2001 ford f-250, tire tread separated and tire shredded, tore up rear fender. Speed was 45 MPH on asphalt, and air temp was 85f. This is firestone steeeltex a/t.lt265/75r16, load range e. Similar to the federal safety agency campaign 04t003000.
2001 Ford F-250 SD tires complaints
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Dt*: the contact stated while driving 65 MPH a noise was heard when the tread separated from the front driver side tire. The vehicle was maneuvered off the road where the tire was changed. The vehicle incurred minor damages. The dealer has not been alerted. Updated
While driving at approximately 60 MPH in my 2001 ford f250 super duty pick up truck, the truck started to vibrate. I shifted into neutral, thinking it might be a u-joint or driveline problem and the vibration got worse. I went back into drive and it settled down somewhat. I stopped and looked over the tires, u-joints (what I could see of them, the truck is 4-wheel drive) and other suspension components. I did not notice any lumps or bumps on any of the tires. I decided to return home, a distance of about 20 miles. Approximately 3 miles form home, the truck shook violently and then there was a loud "slapping" noise. I pulled over and saw that I had separated a tread from the right rear tire. I picked up the separated tread and drove home at about 25 MPH. I changed the tire at home. The tire was inflated to 55 psi and is still holding that pressure. The tire is a firestone steeltex radial a/t, lr e, dot number vdw8 txl 4400.
Dt*: the contact stated while the vehicle was parked, it was noticed there were chunks of rubber missing from the tread and the wires were exposed. This occurred on three of the four original tires at 48,000 miles. The tires were changed, but the dealership was unable to determine what caused this problem. Updated 10/2/2006 -
Firestone steeltex at tire 265/70/16 --complete tread separation. Nothing left but the steel belt; the tire did not blow out, all of the tread came off with only 29,000 miles on the tire which is the original tire on my ford 2001 f250. I was traveling at the posted speed limit of 70 MPH.
Threads on the rear cooper tire of my pickup truck came off the tire while driving on the expressway. The threads scattered all over the road and the cars and truck in back of me had to slow down to avoid the debris. The complete side of my pickup had to be replaced. This " load range e "tire still had all of the air in it when I changed it. I sent the tire back to cooper tire company at their expense along with pictures of the damage to my truck. Cooper inspected the tire and determined the air pressure had been low, apparently for some time, and denied my claim. This load range e tire has a maximum inflation of 80 psi. The firestone / bridgestone - ford court case apparently has given tire manufacturers a green light to manufacture defective tires and any problems associated with these tires are blamed on the consumer not keeping the tire pressure at maximum psi.
1. Driving 60 MPH down highway 290e near elgin, rear passenger tire tread came flying off. 2. Tire dented panel, scratched chrome and did other damage to truck. 3. I have personally purchased 4 new tires but have kept the damaged tire and the old tires.
Incident I was on a trip to point reyes this last weekend. On the way home I had a front tire delaminate while I was towing my 27 foot travel trailer. Fortunately no one injured and I was able to exit the freeway safely. The tire did not deflate until after it was removed. The vehicle sustain about $2,000 in damage. I have approximately forty six thousand miles on the tires. When looking at pictures of the tires of the firestone/ford recall this tire could looks be ones of the tires in the photos. 2001 f250 crew cab 4x4 short wheel base stock tire I bought the truck in october of 2000 new with these tires on it. Nomad 27?? Approximately 7700 lbs dry about two weeks ago I had a lady in a small honda civic with her small children run a red light in front of me. I was going about 45 miles per hour. I almost t boned her, I was fortunately able to swerve into on coming traffic (cars were in the slow lane) I swerve again and made an unexpected left turn. I had the truck lockup as hard could to stop, I was surprised as was wife that we did not hit the car. After that the front end felt off, I thought the alignment was off. I was planning on putting the truck in the shop for it's 45k checkup after our last planned camping trip of the year. On the trip I felt the alignment just did not feel right. On the way home on black point turn off hwy 37& hwy 80 on ramp we had a small car cut in front of us last minute to get on the freeway we had to lock up the rig, missed rear ending him by about 3??. The tire gave way about approximately 5-10 miles down the road. The reason for my email is if these tire are also defective, we did not get hurt but I do not want to see any one else get hurt. Thanks,
Subject of complaint: goodyear, trail mark m&s lt235/85r16 12/1160, dot pjcr c9kv 0703. Mileage on tire at time of blowout: 37580.4; min tread depth: 3/8"; even wear; no sidewall damage prior to blowout; inflated to dealer spec (checked inflation that am). Vehicle: ford f250 long bed, super duty truck. Tire purchased at and installed by ford dealership. Incident: passenger rear tire blow out rendered tire into 3 independent parts: inside and outside rims and tread. Driving uphill pulling small, dual-axle alpaca trailer (empty) at 55 MPH at approximately 3 pm pdt; maintained vehicle control, pulled to side of I-80 just west of reno, nv. California highway patrol responded with roadside assistance. Replaced remaining tires with toyo commercial tires, not taking any more chances with goodyear or ford dealership.
Tire tread separation: tire tread separated while towing 5th wheel trailer at 60 MPH. Tire located rear, passenger side of pickup truck. Tire inflated to correct pressure of 80 psi. Tire info: general grabber aw lt 235/85r16 load range e
Dt: contact has defective tires on her vehicle. The tire manufacturer is continental tire company of north america inc. The contact stated her tire had a bulge. Then in june of last year two of her tires had a bulge. She went to the dealer and he duplicated the wear on tires ,and put some brand new tires on her vehicle. The new tires was the same manufacturer. The contact also stated that on april 1st of this year the truck began to shake, and she saw that there was a bulde on her tires the contact was on a busy highway and she could not change the tires at the point so she was going to drive to a safe place to were she could change the tires while driving down the highway. The tire blew and damaged her vehicle. The dealer said that they would not replace the tires because her vehicle was no longer on warrenty. She contacted the tire manufactuer and they suggested to go through her insurance agency which is aaa. Her insurance agency sent a mechanical evaultor, and he said the tire was defective, and he said that it had tire thread seperation. The mechanical evalutor stated that 51 other people had filed a complaint about the same manufacturer of these tires. The contact has filed an complaint with ford dealer. As of right now the contact have four defective tires on her vehicle. The tire line is lt235/85r16.
Driving 2001 ford f250 4x4 on I-10 freeway at approximately 75 MPH. When the left front tire (firestone steeltex lt265/75r16e a/t) which failed due to tread separation. This failure of the tire resulted inloss of control of the vehicle and moderate damage to the vehicle. The tire had approx. 39,450 miles of use. There were no injuries or other property damage. All 4 tire have been replaced and I have possession on the damaged tire.
Vehicle was driving on the freeway and the front right separated and the belt came off, causing further damage to the vehicle. Firestone, steeltex, radial, lt265/75r16, dot#vnw81xl1701. Consumer shipped the damaged tires to firestone, and was asking for credit toward the purchase of 4 new tires. The manufacturer was not cooperating.
While driving on freeway my wife noticed a slight vibration from the rear of the truck (2001 ford f250) as she began to slow down and move to the shoulder the tire tread separated from the firestone steeltex a/t tire. The tread separation damaged the left side of the truck including the rear bumper.
On or about august 3rd, 2004, I had my original equipment tires, on my 2001 ford f250 truck rotated and balanced at a reputable front end service facility in redding, california, in preparation for a trip to san diego. The tires were firestone steeltex radial truck tires tires. All four tires were original equipment and had less than 35,000 miles. On interstate 5, 5 miles south of redding, my son was driving the vehicle and the right rear tire experienced tread separation approximately 60 miles per hour. The separation caused damage to my fender and paint. We put the spare tire on and continued the trip. When we reached elsinore, on interstate 15, the left front tire experienced tread separation, again at freeway speed. This time the exploding treads caused more severe damage (estimated at $4,500 excluding tire replacement). Two original equipment firestone truck tires, with less than 35,000 miles, experiencing violent and dangerous tread separation within less than 500 miles, under exactly the same conditions, under circumstances that might have produced fatal results. Fortunately the tires retained air, preventing the vehicle from rolling, firestone's warranty does not cover original equipment tires. Ford's warranty is good for three years or 36,000 miles, which ever comes first. My three years was up in may of this year. I was forced to buy $700 worth of tires prematurely and I now have $4,500 damage to my vehicle. Firestone has a dark history of producing dangerous tires subject to exactly the same kind of failure I experienced. Why hasn't something been done to correct these failures? Is there some compensation available from ford or firestone when these failures are clearly due to manufacturing defects and ford continues to contract for these defective tires?
Firestone steeltex 265 75 r16 tire tread seperated at highway speed. Tread left the tire body intact as an approximately 6 foot long piece. The remaining tire ply and body still held air though rolled rather out of control. The tire tread damaged the rear fender, tailpipe, spash guard and bed of my truck (approx $1400 damage). I still have the failed tire tread though the tire body was disposed of by the replacement tire dealer.
I was driving mid day in az in my f-250 xlt crew cab truck when I noticed a slight vibration. I changed lanes and it did not go away. I started to slow down when bam the tire blew. I got over to the shoulder of the road and inspected the tire. It did not lose air at all only the tread had delaminated from it. However the tread had torn up the side of my vehicle as well as the chrome nerf bars and the wheel wells themelf. I then made the decision to drive on the tire to the next stop thatwas only 4-5 miles ahead to change the tire in the shade and well away from heavy traffic. Once in tucson I did not drive the vehicle again until the return trip home. At approximately 60 miles from tucson another vibration occured. I slowed down and exited the interstate and inspected all four tires. They appeared normal and continued on my way when the right rear tire blew 2-3 miles later. The tire lost the tread too but also shredded it self and lost all air. I had to call a tow truck to be towed to phoenix. At this time there have been no repairs or corrections. The truck is under assessment by legal counsel and dealership estimates.
The consumer noticed a vibration in the front end. Then the tire exploded the consumer lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle nearly flipped, but the consumer was able to keep the vehicle upright. *ak *sc
As I was driving northbound on fm 730 in azle, texas, one of my lt265/75r16 (lre) firestone steeltex a/t tires failed and almost caused me to have an accident. The tire was on the drivers side rear position. I was traveling at 45 MPH when this happened. The tread came off of the casing causing damage to my vehicle. The tire did not deflate and maintained the proper pressure. All tires were immediately removed and replaced. The owner of m&d tire in springtown, texas, checked the air pressure before the tire was removed from the vehicle. This was witnessed by myself and another customer. There were no punctures and no heavy loads have ever been placed on this vehicle. The tread was recovered and measures 9/32 nds. The mileage on the vehicle (ford f250 p/u) at that time was 40,200. Firestone was contacted and wants me to send them the tire at my expense. M&d tire did replace all four tires. I do have the tire and tread at my home. I need to know if I should send the tire to firestone as they are requesting for my claim with their company?
While traveling on turnpike at 75 MPH left front tire tread separated on my steeltex a/t lt265/75r16 load range e tires causing my vehicle to immediately shift to the left across 2 lanes and almost hitting center median wall, caused $2900.00 damage to my vehicle.
Firestone tire failure with steeltex 265/75r16 tread peeled, damaged pickup truck replaced all 4 tires and spare due to safey concerns $1,087 and have $1,550 damage to truck that will be repaired soon.
On 6/12/03 I experienced complete tread separation on a firestone steeltex lt 265/75r16e tire while traveling northbound on I-75 near riverview, fl. The tire was mounted on the front left of my 2001 ford f250. As the tread separated it damaged the truck body around the wheel well, and caused me to momentarily lose control of the vehicle. Once I brought the vehicle to a stop, I discovered that the tire was still inflated, but that the tread had completely peeled off. The tire was original with the new vehicle, and had approximately 44650 miles on it. The tire was in good condition, with considerable tread life remaining. On 6/13/03 I delivered the truck to the body shop at brandon ford (9090 adamo dr., tampa) for repair. The estimate to repair damage to the front bumper, the left front fender, the left front door, and to blend paint onto the hood and rear door is $2353.72. This estimate does not include replacement of the decals or replacement of the tires. The service representative at brandon ford indicated that firestone may pay to repair damage caused by tread separation on one of their tires. *jb *sc
Tires coming apart.
Tire side walls coming apart.
Had two lt 265 75r16 (c rated) goodyear wrangler at/s replaced on my f 250 diesel crew cab 4x4 long bed on the rear because these were the wrong load rating stated in ford maintenance book. These were replaced with the same tire except they are now e rated. Once on the freeway and began lane changes or long sweeping turns I felt I had a flat. I was losing control of the truck. I immediately slowed down and looked for a place to turn off once off the over pass. I inspected the tires and there did not appear to be anything wrong with them. The following day I went back to the dealership that replaced the tire and a mechanic of theirs took it for a test drive. He too felt the truck lose its steerabilty. We went back to the shop and he visualy inspected the tires for pressure, security(lug nuts) etc. And discussed it with another individual(s). It was his/their oppinion that I may need to replace the front tire because they may not be gripping as well as the rear and taht it what I am feeling and I may also need an alignment. I agreed I would have these things done. However, if this does not resolve it they will not reimburse me for the added expense" it's just a starting point". I have discussed this with a few mechanics and tire specialist had they have no idea what could be causing this. I went on line to research the problem and found one other individual with a very simialar problem on epinions.com brianpeters. I don't know what is causing this problem. I do know that it happened immediatly after tires were replaced(never before) and that it is very scary thinking you are losing control of your steering.
Severe splitting of tire running around tire inbetween tread.
I bought my ford f250 in june 2003, I was driving 70 MPH through the desert in california with my daughter, dad, and mom when the truck jerked hard to the left; I was able to keep it on the highway by inches. After cleaning out my pants, we got out to see that the tread had come completely off and the tire was still inflated. I took it in to a firestone dealer who said there was nothing he could do to help me. I have replaced the two front tires($400) and would like to replace the back two--I have no faith in firestone tires after this. Will someone have to die before the idiots making these tires are held responsible.
Tread separation on a firestone lt 265/75r tire on a 2001 ford f250.
Firestone steeltex lt 265/75h16 tires. Tread separate for side wall while traveling at 65 MPH . Front right tire failed. Tire had 17,400 miles wear.
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