Front driver's side tire blewout at end of tread and sidewall with size about 3 inches. Also, on may 8, 2001, rear driver's side tire blewout. Dealer advised that tires blewout due to aluminum rims.*ak
2000 Ford Focus tires complaints
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This spring my daughter had two tires blow with sidewall problems. The first time, she hit a pothole going about 25 MPH and the sidewall went out. She replaced this tire. Then about one month later, she was driving on an interstate highway. She had passed two trucks and went back into her lane when something did not feel right. By the time she could slow down and stop, the tread of the tire came off in a large circle and dented the side of her car. The wheel was also damaged. She claims that she did not hit anything. There is no damage to the tread of the tire to indicate that she did. However, the sidewall was shredded. Now we are concerned about the tires. I did not see the first tire, however, she said that the sidewall had a huge hole in and the tire could not be repaired. Have there been other reports of problems with these tires? On the other hand, after seeing the damage done to the tire, we feel that the ford focus handled very well, allowing her to get off the road safely and avoid an accident.*ak( dot number: )
Brake system has had shoes/bearings/ drums replaced due to overheating of wheel. Rear drive's side tire is becoming too hot to touch after normal operation of vehicle. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Tire went flat. Consumer took it to dealer, and dealer could not find hole. They replaced front tires 4 months later, another hole in tires, was flat and couldnt find leak. Dealer blamed problem on brakes. Consumer went to indepentent shop found out tires were warped. Consumer went back to dealer, and removed tires. Took care of warping problem. Please provide further information.
Rear tires have been replaced four times with 60000 mile tires and it is eating the tires in less than 20000 miles. The rear of the car is vibrating and bouncing at all speeds but is worst at 55 to 65 MPH. I have tried to get it fixed several times and the dealerships keep saying it is the alignment. Alignment has been corrected and verified several times with no result. All recall work to date has been completed by dealerships.
Tires wore out and started to separate at this milage, dealer won't help , also wheel bearing replaced due to failures. Dealer and ford accept no responsiblity for defective equip. Bearing noise noticed at 7k miles dealer finally replaced bearings at 23750 miles. Cust is going thru arbitration to lemon the car. Running into probs with this also ford won't take it back . 8 recalls is enough (tiresize: p19570r15)( dot number: tire size: p19570r15 )
Original tires on a ford, focus 2000, p20550r16 86h, dot # 0211314e4. Consumer took car in for a routine inspection, and they said that front passenger's tire had a big bubble. Consumer felt tire may separate.*ak the dealer indicated the bubble was caused by pothole, but replaced it because it was unsafe to drive the vehicle under that condition.
Consumer has had to replace all 4 (firehawk gta 195r6015) tires due no tread being left, tires also began to wobble and would cause vehicle to dart back and forth, consumer did try having tires rotated and rebalanced but still did not solve wobbling problem.
The rear passenger side tire blew out while driving causing damage to the vehicle (firestone tire). Nlm
Consumer was in an automobile accident, car was towed into dealership where she was advised that tires did not cause accident and there was nothing wrong with the brakes, two weeks later consumer went to another mechanic and was told that tires were bald and there was metal coming out of them, also rotors were cracked and had pieces missing out of them, so rotors and all brake pads had to be replaced.
Faulty brakes caused the vehicle to shake while braking. Nlm
T304579 cgw 74mmc e13 027430, where lettering "rsa" appears, 8 inches to left as looking at tire, and 4 inches to right before beginning of the word "goodyear" where area of wording goodyear is imprinted, down to almost area where tire strikes the ground, a bubble has appeared outwards, approximate size is 2 1/2 inches, outside is area of 1/4 top of golf ball size protrusion. Area is visible with no apparent damage to rim nor tire. Definite defect in this tire! If protrusion continues, it will grow outwards from the tire, and soon will be in an area underneath where tire strikes the ground! *ak (dot number: ??????? Tiresize: p195 60r15)
Firestone firehawk tires (p195 60 r15) failed.
Vehicle pulls to the right and is making noise, the consumer feels it isn't the tires due to having rotations and alignments done, the problems could possibly be a suspension problem, tires replaced however the make/model of the tires were not provided.
Pe00020, original equipment on 2000 ford focus, tire size p19560r15 and dot # v6v91rr859. Front passenger's tire tread came off completely which may have caused a crash. Firestone was not willing to assist consumer because itwas not part of the recall. * ak the customer replaced all 4 tires at own expense.
Pe00020, tire tread separation: while driving about 45 MPH tread on the driver's front firestone firehawk tire came off. Driver was able to control vehicle. Tire size p19560r15. Original tire equipment on a 2000, ford, focus. Tire mileage 9,000. Firestone and ford was contact about the tire. Please provide any further information.*ak
I have had the car for 2 months, it had 55 miles on it when I purchased it. I was going 25 miles down southern parkway and the tire blew out. What I mean to say is that the tire literally fell apart. I have pictures of this, it is something that needs to be seen to be believed.( dot number: de559p tire size: p125/60r15 )
Rear tires (no brand or size) are chopped, poor valve assembly.
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