WHEN THE FIRST TIRE FAILED WE WERE ON I-70. A VIBRATION OCCURRED AND THEN THE TIRE LOST ABOUT HALF OF ITS TREAD. WE CHANGED THE TIRE AND RETURNED HOME SAFELY. THE SECOND TIRE BEGAN VIBRATING ON I-90 JUST BEFORE BUFFALO WY. BEING ONLY ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE CAMPGROUND WE SLOWLY MADE IT IN AND CHANGED THE TIRE THERE. THE NEXT MORING WE DROVE TO SHERIDAN, WY TO A FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE TIRE FREE OF CHARGE PLUS BALANCING. LATER I DISCOVERED THE FIRESTONE DEALER REPLACED MY LOAD RANGE E TIRE WITH A LOAD RANGE D TIRE. THE THIRD TIRE BLEW WITHOUT WARNING ON I-70 THROWING THE TREAD INTO MY TOW VEHICLE AND THEN JAMMING IT INTO THE TOW DOLLY. CHANGE THE TIRE AND NOW I WITHOUT A SPARE. THE FORTH TIRE BEGAN VIBRATING, I PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE TIRES AND FOUND ANOTHER SEPARATED TIRE. NOT HAVING A SPARE WE SLOWLY TRAVELED TO GOODLAND, KS TO TRY AND FIND A TIRE. BEING A HOLIDAY WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING TO PURCHASE TWO MORE TIRES. WITH THE TWO NEW TIRES NOW ON THE LEFT REAR WE MADE IT HOME SAFELY THAT NIGHT. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE AFTER FOUR TIRE FAILURES AND NO ACCIDENTS. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. EACH TIME BEFORE LEAVING CAMP I ALWAYS CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE AND MADE SURE IT WAS AT THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE. I DROVE ON CERTIFIED SCALES BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRIP,BEFORE UNLOADING TO BE SURE THE VEHICLE WAS'NT OVERLAODED. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THESE TIR
1996 Ford F Series (light)
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWIRING HARNESS LOCATED ON TOP OF TRUCKS FRAME, CUT BY SEAM IN CABS FLOORBOARD, CAUSING SHORT WHICH CAUSED ALTERNATOR TO FAIL. *DSH
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.