Tl* the contact owns a 1999 mercury mountaineer equipped with cooper discoverer h/t tires, size: p265/75r15. While driving approximately 70 MPH, a loud banging noise came from the rear of the vehicle. After stopping to inspect the vehicle, it was discovered that the rear driver side tire had experienced tread separation, which also caused damage to the rear body panel of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN and tire failure mileage were unknown. The vehicle failure mileage was 180,000.
1999 Mercury Mountaineer: tire blowout or tread separation
19 of the 151 complaints about the 1999 Mercury Mountaineer describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 19
- of this car's complaints
- 13%
- typical mileage
- 88,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 4 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Tire blowout or tread separation by model year
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 mercury mountaineer. The vehicle was equipped with goodyear wrangler tires, line size: p235/75/r15, dot number: rtn-st235-75-15105s. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the front passenger side tire blew. The contact lost control of vehicle and drove into the woods, crashing into several trees. The contact received injuries to the ribs, head, back and shoulders. The police department was called to the scene and a police report was filed (south carolina police report number: 40-8691422). The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure and current mileage was 80,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 mercury mountaineer. The vehicle has firestone steeltex a/t tires. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle began to swerve from side to side. The driver pulled onto the side of the road and discovered that the rear passenger tire had tread separation. The tire size was unknown. The current mileage was 102,172 and failure mileage was 102,162.
1999 mercury mountaineer tire blow out occurred while driving at 70 MPH.***no answer required***. *mr *jb the consumer was told the rotors were out of round.
While driving at 65 MPH, the rear driver side tire tread separated, which caused the vehicle to spin out of control. *ak the tire remained fully inflated when the tread separated. *sc
On friday, october 22, 2004, I was driving on the taconic state parkway by pudding street in new york, my driver's side front tire exploded out of nowhere. There was no absolutely no hazards on the roadway and it was a smooth road surface. All my goodyear wrangler rts tires were not more than one month old. Goodyear and sears will not honor the warranty saying that I went over something on the road which is absolutely false. Sears found a crack in the tread, buts says it is not covered under the goodyear warranty. These tires are dangerous for the coonsumer.
While driving at 75 MPH high speed, the right tire experienced a blow out. *mr. The consumer stated the tires were replacement tires.
The consumers vehicle was originally equipped with recall firestone wilderness tires which were replaced at 30k miles. The tires were replaced with goodyear wrangler ht tires. With 38k miles on the tire,the rear passenger side tire blew out while driving 75 MPH. The consumer proceeded to change the tire when he noticed that the jack points were located where the tire had bunched up. Once the consumer found a suitable jack point the jack did not adequately raise the vehicle. *mr *scc
My job requires me to be on the road in all the southern states 6 days a week, in hot interstate travel conditions. All four of my tires were manufactured in the wilson nc plant, which has been proven by numerous investigations that these tires have caused many fatal accidents by tire tread separation. I must tell you that I feel very "unsafe" and uneasy every time I get in my automobile. This is a very uneasy feeling. I would like to replace all of the tires and the spare, with another tire from another manufacturer. I feel this cost should be covered by firestone, since they made the faulty tires in the first place.*ak (tiresize: p235/75r15)( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
Firestone wilderness at tires, p23575r15, dot vdhl1p1323 were showing signs of tread separation, all 4 tires were cracked around the sidewalls, firestone denied refund request because this particular tire is not on recall.
While driving about 65 mp right front tire had a blowout. Then, consumer replaced all four tires. P235/75r15, dot w2, mercury, mountanier, 1999. *ak the tire blew out on a new vehicle with only 4000 miles. Firestone refused to refund the customer for replacement tire.
Firestone wilderness at tires have visible cracks in the sidewall of all four tires, on one occasion a tire blew bouncing the rear of the car off the ground so hard that the dash lights, cd player and electronic monitor shut down completely. Nlm
Service bulletins that may apply
- Owner notification program supplement 7 revised information - regarding replacement of wilderness at tires
- Information on maintaining tire pressure
- Subject regarding revolutions per mile tire size data
- Information on setting the tire inflation pressure for 1991 through 1999 model year vehicles in the...
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1999 Mercury Mountaineer tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1999 Mercury Mountaineer?
19 of 151 owner complaints about the 1999 Mercury Mountaineer (13%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
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There are 0 recalls and 4 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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