Both front shocks have leaked oil out, uneven tire wear, cracks inside bumper, headliner and other body joints shifting position, left radiator mount compressed badly. This is the second ranger I have seen this on today.
2000 Ford Ranger tires complaints
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While traveling at 70 MPH and without any indication consumer heard a loud noise, right side of vehicle dropped down to the rim , tire had a blowout. *ak the side wall of the right rear tire was completely detached due to factory defect. Tire size p225/70r15 and dot # hyuu1p0120.
Suffered tire failure while on vacation near gaylord mi. A nail had punctured tire, but the tread on the inside shreaded making repair impossible. Dealer called it a "road hazard" defect. I don't agree! Cost of new tire....$92.53. *ak( dot number: tire size: p225/70r15 )
Blow out occured while driving 55mph. No debris was found in tire and hole was too large to be repaired. Tire was replaced at my expense.( dot number: 109s tire size: p245/75r16 )
This ford ranger 2000 has wilderness/ht p225/70rx15 tires on it. Consumer has noticed dry cracks in the front left tire, just below the tread on the sidewall. Ford has been contacted.
While driving at 40 MPH two front wilderness/at p245/75r16 tires completely separated from rim, coming off the truck, and causing rollover. Ford and firestone have been contacted. *ak firestone wilderness at p245/75/r16
I received a letter from martin inglis, vp ford north america, stating my "2000 ranger was not affected by this recall". Today I had to change my left rear wilderness at p245/75r16- dot w270 as it was flat. When the spare was lowered down for the first time, I noticed it was a radial atx p235/75r15. On the back of mr. Inglis's letter of 8.17.00 it states all p235/75r15 tires were recalled. Perhaps, other ford owners who received that letter might want to check their spares. Obviously, one cannot rely on ford to supply accurate information..0( dot number: vdhl tire size: p235/75r15 )
My wife was driving 35 MPH in west branson, missouri on said date (090100). The tire had less than 7000 miles on it. The air temperature was 100+ degrees. The tire was properly inflated. No load was in the bed of truck. There was one passenger. The tire blew out and the rim of the tire was bent, too.( dot number: tire size: 225/70r15? )
Right rear tire. Center tread of tier came completle apart just like a retread. Made it to a firestone tire center.thank god it was a rear tire and not a front tire where all the wieght is.( dot number: w2uu1p0419 tire size: 222570r15 )
No damage done.tires are very unstable and cause truck to want to roll over when you have to break hard . Like someone pulling out in front of you or just hard breaking !!( dot number: ??? Tire size: p245/75r16 )
I have the 16" firestone tires not under recall, however it is important to note that after learning of the recall I checked the air pressure in the tires of my new vehicle cold. Right front at 34.5 psi, right rear at 33.5 psi,left front at 32.5 psi, and left rear at 32 psi. The tires should have been inflated to 30 psi. It would appear that ford does not control the inflation of the tires correctly.
While checking tires noticed cracks. Tires on this make/model were not under recall #p245/75r16. The tires were firestone radial atx.
I want all 5 tires replaced( dot number: )
Pe00020, original tires on a, ford ranger, 2000, firestone wilderness ht, 22570r15. All 4 tires are not completely round. This causes a vibration from the floor all the way to the steering wheel.*ak the dealer replaced firestone tires but all of them vibrated. The dealer then replaced tires with goodyear and the rest with dunlop tires and no vibration occured.
Firestone (p245/75r16) wilderness tire experienced a blowout on the right rear tire sidewall, the tire had 874 miles on it. Nlm
I was driving south on highway I-25 in colorado when all of a sudden, I heard a "weird" sound and my truck started to swing from one side of the road to the other. I managed to get it under control and put it on the side of the freeway. The tire was completely shredded. Firestone blamed it on me, said that I drove over a nail or something and that they wouldn't cover anything. It was clearly visible that the thread had seperated, all around. I had lost my confidence in the tires since one other tire showed marks on the side and I bought bridgestone tires. After a long discussion, they agreed to refund me for one tire.( dot number: )
All four tires since purchase have problems holding air. No warning was given, the passenger side rear tire simply exploded (sidewall blow out) while driving on highway at approx. 50mph.( dot number: tire size: p225/70r15 )
When the tire blew out, it left a big hole on the inside of the tire, and part of the tread was gone( dot number: tire size: 1 )
Pe-00-020; original equipment on a ford, ranger 2000, firestone wilderness at tire size p245/75r16, dot number w2701rf419. Consumer noted all four tires have developed cracks around the sidewall and across the tread area. *ak
Called the number above last week, still have not received a form from the federal safety agency. Ford nor firestone are willing to do anthing about replacing these defective tires. They should be added to the recall.( dot number: w2uu tire size: 225/70r 15 )
While traveling in a residential area, the right front passenger tire blew out, the blowout pushed me into the curb and caused major damage to the suspension. After having the truck towed to the ford dealer, I was told that I had to of hit something to cause the blowout. I hit the curb after the blowout occured. My insurance company paid for repairs under comprehensive insurance with a $250.00 deductible. I believe all the tires should be replaced and I should have priority since this incident happened, and I should be re-imbursed my deductible, along with my insurance company being re-imbursed( dot number: )
While traveling in a residential area, the right front passenger tire blew out, the blowout pushed me into the curb and caused major damage to the suspension. After having the truck towed to the ford dealer, I was told that I had to of hit something to cause the blowout. I hit the curb after the blowout occured. My insurance company paid for repairs under comprehensive insurance with a $250.00 deductible. I believe all the tires should be replaced and I should have priority since this incident happened, and I should be re-imbursed my deductible, along with my insurance company being re-imbursed( dot number: )
I was driving on the freeway when I heard a loud "boom" on the rear of my truck. I had not hit anything. I pulled off the freeway and discovered my tire had blown out. Upon inspecting the tire, I noticed a 1 inch rupture in the center of tire between the treads. I'm lucky this rupture was not bigger. I have under 7000 miles on these tires and quite frankly I'm afraid to drive on them. I think the recall should be expanded to include these tires as well. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do. Thank you for your help.( dot number: tire size: 225/70/15 )
Firestone wilderness ht tire p22570r15 on a 2000 ranger . *ak one tire failed, another tire is beginning to split down the center of the tread. Dot #w2uu.
Tires failed, vehicle swerved to the side of the road and hit a sign resulting in damage to the vehicle (firestone wilderness p245/75r16). Nlm
30842urbm09523-3 one tire split down the center of treads during driving (20,000 miles) others tires are beginning to split down the center of the treads. Currently 25,000 miles. Ford inspected them, would not replace, still have to contact firestone.( dot number: 027476 tire size: p225/70r 1 )
While driving I noticed that my truck was pulling to the right all of a sudden. Upon inspecting the right front I found the r front tire flat. After changing the tire I noticed that the tread looked like it was starting to come apart. I returned the tire to the dealer since it only had 900 miles on it and was informed that tires are not covered bywarranty.I purchassed a new tire and contacted firestone via telephone. I was told that there was nothing that they could do, but after fighting with the rep. She put me on hold and when she came back she said "that for costumer satifaction they would send me a chack for half the cost less taxes after they recive a copy of the bill". I faxed them a copy and recived a check for $47.00 in a few weeks. In my phone convercation I stressed that it looked like the tread was comming part but they denied it and that was the end. Now the news hits that they have known about this problem and still refuse to admit it. I have unsafe tires and will as soon as possible purchass new one and seek to file a lawsuit on this matter.( dot number: tire size: p245/75r16 )
Firestone wilderness tire experienced tread separation, vibration also occurs with tires between 30 and 40 MPH.
Firestone wilderness at tire p215/75r15 experienced tread separation, the tread wrapped around the axle causing a crash and damage to vehicle, ford and firestone have been unresponsivel to consumer.
Consumer concerned with the possibility of firestone wilderness (p22570715)tire failure since he takes trips often. Nlm
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