2007 Ford Focus: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Dec 15, 2017 · Tires · 163,200 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford focus equipped with dextero touring dtr1 tires, size: 195/4/60/r15 (na). While driving 70 MPH, the front driver's tire inadvertently exploded. As a result, the contact lost control, but was able to maneuver the vehicle to safety. The contact placed the temporary spare tire on the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a tire center, but was not diagnosed. The tire was replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist because there was no warranty or road hazard insurance purchased. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 163,200 and the tire failure mileage was 163,000.

Filed Oct 2, 2014 · Airbags, Body · 117,000 miles · VA · crash · 1 injury

Front left tire blew causing to loose control of the car it went off road and slammed into a ditch. Front bumper and quarter panel damage, front axle broke, rims dented, suspension needs to be replaced to name a few. Almost 5000.00 in damage. Person jerked forward enough to have cuts in the chest/shoulder by the seat belt yet the airbag did not deploy.

Filed Sep 16, 2010 · Tires · MN

I have had to replace the tires on my ford focus three times in 55,000. Miles. The dealer says that focuses "eat tires" and that I have to rotate every oil change. That doesn't even help. I just keep buying tires to be safe. Someone without resources to buy new tires could have a blow out on the road and it would be the ford explorer issue all over again. I searched the web and there are many, many other focus owners with the same problem.

Filed Jun 16, 2009 · Airbags, Tires · 32,000 miles · NC · crash · 2 injuries

On june 13, 2009, my husband, my 16 month old son and I were driving on i95 s from north carolina to south carolina when my rear left tire blew out. This sent us fish tailing across all lanes and finally when the back of my car spun around into the shoulder, the car flipped onto the driver side, then onto the top of the car, then finally landing back upright. Not during any time did the airbags deploy on any side of my car.

Filed Mar 5, 2009 · Tires · 40,000 miles · MI

I recently had my 2007 ford focus in for an oil change and the automotive company told me I would need to replace my tires. I have rotated my tires every other oil change to ensure proper wear and even wear and also for safety and maintenance. I had approximately 40k miles at that time. I asked the automotive service company if pirelli warranties the tire and they said unfortunately not. I went to discount tire, they told me the tires need replacing and there is no warranty on the tire because it is an oem tire. Discount tire said pirelli makes that tire differently for the oem than the tire dealers. No warranty. I went to the ford dealer and the automotive technician said the tires need replacing and that the pirelli's have been, in his words, "junk". He said, "miss, if you think your tires are bad, you should see the cupping and awful wear and hazard on the f150 pick-ups and expeditions". I asked him if he told ford about this and he said no. I contacted ford and no one cares to return my concern. Pirelli told me flat out in an e-mail that the tire is not covered under any prorating and basically it is my problem. I could have a blow out or something happen due to poor manufacturing. This tire, the p6 is a safety threat. No one will listen, no one cares. I was shocked by pirelli's remark and I did not ask for a replacement, I was just thinking of some type of proration on a better tire. I also recommended to pirelli that they might want this set for their engineering teams to review and study. I am sending this complaint to the federal safety agency because I care enough about other people and wouldn't want anyone injured.

Filed Jul 10, 2008 · Tires · 5,040 miles · TX

I have now had two sidewall tire blowouts on pirelli p6 four season p205 50/16 black sidewalls on two different ford focus's in the past 8 months.