2000 Ford Explorer complaints

CONSUMER HAS GONE THROUGH THE BOARD FROM THE LEMON LAW TO TRY & CONFIRM THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE. BOARD DISAGREED WITH THE CONSUMER. WHEN TRAVELING 65-70MPH, CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. SERVICEMAN FROM DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE VEHICLE & FOUND THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM, BUT DIDN'T CONFIRM IT. THEY WERE REFUSING TO GIVE MONEY BACK FOR THE UNWANTED VEHICLE. CONSUMER SAID IT WAS SWAYING & WONDERED WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES. *AK PROBLEM COULD ALSO BE RELATED TO FAULTY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 16" TIRES. *SLC

SENT AN E-MAIL TO FOR SAYING THAT MY TIRES HAD TURNED GREEN AROUND THE( DOT NUMBER: VNCU TIRE SIZE: P25570R16 )

ORIGINAL ENGIN REPLACED @10,000 MI. NEW ENGINE MAKING SAME KNOCKING NOISE @ 3000 MI.DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. I DON'T THINK SO. NOLA

ON 12/6/99 ABOUT 10PM, AS I ENTERED CURVE OF RAMP INTO I-75 SOUTH THE RIGHT-REAR TIRE FAILED. THE DAMAGE WAS ON THE SIDEWALL NEAR THE TREAD/RUNNING SURFACE. A GASH EXTENDING ABOUT 1/3 THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE WAS CREATED. ALTHOUGH MY TIRES ARE NOT FROM THE DECATUR PLANT, I RECOGNIZED THE SAME OR SIMILAR FAILURE FEATURES AS SHOWN ON TELEVISION RECENTLY. MY TIRES START WITH 8XHL. AT THAT TIME THE FAILED TIRE WAS REPLACED UNDER MY NEW VEHICLE TIRE WARRANTY. RECENTLY, REPLACEMNET OF OTHERS WAS DENIED ON THE BASIS THAT THESE TIRES ARE NOT COVERED BY THE ACTUAL RECALL AT THIS TIME. I AM CERTAIN THAT THESE TIRES ARE ALSO UNSAFE.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

QUESTION THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE - VEHICLE TURNED OVER DURING A RIGHT-HAND TURN.

3/10, ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. DRIVING HEARD LOUD BANG, LOOKED TO MY BACK RIGHT AND SAW DEBRI FLYING IN THE AIR. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE, I PULLED OVER AND MY TIRE WAS TOTALLY FLAT. , IT EXPLODED. 7/4 DRIVING ABOUT 40, HEARD LOUD BANG FROM FRONT OF CAR, CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. MANGED TO PULL OVER TO SIDE AND TIRE WAS TOTALY FLAT( DOT NUMBER: VNCU1PX409 TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

JUST WANTED TO LET NTSB KNOW OF ANOTHER FAILURE AND GET ON RECORD. COOL WEATHER, NOT SPEEDING. FIRRESTONE REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRENTY. THNX JIM( DOT NUMBER: )

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE BUBBLED AND SPLIT. TIRE SIZE P25570R16, ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. TIRE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALERSHIP. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW WILDERNESS TIRE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. OWNER HAS REPLACED ALL TIRES WITH KELLY TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION AND DOT# IF POSSIBLE.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P255/70/R16 *MW

WE PURCHASED A 2000 FORD EXPLORER IN FEB OF 2000, WE HAD AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE SLID OF OF THE ROAD AND THEN ROLLED. WE WERE DRIVING UNDER THE POSTED SPPED LIMIT AND NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED. IT WAS RAINING AND WET AND WE HYDROPLANED OF THE ROAD. UNFORTUNATELY I ONLY HAVE MINIMAL INFORMATION ON THE VEHICAL BECAUSE IT WAS TOTALED SOON AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED. THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE PROVIDED IS FROM THE ACCIDENT REPORT AND MEMORY AS ALL PAPER-WORK ETC.. WAS STILL IN THE CAR AND SUBSEQUENLY LOST IN THE ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE CAR WAS EQUIPED WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES THAT ARE BEING RECALLED - AS THAT MAY HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SERVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT. I KNOW THAT WHEN I WENT BACK TO SIGN THE EXPLORER OVER TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY THE TIRES WERE SERVERLY DAMAGED. I BROKE MY COLLAR BONE AND MY EXPECTANT WIFE ONLY HAD MINOR SCRAPS (THE BABY TURNED OUT FINE). ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE TO ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPEVIATED AS I AM GETTING TIERED OF GETTING NO WHERE. THANK YOU. JASON KOCH

DRIVER WENT ONTO SHOULDER THEN BACK ONTO PAVEMENT, LOST CONTROL, TIRES DEBEADED AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DEATH OF BELTED PASSENGER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P255/70R16 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR REPLACEMENT EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE ONLY HAD 9450 MILES ON IT. *SLC

HEARD A LOUD SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION, THEN FELT WHEEL LOSING CONTROL AND ABOUT TO GO OVER THE RAMP, VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL, STOPPED JUST IN TIME , TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE EXPLODED.

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: VDCU1PX TIRE SIZE: 255-70R16 )

TIRE BLEW OUT AT HIGH SPEED, EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION. WAS NOT IN HEAT CLIMATE, HAPPENED ONLY 3 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING HOME.. TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED.. BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE HAVE BLOWN ME OFF.. MADE ME PAY FULL PRICE FOR A REPLACEMENT TIRE AND DISCARDED THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. REPEATED CALLS TO BOTH COMPANIES HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.. I BELIEVE THIS TIRE SIZE IS ALSO AS DEFECTIVE AS THE 235'S ALREADY RECALLED AND SHOULD BE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. AT MINIMUM I THINK I SHOULD BE REEMBURSED FOR THE NEW TIRE I WAS FORCED TO PURCHASE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70 R16 )

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE RECALL 00T005 OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE ONLY COVERS THE FIRESTONE 15 INCH TIRE AND NOT THE 16 INCH TIRES. NLM

GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, MY TIRE WENT FLAT. I WENT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY DODGING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TWO MEN WITNESSED THIS AND STOPPED TO HELP. I DID NOT FILE A REPORT BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS NOT SEVERE. I DO HAVE THE TROOPER'S NAME. GOD SPARED MY LIFE. WILL THE NEXT PERSON BE SO LUCKY?( DOT NUMBER: VNCUIPX TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

DRIVERS SIDE STEERING RACK LEAKING HEAVILY. NLM CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING EXPERIENCING STABILITY PROBLEMS, CONSUMER STATES DOES NOT FEEL LIKE SHE HAS GOOD CONTACT WITH THE ROAD, WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A CAT, WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS CONSUMER ALSO REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES FOR SAFETY PRECAUTION EVEN THOUGH TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT.*JB

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN NORMAL CONDITIONS. DROVE TO THE SHOULDER OF ROAD WHILE TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. REPORTED PROBLEM TO FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. A HIGHWAY COURTESY VEHICLE STOPPED & GUY SWITCHED OUT TIRE. TOOK SHREDDED TIRE TO FIRESTONE (LOS COLINAS) FOR REPLACEMENT. FIRESTONE DEALER SAID, "THERE WAS PROBABLY A NAIL IN THERE SOMEWHERE." THE BAD TIRE HAD SHREDDED TREAD BUT THE INNER TUBE PART LOOKED INTACT - NO NAIL AND ALITTLE BIT OF AIR. REPLACED TIRE WITH ANOTHER WILDERNESS AT. NONE OF THE TIRES KEPT AIR WELL AFTER 8,000 MILES. REPLACED ALL TIRES WITH BRIDGESTONE DUELER HL AT ANOTHER DEALER. THE WILDERNESS ATS ON MY VEHICLE WERE NOT THE RECALLED TIRES BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255R70/16 )

MY SUV HAS HYDROPLANED ON TWO OCCASIONS DURING INTERSTATE TRAVEL. THIS OCCURRED ONCE IN LIGHT RAIN AT APPROX. 65 MPH & ONCE DURING MODERATE-HEAVY RAIN AT 55 MPH. DURING THE HEAVY RAIN, I SLIDE INTO ANOTHER LANE (I WAS NOT BRAKING AT THE TIME). I DID NOT HIT ANOTHER CAR. DURING RAIN, THE TIRES FEEL AS IF THEY ARE NOT GRIPPING THE PAVEMENT. THIS TIRE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED;HOWEVER, AFTER SPEAKING WITH OTHER EXPLORER OWNERS WITH NON-RECALLED TIRES, I HAVE HEARD MANY SIMILAR STORIES. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS TIRE OR IT'S THE WRONG TIRE FOR THE EXPLORER. I HAVE CALLED BOTH FIRESTONE AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED. ON 8/18/00, I PAID $551.75 FOR NEW GOODYEAR TIRES WITH SPECIAL WET TRACTION FEATURES. SAFETY WAS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN EXPENDITURE I CAN NOT AFFORD. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THESE TIRES SHOULD BE PART OF THE RECALL!( DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY020 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

BROUGHT VEHICLE WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. FEAR OF DRIVING WITH THE TIRES ON THE CAR.

TREAD STARTED TO SPLIT APART, REPLACE

LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSES TO WORK WITH ME ON THESE TIRES SINCE THEY WERE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA, NOT DECATUR; I QUESTION THE SAFETY OF ANY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT AND HAVE OFFERED FIRESTONE CASH $$$ TO REPLACE THESE TIRES, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL; I WOULD SUPPORT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN GETTING ALL FIRESTON WILDERNESS AT TIRES RECALLED AND OFF THE HIGHWAYS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R 1 )

TIRES CAUSE EXCESSIVE, VIOLENT SIDE-TO-SIDE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE WHEN CROSSING A BRIDGE WITH A STEEL GRID DECK, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STAY WITHIN DRIVING LANE AND AVOID HITTING CARS AND SIDE OF BRIDGE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

TIRE FAILURE. NOT TREAD SEPARATION.( DOT NUMBER: VDCU1PX509 TIRE SIZE: P25570R16 )

TIRE DEFECT, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS

A BUBBLE APPEARED ON THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P235/75R15 DOT W2HL AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 700 MILES AT 70-75 MPH, CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS VIBRATION, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT BY THE NEXT MORNING THE BUBBLE WENT AWAY, HOWEVER THE VIBRATION IS STILL IN VEHICLE. *SLC

I NOTICED ONE OF MY TIRES HAS A DEEP TEAR. IT LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF THE RUBBER JUST TORE OFF LEAVING A GASH.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 INCHES )

WE WERE ON A DRIVE, WHICH IS 90 MILES ONE WAY, TO MY PARENTS FOR DINNER. IT WAS 1PM ON THE 6TH OF MARCH AND THE WEATHER WAS BETWEEN 95 DEGREES OR HIGHER. 10 MILES INTO THE DRIVE, I NOTICED THAT THE TRUCK WAS NOT HANDLING AS CRISP WHEN CHANGING FROM LANE TO LANE AND ASKED MY WIFE IF THE RIDE FELT DIFFERENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE DRIVES IT DURING THE WEEK. SHE DID NOTICE ALSO THAT IT SEEMED TO BE SWAYING WHEN I CHANGED FROM LANE TO LANE BUT SHE THOUGHT THAT I WAS DOING IT. I, FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, THOUGHT I SHOULD STOP AND CHECK THE TIRES AND JUST IN TIME BECAUSE WHEN I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE AIR RUSHED OUT OF THE TIRE. I EXAMINED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT IT LOOKED AS IF IT HAD SEPARATED INSIDE THE TIRE BUT DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT. I PUT ON THE SPARE AND CONTINUED ON THE TRIP. I LET MY FATHER TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HE IMMEDIATELY SAID THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE. I ASKED HIM IF HE THOUGHT SOMETHING MIGHT HAVE PUNCTURED THE TIRE BUT HE, LIKE I DID, DID NOT THINK SO,,,,, ESPECIALLY SINCE I STOPPED AS SOON AS I NOTICED THE PROBLEM. MY FATHER HAS 2 18 WHEELERS AND CHANGES THE TIRES ON THEM HIMSELF AND IF PRETTY KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH A VEHICLE. I HAD MY WIFE THE NEXT MORNING TO TAKE THE TIRE TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER. I CALLED AND SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO TOLD ME THEY LOOKED AT THE TIRE AND THAT SOMETHING PUNCTURED IT. I ASKED THE GUY THAT I WAS DRIVING AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. I AM PO

WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P235/75R15 DOT 8XHL 1PY WAS MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE, THEN WENT FLAT, INSPECTED TIRES AND FOUND RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A HOLE WHERE IT MEETS THE SIDEWALL. *SLC

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P255/70R16 ON THIS 2000 TRUCK. SIDEWALL SEPARATED AFTER 40 MINUTES OF DRIVING AND PARKING. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED. *AK

AFTER ISSUE OF RECALL ALERT, I CHECKED MY TIRES FOR PROBLEMS, I PUT THE RECOMENDED AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IN THE TIRES (THAT WAS REASSIGNED TO 30 PSI BY FIRESTONE) AND NOTICED HALF INCH SLITS ON THE SIDE WALLS JUST OUT SIDE THE WRITING ON THE TIRE, ON 2 OF MY TIRES. AFTER SEEING THE SLITS I THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD REFILL THE TIRES UP TO THE THEIR NORMAL CAPACITY, AND DROVE 3.5 MILES TO A GAS STATION TO DO SO. WHILE FILLING THE TIRES BACK UP TO NORMAL CAPACITY, I NOTICED THAT THE OTHER 2 TIRES WERE STARTING TO SHOWS SIGNS OF THE SAME SPLITTING. IN A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND WHO ALSO HAS AN EXPLORER THAT WAS AT THE SAME GAS STATION, I FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAS THE RECALLED TIRES WITH THE VD CODE AND THAT HER TIRES ARE DOING THE SAME AS MINE, BUT THAT MINE DO NOT HAVE THE VD CODE. I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY SWITCHED VEHICLES WITH MY ROOMMATE BECAUSE HE ONLY HAS A 6 MILE ROUND TRIP DRIVE TO WORK, AND I HAVE A 70 MILE ROUND TRIP TO WORK DAILY. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE LONG DISTANCES, SINCE I LIVE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND IT IS A WARM CLIMATE. BUT AS OF YET, I CAN GET NO RESPONSES BACK ABOUT MY TIRES, OTHER THAN TO TAKE THEM TO A CORPORATE-OWNED FIRESTONE DEALER, BUT TO DO SO WOULD MEAN A DRIVE OF 110 MILES ONE WAY. WHICH I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DOING SO. I HAVE SUBMITTED A CLAIM TO FORD VIA EMAIL AND HAVE CALLED FIRESTONE'S TOLL FREE NUMBER, BUT TO ONLY BE TOLD THAT MY TIRES ARE DO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT DOT CODE FOR THE RECALL. MEANWHILE, MY TIRES DO SHOW SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION THAT APPEAR

TRAVELING AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED TIRE FAILED CAUSING A SPIN. TRYING TO CONTROL THE SPIN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. CAR WAS TOTAL DESTROYED AND ONLY THROUGH LUCK DID MY SON AND HIS COMPANION AVOID SERIOUS INJURY.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

SUV BEGAN TO WEAVE AND COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED, IT WAS RAINING AND INTIALLY I FELT THAT IT WAS HYDROPLANING BUT THE RT FRONT TIRE WOULD NOT GRAB THE PAVEMENT. THE SUV ROLLED DOWN A 25FT EMBANKMENT IN A DENSELY VEGETATED AREA, FELLED SEVERAL TREES, AND FLIPPED. THE DRIVER NOR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE SUV WAS TOTALLED. DUE TO THE MEDIA COVERAGE REGARDING THE FIRESTONE/EXPLORER TIRE I LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE FIRST PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IS THAT THE TIRE WILL LOSE AIR. I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS LOSS OF AIR ON THE RT FRONT TIRE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND HAD ASKED ABOUT IT WHEN THE TIRES WERE ROTATED AND WAS TOLD BY CROSSROAD FORD, "THAT THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS". SO, I THEN WENT TO THE SALVAGE YARD WHERE THE CAR WAS BEING STORED TO VIEW THE TIRE AND THE CRACKS AND PEELING RUBBER OF THE RT FRONT TIRE WAS OBVIOUS.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR I NOTICED A LARGE BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE L/R TIRE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO GO TO FIRESTONE. I WENT TO THE FIRESTONE STORE IN NEWARK CALIFORNIA AND THE MECHANIC PULLED OFF THE BULGE AND REVEALED A WHITE ELEMENT OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS THEN THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAD MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70R/16 )

TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER GETTING UNDERWAY AFTER A TRAFFIC LIGHT( DOT NUMBER: VD3705 TIRE SIZE: LT255/7516 )

I'VE NOT HAD A FAILURE BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE 16" TIRE HAS EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURES AS THE RECALLED 15" TIRE AND FORD VOLUNTARILY REPLACED ALL SUCH TIRES IN TEH MIDDLE EAST. IT SEEMS IMPERATIVE THAT THE NHTSA REQUIRE A RECALL OF THE 16" FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE AS WELL AS THE 15" TIRE. MY 16" TIRE, APPARENTLY, WAS PRODUCED AT THE SAME DECATUR, ILLINOIS PROBLEM PLANT.( DOT NUMBER: VDCU TIRE SIZE: P255/70-16 )

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS AUTOMATICALLY COME ON. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION, CAUSING THE SEATS IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT TO SHAKE, TIRES ARE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P255/70R15, DEALER HAS BALANCED TIRES TWICE, HOWEVER VEHICLE STILL VIBRATES. *SLC

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUND NOISE AND REALIZED THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON MY RIGHT REAR TIRE. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND PROMPLY NOTIFIED MY FORD DEALER WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. FORD NEVER NOTIFIED ME AT ANY TIME THAT THE TIRES WERE UNDER POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION FOR DEFECTS. I BELIEVE THAT I EXPERIENCED DEFECTIVE TIRES MADE BY FIRESTONE THAT WERE ONLY SEVEN MONTHS OLD AND HAD LESS THAN 13K MILES ON THEM.( DOT NUMBER: )

IT WAS RAINING BUT I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY ON RIGHT SIDE. SUDDENLY, I REALIZED THAT THE EXPLORES HYDROPLANE AND HIT THE LEFT HAND SIDE GUARD RAIL. THEN THE AIR BAG WENT OFF AND I HEARD A BIG NOISE. THE CAR HIT THE FRONT LEFT FIRST AND THE BANK. AFTER THAT IT CROOSED OVER TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND SLIDED ALL THE WAY TO FAR SIDE GUIDE RAIL. IT SLIDED FOR ANOTHER 5 METERS BEFORE COMING TO REST FINALLY. I NOTICED THAT TIRES WERE OFF THE RIM AND TEAR APART.( DOT NUMBER: )

PE02000; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING 25/35 MPH, REAR TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BLEW UP AFTERING BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A CRASH. DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PASSENGER IN THE EXPLORER, AND SUSTAINED MINOR AND MAJOR INJURIES. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. FIRESTONE/ FORD HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE LIST TIRE SIZE/DOT # AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CRASH. *AK

A WHEEL CAME OFF VEHICLE WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. DEALER TESTED THE TIRES & WHEELS AND FOUND NO FAULT. CONSUMER WASN'T SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER. THEY REMOUNTED THE TIRE BACK ON VEHICLE.*AK

PE00020; FRONT LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAS AIR COMING FROM THAT TIRE. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE #ATX P235/75R15/105S. CONSUMER PUT AIR IN THE TIRE, AND THREE DAYS LATER THE TIRE WAS FLAT AGAIN. *AK

TIRE BLEW OUT ON 6-MONTH OLD VEHICLE--HIGHWAY DRIVING, NEARLY CAUSED COLLISION AND RUINED TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

HOW MANY MUST DIE BEFORE NHTSA STEPS UP TO THIS DISASTER? THIS IS UNEXCUSABLE! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

AS I HAVE A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES I AM CONCERNED THAT I MIGHT ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM INT HE FUTURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT FIRESTONE IS PLANNING ON ANNOUNCING A "LIMITED" RECALL TO OWNERS OF THE TIRES LOCATED IN SOUTHERN AREAS. MY PRESENT DRIVING HABITS ARE MAINLY TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 - 65 MPH FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. THIS ALONG WITH WHAT I CONSIDER A LOWER TIRE PRESSURE STATED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF 26 LBS, I BELEIVE THIS CAN CAUSE THE TIRES TO HAVE MORE STRESS ON THE SIDEWALLS WHILE TRAVELLING AND WITH HIGHWAY SPEEDS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE THE HEATING& BULDGING OF THE TIRES CAUSING MORE STRESS ON THE SIDEWALLS. PRESENTLY MY VEHICLE HAS ONLY 7750 MILES ON THE ODEMETER, I HOPE THE NHTSA PERSUES FIRESTONE IN THE RECALLING OF ALL WILDERNESS AT TIRES IN ALL REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY NOT JUST THE "SOUTHERN" PARTS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIRE RECALL AND FAILURES (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT), OWNER IS REQUESTING THAT THE TIRES BE REPLACED WITH OTHER MAKE TIRES AND IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RECALL PROCEDURE. *MJS

CONSUMER HAD BEEN PUTTING AIR INTO REAR LEFT TIRE MANY TIMES EVEN THOUGH THERE ISN'T A TREAD SEPARATION, BUT IS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNED THE TIRES. *AK

PE02000; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH, TIRE ON PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE WENT FLAT FOR NO REASON. TIRE WAS TAKEN TO BEREKLEY TIRE DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS A FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS TIRE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. PLEASE LIST VIN #, TIRE SIZE/DOT # AND DATE OF INCIDENT. *AK