1992 Ford Explorer complaints

PE00-020 , AFTERMARKET WITH 19,000 MILES TIRE SIZE P23575R15 , DOT #W2HL1PY456. CONSUMER WAS DRIVNG AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN TREAD ON REAR RIGHT TIRE STARTED TO COME APART WHICH LEAD TO SEPARATION OF TIRE. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE 3 TIMES PRIOR TO INCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE RECALL, AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL 4 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES WERE FINE. TEN DAYS LATER, TREAD SEPARATED.*AK *SLC

FIRESTONE ATX TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PANEL. *SLC

FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX STEEL BELTED RADIAL RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE(P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO SEVERAL PEOPLE. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SLC

FIRESTONE ATX TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND A BLOWOUT, FIRESTONE IS DENYING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

EXTREME VIBRATION OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. PROBLEM BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN SPEED IS 65 MPH OR WHEN TREAD IS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE #AT, P23575R15. FIRESTONE WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES AND IS REQUESTING A REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

PE00-020; WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE DID NOT LOSE AIR, AND CONSUMER COULD KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FORD, EXPLORER 1992 P235/75R15, DOT VNHL1M0192. *AK *SLC

CONGRESSMAN TOM CAMPBELL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL1MO192 TIRE SIZE: 235/75/R15 )

I'M NOT SURE THAT THE TIRE FAILURES ARE FIRESTONE'S FAULT. THE EXPLORERS ARE EXTREMELY POOR HANDLING VEHICLES AND VERY ABUSIVE TO TREAD/SIDEWALL. *AK

FIRST, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. THEN, THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. SAW THE TIRE TREAD IN REAR VIEW MIRROR, BUT THE TIRE NEVER WENT FLAT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *YH

A PIECE OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE FLEW OFF AT WHICH POINT THE TIRE WENT FLAT, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE (FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX II 235/75R15). NLM

VEHICLE JUST STALLED. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. REPLACED MODULE ASSEMBLY AND CRANK SENSOR. *AK

PAINT IS COMING OFF IN AREAS AND IT IS ONLY 8 Y/O, AND ALSO EVERY INSIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN OFF IN THE SAME MANNER ATLEAST A YEAR OR TWO AGO, SO SAYS THE PREVIOUS OWNER. BOTH PROBLEMS WERE OBVIOUS WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOOK VERY WELL CARE OF IT, I HONESTLY BELIEVE THE DOOR HANDLES WERE A BAD MAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE IT IS OBVIOUS THEY WOULD BREAK WITH TIME OR THE FIRST PULL OF THE HANDLE. THE PAINT SHOULD NOT BE DOING WHAT IT IS DOING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU MAY GIVE. SUZANNE BRANTLEY, CEPA

WAS DRIVING 65MPH WHEN RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL PIPE. WAS BARELY ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. TREAD HAD SEPARATED ON THE OUTSIDE & THEN WENT FLAT. HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED DUE TO CRACKS IN THE TREAD. FIRESTONE ,LT235/75R15 WITH 53,000 MILES ON IT.*AK

ON A TRIP HOME, I HAD A BLOWOUT ON ONE OF THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRES ON MY FORD EXPLORER. I WAS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH, WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED AND SEND US ON A WILD RIDE ACROSS THE INTERSTATE. WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SAFE STOP. I HAD THE TIRE REPLACE WITH THE SAME BRAND, SIZE, AND TYPE AFTER THE FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER ASSURED ME THAT THESE TIRES WERE SAFE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SEPARATION WAS DUE TO SPEED AND HIGHWAY HEAT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75/15 )

MY 16-YEAR-OLD SON, FROM THE HIGHWAY PATROL'S INVESTIGATION, WAS EITHER DISTRACTED OR FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND GENTLY EDGED OFF THE ROAD; HE DIDN'T SWERVE. TIRE TRACKS SHOW THAT AS HE CAME BACK ONTO THE ROAD, HE LOST CONTROL, THE CAR FLIPPED, AND HE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND DIED AS A RESULT OF SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SUV'S TEND TO FLIP WHEN CONTROL IS LOST. I SAW THE REPORT ON STUDYING LATER MODELS FOR FRONT STABILIZER BAR LINKS AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK FURTHER BACK TO 1992.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING, WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND CONSUMER WENT IMMEDIATELY TO A PARKING SPACE. TOOK TO DEALER , AND DEALER SAID MODULE NEAR THE BATTERY HAD DIRT IN IT. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO DUST IN CITY. DEALER PUT IN THE MODULE. CONSUMER SAID WHEN VEHICLE CUT OFF THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING/ BRAKES, EVERYTHING STOPPED. *AK THE OWNER IS SAYS THAT SUCH SENSITIVE PART SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLACED NEXT TO THE BATTERY IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *YH

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FIRESTONE ATX TIRES FOR 3-4 YEARS. MY EXPLORER WOULD STARTED VIBRATING AND I WOULD TAKE IT TO MY FIRESTONE DEALER IN HOUSTON. ONE THREE SEPARATE OCCAIONS OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT I HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH ATX TIRES ON EXPLORERS. HENCE, MY TIRE RECORDS AT FIRESTONE WILL SHOW THAT THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM SERVERAL YEARS AGO. EACH TIME THEY TOLD ME, THEY WOULD ONLY OFFER TO PRORATE ME A NEW TIRE. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, I MADE A BIG SEEN IN THE DEALER STORE, AND THEY DECIDED TO GIVE ME A NEW TIRE. THE POINT OF THIS REPORT IS SIMPLY THAT MY DEALER KNEW OF THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM MANY YEARS AGO. I DID NOT KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT WAS, SO I DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE NTSA, AT THAT TIME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THEY HAVE NOT GONE OUT YET BUT 3 HAVE BROKEN BELTS THAT HAVE BUBBLES IN THE TIRES AND FORD OR FIRESTONE SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT RECALLED. WHAT AM I TO DO?( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: 235/75 R15 )

I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 NORTH TO NC WHEN I HEARD MY RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT. I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER TO RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN SUDDENLY MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE ALSO BLEW OUT. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, IT SPINNED THREE TIMES, AND FLIPPED OVER 1 1/2 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE AGENCY.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/7515 )

PART # F77Z-1A480-AB / LFT & GR ASY-S. THE SPARE TIRE IS UNDER THE CAR IN THE REAR. THE TIRE IS ATTACHED TO A CABLE WIRE AND CRANKED UP UNDER THE CAR. THE CABLE BROKE, AND THE TIRE FELL OFF THE CAR, WHEN I DROVE OVER A RAILROAD CROSSING. THERE WAS A MODERATE BUMP. I WAS DRIVING APPROX 35 MPH.

A SECTION OF THE TIRE PEALED OFF AND TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE OF SAME TYPE. I STILL OWN THE SPARE BUT HAVE REPLACED ALL OTHER TIRES. NOTE THE TIRE IN QUESTION IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR RECALL BUT SHOULD BE! *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 22575R15 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 80 MPH HEARD NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT REAR TIRE, THEN STOPPED AND FOUND OUT THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. FIRESTONE, RADIAL ATX, 235/75 R15 DOT VNHL1M0202. *AK FIRESTONE CLAIMS THAT IT WAS THE DRIVER'S FAULT BUT THE FACT WAS THAT THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER. *YH

VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL ON FOUR LANE HIGHWAY COULD NOT STEER IT, FRONT WINDSHIELD BLEW OUT REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT THREE RAIDERARIORS HAVE BLOWN OUT ,HAVE REPORTED ALL THE THINGS TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *AK

FIRESTONE ATX P235/75/R15 VNHV 1MO ESTIMATOR ADVISED CR THAT THE LEFT REAR IS FLAT BUT HAS NO SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION OR BLOW OUT. (CLAIM 38-J397-225) *MW

CAR#1 GOIGN AROUDN A TURN AND LEFT FRONT TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM AND INSURED LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE TURNED OVER. (CLAIM 38-J515-998) *MW

INSURED HE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HWY 35 NEAR KAPLAN. HE STATED HIS LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE. THE TIRE INVOLVED WAS A FIRESTONE ATX. HE REPORTED TO FIRESTONE IN LAFAYETTE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT HE HAD A FIRESTONE TIRE AND THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TIRE FOR HIM. THEY TOOK HIS NAME & ADDRESS AND SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO HIM, THEY NEVER DID AFTER LOSS HE WENT FIRESTONE & THEY CLAIM FORM TO REPLACE TIRE & PH#F/DAMAGE. (CLAIM 18-0414-564) *MW

FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW OUT...MODEL ATX SIZE P235/75/R15. AGE OF THE TIRE ARE NOT KNOWN, BUT INSD. STATES THAT THERE WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. (CLAIM# 35-W485-829) *MW

FIRESTONE FR440 235 70R15 TIRE 5% WEAR ON TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION. (CLAIM# 53-C583-345) *MW

FIRESTONE TIRE TREAD DISINTREGRATED AND PIECES HIT VEH AND DID DAMAGE TO VEH SHE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SUB FR FIRESTONE. (CLAIM# 03-3150-538) *MW

PE-00-020; PURCHASED A FORD, EXPLORER TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT NUMBER ON THREE TIRES WAS W2HL1PY367, FOURTH TIRE DOT NUMBER W2HL1PY456, TIRES HAVE 20 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER NOTICE ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED HAIRLINE CRACKS AT THE TREAD BASE. *AK ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE HAIR LINE CRACK AND WERE REPLACED BY THE CUSTOMER SINCE THEY ARE NOT ON RECALL LIST. *YH

CONSUMER FEELS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM IS INFERIOR TO STANDARD BRAKES ESPECIALLY WHILE ON SNOW, ICE, WET OR SLICK PAVEMENT, OR IF A VEHICLE RUNS OFF THE ROAD ONTO GRASS OR DIRT SURFACES, THE CONSUMER HAS DONE MANY SELF TESTS WHICH RESULTED IN THE USE OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKES IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE HAVING A BETTER STOPPING DISTANCE IN SNOW CONDITIONS COMPARED TO THE USE OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKES NOT IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, CONSUMER ALSO HAD DRUMS TURNED AT 71837 MILES AND A COMPLETE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE JOB. *SLC

FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE HIGHWAY NEAR TEXARKANA, MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR, SOME METAL WORK DAMAGE. AIR TEMPERATURE THERE WAS IN EXCESS OF 100. I'M SUBMITTING THIS NOW BECAUSE OF THE RECALL EFFORT.( DOT NUMBER: H4BNDFA119 TIRE SIZE: P23575515F )

I WAS EXPERIENCING A WOBBLE--SIMILAR TO THAT WHEN A WHEEL IS OUT OF BALANCE--WHILE DRIVING ON A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. I STOPPED AND LOOKED AT THE TIRES. THERE WAS A "BUBBLE" IN THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND ITS SIDEWALL WAS PULLING OUT. I HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED AT A LOCAL TIRE STORE. THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT, BUT IT WAS FAILING. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 AT 2:45AM, MY SON WAS DRIVING MY EXPLORER. THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW, HE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AT 40MPH ON A +5% DOWNHILL GRADE,EXPLORER TOTALLED AND SON SURVIVED. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT FIRESTONE AND FORD ON 9.1.00 AND AS OF TODAY'S DATE, HAVE HAD NO COOPERATION FROM EITHER COMPANY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ALL TIRES HAVE VERY VISIBLE CRACKS ALONG THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF EACH TIRES. THE CRACKS APPEAR TO BE GETTING WIDER - NOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO STICK A THUMB NAIL IN SOME LOCATIONS. FOLLOWED THE RECALL PROCEDURE BUT THE EARLIEST THAT I CAN GET REPLACEMENT TIRES IS 7 WEEKS (FROM 9/1) AND EVEN THEN I WAS #100. THESE TIRES APPEAR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BUT I AM FORCED TO USE THIS VEHICLE TO DRIVE TO WORK - 36 HIGHWAY MILES EACH WAY! WHAT AM I TO DO? *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FRONT TIRE STARTED TO WOBBLE AND SHAKE. LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. THE FIRESTONE #ATX. *AK

ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JUNE 7, 1997 APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY, AL. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND I TRAILED HER IN MY EXPLORER. THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT REAR OF HER EXPLORER SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND THEN LEAVE THE HIGHWAY. IT OVERTURNED AS IT SLID DOWN AN INCLINE. THE VEHICLE THEN FLIPPED RIGHT SIDE UP AND SLID INTO A FENCE POST. THE TIRE NEVER DEFLATED, BUT ALL OF THE STEEL BELT WAS GONE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED BY SOUTHERN UNITED FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. IT WAS REPLACED BY A 1997 FORD EXPLORER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

BRAND NEW CAR. TREAD SEPARATED AND CAME OFF BEFORE SECOND TANK OF GAS EVER USED IN CAR. FORTUNATELY IT WAS A REAR TIRE. WIFE DRIVING ON I-17 WITH INFANT IN CAR SEAT. FIRESTONE DEALER WAS A JERK. CLAIMED MY WIFE HAD RUN OVER SOMETHING. SALESMAN WE BOUGHT CAR FROM INTERVENED AND GOT US A NEW TIRE. TIRES WORE UNEVENLY ON THAT EXPLORER AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 35,000 OR SO IN SPITE OF CONSCIENTIOUS ROTATION. REPLACEMENT TIRES MADE 55,000 WITH NO ROTATION - THEY WERE PATHFINDER RADIAL ATRS. BOUGHT NEW EXPLORER IN NOV, 1997. TIRES ON IT WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS. THEY WORE UNEVENLY, DISHED OUT, AND I HAD TO REPLACE THEM A YEAR AGO AT 33,000 MILES. ONE HAD PARTIALLY SEPARATED TREAD WHEN WE TOOK THEM OFF. WE BOUGHT MICHELINS. ON BOTH EXPLORERS, WE BOUGHT REPLACEMENT TIRES FROM REPUTABLE DEALERS. AT TIME OF REPLACEMENT, BOTH THOSE DEALERS CARRIED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ATRS. I DON'T THINK EITHER DEALER WOULD HAVE STOCKED BAD TIRES, ALTHOUGH CLEARLY THE ORIGINAL TIRES FURNISHED ON BOTH EXPLORERS WERE AWFUL TIRES. I HOPE THAT YOU FOLKS ARE CHECKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY THAT TWO DIFFERENT TIRES WERE MADE UNDER THE SAME NAME - A CHEAP ONE FOR THE FORD ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MONOPOLY AND A BETTER ONE FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRE MARKET WHERE THERE WAS TRUE COMPETITION.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 INCH )

PURCHASED VEHICLE WAS 1 YR OLD WITH 12000 MILES. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE LASTED UNTIL 95000 MILES WAS ON THE VEHICLE. AT 95000 MILES THE FRONT LEFT TIRE (FIRESTONE FR680; P225/70R15 M+S)WARPED (THE BELTS SEPARATED). I WAS PLEASED THE THE LIFETIME OF THE TIRES; THEREFORE, I REPLACED THEM WITH THE SAME TIRES. AT 152,000 MILES, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WARPED (BELT SEPARATION). I REPLACED THAT TIRE (DOT HYUU F6A 047)TODAY (1 SEP 2000). HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES? THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL; THEREFORE, NO REIMBURSEMENT WAS APPLICABLE.( DOT NUMBER: HYUUF6A047 TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )

FUEL REGULATOR DIAPHRAM BLEW CAUSING THE VACCUM RETURN LINE TO DETERIATE AND COME OFF. WHILE THE KEY WAS ON IT WAS BLOWING GAS EVERYWHERE. THANKFULLY THE MOTOR WASN'T HOT BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING RIGHT OVER THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR FIRE POSSIBLY HURTING PASSENGERS IF THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. BEING A FIREFIGHTER MYSELF I FEEL THAT IF IT WAS HOT AND THE CONSTANT FLOW OF GAS WITH NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INSTANT BALL OF FLAMES. MY MAJOR CONCERN IS MAKING THEM AWARE OF THIS TO PREVENT ANY PROBLEMS OR POSSIBLY EVEN DEATHS. THIS IS MY FAMILY VEHICLE ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLES WHAT IF THERE WAS KIDS IN IT? THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT I FEEL AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

WHILE PICKING UP SPEED FROM A HIGH CLEARANCE DIRT ROAD TO A 2 LANE PAVED ROAD CONSUMER FELT THE CAR VIBRAING INTENSLY SLOWED DOWN,PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR FIRESTONE ATX (P235/75R15) TIRE COMPLETELY SHREDDED WITH THE TREAD PULLED AWAY COMPLETELY. NLM

LEAKY READIATOR CAUSED WATER TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN SECOND GEAR. NLM

JUNE 13TH, 200, WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON 202 FREEWAY IN MESA, AZ, AT 1:15 PM WHEN TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. TREAD DAMAGED MUFFLER, REAR QTR PANEL, TAILGATE, AND BUMPER, THEN WRAPPED AROUND WHEEL WELL. MY DAUGHTER WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. CALLED AAA TO CHANGE TIRE, THEN WENT AND BOUGHT 4 NEW MICHELIN TIRES, AS THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED IN THE PAST 2 YRS. FILED CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE, CLAIM #021657. WAS REIMBURSED FOR DAMAGES, TIRE SHIPMENT, AND ONE NEW TIRE. INTEND TO FILE CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE OTHER 3 NEW TIRES I BOUGHT, PLUS RENTAL CAR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE 4 DAYS IT NEEDS TO BE IN FOR REPAIRS. REPAIRS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, AUG. 29TH, SO IF YOU WANT TO ASSESS DAMAGE PRIOR TO REPAIRS, PLEASE CONTACT ME NO LATER THAN MONDAY, AUG. 28TH. STILL HAVE SPARE ATX TIRE. ON JUNE 29TH (OR 28TH), 1998, I WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MCDOWELL RD. EAST OF HIGLEY RD. IN MESA, AZ, AROUND NOON, WHEN TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. BENT MUFFLER INTO RIGHT REAR TIRE, DAMAGED REAR QTR PANEL AND BUMPER. FILED CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR MY PAPERWORK FOR THAT CLAIM. I WAS REIMBURSED FOR DAMAGES, SHIPMENT OF TIRE, AND PRORATED COST OF OLD TIRE. I HAVE PHOTOS OF MY VEHICLE FOR BOTH OF THESE CLAIMS, AS THESE WERE REQUIRED BY FIRESTONE. ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO HOLD OFF ON REPAIRS, PLEASE ADVISE BY MONDAY, AUG. 28TH. I FEEL THAT FIRESTONE HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR QUITE SOMETIME, AND FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE INFLICTED AS

A 1.5FT PIECE OF TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AS I WAS DRIVING ON I 5 NORTH OF LOS ANGELES. THIS SEPARATION CAUSED A LOUD POUNDING. I WAS ABLE TO REACH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND I INVESTIGATED THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE. THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED AND THE 1.5 FT TREAD THAT STILL ATTACHED TO THE TIRE WAS ABOUT 4 TO 5 INCHES WIDE. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO STOP, THE PIECE OF TREAD HAD DAMAGED TO REAR QUARTER PANAL AND MOLDING AND ALSO KNOCKED OFF THE MUD GUARD. EVEN THOUGH THE TIRES HAD 58000 MILES OF USE, THERE WAS PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT FOR SAME DRIVING.( DOT NUMBER: W2UU IMX TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )

TREAD SEPARATION AT 6 PM EAST OF DAVIS CA ON I 80 CAUSED DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL AND LEFT REAR QUARTER PANNEL.SON WHO WAS GOING 60MPH IN SLOW LANE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

NEW VEHICLE W/FIRESTONE P235 OWL ALL-TERRAIN TIRES (UPGRADED OPTION $228.00) IN AUG, 1992. BY SEPT, 1996, HAD REPLACED 3 ORIG TIRES (50,000 MI WARRANTY). 4TH ORIG TIRE FAILED OCT 18, 1996 & REPLACED 1 ORIG & 3 REPLACEMENT (FIRESTONE RADL ATX II 237575R15) W/FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 23575R15XL. HWY BLOWOUT OF 23575R15XL IN AUG, 1999. ALL NEW TIRES SHOW 3-4" CRACKING ON SIDEWALL( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15XL )

TIRE BLEW OUT AND SHREDDED INTO ONE LONG STRIP OF RUBBER. THAT TIRE AND ALL TIRES WERE AND ARE PRESSURIZED TO EXACTLY 30PSI.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TREAD SEPERATION AND SIDE WALL BULGING OUT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235R75/15 )

CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE BROKE AND TIRE FELL OFF, CABLE WAS FRAYED. ALSO THE FRONT LOCKING HUB OF THE WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING, TRUCK PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT, FORCING THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD.