1998 Ford Ranger complaints

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: ALL FOUR TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE CRACKED AROUND THE TREAD. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT # VNHL. ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, FORD, RANGER. TIRE MILEAGE 43,000. *AK

CONTINUOUS CRACKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TIRES, ABOUT 1" FROM OUTSIDE EDGE, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON ALL FOUR TIRES .( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES WERE OUT-OF-ROUND AND COULD NOT BE BALANCED.

PE00020. ORIGINAL TIRES ON A 1998, FORD, RANGER, 23570R15. LEFT REAR AND LEFT FRONT TIRES HAVE FLAT SIDES, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH AND HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE. FIRST CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, THEN TIRE BLEW OUT, AND CONSUMER COULD SEE PART OF THE TIRE GO RIGHT PASSED HIM. *AK THERE WAS THUMPING NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRES, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR TIRES HAD A FLAT SIDE. *YH

THREE OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE, SEPARATION AND AIR LOSS. *MJS

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1998, FORD, RANGER WITH 23,000 MILES, TIRE SIZE P235/70R16, DOT VN0811U. ALL 4 TIRES HAD WORN OUT FROM INSIDE AND GOING TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE CAUSING FRONT END TO COME OUT OF ALIGNMENT. TIRES SHOULD HAVE LASTED 50,000 MILES. *AK

BOUGHT THIS TRUCK WITH 16,000 MILES ON IT FROM EARNHEART DODGE. DEC . 11,1999.ON JAN 24,2000 TOOK IT TO BERGE FORD SERVICE DEPT. FOR NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE (LIKE MARBLES RUNNNING AROUND IN IT) TRUCK STAYED THERE TO HAVE ENGINE LOOKED AT FOR 5 DAYS. IN THE MEANTIME I HAD TO PAY FOR RENTAL.GOT TIRED WAITNG FOR TRUCK TO BE LOOKED AT AND CALLED EARNHEART FORD SERVICE TO COME PICK UP AND TAKE TO THEIRS. SERVICE REP SAID COULD BE JUST CARBON IN IT. SO THEY DECARBONED IT.THE NOISE STILL WAS THERE. AFTER 20,000MILES ON THE TRUCK TOTAL ,THEY PUT IN FORD FACTORY REBUILT ENGINE IN IT. OKAY FOR ABOUT 1,000 MILES , NOISE CAME BACK.TOOK BACK TO FORD SAID IT WAS PROBABLY CARBON AGAIN.HOW COME SAME PROBLEM WITH NEW REBUILT ENGINE ? THEY DECARBONED IT.WHEN TRUCK PICKED UP THERE WAS STILL NOISE. SERVICE SAID DECARBON STUFF STILL HAD TO WORK MORE. NOISE GOT LOUDER. GOT IN TOUCH TO SEE WHAT NOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO.SERVICE MANAGER SAID WOULD BE IN TOUCH.NO CALLS. TRIED CALLING AND LEAVE MESSAGES NUMBER OF TIMES NO ANSWER. FINALLY ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF SERVICE MANGER AND HE SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING MORE FOR ME EVEN THOUGH STILL UNDER WARRENTY.SAID HIS MECHANIC CALLED THE FORD HOTLINE AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF SOME OF THE RANGERS HAVING THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE ,BUT IT WOULD NOT HURT THE ENGINE . IT HAD TO DO WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE VALVES IN SOME OF THE ENGINES. I SAID WAIT A MINUTE NOT ONLY I FEEL MY TRUCK IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE MAKING THIS RACKET AS I DRIVE THE FREE

ON TAKE OFF AND STOPPING THERE IS A JURKING IN THE VECHICLE UPON TAKING IT TO A FORD DEALER NEAR ME ( JEFFERS FORD IN NEW LEXINGTON OHIO) FIRST TIME IT WAS IN THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED IT . ON THE SECOND TIME THE HEAD MAINTANCE MAN TOLD ME HE CALLED FORD AND THEY WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVE SHAFTS BEING BAD (TO LONG ) IS WHAT I THINK HE SAID FROM 1997-2000 FORD RANGERS .SO THEN HE WANTED TO CHARGE ME TO INSTALL A NEW ONE AT MY COST.AT WHICH HE DID SAY MY WARRENTY WAS OVER MILES SO IT WAS EXPIRED BUT IT WASNT AT THE FIRST TIME I HAD IT IN TO THEM WHICH THEY SAID THEY FIXED. I JUST HOPE NOT TO MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE THIS EXPERANCE AND HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF THERE POCKETS ..ISNT THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM?OH I DID ASK THE MAINTANCE IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE HE RESPONDED THEY (FORD MOTOR CO.) DIDNT SAY. THAT MADE ME FEEL REAL GOOD AND SAFE OUT ON THE ROAD ..THANK YOU . EDWIN W HALSEY

ALL TIRES HAVE HAIRLINE CRACK ALONG TOP EDGE OF TIRE. I WAS TOLD BY BOTH A FORD DEALER AND FIRESTONE DEALER THAT WAS AN EARLY INDICATION OF EARLY TIRE SEPERATION. THESE ARE NOT THE RECALLED TIRES I CAN NOT RECIEVE REPLACEMENTS. FIRESTONE OFFERED TO PRO-RATE THE TREAD LIFE AND USE THEIR NORMAL WARRANTY TO GIVE A DISCOUNT ON NEW TIRES, WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THE CRACKS HAVE BEEN THERE, AS I JUST LOOKED BECAUSE OF THE RECALL IN THE NEWS. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THEM AT MY OWN COST WITH ANOTHER BRAND, IF I CAN FIND THEM. I SUGGEST THAT FORD, FIRESTONE AND NHTSA LOOK AT ALL OF THE WILDERNESS TIRES AND NOT JUST THE ONES MADE IN ILLINOIS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: 235/70R15 )

PEOO O20; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FELT THE TIRE GOING FLAT. HE PULLED OVER, AND LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, P23575R15 #DOT W2HL. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE.*AK

FIRESTONE WRANGLER P265 75 R15 TIRES EXPERIENCED EARLY TREAD WEAR SO CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE BALANCED AND ALIGNED MANY TIMES AND PROBLEM NEVER CORRECTED, DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE PRESSURE OF THE TIRES WERE TOO HIGH FOR LARGE TIRES ON A SMALL TRUCK, ANOTHER DEALER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM TO BE THE RIMS BEING TO SMALL FOR SUCH BIG TIRES, ANOTHER DEALER REPLACED TIRES WITH RADIAL ATX TIRES THAT DIDN'T DO ANY BETTER. *SLC

INSD WAS TRAVELING ON I-95, CLMT WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE INSURED, CLMT GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE INSD, INSD ATTEMPTED TO MOVE OVER TO ANOTHER LANE. THE INSD'S DRVIER SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING THE INSD TO HIT THE WALL. THE ROADS WERE WET DUE TO THE RAIN. THIS VEHICLE HAD FIRESTONE TIRES..MODEL 225/70R14 ALTHOUGHT THESE ARE NOT THE TIRES IN QUESTION, HAVE ANY BLOW OUTS BEEN REPORTED. (CLAIM# 59-V210-100) *MW

TREAD SEPARATION NOTICED WHEN INSPECTED BY CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN DURING ROUTINE SERVICE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRE SIZE: P22570R15 )

I HAD ONE OF THE 16" FIRESTONE TIRES BLOW OUT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THE WEATHER WAS WARM, PROBABLY LOW 80'S. THE TIRE WAS ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. I DID NOT LOOK FOR TREAD SEPARATION SINCE I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS A PROBLEM. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND, SO I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT TIRE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. I WAS RATHER FRUSTRATED WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE ONLY A YEAR OLD. I WAS TOLD BY THE FORD DEALER, IN POCATELLO IDAHO WHERE THE BLOW OCCURED, THAT BLOW OUTS WERE NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE GAINED BY FILING A COMPLAINT. AT THE TIME OF THE BLOW OUT, I WOULD HAVE FILED THIS AS A SUSPECTED DEFECT IF I HAD KNOWN HOW/WHERE TO REPORT IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. MARK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235R70/16 )

THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE FAILED. *MJS

THE TIRES NEED TO BE TRUDE AND BALANCED ALMOST EVERY MONTH, I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO FORD 4 OR 5 TIMES AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT ITS EITHER THE TIRE OR RIMS AND NO ONE WILL HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST YEAR I'VE SPENT OVER 1,000.00 AND MORE JUST TO GET IT RIGHT AND IT IS STILL NOT RIGHT. FORD IS BLAMEING FIRESTONE AND FIRESTONE IS BLAMEING FORD I NEED HELP PLEASE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70/14 )

WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 HEARD A SOUND, AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRES WERE FLAT. TREAD HAD CAME LOOSE FROM THE SIDEWALL IN THREE PLACES. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE P22570R14, DOT HYKC138. REAR PASSENGER'S TIRE HAD A FLAT. OCCUPANT CHECKED THE TIRE AND TREAD STARTED TO PEEL OFF WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER TIRES LOSING AIR. FIRESTONE WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST HIM. *AK *SLC

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE HITTING UP AGAINST VEHICLE. DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT END TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS, P2257014, AND #DOT W2FC. HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE.*AK THE CUSTOMER NOW HAS TIRE SEPARATION ON REAR TIRES ALSO. *YH

GENTLEMEN,MY 1998 MODEL YEAR, 4X4 XLT, V-6 4.0L ENGINE, FORD RANGER (VIN# [XXX]) AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT ON AUGUST 31ST OF 1999, WHILE TRAVELING HOME FROM AN OUT-OF-STATE JOB THAT I WAS WORKING IN YORK, PA BACK TO AVONDALE, AZ. I BELIEVED THEN AND I BELIEVE NOW THAT SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG OR "DEFECTIVE" WITH MY TRUCK AT THE TIME (AND AFTER) OF THE ACCIDENT. I EVEN HAVE WRITTEN STATEMENT(S) ON PUBLIC RECORD, THAT STATE, THAT I FELT SOMETHING WAS QUITE AMISS THAT DAY, THAT ALSO PRE-DATE THE TIRE RECALL FROM FIRESTONE THIS LAST AUGUST, 2000. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 3,692 (APPROX.) ACTUAL MILES ON IT AND I HADN'T EVEN MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT TO FORD CREDIT YET! NOR HAD I EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO GET IT PROPERLY REGISTERED IN MY HOME TOWN OF AVONDALE, AZ. THE TRUCK NEVER ACTUALLY MADE IT HOME TO AZ, AS IT'S STILL IN TULSA, OK AREA. NOT ONLY DID I LOSE ALOT OF TIME OFF FROM WORK, I ALSO LOST A VERY SPECIAL VEHICLE TO THIS PARTICULAR ACCIDENT, ONE THAT I HAD DREAMED OF FOR YEARS AND ONE THAT I HAD WAITED A VERY LONG TIME TO FIND (JUST THE EXACT ONE!) AND THEN FINALLY PURCHASE! ALSO, I MUST SAY THE TIME AND EFFORT IT HAS TAKEN ME AND MY FAMILY, INVOLVED IN JUST WORKING THROUGH THE AFTERMATH, HAS BEEN UNREAL! INVOLVED IN JUST WORKING THROUGH THE AFTERMATH, HAS BEEN UNREAL! IT TOOK ME OVER A YEAR TO JUST GET MY FINAL PAYMENT FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY RELATED TO THE PERSONAL PROPERTY LOSS ALONE! I AM STILL WORKING FOR ANOTHER 3 MONTHS ON

ON 08-13-99 I WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TWICE WHILE ON RTE 24 IN RANDOLPH, MA - THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE BROKE DOWN AND THE TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL ENDING UP OFF OF THE ROAD - THIS TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE DEALER AND IT TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE DEALER TO LOCATE AN EXACT MATCH AS I WAS INFORMED THAT FIRESTONE WAS NOT PRODUCTION OF THIS TIRE AT THE TIME. ALTHOUGH THE START OF THE TROUBLE WAS IN FACT THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE OTHER DRIVER - THE FACT THAT THE TIRE BROKE DOWN RENDERED MY ABILITY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 02 7474 TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

TIRE FAILED ON FREEWAY WHEN SIDEWALL RIPPED (ABOUT 7 INCHES) JUST UNDER THE TREAD LINE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75 R15 )

CLUTCH PEDAL ABOUT 1 1/2" FREE PLAY. WARRANTY WORK PERFORMED @ AIRPORT MARINA FORD ON 05/16/00, 05/22/00,08/16/00, 08/24/00.CLUTCH PEDAL NOW FEELS SPONGY. ACCORDING TO PAPERWORK, SLAVE CYLINDER, MASTER CYLINDER, BLEED, SLAVE CYLINDER REPLACEMENT. *AK

PE00-020; 35,000 MILES, P23575R15, DOT W2HL1PY407, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH FORD RANGER, 1998. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS WHERE THE TREAD BEGINS/AT CORNER OF TREAD ,ON OUTSIDE OF SIDEWALL. CRACKS WERE ALL AROUND THE TIRE. CONSUMER WENT TO 3 TIRE SHOPS, INCLUDING FIRESTONE. THEY ALL RECOMMENDED TO GET TIRES REPLACED, EXCEPT FOR FIRESTONE. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT PP235/75/R15 *MW

WHILE DRIVING, TIRES BEGAN TO 'THUMP' REPEATEDLY. TOOK TO A LOCAL TIRE SHOP (SKANDER'S TIRE SERVICE IN EVANS CITY, PA) AND WAS INFORMED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75R15 )

TIRE BLEW (3 DISTINCT SECTIONS IN SIDEWALL), 65 MPH, ORIGINALS WHEN PURCHASED USED, WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES (RANGER COMES WITH 15")( DOT NUMBER: VN08IPU??? TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

I HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE. THE TIRES WERE WILDERNESS HT P225/70R15-100S. THESE TIRES WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO ANY EFFECTIVE FIRESTONE RECALLS. I STILL HAVE ALL OF THE TIRES WHICH I BELIEVE ARE DEFECTIVE. I REPLACED THE TIRES AT THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER, PRIOR TO ANY RECALLS BY FIRESTONE, AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM HERE.( DOT NUMBER: )

YOU SHOULD NOT REPLACE PARTIALLY WORN TIRES WITH NEW TIRES UNLESS IN SETS! FIRESTONE ONLY REPLACES THE "VD" WILDERNESS TIRES. MY VEHICLE HAS 5 TIRES ON IT AND THEY GET ROTATED REGULARLY. THEY HAD WEAR ON ALL TIRES EQUALLY. ONLY 1 TIRE MET THE RECALL CRITERIA (VD). BUT I HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE TIRES ON MY 4-WHEEL DRIVE FORD IN ORDER TO ASSURE EVENLY WORN TIRES. WHEN SAFETY IS AT STAKE, I SHOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE COST OF PROPERLY REPLACING MY TIRES ON ALL 5 WHEELS, WHEN THEY WERE ALL THE SAME TYPE, KIND, AND MANUFACTURER! FIRESTONE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE REPLACEMENT TIRES! HOW DID THEY ONLY PUT 1 OF THE DEFECTIVE (PROVEN) TIRES ON MY TRUCK AT THE SAME TIME WHEN I BOUGHT THEM ALL AT THE SAME DEALER? IF A TIRE LINE IS BAD, IT'S BAD THROUGHOUT! NOT JUST AT ONE PLANT! GIVE THE CONSUMER A BREAK! FORCE FIRESTONE TO RECALL THE ENTIRE WILDERNESS AT LINE OF TIRES!!!( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: P225/R7515 )

TIRES WILL NOT HOLD UP UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I AM RUNNING 8 PLUGS IN THESE TIRES. I DRIVE ONLY ON PAVED ROADS - TIRES LOOK GOOD, BUT DO NOT HOLD AIR. I HAVE TO INFLATE MY TIRES AFTER IT SETS OVERNIGHT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/75R15 )

HAD A PROBLEM ON A DRIVE TO PALM SPRINGS, THE LOCAL DEALER JUST BALANCED TIRES, HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

I'M FILING THIS FOR MY DAD, WHO BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW IN 98.WHEN HE FIRST GOT THE TRUCK, A LARGE PIECE OF TREAD CAME OFF AND WHEN HE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY STEERED HIM TOWARD FIRESTONE WHO SAID HE MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD TO CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN.HE KNOWS HE DIDNT HIT ANYTHING...BESIDES WHY WOULD IT ONLY HIT ONE TIRE IF HE RAN OVER SOMETHING SHARP ENOUGH TO CUT THE TREAD, BUT THAT DIDNT STICK IN THE TIRE? THERE IS ALSO A TERRIBLE ROARING SOUND COMING FROM THE TIRES.AFTER THIS RECALL STARTED HE TOOK THE TRUCK OVER TO FIRESTONE AGAIN AND THEY ROTATED THE TIRES, AND SAID YES THERE WAS A LARGE KNOT ON ONE OF THE TIRES. WHEN HE TOOK IT IN TO BE REPLACED, WHICH THEY SAID THEY'D DO FREE OF CHARGE, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRES HAD BEEN DRIVEN WITH THE IMPROPER WEIGHTS, OUT OF BALANCE AND WITH THE WRONG INFLATION. FIRESTONE ARE THE ONES WHO DO ALL HIS MAITENENCE!! SO IF THEY WERE WRONG, FIRESTONE DID IT! PLEASE HELP ME HELP MY DAD! I KNOW THESE TIRES ARE NOT SAFE FOR HIM AND MY MOM TO BE DRIVING ON!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 14 )

THE TIRES ON MY TRUCK ARE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE BEING RECALLED BUT I AM HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS: THE TIRES LOOK LIKE THEY ARE DRY ROTTED; WEARING OFF ON THE OUTER EDGES; TREAD COMING APART FROM THE TIRES(SEPERATING). I HAVE TAKED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE MY SERVICE IS DONE AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A SET OF TIRES DO THIS AWAY BEFORE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN SERVERICED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THE TIRES FRONT END HAS BEEN ALIGNED TWICE AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO ACTUAL REPAIRS BEING MADE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS STILL UNDER THE FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. I KNOW THAT THESE TIRES ARE A SAFETY HAZZARD, ALL I WANT IS FOR SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO ME ABOUT THESE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

LOST CONTROL WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE LOST TREAD AND BLEW OUT

AT 18,000 MILES TIRE STARTED GETTING FLAT WHEN TRAVELING ON GRAVEL ROAD. EXPERIENCE FIVE FLATS IN THREE TRIPS.

TIRE EXPLODED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. SLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL BUT WAS ABLE TO RECOVER VEHICLE TO SAFETY. I HAVE ALSO HAD MANY FLAT PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES.

ON GOING/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IN HOT WEATHER CONDITION WHEN APPLYING TRANSMISSION TO STOP OR DECLINE FROM A HILL. IT CAUSES RMPS TO INCREASE TO 1500. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

STEEL BELT EXPOSED AT RIGHT EDGE HALF INCH WITH TREAD SEPARATION ONE INCH, SAFETY ISSUE, I PAID FOR TWO NEW FRONT TIRES.BUT THERE WAS STILL TREAD LIFE ON THESE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THESE TIRES TO PROTECT ALL CONSUMERS.ES. TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: VN TIRE SIZE: P235/70R16 )

RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH , DRIVER & ONE PASSENGER ON A 1998 FORD ,RANGER , ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT,P235/70R16, DOT UNAVAILABLE. FIRESTIONE NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED TIRE AT DISCOUNT PRICE. *AK

THESE TIRES STARTED TO FAIL ON A RECENT TRIP TO LUBBOCK, TX. ON 08/23/2000. I HAD THE FIRESTONE DEALER IN LIBERAL, KS LOOK AT THEM.HIS COMMENT TO ME WAS THAT HE COULD PRO-RATE THEM AND ADJUST THEM. HE ALSO SAID HE DID'NT HAVE ANY TIRES TO PUT ON AT THE TIME(08/25/2000)THE TIRE FAILURE IS THE TREADS WERE STARTING TO CRACK AND SEPERATE.( DOT NUMBER: W2HLIPY507 TIRE SIZE: P235-75R15 )

THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS (P225/70R14) TIRES HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY OUT OF ROUND, SEVERAL ALLIGNMENT AND ROTOTATION COMPLETED, HOWEVER THE WHEEL IS STILL DEFECTIVE. MJS

NINE FLAT TIRES SINCE NEW. NO NAIL,SCREW, ETC. LAST FLAT TIRE WAS 8-18 ON LEFT FRONT. LUCKILY I WAS NOT FAR FROM HOME AND NOTICED TRUCK STEERING BADLY. SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED. AIR SHOOTING OUT 3" SPLIT IN TIRE. NOT A CUT. TREAD IS SPLITTING OPEN. I HAD TO GET HELP TO CHANGE TIRE, AND TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE DEALER- PLAZA TIRE SERVICE IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. TIRE INSPECTED AND CAN NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO MULTIPLE SPLITS, FROM 1" TO ABOUT 10"" IN LENGTH.ON TREAD. ALSO CRACKS BETWEEN TREAD ALL OVER TIRE. I HAVE KEPT TIRES ASND TAKEN PHOTOS. LAST 3 FLATS REPAIRED AT PLAZA TIRE. FLAT IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST THIS SUMMER. I HAVE HAD UNEXPLAINED FLATS SINCE TRUCK WAS NEW. TWO WRECLER CALLS AND REPAIRS TOTAL OVER $200.00. I HAD TIRES CHECKED WHEN RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED, AS I WAS SURE THESE CRAPPY TIRES WERE ON RECALL. SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THEY WERE NOT. MAN CHECKED TIRE ON RIGHT FRONT, SAID TREAD WARPING AND FOUND LOOSE FLAP OF TREAD NEAR CENTER OF TIRE. SPARE IS ON LEFT FRONT, AND IS RECALLED ATX RADIAL. I AM SURE MOST RANGER OWNERS NOT AWARE SPARE IS ATX. TRUCK IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THESE TIRES. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED ALONE ON VACATION IN MICHIGAN 900 MILES AWAY, HAD TO CHANGE TIRES MYSELF TWICE, WRECKER CALLED TWICE, ETC. I WANT THESE TERRIBLE TIRES RECALLED. I WILL NOT HAVE OTHER WILDERNESS AT PUT ON MY TRUCK. WE HAVE 3 OTHER VEHICLES HERE, NEW MERCEDES SUV, MAZDA RX-7, AND DODGE 4X4 AND NONE OF THEM HAVE HAD A FLAT TIRE DURING THIS TIME. SINCE ONE TIRE IS NOW OFF TRUCK, I HAVE FO

WHEN I CHANGED OUT MY SNOW TIRES IN SPRING OF 1999 I NOTICED A NEW VIBRATION WHICH I NEVER NOTICED PREVIOUSLY. I ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS FRONT ALLIGNMENT DEFECTS ALL RULED OUT, FINALLY THE TIRES THEMSELVES WERE CHECKED BY FORD AND FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE (2 AT THE TIME ON THE REAR). I ALSO HAD A 3RD TIRE REPLACED AS IT WAS PUNTURED ABOUT THE SAME TIME. AT THE TIME IT APPEARED THE 4TH TIRE WAS FINE AND THE VIBRATION FINALLY DISAPPEARED. A FEW MONTHS LATER I PUT MY NOW TIRES (ON THEIR OWN RIMS) PUT ON THE REAR ONLY AND HAD THE REAR NORMAL RADIALS MOVED FORWARD. I DID NOT NOTICE ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS UNTIL CHANGING FROM MY SNOW TIRES BACK TO ALL NORMAL TIRES IN THE SPRING. I FINALLY TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCE LAST MONTH (JULY) BUT DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BY PERRY'S TIRE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE DEFIED AL ATTEMPTS AT BALANCING. I AM AGAIN DRIVING WITH A VIBRATION AND FORD IS RESISTING SOLVING ALL OF MY HEADACHES AND REPLACING ALL OF THESE TIRES WITH OTHER THAN FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES AND INSIST THEY HAVE TO REBALANCE AND DRIVE IT FIRST BUT EVEN IF THE TIRE IS DEFECTIVE THEY INSIST THEY CANT REPLACE ALL OF MY TIRES. IT WAS CLEAR THAT 2 TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE A YEAR AGO AND NOW I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R14 )

IN OCTOBER 1999, A CO-WORKER BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT STEEL THREADS WERE POKING THROUGH THE TREAD ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE OF MY 1998 FORD RANGER, WHICH ONLY HAD 12,840 MILES ON IT. I HAD PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW FOURTEEN MONTHS EARLIER FROM CAPITAL FORD. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT MY TIRES WERE WEARING OUT. MY FRONT TIRES WERE VERY BAD, THE LEFT ONE WAS SO BAD THAT THE TECHNICIANS AT THE DEALERSHIP, CARRIE AND JOE, INSISTED THAT THEY PUT MY SPARE TIRE ON UNTIL I COULD RETURN TO HAVE TWO NEW FRONT TIRES. I INQUIRED AS TO WHY THE UNUSUAL WEAR WAS NOT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION TWO MONTHS EARLIER WHEN I HAD AN ANNUAL INPECTION DONE AT THE VERY SAME DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. CARRIE CONTACTED PETER DUERKSEN, THE SERVICE DIRECTOR, WHO AUTHORIZED HIS DEPARTMENT TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST OF REPLACEMENT TIRES AND AN ALLIGNMENT, WHICH WAS PERFORMED NOVEMBER 3, 1999. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ALLIGNMENT. I MAINTAIN THAT THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT IS A SUBSTANDARD AND UNSAFE TIRE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE CORRESPONDED TO CAPITAL FORD AND FIRESTONE WITH RESPECT TO THIS MATTER AND HAVE HAD NO SATISFACTION.( DOT NUMBER: )

THUMPING NOISE NOTED. CHECKED TIRES. FOUND STEEL SHOWING THROUGH, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER STATED TRUCK WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, WAS A TIRE MANUFATURER DEFECT. TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE DEALER TOLD US THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CALLED FIRESTONE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, TOLD ME IT WAS A FORD PROBLEM. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO NON FIRESTONE DEALERS, THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND THE TIRE AND SAID IT WAS A TIRE DEFECT. TOOK MY TRUCK TO A FIRESTONE DEALER OUT OF THE AREA, DID NOT SHOW HIM THE DEFECTIVE TIRE, HAD HIM CHECK MY TRUCK, SAID THE ALIGNMENT WAS FINE. THEN I HAD HIM LOOK AT THE TIRE, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME WELL MAYBE YOUR TRUCK IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, YOU HAVENT ROTATED YOUR TIRES PROPERLY, HAVENT KEPT THEM INFLATED TO THE CORRECT PRESSURE. I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION AS TO WHEN THE TIRES WERE ROTATED. WE CHECK THE AIR PRESSURE ONCE A WEEK WHEN WE FILL THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL. HE DID SAY THOUGH, TO KEEP THE CUSTOMER HAPPY I WILL REPLACE THE TIRE ON A 50% PRO-RATE. I ACCEPTED THIS AND BOUGHT TWO NEW TIRES. I FEEL FIRESTONE IS COVERING UP PROBLEMS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 22570R15 )

TIRE FAILED AT 20 MPH. CALLED VISION FORD IN ALAMOGORDO, NM. SPOKE TO THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THEY ESSENTIALLY TOLD ME TO STUFF IT, AND GO TO LAS CRUCES (2 1/2 HRS AWAY) IF I WANTED SERVICE.( DOT NUMBER: VN081PU147 TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

TIRE COMPLETELY FELL APART/ TREAD SEPARATION( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/70 R16 )

THE TIRE SIMPLY "BLEW UP" FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE TIRE DEALER COULD NOT EXPLAIN IT. THE TIRE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THIS TIRE WAS 16" NOT 15" BUT IT STILL "BLEW UP".( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R16 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/AT TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE SPLITTING UP THE SEAM OF THE TIRE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES ARE NOT OUT OF THE RECALL MANUFACTURER.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT. TIRE WAS COMING IN CONTACTED WITH GRAVEL/ PEBBLES WOULD GO RIGHT THROUGH THE TIRE, CAUSING TIRE TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE, AND HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. ALSO, TREAD WAS RAPPED ON THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALLS. THEY WERE FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS #AT, P23575 R15, MADE IN CANADA.*AK ONE TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE DRIVING, 3 OTHER TIRES WENT FLAT WHILE PARKED, A TINY GRAVEL WAS FOUND IN EACH ONE AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WALLS OF THE TIRES WERE VERY SOFT, THE TIRES WEER NOT REPLACED FOR FREE. *SLC

ALL TIRES ARE SHOWING CRACKS ON SIDEWALLS, THIS PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THOMAS FORD IN BEVERLY,MA. AND THE TRUCK WAS DROPPED OFF FOR MANT. AND TO CHECK THE TIRES, ALL FORD WOULD SAY IS THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT ON THE RECALL LIST, WHEN I ASKED IF THEY LOOKED AT THE CRACKS THEY SAID NO,ALL THEY WOULD DO IS CHECK THE DOT CODE, I UNDER STAND THAT IF THEY ARE NOT ON THE RECALL THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING, BUT I FEEL THEYY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST LOOK AT THE CRACKING, I HAD PROVIDED THEM WITH PHOTOS AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT THEM ( I CAN EMAIL THE PHOTO TO YOU IF IT WOULD BE OF ANY HELP ) FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED BY EMAIL BUT ALL I'VE GOTTEN IS AN AUTOMATED RESPONCE ( TRACKING # WT20000815_0000000266 ) WHEN I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT THEM BY PHONE IT'S JUST A LONG HOLD, AND LIKE YOU I CAN'T STAY ON THE PHONE FOR AN HOUR JUST WAITING TO TALK TO SOMEONE MY BOSS WILL KILL ME, TAHANKS FOR ANY HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM!!!( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )