Received notice 00t005000/ manufacturer's recall 1704550 & contacted manufacturer. Was informed tires prior to notice & exchanged between 1/1/00 & 8/31/00 would not be done. Owner had tires exchanged prior to receiving notice & seeking reimbursement. Had problem with tires due to tread separation. Firestone atx, p235/75r15.
1995 Ford Ranger tires complaints
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Pe 00 020/tire tread separation: right rear tire experienced a blowout while traveling at 20 MPH with driver only in a 1995 ford, ranger, original equipment, p215/70r14, dot# unavailable. Please feel free to provide any further details. *ak
On 01/16/98 my 1995 ford ranger had a blowout and tread seperation at about 55 MPH ,no accident resulted. The tread seperated about 6 to 10 inches and the tire cord blew out a slitt about 3 to 4 inches in length. I still have the original ford ranger truck ,the original firestone tires and the supporting paperwok from the firestone shop that sold me a new firstone tire. I reported this to ford but got a form e mail reply saying thanks for the memories but not interested in the catistropic failure?and I am a ford stock holder! Call me for more info as I am also an aeronautical maintenance technition and know about tire failure modes.*ak (tiresize: p23560r15)( dot number: tire size: p23560r15 )
Tread separation blowout. Occurred after turning back on highway after doing about 50 miles off road. Almost immediately upon getting to freeway speed (75mph) tire failed. I felt with the recent info on p235 wilderness tire failures, I should report that same thing happened with the p265 wilderness provided as standard equipment on my ford ranger. (tiresize: p265/75r15)( dot number: tire size: p265/75r15 )
No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak (dot number: pjfc tiresize: p225/70r14)
Two tires with quarter size blister on each with steel protruding from each. There is approximately a 1/4" of tread. These blisters are not worn portions of the tires. They are protruding from otherwise aparently tires in good condition. Each blister is symetrically located to one and other on each tire. Only response from firestone was a canned response about their p235 recall. *ak( dot number: w29v ata tire size: p265/75r15 )
Firestone: older claim re-opened insured alleges accident caused by tire failure. Tire came off rim. (claim# 53-c110-288)
This consumer will send in information concerning tire tread separation.
Tires were blowouts. Jack was too small for the size of tires that came with the vehicle and could not withstand the weight and would not raise the truck high enough to change the tire. *ak( dot number: tire size: p26575r16 )
Tires fell apart= I bought new tires, also firestorne, I need them replaced asap!!!( dot number: tire size: p235 )
Consumer had found cracks on the four set of firestone wilderness at tires, size p265/75r15. *ak firestone wilderness at p265/75/r15
All four tires are seriously cracked at the tread area. Mechanic says that the vehical is fine that the steering problem is because of belt separation in the tires.( dot number: tire size: 265/75r15 )
I had a blow out june 2000. The blow out occurred on the driver's side front tire. The tire was a firestone wilderness ht, and for no apperent reason the tire just blow out. The tire had approximately 7000 miles on it. I bought the tire in nov. Of 1999.( dot number: tire size: p225/70r14 )
Had 4 new oem firestone tires put on when I bought the truck in may 97. In jan 98, ~3000 miles later, I drove 12 hrs from fla to chapel hill, nc with 2 @15 minute stops to gas up. Took I-95 and ran 70-80mph the whole time. When I left the hwy for the last time, truck braking was very bad. All over the road. I did not lose control only becausd the off ramp was very long near my house and I took a l o n g time to stop. Scary. Tire was destroyed. Looked like someone took a grinder to about 1/6th of the tire, along the outside edge. The steel belt had bits of metal sticking out of it, the tread near the hand sized hole had peeled off the inner tire (but was still attached on the inside 2" or so) . What a mess. Did I run over a land mine? I put it down as a fluke, but thought I shoudl report it now. *ak( dot number: tire size: p235/r1570 )
Identical problem with the firestone atx tire happened to us, where we heard a big sound while driving, almost lost control of the car where it almost flipped over but didn't as we were able to use all freeway lanes to regain control of the truck (there were no cars around us at that time). We pulled over and discovered a rear tire tread separated from the tire in a big way. *ak( dot number: tire size: p235/60r15 )
Spare tire is rubbng against the brake line, causing a hole, and resulting in loss of brakes.
When applying the brakes in the 4 wheel drive mode, the back brakes seem to grab quicker causing the brakes to lock on all 4 wheels. This causes the vehivcle to go in to a uncontrolled slide. This has happened numerous times on hills or even level ground in snowy conditions. When the vehicle is in 2 wheel drive, the brakes appear to act normal. But when in 4 wheel drive the brakes lock and pulse, there is no controlled deployment of the pads. The tires on the vehicle are the size that the manufacturer calls for, the only difference is that I use studded tires on the rear. As I stated there does not seem to be a problem in 2 wheel drive.( dot number: tire size: 205,70r-15 )
While driving (65) MPH on interstate, about 80% of the tread separated from the tire on the right rear, causing $2,100 dollars of damage to the wheel well and the side panel of truck. Driver was able to steer truck off the road safely. *ak tire was a firestone radial atx, size p235/75r15 m+s tubeless, dot # vnhl1mo090, tire had only been on vehicle about two weeks before failing, it was a spare and did cause damage to vehicle.
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