2003 Ford Focus: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Sep 30, 2015 · Tires · 124,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford focus equipped with firestone primewell pz900 tires, size: p205/50z/16 (na). While driving 65 MPH, the contact heard a roar and felt a vibration from the front passenger side of the vehicle. Upon examination of the tire, the contact noticed a large crack on the sidewall of the tire and replaced it with the spare tire. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and the tires were not replaced. The tires were replacement tires. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 124,000 and the tire failure mileage was 25,000.

Filed Nov 22, 2014 · Tires · OH

Sidewall of tire blew out. Tires are not even 2 months old. I have seen other complaints about the same issue. Douglas xtra trac ii 185/65/14.

Filed Dec 19, 2010 · Suspension · 150,100 miles · IL

I was turning and I heard a very loud snap! My car then began to pop extremely loud everytime I turned. It turned out to be a snapped front coil spring. This is very dangerous because the spring could very easily have ripped into the tire causing a "blow out" which leads to accidents in many occasions!! The more I talk about it, the more people who say they have had the same thing happened on their focus!

Filed Jul 7, 2010 · Electrical, Suspension · 00

July 2010 ignition is locked, key will not turn in ignition. It was happening every now and then but today, july 7, 2010, it will not turn at all even with tapping lightly on the end of the key and pulling the steering wheel down while turning the key nothing has yet to be done as I am still waiting for ford to decide if they want to pick it up! June 2010 driverside spring coil snapped - no letter to the owner of the ford models when the problem was a known safety issue and was covered under a warranty extended by ford (because they knew of the problem) june 2009 - driverside firehawk gta factory installed tire blew right off the steel rim, leaving the steel from the tire on the rim ... This happened in my driveway and not while I was driving the vehicle, thank goodness.

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Suspension · 21,500 miles · 00

The front passenger suspension spring snapped causing a blow out of the tire on my 03 ford focus, vehicle was taken to dealership who advised that the recall for this problem on this vehicle was no longer in effect as the vehicle was manufactured some 3 months after the close out of the re-call.

Filed Jan 21, 2005 · Locks, Tires · MT

Buy the car in livingston montana 09-28-2002 the VIN [xxx] the car had only like 20 miles we drove it off the lot. We went on vacation that summer we had a blow out on the rear driver side. We called the ford company in livingston ,montana we were in id so they said that they could not do any thing for us. We had to drive to the next town about 14 miles back . We got back we took it to ford company. The car was pulling to the left and shaking really bad and the trunk will not lock (it will not lock if we push the button ) we do not use the trunk still ,the clutch pops out them told us to double clutch and it ( still pops out went you back up sometimes). We took the car back to they ,them on 09-24-2003 they had the car for two weeks almost I have a listed of thing want was wrong an still wrong with the car ,we told them we want an new car but they still would not give us one or would not work with us , them said I'm sorry but we could not do that. I know you folks had a lot of trouble with the car but I can not do anything. I was mad an still we bought about four sets of tires for that car . The car was only has 48003 miles, we had many outs ,we had a back blow again in nov- 2004 . My wife will not drive it much because she is scared of it. It pulls you all over the road in the bad weather we lived in whitehall , montana very small town if we want to go shopping you have to drive 20 mins plus away, she waits on the weekends to take my car. She only drives the car to take our child to school which is a mile there and back. Please help us a get different car. That my wife will not be scared of. *nm updated 07/24/2012

Filed Apr 24, 2004 · Tires · 11,500 miles · MI

Continuous front end vibration. 1 tire blowout at 5,000 miles, another blew a belt at 14,000 miles. Firestone firehawk 205, 50 r16.

Filed Nov 12, 2003 · Tires · 3,100 miles · WV

While driving down the highway at 60 MPH the left front tire on my car suddenly blew out. It was a failure of the sidewall. The tire was a goodyear integrity size p185/65/r-14. The sudden blowout caused 900 dollars damage to my car and the dealer and tire manufacturer refused to pay.