While driving front left tire separated and the left rear tire blew out. Size lt2252/r75, r16 m/s steeltex r4s original equipment.*ak this is a motorhome on a 1997 ford e super duty chassis.
1997 Ford Motor Home: tire blowout or tread separation
5 of the 13 complaints about the 1997 Ford Motor Home describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 38%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Tire blowout or tread separation by model year
What owners say
Original equipment on a 1997, ford, super duty, lt225/75r16 size, dot#: vdilixa386. Rear outside duel tire tread separated from inside while driving 45mph, causing minor damage to vehicle. Firestone will be notified.*ak
Traveling 55mph when front end began to bounce & shake. Pulled over & checked. Noticed the left front tire had a wide tread separation in tire. It was not flat. Took vehicle to tire retailer & had all six tires changed on the motorhome. Do not have the tires. Firestone, steel tex, radial lt22575r16 with 35,000 miles on a 1997 ford chassis.
Firestone steeltex radial p225 75 r16 experienced tread separation and cracking, causing damage to the lp gas line on motorhome.
The entire tread separated from the tire (looked like a retread). It was an inside tire on a dual wheel camper. We were not aware of the problem for about a 1/2 mile when the tire blew. When we stopped we looked back and saw the tread from the tire in the road. We were not able to retrieve the tire tread as we were both in our late 60's at the time. We had to wait several hours beside the road on a highway until help arrived. The original tire dealer that replaced the tire 31w truck tire center refused to give us any compensation for the tire because we did not have the tire tread on sept 7th. However, tire distributions systems incorporated, 1201 demonbreun, nashville, tn took the remaining portion of the tire when we were dissatisfied with the lack of adjustment by the other dealer. They did replace a tire only because we both two more new tire from them and we paid them for one. We have had to replace 3 tires in total for the one bad tire to get any adjustment. The adjustment claim number was 7753110 from tds. We are very concerned to drive our camper on the highway due to the recent recalls. We wanted to make sure this incident was reported.( dot number: vdil1xa416 tire size: 75r16m-s )
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1997 Ford Motor Home tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1997 Ford Motor Home?
5 of 13 owner complaints about the 1997 Ford Motor Home (38%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 2000.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 Ford Motor Home?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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