Firestone wilderness ht left driver tires with tire tread failure and blowout. Tires 2 years old and preventative maintainance performed on vehicle. Caused structural damage to my 1999 ford ranger supercab xlt rwd.
1999 Ford Ranger tires complaints
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Twice in the last six months, I have experienced a total sidewall failure on the michilen ltx a/t tire size 75/15. Both instances happened on an interstate and almost caused me to lose control of the pick-up I was driving.
There is 3 or 4 recalls on my ranger and I was never notified of any. With the tires I tried to do something and they told me there was nothing I could do because I changed the tires myself to something else before I even new they may be problems. I also own a 1998 ford escort and could not pull up that model can you tell me if there was any recalls on that one. Thank you.
The left rear tire tread separated which caused the tire to blow out. *jb.....
I bought a 1999 ford ranger on january 31 2003 which has the wilderness at. Tires . I took it to the local dealership they said it was my problem they no longer replace those tires ,could you please help they got really hateful said they gave customers a year to get this done ,but I just got the truck.
Consumer notified the dealer and said the tires are beginning to feather causing the tire to spin. Ts the tires spin and slip on any surface.
After having brake job done and tires rotated I was driving highway speed. Violent steering wheel jerking occurred. Pulled over and called auto repair service who had just worked on vehicle to come inspect. He says nothing they did wrong, belts in tire appear to be separating. Not believing, took vehicle to 3rd party who said same thing. Original equipment on 1999 for ranger pick up. Ford says contact firestone. Firestone says that probably isn't what it is but will sell me new firestones with pro-rate for usage. Thanks, but no thanks. Dt
Consumer received recall notice to replace firestone wilderness at tires. Consumer had tires replaced at local firestone merchant with bridgestone wilderness at 15 inch tires. Soon after, consumer received another recall notice stating that the bridgestone tires were also insufficient and needed to be replaced. However, dealership refused to replace bridgestone wilderness at tires that were replaced by firestone because the tires were part of the firestone recall. Consumer is seeking authorization from dealership to have tires replaced.
For 3 days in a row I have had all 4 tires and the spare tires, making that 5 tires all together disintegrate. These were the wilderness ht size 14 from firestone. Neither ford nor firestone want to be responsible. The steel belts have completely come through the tire and I have cracks and gouges in all 5 tires. Noone wants to replace them because they are not part of the recall. I would like to know what the size of the tire has to do with it. Obviously the way the tire is made is the problem. If they have to recall any of them than obviously the problem is with firestone. They should step up to the plate and take responsibility instead of trying to blame the consumer for their failures.
I just discovered that my 1999 ford ranger 4x4 off-road pickup, which was factory equipped with 16" tires, has a 15" spare. The engineers at ford have decided that mismatching tire sizes poses no adverse driving conditions for consumers. I feel that emergency handling with a 15" spare mounted on the front of my vehicle would be a challenge and potentially dangerous. I doubt that any tire manufacturers would recommend or support this practice. What did the dealership or ford motor company do when I brought this matter to their attention, you ask? Absolutely nothing! It would be very interesting to see the results from some independent test conducted by a consumer group or from any tests that ford may have performed. Could this be another recall in the making? I hope so, as I think that under certain conditions, driving a vehicle in this configuration could be very dangerous! This is not limited to the 1999 model year. Ford has done this on the 2000, 2001 and is still doing it on their 2002 rangers equipped with 16 tires. Apparently ford has no problem aggressively marketing and upgrading the standard 15 tires to optional 16 tires. They just dont see any need to upgrade the spare. I strongly disagree with fords attitude, as I see a real problem with driving mismatched tires even temporarily, and especially on the front of my vehicle. (tiresize: p235/75r15)
Both times the tires just blew out on the highway. The 1st time it caused me to lose control and crash thru a chain link fence. The second time I spun around three times on the highway but no damage happened. I have called firestone and they will not help. They told me that it was a problem with the truck and ford says it is a problem with the tires. The tires before they blow will start thumping and within seconds they fall apart. *ak (tiresize: p225/70/r1)
All four tires had tread separation.
Pe00 020; all four tires had to be replaced. Firestone wilderness, ht tires.
While traveling 60-65mph on highway firestone, wilderness ht tires, size p225r70r15, dotw2uu1p0, original equipment with twenty-two thousand miles on them experienced a tread separation, dealer has been contatced but refuses to reimburse for damage and tires to vehicle. *ak
The front right tire blew out while driving on an interstate. An accident didn't occur, luckily I was able to get off the road without injury. The tire blew out on the side, not on the tread. My ford dealer would not cover the charge of a new tire and refused to hear my concerns. I am concerned because of the firestone wilderness tire problems that have been ongoing and want to make my incident known. I still have the tire for evidence.*ak (tiresize: p22570r15)
Pe00 0200; left rear tire tread was beginning to separate. Tire was firestone,wilderness ht, 1p2049#w2kc. There was no incident, and firestone was not notified.*ak tire size was p205/75r14, consumer replaced all tires, the failed tire had a tread depth of 3/32 inch compared to 7/32 inch.
I was driving my ford ranger xlt 1999 pickup on a four lane road on 28 july 2001. The road was dry and air temperature was about 80 degrees farenheit. I was traveling at approximately 60 miles an hour when my passenger rear tire blewout. The whole tread separated rom the sidewalls. I took the tire to the firestone dealer and the employee didn't think it was a big issue and offered a replacement for $50. Although this tire isn't one of the recalled ones, I feel that the failure I experienced is similar to the wilderness at failures. My concern is that these tires aren't safe. I replace all the tires on my pickup at my expense. Fortunately, in this case the road traffic was light and I was able to coast to a stop withou applyin the brakes. The situation might have been differnent had the blowout occured five minutes later when I would have been on interstate 95 driving 70 miles per hour on a crowed road. I am submitting this report because there might be problem with this model of tires. I don't think the firestone dealership did their job and weren't interested in any of the details. Dan pietz. *ak (dot number: w2uuipo 10 tiresize: p225/70r15)
Driving on I-17 nb north of carefree hwy at 75 MPH. Tire made a high pitched noise, which sounded like wind buffeting the truck bed. This lasted for about 10 seconds and then the right rear tire exploded and we were immediately driving on the rim. The entire sidewall separated from the tread. I had previously tried to get the dealer to replace the tires because of excessive vibration at high speed. It felt like the steel belts had separated. They offered to sell me new tires, but refused to replace these. Unable to afford new tires I continued to drive with these. I have several pictures of the failed tire.*ak (dot number: w2uu tiresize: p225/70r15)
Sidewall separation typical of other recalled tires. Please recall these asap. *ak (tiresize: 225/70r/15)
I have reported this problem to for. They even replaced my tires. Now the new tires are cupping. I have not had the extreme vibrations after my truck was reapaired from the acciedent. *ak( dot number: )
Dealer/manufacturer will not reimburse cost of tires since they were replaced prior to 8/1/2000. If they had not blownout they would have been covered. Unfair arbitrary cutoff date of 8/1/2000. All tires are covered if still on vehicle yet not covered if off the vehicle. *ak (tiresize: p245r75x16)( dot number: tire size: p245r75x16 )
While traveling 70mph vehicle started to pull to right and vibrated just before front right tire blewout. Stopped vehicle and checked tire. Notice entire sidewall was busted around where it meets the tread, which was still was intact. *ak firestone wilderness ht, p225/70r15 100s, dot number w2uu1p0478,
The consumer had requested the firestone tire company for refund of four defective tires which are on recall p235/75r15, but firestone has not reimbursed consumer yet. (attorney for client)
While driving after having stopped at a red light less than 5 MPH when consumer heard a noise coming from right front tire. Ford, ranger ,1999, p-225/70r15. *ak consumer states one side ot tire came completely off of rim, the rim became bent.(dot w2uu1p0119) firestone wilderness ht consumer had tire replaced by firestone and they kept the tire.
Consumer received recall notification (00t005000), when consumer tried to get replacement tires from the local ford dealer he was told to go to a tire shop, consumer was then told at the tire shop he would have to pay for the tires and then get reimbursed, consumer states he can't afford to pay for the tires so he is still driving the vehicle with the recalled tires.
On may 1,2001 I noticed tread separation on all four tires. Itook the vehicle to roberts tire and recapping at 1210 w. State street bristol tenn. A firestone dealer. They checked the tires and stated they could not gurantee that I would get home without tire separation. They said there was no recall and would only prorate the tires. I called firestone customer service and they said there was no recall. I replaced the tires with a set of michelin from sam sneed tire in bristol tenn. I still had approx 40 percent tread left on the firestone tires. I believe the 16 inch wilderness tires will fail as the 15 inch have. *ak (tiresize: p245/75r16)( dot number: tire size: p245/75r16 )
When rotating the tires on our pickup, we noticed cracks/splits on the sidewalls of three of the tires. These tires continue to lose air pressure. We believe this is due to the cracks/splits in the sidewalls. We visited a firestone dealer, who claims the tires are not defective, and will not replace them. *ak (dot number: vd70 tiresize: p245/75r16)
Left front tire went suddenly flat. Did not shread. Upon close look found small cuts or separations inthis flat tire and also in all three of the other tires .felt all should be replaced as I did not trust them. Firestone had no interest in talking to me. *ak (tiresize: p245r16)( dot number: tire size: p245r16 )
Tire was original equipment on a 1999 ,ford ranger, tire size p245/75r16, dot number not available, tires had 35 thousand miles on them. Upon inspection of vehicle, inspector noticed all four tires were developing cracks on outer edge. Also, tread was separating on outter edge. All four tires were replaced with bridgestone. *ak dot number for the firestone wilderness at tires is w2701rf.
Right rear tire blew, ripped the tire, I managed to stop without injury. Are these tires under the recall?*ak (tiresize: 15)( dot number: tire size: 15 )
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