the vehicle and when got out and inspected the situation, I was suprised to see that I still had my air but lost half of my tread on the tire. I went to a firestone dealer in atlanta and purchased 2 new tires. This tire had approximately 45,000 miles on it. I do rotate my tires every 8 - 10,000 miles. The 2 new tires I received were the same kind which is those that are being recalled. I haven't had my tires replaced yet since the recall and plan to do so soon. My question is who do I contact in regards to a claim for the damage that was done to my vehicle? I also trust that these firestone dealers across the country did not know about the problems with these tires in june nor the fact that your agency had initiated an investigation.please call. I do have 3 pictures of my treadless tire and the receipts from the dealer in atlanta. Thank you( dot number: any tire size: p235/75r15 )
My son had a blow out while traveling home from virginia. First the passenger side rear loss the tread and damaged the rear quarter panel. After having a tow truck replace the tire with the spare he had another blow out lossing the tread on the driver side rear causing damage to that side quarter panel. He then need to be towed to a tire dealer to replace the tire since the spare was anready used. This occured within about 200 miles of each other. The final incident occured near jupiter fl.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
Tire came apart while driving at low rate of speed damage the front fender and all of the fender housing area messing up the wheel coused it to be out of round.( dot number: tire size: 235/75/r15 )
These tires have dot code 8xhl and one tire was replaced prior to the recall due to excessive vibration at 65mph. I just replaced all 4 firestone atx tires with the newer wilderness ats. Also, replaced all shocks. After repeated visits back to the repair shop, they decided to begin replacing tires at no cost to me. The car still vibrates at 65mph. The repair shop has checked balancing multiple times, checked the u joints and still can only come up with tire defects as the reason. I hope that this defect information does get attention even though these tires are not dot vdhl. I hope it won't wait until some deaths occur to get serious about 8xhl tires. My family does not have confidence in riding this vehicle placing an unnecessary financial burdern on us to buy new tires or don't use the vehicle and buy another. Our other vehicle is leased and we are now putting more miles on that due to the firestone problem and this will cause us to exceed mileage limits in our lease and thus cause an unnecessary out of pocket expense as well.( dot number: 8xhl tire size: p235/75/r1 )
The firestone atx tires p235/75r15 were on this explorer. While driving at 50 MPH front left tire blewout. There was major damage, it caused a side swipe of another vehicle. Tire manufacturer or ford have not been contacted. *ak the tire that failed was destroyed due to accident damage following the blow out.
I have had 2 blowouts on firestone tires in the past 2 months (one on 8/11/00) which damaged my car and put my life and others at risk. Firestone is refusing to replace my tires, and they will not fix the damage to my vehicle until after 30 days. *ak( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
I wanted to ensure that the death of my son and his girlfriend in a ford explorer, single vehicle accident involving blowout of the firsestone tire were included in the information you have on the investigation into the safety issue. Their names were jonathan riley and kacey crowe. They were killed when the ford explorer with firestone atx tires flipped after the right front tire blew out on november 1, 1996. The ford explorer had approx. 60,000 miles on it and the original firestone atx tires had recently been replaced with new firestone atx tires a few months before the accident. I would like to receive information on the status of the investigation.( dot number: )
In june of 1999 I was traveling down i15 when I heard my explorer making funny thumping noises. I pulled off at the next exit and parked my car. I didn't know what it was so I let the car sit for a while in case it was something in the engine, I also got out and looked at the tires. This same noise had happened to us less than a year ago while traveling down the highway in aug. Of 1998 with the driver's side rear tire. I did not see any bulge on any of the tires so I decided to proceed down the road and if the noise persisted I was going to pull off again and call my father to come and get me. I was not on the road for a mile when the passenger side rear tire blew and I "fish-tailed" for a while untill the tire wrapped around the axel which took me into the median where I rolled twice. The police did come to the site and I was not cited for the incident because there was no way to avoid the incident. We notified our insurance company and they sent out what they called a "tire expert". The insurance company told us that this tire expert informed them that there was no reason the tire should have blown. This car was totaled beyond repair, so we had to accept the fact that we have been without a car for over a year. Luckily we do have another car which we use to get to and from work. We also do have pictures of the tire and the vehicle after the accident. I unfortunately do not have the VIN # on me but probably could find it if I need it. Please keep me informed of any updated news or if you have any questions call me. Thank you -kristie heaton( dot number: )
I was traveling on the interstate when the tread on my tire peeled off. I was able to stop before I had a complete blow out.( dot number: w2hlimo212 tire size: p235-75-15 )
On june 11, 1999 I was driving on route 571 in jackson, new jersey when my car started to shake. I pulled over to the side of the road. I got out and looked at my passenger side rear tire and the entire tread was seperated from the tire. I called my road side assistance allstate and had them come change the tire. At that time I only thought of this as a blow out due to the fact that I was carrying a heavire then normal load in my trunk. Until the recall I did not realize what had actually happened to my tire. The read basically seperated from the tire it self. I had my spare tire put and I brought the car to sears who sold me another firestone atx tire. Currently, I am very upset that the new jersey recalls may not even happen for year. This is happening here to and it is a problem which needs to be corrected with no delays.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
While driving about 55 MPH left front tire had blownout, causing consumer to lose control. Then regained it and drove off the road. Firestone, size p235/75r15.
Vehicle northbound on I-17 when right rear tread separated from the tire causing the vehicle to veer off the road into the median enbankment. This impact caused the vehicle to roll, ejecting the driver.the passenger was also partially ejected. Both the driver and passenger sustained serious injuries. The passenger is still disabled and unable to work due to the injuries sustained, most significantly a closed head injury. Additional information, including photographs and medical records can be provided. *ak( dot number: )
I was driving on a highway going about 65. It was sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. The tread completely separated from the tire. The tire remained inflated. The incident damaged the underside of the front bumper, and dented the backside of the tire hull, so that the front driver's door and the front panel are not aligned properly. The separated tread also must have hit underneath the car and knocked off the muffler. Luckily no one was injured.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
After purchasing four new tires and all new shocks, the car would not ride smoothly at 60-65mph. With repeated return visits the mechanic tried rebalancing the tires, tried rotation and checked the u joints. Each time it still vibrated badly. Finally he beleived that the vibration was caused by a tire defect and he replaced 1 tire for free. This reduced the amount of vibration but has not eliminated it. We rely heavily on using this car for family purposes especially with the summer vacation time and weekly camping trips.( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
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