1997 Ford Explorer complaints

PE-00-020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A FORD EXPLORER, 1997, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, TIRES HAVE 17 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER HAS NOTICED REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAS DEVELOPED A HAIRLINE CRACK, CRACK IS DEVELOPING A CIRCLE, TREAD LOOK LIKE IT IS SEPARATING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER FEELS VIBRATION WHICH IS ALSO FELT IN THE DASH, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *SLC

WHILE DRIVE FORD EXPLORER AT ABOUT 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY, FELT CAR VIBRATE AND THEN SHAKE. DROVE TO EDGE OF HIGHWAY. RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD COMPLETELY PEELED OFF.( DOT NUMBER: W@CUIPX 11 TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

RETURNING HOME FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SC TO WASH, DC AREA, WHILE IN NC LOST CONTROLL OF CAR DUE TO TIRE BLOWING - MY SERIAL NUMBER OF THE TIRES WERE NOT THE OFFICIAL RECALL. STARTED WITH VH (?) INSTEAD OF VD. DID EVETUALLY HAVE TO GET ALL FOUR REPLACED AT THE DEALER IN NC BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE HAD DEFECTS. I STILL HAVE THE SPARE THAT MATCHED THE REPLACED TIRES. MY INSURANCE HAD TO COVER THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR - FIRESTONE WOULD NOT. I'M UPSET THAT MY OLD TIRES ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL - THEY SHOULD BE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS! I'VE HAD NO SUCCESS GETTING MY POINT HEARD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 14 IN )

I BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR SEPARATE TIMES BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THEY CHARGED ME ALL FOUR TIMES AND IT TURNS OUT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. THEY ARE NOT THE RECALL TIRES BUT I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THEM (AT MY OWN COST) AND THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING FINE NOW (LAST TWO WEEKS). I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY ALL THE WILDERNESS BRAND TIRES WERE NOT RECALLED? THEY CLEARLY ARE DEFECTIVE! IF IT WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM THEN WOULD'NT EVERY PLANT HAVE THE SAME DESIGN PROBLEM? IF IT IS A QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE THAN WOULD'NT THAT ALSO BE THE SAME PROBLEM AT OTHER PLANTS, COMPANIES LIKE FIRESTONE WRITE ONE SET OF PROCEDURES FOR SAFETY AND INSPECTIONS OF TIRES. THEY DON'T HAVE DIFFERENT INSPECTION PROCEDURES FOR EACH PLANT! THEY CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE SEPARATE PROCEDURES FOR THE SAME BRAND OF TIRES. YOU GUYS DROP THE BALL, AND NOW WE ARE PAYING FOR IT!!!!*AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY426 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I TOOK IT TO FORD ON 8/15 AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT PART OF RECALL (NOT FROM DECATUR). A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I NOTICE CRAKING AROUND TIRES. TOOK IT TO FORD, THEY REFERRED ME TO FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE SAID "YES, THESE NEEDED REPLACED, BUT DON'T HAVE ANY. WILL BE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GET REPLACEMENTS" I AM NOT PART OF RECALL SO I CAN'T GET DIFFERENT BRAND AND BE REIMBURSED (WHICH WOULD PREFER)( DOT NUMBER: NOT VD TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE ROLLOVER, EJECTING THE CONSUMER AND RESULTED IN DEATH. *MJS

CONSUMER IS COMPLAINING OF THE VIBRATION THAT IS OCCURRING WHEN STEERING, PROBLEMS COULD BE DUE TO THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES (P225 70 R15) OR THE SUSPENSION. *SLC

I WAS DRIVING MY 1997 FORD EXPLORER WITH FIRESTONE TIRES (NOT PART OF CURRENT RECALL) WHEN MY FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE SUV AND HAVE THE ACCIDENT( DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY077 TIRE SIZE: E4027477 )

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE INTERIOR SIDE HAD EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, TIRES ARE FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 DOT W2HL19M296. *SLC

TIRES WERE STARTING TO SEPERATE. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD GROOVES WHERE TREAD JOINED THE SIDEWALL. THE GROOVES COULD NOT BE SEEN UNTIL THE AIR WAS REMOVED FROM THE TIRES. THE FIRST FIRESTONE STORE I CONTACTED WAS VERY SMART AND HATEFUL WHEN I ASKED WHAT I WAS TO DO. THAT STORE IS LOCATED IN EASTLAND MALL CHARLOTTE,NC. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF I BOUGHT NEW TIRES ON MY OWN AND DID NOT WAIT MY TURN FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE TIRES THAT FIRESTONE WOULD NOT PAY ME FOR THE NEW TIRES. I WOULD HAVE BEEN # 251 TO BEEN INSPECTED AND THESE TIRES WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BLOWN BEFORE THEN. FORD SENT ME A LETTER ASSURING ME THAT THE TIRES ON MY 1997 F-350 WAS NOT AFFECTED BUT FAILED TO SEND ME A LETTER TELLING ME THAT MY EXPLORER HAD THE KILLER TIRES. BOTH COMPANIES HAVE PUT MY FAMILY AT A HIGH RISK OF BEING KILLED AND HAVE DRUG THEIR FEET TO TRY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

ALTHOUGH MY TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE. I WAS LUCKY. MY EPLORER WARNED ME THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN IT STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT. I THOUGHT I NEEDED AND ALIGNMENT AND TOOK MY EXPLORER TO A FORD DEALER FOR AN ALIGNMENT. MY ALIGNMENT WAS FINE AND I WAS FLABERGASTED WHEN THE FORD PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT MY FRONT LEFT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE, NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL, HAD A BELT COMPLETELY SEPERATED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. THEY TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE ON IT. AS IF WAS NOT SAFE AND HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. I WAS IN SHOCK AS I HAD MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE EXPLORER A FEW DAY BEFORE. I WAS CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS SO I IMMEDIATELY BOUGHT FIVE NEW TIRES.WE WERE PLANNING TO DRIVE FROM FLORIDA TO PORTLAND, OREGON ON THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE TIRES. SINCE I AM RETIRED AND SO NOT DRIVE VERY MUCH I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BUY NEW TIRES FOR SOMETIME AS THEY ONLY HAD 32,400 PLUS MILES ON THEM. I AM INFORMING YOU OF THIS HOPING THAT SOMEONE ELSE THAT MIGHT BE PLANNING A LONG TRIP ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL WILL RECONSIDER. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.( DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY446 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

CONSUMER HAS 1997 FORD, EXPLORER. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE A CRACKS ON THE ORIGINALTIRES. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15 DOT#VNHL, AND APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 50,000. FIRESTONE CENTER RECOMMENDED THEY CALL HOT LINE. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT 0N 1997, EXPLORER, P23575R15 DOT W2-HL-IPY, ALL THE TIRES ARE HAVING SPIDER LIKE CRACKS ON THE SIDE OF THE TREAD AND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TIRE. *AK

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT RIGHT REAR TIRE P235/75R15 DOT VNHL EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER. *SLC

TIRES COMING APART AT SAME POINT AS THE DECATUR BUILT TIRES. HAVE CONTACTED BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE AND WAS BASICALLY IGNORED. THEY WOULD ONLY ADDRESS OFFICIALLY RCALLED TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE VEHICLE'S FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF SEPARATION, HOWEVER ONLY ONE OF THE TIRES IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, OWNER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH CURRENT RECALL AND IT MAY TAKE UP TO 6 MONTHS TO OBTAIN REPLACEMENT TIRES THROUGH RECALL REPLACEMENT. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. DRIVER COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE, CHANGING LANE BECAUSE OF THE SEPARATION. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT P235/75 R15 DOT W2HL027477. *AK

PE00-020; TIRES SIZE P235/75R15, DOT W2HL1PY, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD, EXPLORER, 1997 WITH 40,000 MILES. FRONT LEFT TIRE HAD SEPARATED TO THE POINT WHERE STEEL BELTS WERE VISIBLE WHICH CAUSED VIBRATION. FIRESTONE INSPECTED TIRE, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. FORD CLAIMED THERE WAS NO DEFECT .*AK FORD COMPANY AGREED TO REPLACE TWO OF THE TIRES AND THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE REMAINING TWO TIRES. *YH

MR. HATTAWAY WAS DRIVING DOWN I-95 WHEN TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. VEHICLE HIT GUARDRAIL AND FLIPPED OVER. MR. HATTAWAY HAD SEVERE INJURIES AND WAS IN A COMA FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.( DOT NUMBER: VDHL 1PY )

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING 65 MPH AT THE TIME WHEN I THOUGHT THERE WAS A FUNNY NOISE, THEN I STARTED TO SWERVE, BUT KEPT IT UNDER CONTROL, SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A DRIVEWAY. WHEN I HAD LEFT MY HOME THAT MORNING I HAD FELT A FUNNY VIBRATION, BUT HAD FIGURED IT WAS JUST A TIRE OUT OF BALANCE AND ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FARTHER I DROVE THE WORSE THE VIBRATION GOT, TO THE POINT MY SEAT BELT WAS "ENGAGED" ALL THE TIME. I WAS DRESSED UP, GOING OUT OF TOWN TO A RECEPTION, THE TIRES WERE FAIRLY NEW WITH CORRECT AIR PRESSURE AND PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT. I DO NOT ENJOY CHANGING TIRES, ESPECIALLY ON AN EXPLORER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN NICE CLOTHES IN THE MIST. I KEEP GOOD TIRES ON MY VEHICLES, IN FACT THESE WERE 6-PLY TIRES SINCE I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY. TWO GOOD SAMARATINS STOPPED AND CHANGED THE TIRE FOR ME (AND PUT ON MY SPARE WHICH IS NOW IN THE RECALL!) AND THEY SAID THE TIRES WERE WORN FUNNY AND THE TREAD WAS SPLIT. I NO LONGER HAVE THAT TIRE, BUT I HAVE THE ONE THAT WAS PURCHASED AT THE SAME TIME, IF ANYONE WOULD CARE TO LOOK AT IT. I REPLACED THOSE TIRES WITH 6-PLY KELLY TIRES AND PUT THENM ON THE FRONT. THREE WEEKS AGO, I NOTICED SOME STRANGE SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS OF MY REMAINING 2 BRIDESTONE TIRES, NOW ON THE BACK OF THE EXPLORER. I SHOWED THEM TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID I WOULD BE WISE TO GET THEM REPLACED. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THEM WITH 2 MORE 6-PLY KELLY TIRES. WHEN I RECIEVED MY RECALL NOTICE I NOTICED THAT, EVEN THOUGH THESE WERE BRIDGES

AM IN POSSESSION OF 5 TIRES DOT VNHL SEPARATING AT THE SHOULDER.THESE TIRES ARE MADE IN CANADA & NOT CURRENTLY ON THE RECALL.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

TIRE EXHIBITED 360 DEGREE CRACKS IN SIDEWALL 1/2" FROM CORNER OF TREAD, MODERATE LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE - REPLACED BY FIRESTONE DEALER( DOT NUMBER: VN TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 235/75R15 TIRES HAVE CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL JUST BELOW TREAD, ONE TIRE FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED. *MJS

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235 75 R15) EXPERIENCED CRACKING. (SLC

REAR VIEW MIRROR IS CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER ON MANY COUNTS HAS HAD CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF ACCIDENTS. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS NOTHNG THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT.*AK THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS AT EYE LEVEL AND IS HARD TO SEE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEHIND. THE SERVICE CENTER SAID THAT IT CAN NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REPLACED. *YH

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. TIRE REPAIR MAN SAID THAT HE COULD NOT REPAIR THE TIRE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT,P235/75 R15. *AK

PEOO 020; CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE RETAILER. AND ATTENDANT TOLD HIM THAT ONE OF THE TIRES WAS ON RECALL., AND OTHER TIRE HAD T TREAD SEPARATION. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE #ATX, P23570R15, #DOT VD. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A 1997 FORD, EXPLORER. VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SHAKING DURING DRIVING. VEHICLE WSA TAKEN IN FOR THE PROBLEM & PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE BELT INSIDE WAS BROKEN . TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. DOT# UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED 1 TIRE AT HALF PRICE. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 30,415. *AK GOODYEAR WRANGLER P235/75/R15 *MW

PE00-020; P25570R16 WITH 6,000 MILES, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD EXPLORER, 1997. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH DRIVER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, AND NOTICED OUTER EDGE OF TREAD WAS COMPLETELY GONE. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE, DID NOT ASSIST DEALER, AND CHARGED CONSUMER FOR REPLACEMENT.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P225/70/R16 *MW

PE00-020; TIRES SIZE P23575R15, AND DOT VNHL, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1997, FORD EXPLORER WITH 37,000 MILES, ALL 4 TIRES DEVELOPED VISIBLE CRACKS ON THE TREAD AND WHERE IT MET SIDEWALL .*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM ALL FOUR TIRES, AND NONE OF THEM ARE ON RECALL. STEEL BELTS ARE SHOWING THROUGH THE TIRES.*AK

1997 FORD, EXPLORER WITH ORIGINAL TIRES. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 38,000, TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, AND DOT#W2HL. ALL 4 TIRES WERE DRY ROTTEN COMPLETELY AROUND SIDEWALL OF THE TIRES.*AK

BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST FOR 100,000 MILES THIS ALONG WITH THE TIRES IN QUESTION SHOULD MAKE YOU LOOK AT FORD FOR THE CURRENT TIRE FAILURES . IF I HAD NOT WENT TO FIRESTONE TO GET THE TIRES CHECKED I WOULD HAVE HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT AND BLAMED IT ON THE TIRES. I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT THERE PROBLEM THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE BAD BUT AT THIS TIME I AM DEALING WITH FORD MOTOR CO. TO GET THE SITUATION RESOLVED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

THIS TIRE BROKE DOWN ON THE INSIDE. I AM NOW USING 4 OF THE SAME TIRES AND AM VERY WORIED THAT THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO THEM . I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS TIRE. WILL THE COMPANY STAND BEHIND THIS PRODUCT? . *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75/R15 )

TREAD SEPARATION AT 25MPH ON UNPAVED ROAD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R )

ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE CURB AT 25 MPH. THE JOLT PRODUCED A BUBBLE AT THE SIDE OF TWO TIRES WHICH HAD TO BE REPLCED TO AVOID TIRE EXPLOSION. EXPECTED A BETTER PERFORMANCE FROM AN "OFF THE ROAD" SUV.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

I LIVE IN A SECTION OF VIRGINIA THAT IS 25 MILES FROM THE NEAREST FORD OR FIRESTONE STORE. ALL 4 OF MY TIRES HAVE SEVERE CRACKING AT THE AREA WHERE THE TREAD CONNECTS TO THE TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE NEAREST TIRE STORE OR TUCKS TIRE CENTER IN MONETA, VA. 1-540-297-5155. THEY VERIFIED THAT MY TIRES ARE SEVERELY CRACKED AND READY FOR TREAD SEPARATION AND I AM DUE REPACEMENTS EVEN WITHOUT BEING ON THE RECALL. HOWEVER THEY SPENTS TWO DAYS ON THE PHONE CALLING FIRESTONE FOR AUTHORIZATION TO REPLACE THE TIRES. THEY WERE ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS ON HOLD AND NOBODY EVER COME ON THE LINE. I PROCEEDED TO CONTACT FORD VIA EMAIL, EXPLAINED ALL THE PRECEEDING AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME TO GET LOST SINCE I HAD 16 INCH TIRES. RIGHT NOW I CANT DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE THE TIRES CAN SEPARATE AT ANY TIME. YET I CANT GET ANY ACTION FROM FORD OR FIRESTONE. THIS IS A BONAFIDE CASE OF A 16 INCH NON RECALLED TIRE THAT WILL HAVE TREAD SEPATATION SOON UPON DRIVING THE CAR. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2C1PX017 TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

THE DOOR PANEL INFORMATION STATES THE TIRES SHOULD BE INFLATED TO 26PSI. THIS IS NOT THE RECOMENDED PRESSURE THAT FIRESTONE SAYS TO RUN IN THESE TIRES (30PSI)

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD, NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. SLOWED DOWN TO REALIZE TIRE HAD BLOWN. THE TREAD HAD PEELED OFF OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I HAVE PICTURES IF NEEDED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75/R15 )

WE WERE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 75 IN OKLAHOMA WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT FROM TREAD SEPARATION. IT WAS 105 DEGREES AT THE TIME. WHAT SAVED US FROM ROLLING OVER WAS THAT WE WERE PULLING A LOADED TRAILER, AND IT KEPT US ON THE ROAD. THERE WERE 2 OF US IN THE CAR AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVE SINCE TRADED THAT EXPLORER FOR A NEWER MODEL EXPLORER, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE NEWER MODEL ALSO HAS THE FIRESTONE TIRES. THE MILEAGE I SHOWED AT THE TOP OF THE FORM WAS THE MILEAGE ON THE DAY I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED - I STILL HAVE A COPY OF THE RECEIPT FOR THE NEW TIRES. AN OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN STOPPED AND HELPED US CHANGE THE TIRE, SO THERE MAY BE A RECORD, BUT I'M SURE IT ISN'T VERY DETAILED. SINCE THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE MODEL OF TIRE OR WHERE IT WAS MANUFACTURED, AND OF COURSE, I DON'T HAVE THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

PE00 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MP ON HIGHWAY AND DID HEAR A NOISE. DRIVER'S REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS #AT P235/75R15. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

PEOO 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED VIBRATION INSIDE OF VEHICLE. ON PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS #AT P23575R15. *AK

CONSUMER WENT TO A TIRE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE A TIRE HAD A LEAK. TECHNICIAN SHOWED CONSUMER THAT TIRE WAS SEPARATING AT THAT TIME. FIRESTONE 235/75 R15. *AK *JB

HAIR LINE CRACKS AROUND SIDEWALL AND UNSUAL TREAD WEAR. FIRESTONE NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TIRE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PE00020; BOUGHT USED A 1997 FORD EXPLORER, TIRES P23575R15, DOT W2. ALL TIRES HAVE CRACKS FORMING AROUND THE TREAD AND THE SIDEWALL WHICH INDICATES TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

PE00020; 1997 EXPLORER, TIRE SIZE P25570R16, DOT # W2CU1PX. DRIVER'S REAR TIRE BEGAN PEELING APART WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE TREAD TO SEPARATE. CONSUMER HAS THE TIRES IN THE GARAGE. FIRESTONE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P255/70/R16 *MW

PE00020 ; ORIGINAL TIRES ON A FORD EXPLORER 1997, P25570R16 109S M+S, W2CUITX087.ALL 4 TIRES CRACKED. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND THEY SUGGESTED CONSUMER REMOVE TIRE. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P255/70/R16 *MW

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH FORD, EXPLORER 1997, P23575R15, DOT VD. CONSUMER OWNED VEHICLE FOR 3 DAYS WHEN TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER REPLACED TIRE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE IN 1997. CURRENTLY, WITH THE FIRESTONE RECALL ,MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS/HT, 255/70R16 DOT, VMCU25570R TIRES BLEWOUT, CAUSING A FISHTAIL, BUT CONSUMER MAINTAINED CONTROL. FIRESTONE, AND FORD HAVE BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED DUE TO THE FAULTY TIRE. *SLC