1997 Ford F-150 complaints

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PE00020, WILDERNESS HT II, TIRE SIZE, P23570R16 ON 1997 FORD F150.REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH CAUSED TIRE TO BE DESTROYED, AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. ON NOVEMBER 1998, REAR DRIVER'S TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. FIRESTONE WAS NOT WILLING TO HELP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 235/70/R16 *MW

TIRES PEEL OFF ALSO ON MY P235/70R16 I TURN THEM INTO FIRESTONE CENTERS STORE # 029386 WHICH CAUSE ME AN ACCIDENT ON I-75 ACCIDENT REPORT NO #00-03-0004964 FHP.( DOT NUMBER: 864180 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R16 )

DURING VACATION 2 TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION DURING TRIP OVER MTN PASSES IN CO AFTER BEING IN AR & TX. TIRES WERE REMOVED BEFORE ANY INCIDENT. STILL HAVE TIRES. THIS IS THE 3RD SET OF ORIGINAL STYLE OF TIRES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SINCE BUYING THE TRUCK NEW IN 1996.( DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRE SIZE: 235/70R16 )

ONE TIRE DELAMINATED AT HIGH SPEED. FILED CLAIM WITH FIRESRTONE FOR REPLACING TIRE & REPAIR OF TRCK DAMAGE. THEY DID SO UNDER FIRESTONE INCIDENT #018399. WHILE CLAIM BENG PROCESSED, ABOUT A WEEK LATER WE NOTICED TWO MORE TIRES WITH METAL WIRES POKING THRU SIDES OF TREAD. TOK TRUCK TO IRESTONE STORE TUCSON, AZ. EMPLYEE AWARE OF MY PRIOR CLAIM, AND AT THAT POINT HE RELACED 3 MORE TIRES (THE 2 WITH METAL SHOWING + OTHER ONE THEN IN USE. WE HAD NO INJURY, I GOT NO HASSLE FROM FIRESTONE. ONLY RECENTLY WAS I AWARE OF EXTENT OF FIRESTONE TIRE PROBLEMS. THE POINT OF MY REPORT IS TO ALERT YOU THAT SIXTEEN " TIRES, (WE HAD P235/70RX16SL TIRES) ARE ALSO A PROBLEM. I RECETLY REPORTED THIS TO FORD MOTORS. REPLY FROM THEM WAS GENERAL IN NATURE, BUT THEY TOLD ME TO BE SURE TIRES ARE PROPERLY INFLATED. I MAINTAIN THESE TIRES AS I HAVE OTHER IN THE 50 YEARS I HAVE OWNED VEHICLES AND NEVER BEFORE HAVE I EXPERIENCED A TIRE DELAIMNATION AS WE DID WITH THESE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. A CONCERN WE NOW HAVE IS THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH OTHER WLDERNESS "HT" TIRES.EE.( DOT NUMBER: )

ALL 4 OEM TIRES WERE REPLACED AT FIRESTONE DEALER SUGGESTION WITHIN 15-18K MILES. VISUAL CRACKS IN TREAD BODY AND 1 PREMATURE MIDBODY ROAD FAILURE WITH NO OBSERVABLE ROAD HAZARD. WITHIN THE NEXT 15-18K THE NEXT SET OF 4 REPLACEMENT HT'S WERE REPLACED. NOW WITH APPROX. 35K ON THE THIRD SET OF HT'S AN INDEPENDENT SHOP (NON-FIRESTONE) HAS DIAGNOSISED A SIGNIFICANT PULL TO THE RIGHT AS "TIRE PULL" INDICATING POSSIBLE CORD TO BODY SLIPPAGE. ALL FAILURES AND REPLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN IN WEST TEXAS WITH HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

THE FAILURE OCCURS AT THE SEAM NEXT TO THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS DOOR AT THE REAR OF THE WINDOW{JUST ABOVE THE DOOR HANDLE} RIGHT WHERE THE RUBBER MOLDING ENDS. I HAVE SEEN THIS CRACK ON ALMOST EVERY F-150 I HAVE INSPECTED MADE IN 1997. I HAVE SHOWN 5 OTHER PEOPLE THE CRACKS ON THEIR VEHICLES AND HAVE ALSO SHOWN THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS IN TOWN. BUT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED A BULLETIN FROM FORD AUTHORIZING THEM TO REPLACE THE DOOR SOME OF THEM REFUSE TO DO SO. *AK

BEAD SEPARATED AT JUNCTURE WHERE TIRE JOINS SIDEWALL-3/5 AROUND TIRE-LOSING AIR-STEEL BELTS EXPOSED. DROVE TO TN. TWICE IN JUNE WITH TIRE. FOUND PROBLEM AT ROTATION OF TIRES. STILL PLENTY OF TREAD ON TIRE/( DOT NUMBER: VN08IPU386 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

THE TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE ITSELF AS DESCRIBED ON TELEVISION. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED FROM THE INCIDENT. FIRESTONE HAS RECEIVED THE TIRE, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF ACESSING THE DAMAGE TO SEE WHETHER IT WAS A DEFECT.( DOT NUMBER: VN08PU097 TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY LIKE TWICE A MONTH WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, A SHORT INSIDE OF STEERING COLUMN. *AK WASHER LEVER ALSO ON STEERING COLUMN, TO GET WASHER TO OPERATE MUST PUSH HANDLE IN AT ANGLE. THE DOME LAMP IS DEFECTIVE AND STAYS ON WHEN THE ENGINE IS STARTED. *YH

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES P235/70R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, DOT BM089434, CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE WHO SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. *SLC

OWNER CONCERNED BECAUSE THREE OUT OF FOUR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS SIZE 16" TIRES WENT FLAT WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TIRE SIZE P23570R16, ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT, AND TIRE MILEAGE 39,000. TIRES WERE TAKEN TO A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP. TWO OF THE TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK DOT#W208. *SLC

THE CRACK IS GROWING DAILY AND WILL EVENTUALLY DAMAGE THE DOOR SO THAT IT CANNOT BE OPENED IN AM EMERGENCY. *AK

THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS DO NOT REEL IN THE SEATBELT. THIS ALLOWS THE SEATBELT TO BE CAUGHT IN THE DOOR WHEN IT IS CLOSED. THIS WILL DAMAGE THE SEATBELT, MAKING IT INEFFECTIVE IN AN ACCIDENT. IN ADDITION THE SEATBELT HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN THE LOCK MECHANISM MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TRUCK. THIS A CLEAR AND PRESENT SAFETY HAZARD TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *AK

BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED JAN 2000. DEVELOPED VIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC OF OUT-OF-BALANCE TIRES. WHEN I HAD THEM BALANCED AND FRONT END CHECKED, ONE TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. VEHICLE STILL HAS SLIGHT VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AND I SUSPECT ANOTHER TIRE MAY BE BECOMINHG SEPARATED. FIRESTONE CLAIMS THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FAILURES OF THE 16-INCH WILDERNESS HT. CAN THIS BE THE FIRST?( DOT NUMBER: UNKN TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

PE00020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A FORD F150 1997, TIRE SIZE P235R16, DOT NUMBER VN081PU107. TWO FRONTAL TIRES AND ENTIRE OUTER EDGE IS DISINTEGRATING AT THE PLACE WHERE TREAD STARTS. TIRES HAVE AROUND 25 THOUSANDS MILES ON THEM AND ARE 16 INCHES. *AK THE TWO BAD TIRES WERE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE. *YH

PART FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS FORCED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DEALER AND FORD WERE CONTACTED. THEY BOTH AGREED THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE FAILED. THEY WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE, JUST THERE WARRANTY LIABILITY. WHEN THE PART FAILED IT DAMAGED THE BACKING PLATE AND PUNCTURED THE RIM, CAUSING TIRE FAILURE. WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED?*AK

MY TIRES ARE NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE. I HAD A TIRE PERSON CHECK THEM AND HE SAID THEY ARE CRACKING AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FIRESTONE HAS NOT GONE FAR ENOUGH IN THEIR RECALL, LEAVING LOTS OF PEOPLE LIKE ME ON THE ROAD WITH UNSAFE TIRES AND NO HELP. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

TIRE SEPERATION--- WHILE DRIVING NOTICED A TREMENDOUS VIBRATION--- UPON INSPECTION NOTICED A LARGE "DIP" IN TIRE TREAD, AFTER JACKING UP TRUCK THE DIP WOULD BULGE OUT DURRING ACCELERATION--WAS TOLD BY ASST. MANAGER OF S&S TIRE THAT THE PLY HAD SEPERATED AND THAT I WAS REAL LUCKY TO HAVE MADE IT IN( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 26575R16 )

DOORS ON MY F-150 ARE CRACKED. FORD KNOWS THIER IS A PROBLEM WITH THOUSANDS PERHAPS MANY MORE F-150S DOORS CRACKING BUT IF YOUR OUT OF WARRANTY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT .SHOULDNT BE JUST A WARRANTY ISSUE ,IT IS A DESIGN FLAW IN MY OPINION.IT IS CRACKING ON THE OUTER SKIN OF THE DOORS(BOTH DOORS IN MY CASE). FORD BASICALLY TOLD ME TO BAD.WILL SOMEDAY BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN WHEN CRACK GETS LARGE ENOUGH TO WEAKEN DOOR.

8/10/00 '97 FORD F150 4X2 SUPERCAB W/FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P235/70R16OL INSPECTED BY FIRESTONE @ 5417 MCARDLE IN CC TEXAS FOUND 1 TIRE W/THREAD SEPARATION. TOLD THIS TIRE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL NOTICE & QUESTIONING WHY NOT. THIS IS THE NUMBER ON THE BAD TIRE U9766EXBM08945-3 THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THE OTHER TIRES INCLUDING SPARE: U9762EXBM08945-3; 25324GX8M08945-3; U9988EXBM12656 (THIS ONE MADE IN CANADA ALL OTHERS MADE IN USA) FIRESTONE DEALER ONLY WOULD GIVE ME ANY ADJUSTMENT FOR THE ONE BAD TIRE & SAID THIS WAS IN NO WAY CONNECTED WITH THE PRESENT FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL. WAS TOLD NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THESE HT TIRES. HAVE ALWAYS CHECKED PSI @ 32 TO 35 & ROTATED TIRES EVERY 6000 MILES & AS A OWNER OF A FORD VEHICLE W/FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

PEOO.020; VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND CONSUMER SAW INFORMATION ON THE NEWS CONCERNING TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE, AND MANAGER TOLD HIM THAT HIS TIRES DIDN'T MEET THE QUALIFICATION OF THE RECALL P23570.R15 ON FIRESTONE #AT TIRES.

CONSUMER NOTICED A 1/2 INCH CRACK ON THE OUTSIDE DOOR OF THE DRIVER & PASSENGER SIDE. METAL WAS SHEARING. DELEAR SAID THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY & THEY HAD TO HAVE PERMISSION FROM FORD. *AK ALSO THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *YH

VEHICLE EXPEREINCED TWO TIRE FAILURES, TREAD SEPARATING FROM CASING BOTH ON R/R. FIRST OCCURRED AT 31,000 MILES, SECOND OCCURRED AT 38000 MILES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R 16 )

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, TIRE SIZE P235/70R16.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/70/R16 *MW

SIDEWALL SEPERATION AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1,000 MILES. PURCHASED FROM MOBILE/FIRESTONE; US2 SERVICE CENTER; 1301 E CLOVERLAND DRIVE; IRONWOOD, MI 49938 (906-932-0700). TIRE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/70/R16 )

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 64 NORTH FROM HAMPTON VA. TO ANNANDALE VA. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE WHEN SUDDENLY I HEARD TWO EXPLOSIVE SOUNDS AND IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THERE HAD BEEN A BLOWOUT. I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO LOCK MY ARMS TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND SLOWLY EASED THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. UPON GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK AND VIEWING THE DAMAGE I REALIZED THAT I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS UNINJURED. THE BLOWOUT LEFT TWO HOLES FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE BLOWOUT WAS AT THE POINT ON THE TIRE WHERE THE TREAD AND THE MAIN BODY OF THE TIRE MEET.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

THIS PIECE CAUSE STALL OUTS VERY POOR GAS MILAGE,ENIGINE TOO OVER HEAT 5 TIMES ADAY WHILE DRIVING ,MAKES ROUGH IDLE AND HAS NO POWER WHEN NEEDED COULD CAUSE SERIOUS RECK IF YOU GET IN A BIND ON ROAD ,STALL OUTS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM RED LIGHTS ,PERSONEL SAFETY OF ME AND MY FAMILY IS AT RISK

AT ABOUT 18,000 MILES ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES THAT HAD BEEN PATCHED PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE SPLIT AT THE PATCH (ABOUT THE CENTER OF THE TREAD) SO REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES AT THIS TIME AS RECCOMMENDED BY FIRESTONE DEALER. THIS WAS A SLOW DEVELOPING PROBLEM.. SLOW LEAK. WITHIN 10 DAYS REPLACED ONE OF THESE. SIDEWALL SPLIT AFTER BARELY BRUSHING A CURB. WHEN I SAY BARELY BRUSHING, THOSE RUBBER NIPPLES ON NEW TIRES WERE NOT EVEN RUBBED OFF. ABOUT APRIL OF 2000 I SUFFERED A HIGH SPEED BLOWOUT (65 MPH) IN ONE OF THE REAR TIRES. TOTAL MILEAGE ABOUT 23000. STILL A LOT OF TREAD LEFT ON THE REAR TIRES AND FRONT ONES LIKE NEW... I CHOSE TO REPLACE ALL 4 AT THAT TIME DUE TO FEARS FOR MY SAFETY. DEALERS CLAIMED ALL PROBLEMS WERE ROAD HAZARDS AND NOT UNDER ANY WARRANTY. I AM 48 YEARS OLD AND HAVE BEEN DRIVING SINCE AGE16. MANY OF THOSE YEARS WERE ON THE ROAD SALES WITH AS MUCH AS 55000 MILES/YR. I HAVE NEVER... REPEAT NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A TIRE BEFORE THE TREAD WORE OUT.( DOT NUMBER: W208 TIRE SIZE: P235 70R16 )

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 55 MPH, ALL THE TREAD CAME OFF MY TIRE. THE SHRAPNEL CAUSED $1200 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY WHEEL WELL AND GAS TANK. IT TORE OFF THE TUBE FROM THE GAS TANK WHICH ALLOWS ONE TO FILL THE TANK. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TIRE DIDN'T DEFLATE. ANOTHER TIRE WENT FLAT A MONTH AGO. IT DEFLATED IN A PARKING LOT AND COULDN'T BE REPLACED BECAUSE ALL OF THE RUBBER HAD CAUSED A LUMP ON ONE SIDE OF THE TIRE AND COMPLETELY FELL APART AFTER IT WAS CHANGED. A YEAR AGO, ANOTHER "EXPLODED" GOING APPROX. 30 MPH. ALL OF THE TIRES HAD MORE THAN ADEQUATE TREAD LEFT ON THEM. WE ARE SUBMITTING A PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORT TO CONTINENTAL/GENERAL TIRES, 1440-L WESTINGHOUSE BLVD., CHARLOTTE, NC 28273. WE HAVE ALSO SENT THE TIRE FROM THE 7/27/00 INCIDENT BACK TO THEM. IT IS PROBABLY NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY BUT IT IS ODD THAT 3 OF THESE TIRES FAILED IN UNUSUAL WAYS. IT IS A MIRACLE I WAS NOT INJURED FROM THE LAST INCIDENT. I AM LUCKY THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT RUPTURED, ONLY THE FUEL SPOUT WAS MISSING AND GASOLINE HAD NOT LEAKED OUT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT GAS IN THE TANK. THE TIRE WITH NO TREAD LOOKS LIKE THE FIRESTONE RECALL TIRES. HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED THE GENERAL TIRES OR HAD ANY COMPLAINTS?( DOT NUMBER: 2842006D TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

FRIESTONE ATX TIRE BEGAN TO SEPARATE AT 12,000 MILES. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE TIRES REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS CHECKING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIS HOME AND NOTICED THAT STEEL BELT WAS COMING FROM THE TIRE. ALSO, STEEL BELTS WERE COMIMNG FROM OTHER TWO AT 34,000 MILES. THEY WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES #HT10S #P23570R16. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. *AK DOT #W208IPT236, ALL FOUR TIRES EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL SEPARATION. *SLC

AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOUND OUT THAT TIRES WERE SEPARATING ON THE SIDE WHERE CONSUMER REPLACED THEM. *AK

POOR QUALITY TIRE. TIRES CONSTANTLY LEAKED AIR. WORSE TIRES I HAVE EVER OWNED. I WILL NEVER PRUCHASE FIRESTONE TIRES AGAIN. LOOKING AT THE CNN ARTICAL I SEE WHY I HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM. I ALSO HAVE A SMALL RANGER WITH THE SAME TIRES AND I AM LOOKING FOR THEM TO BE RECALLED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 TIRES TOTAL. APPROXIMATELY EVERY 4 MONTHS ONE OF THE TIRES WILL HAVE THE BELTS SPLIT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

TIRE FAILED AND VERY NEARLY CAUSED CRASH.ELMIRA,N.Y. FIRESTONE STORE (ERIC)DENIES ANY TYPE OF RESPONSIBILITY OR RECALL. MR. BILL VANDERWATER AT FIRESTONE DENIES ANY KIND OF FAULT OR RECALL WITH TIRE. ANOTHER TIRE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME ABOUT THE FIRESTONE RECALL, MY WIFE AND NEIGHBOR KNOW ABOUT IT AND IT WAS ON THE NBC EVENING NEWS BUT FIRESTONE DENIES IT. I REQUIRE SOME PROOF IN WRITING THAT FIRESTONE HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THEIR WILDERNESS TIRES BECAUSE I INTEND TO TAKE FIRESTONE TO COURT .*AK( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

SINCE I RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT FIRESTONE'S TIRE PROBLEM I THOUGHT I WOULD SEND THIS TO YOU. IN 1998 I WAS DRIVING 70MPH IN MY 1997 F-150 ON AN INTERSTATE AND MY RIGHT REAR TIRE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS) BLEW OUT. SINCE IT WAS THE REAR TIRE, I STILL HAD STEERING ABILITY SO I DID NOT WRECK. I NOW BUY GOODYEAR!! *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215-75-16 )

I HAD COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION ON ONE FRONT TIRE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF TREAD SEPARATION ON THE OTHER FRONT TIRE ON 02/15/00 WHILE TRAAVELING WEST ON I-30 TO DALLAS, TEXAS. THE FOLLOWING DAY BOTH TIRES WERE REPLACED AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP AT MY EXPENSE. JOE CAMBELL THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOOK ME BACK WHEN THE TRUCK WAS UP ON THE RACK AND SHOWED ME THE TIRES. HE SAID, "BOY, YOU WERE DRIVING ON AIR THE LAST 20 MILES! I AM SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T DIE IN A CRASH FROM A BLOW-OUT." *AK( DOT NUMBER: 027471 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

PE-00-020- FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P23570R16 TIRE ON A 1997 FORD F150, TIRE SIZE NOT AVAILABLE WHEN DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM TREAD. THERE IS ONLY 25 THOUSAND MILES ON THE TIRES. *AK DOT# W2UB1PT466. *SLC

AT 31,500 THE RIGHT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A LARGE BLISTER WHERE THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE CASING. I REPLACED THE TIRE. LESS THAN 7000 MILES LATER THE TREAD ON THE RPLACEMENT TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE CASING.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

TRUCK CONTINUES TO HANDLE POORLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DEALER CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AND FOUND NOTHING MECHANICLY WRONG EXCLUDING THE FIORST TIME WHEN THEY REPLACED A SECTION OF THE STEERING COLLUMN THEY ROTATED AND REBALANCED THE TIRES TO NO AVAIL WARRANTY EXPIREED DUE TO TIME WITH PROBLEM STILL EVIDENT OUR SECOND CAR WITH 104,000 MILES HANDLES MUCH BETTER AT ANY SPEED. WE HAVE HAD 4 OTHER TRUCKS SO WERE FAMILIAR WITH HOW A TRUCK SHOULD HANDLE THROUGH ALL SPEED RANGES. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/7516R )

BATTERY FAILED. *SLC

BOTH INCIDENTS, INVOLVED THE REAR RIGHT HAND TIRE POSITION LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE EXHAUST PIPE EXIT. IN BOTH CASES 90% OF THE TIRE SHREDDED BY ITSELF DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS. TIRES REMAINED INFLATED IN BOTH CASES. BOTH TIRES HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THEM. (ONE TIRE WAS A NEW REPLACEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER, THE 2ND WAS THE ORIGINAL SPARE). THE 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER 20 MILES HIGHWAY TRAVEL AT 70MPH, HOWEVER THE PREVIOUS DAY THE TRUCK HAD COMPLETED 800 MILES CONTINUOUS HIGHWAY DRIVING. THE 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER 6 HOURS CONTINOUS HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 70MPH. IN BOTH CASES THE INCIDENT BEGAN WITH SEVERE "FELT-LIKE" WHEEL WOBBLE, THEN IMMEDIATE SEVERE JOLTING AND LURCHING OF THE TRUCK ACROSS THE HIGHWAY LANES OUT OF CONTROL. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT OCCURED AND I STOPPED SAFELY. IN THE 2ND INCIDENT THE SHREDDING OF THE TIRE ALSO RIPPED OUT THE EXHAUST BARCKETS, BENT THE EXHAUST PIPE DOWNWARDS (REQUIRED RE-BENDING TO OBTAIN DECENT ROAD CLEARANCE). I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I REPLACED BOTH REAR TIRES WITH NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES AT FORD. I AM NOW DEEPLY WORRIED THAT THIS WILL OCCUR AGAIN, AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY I HEAR THERE ARE NOW REPORTS OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES SHEDDING. IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN GENERAL TIRES AND FIRESTONE, BOTH SUPPLIED BY FORD? IS THERE A CONECTION WITH THE EXHAUST EXHITING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TIRE CAUSING SEVERE OVER HEATING OF THE TIRE? I SHAL BE REPLACING THE EXHAUST WITH A REAR EXIT EXHA

I TRAVELED TO HOUSTON FRON NORTH CAROLINA. ON MY WAY BACK MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE FELL APART ON I-610. LUCKY FOR ME, I WAS JUST GETTING ON I-610 FROM AN ON RAMP. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE RIGHT . I FOUND THAT MY TIRE HAD JUST TORN APART ON ME. I CALLED FORD EXTENDED SERVICE AND THEY HAD A TOW TRUCK COME IN AND REPLACE THE TIRE WITH MY SPARE. ONCE IN NC, I REPACED ALL MY TIRES FOR FEAR OF A REOCCURANCE OF THE PROBLEM IN MY OTHER TIRES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH THE SAME NAME BRAND AND TYPE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE TIRES WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION OR I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ANOTHER BRAND. I ESTIMATED THE $300.00 DAMAGE ON THE LOST TIRE, THE QUESTIONABLE CONDITION OF THE MAG RIM, AND THE LOST RIM COVER. I THINK THAT IT IS CRIMINAL THAT FORD AND FIRESTONE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND NOT INFORMED THEIR CUSTOMERS. I HOPE NHTSA DOES EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO CORRECT THIS. I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS WITH BOTH FIRESTONE AND FORD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

VEHICLE HAS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES WHERE EVERY DAY CONSUMER HAS TO PUT AIR IN. *AK

INITIAL TIRE SEPERATED AND CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL ON HWY BETWEEN FT. STOKETON, TX AND CARLSBAD, NM. REPLACED WITH SPARE. TWO TIRES PARTIAL SEPERATED ON OR SHORTLY AFTER TRIP BACK TO SAN ANTONIO. ALL FIVE TIRES REPLACED WITH MICHELIN *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: OEM )

IM NOT HAPPY WITH DOORS CRACKING AND PAINT CRACKING I GET NO HELP CAUSE IM"OUT OF WARRANTY". *AK

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. WHILE ON A VACATION TRIP WITH MY FAMILY AT 70 MPH A 3" BY 16" OF TIRE TREAD CAME OFF OF MY FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HTX TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70R16 )

THIS VEHICLE HAD FIRESTONE ATX TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH TREAD SEPARATED ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE, RIPPING THE FIBERGLASS FENDER THAT'S AROUND THE REAR TIRE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH STEERING BOX FELL OFF, DISCONNECTED FROM FRAME DUE TO BOLTS THAT SHEARED OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. VEHICLE RAN THROUGH YARD AND INTO A TREE. *AK