1999 Ford Ranger complaints

CONSUMER HAD TIRES LOOKED AFTER RECALL ALERT. AFTER TAKING TIRES TO FORD, DEALER WAS TOLD THAT CONSUMER'S TIRES WERE OKAY. BUT, WHEN TOOK TIRES TO FIRESTONE, DEALER WAS TOLD THAT TIRES WERE UNSAFE, AND DEALER REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, 24575/16. *AK

THIS SIZE OF FIRESTONE TIRE CAME ON MY NEW 1999 FORD RANGER WHEN I PURCHASED IT ON 8/14/99. WHILE THEY HAVE NOT APPEARED YET ON ANY OFFICAL RECALL NOTICE, I FEAR DRIVING ANY GREAT DISTANCE BEACAUSE OF POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTS. I WANT FORD MOTOR COMPANY , AND FIRESTONE TO PAY TO REPLACE THESE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UUIP0229 TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

I WAS CHECKING THE AIR IN THE TIRES WHEN I NOTICED VISIBLE SPLITS, TEARS, AND PEELINGS ON THREE OF THE SIDEWALLS. I WENT TO FORD THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT UNDER RECALL AND THE TIRE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTIFIED MY INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE PROBLEM AND THE LOCAL NEWSTATION. I DO ALOT OF DRIVING BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT NEW TIRES ON RIGHT KNOW. IF THE DEFECTS ARE AS VISIBLE AS THEY ARE NOW WHY CAN'T ANYONE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?*AK (TIRESIZE: 75R15 225)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 75R15 225 )

I ACTUALLY HAVE HAD 2 TIRES BLOW OUT. ONCE ON REAR LEFT, ONCE ON REAR RIGHT. ON REAR LEFT, THE TIRE BLEW IN HALF.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES (P225 70R 55L) EXPERIENCED LEAKS AND TREAD WEAR, DEALER IS STATING NOTHING IS WRONG WITH TIRES. *SLC

TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRES. THE STEEL BELTS WERE CLEARLY DISCERNABLE WHEN LOOKING AT THE SIDEWALL, INDICATING THE SEPARATION. TIRES WERE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE, FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF REPLACEMENT TIRES LISTED ON FORD'S WEBSITE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: 4270IRF328 TIRE SIZE: P245/75/16 )

DOOR ADJAR LIGHT COMES ON WITH NO DOORS OPEN AND DOME LIGHT STAYS ON AND HEATS UP CAUSING AND COULD CAUSE FIRE PLEASE RECALL AND FIXED IT. *AK

TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT WHILE BACKING UP AT SLOW SPEED. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CUT OR ABRASION ON TIRE. THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE AT THE SIDEWALL ON BOTH SIDES APPEARS TO BE SOFT AND UNEVEN. THE REMAINING TIRES APPEAR TO HAVE THE SAME UNEVENESS AROUND THE SIDEWALL. I AM AWARE OF THE RECALLS ON WILDERNESS AT TIRES BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO INCLUDE THESE 16 INCH MODELS. SHOULD IT? ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY WITH 4 OF THESE TIRES BUT THE SPARE WAS A 15" WILDERNESS AT. FORD NOTIFIED ME BY LETTER THAT MY TIRES WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THERE IS CLEARLY SOMETHING WTRONG HERE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

TIRE CRACKED BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDEWALL ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE, MANUFACTURER REPLACED ON PRO-RATED WARRENTY BASIS, CONCERNED BECAUSE ANOTHER TIRE IS SHOWNING VERY MINOR CRACKING ON INSIDE OF TIRE( DOT NUMBER: VD70 TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY ON OFFRANP, TIRE "BLEW OUT" CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OFF CONTROL. (DRIVER SIDE, REAR TIRE). I PULLED OVER AND CHANGED TIRE. THE TIRE HAD A LARGE BOLGE IN THE TREAD THAT HAD RUPTURED. I TOOK THE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE TIRE FOR FREE. I HAVE HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS, ALTHOUGH I AM EXTREMELY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS TIRE. AS I REMEMBER, THE OUTSIDE TEMP WAS IN THE SEVENTIES, ALTHOUGH I AM NOT SURE..*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P24575R16 )

FIRESTONE REFUSES TO TAKE MY SPARE TIRE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SPARE HAS ALL THE CORRECT NUMBERS ON IT. SPARE PRINTED WITH "FOR TEMPORARY USE ONLY" AND THEREFORE WILL NOT TAKE IT. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS POLICY. WHAT DOES TEMPORARY MEAN? HOW MANY MILES CAN I RUN ON IT? NOBODY CAN TELL ME. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO RUN ON YOUR SPARE A LONG TIME. IS THIS SPARE TIRE GOING TO BE SAFE ???? ???? ?( DOT NUMBER: VDHL1PY498 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ALL 4 TIRES HAVE BEEN CRACKING AND COMING APART IN CHUNCKS, BESIDES THE ONE BLOW OUT. TIRES ARE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TREADS. FIRESTONE REFUSES TO ADMIT THE TIRES ARE DEFECTED, AND WON'T COVER THEM UNDER WARRANNTY. THE TIRES WON'T HOLD ADDED AIR, THEY KEEP DEFLATING. UNSAFE !!!!!( DOT NUMBER: 0274 76 TIRE SIZE: 22570 R-15 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES P245/75R16 STARTED TO CRACK, BUBBLES APPEARED WHERE SIDEWALL MET THE TREAD, FIRESTONE OFFERED 50% OFF. *SLC

TIRE IS BEGINNING TO CRACK AROUND EDGES WITH STEEL BANDS PROTRUDING.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75/16 )

THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *MJS

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE (P245/75R160) EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALLL 00T-005 BECAUSE IT IS A 16 INCH TIRE. NLM

WAS ON WAY TO WORK JUST 15 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. HAD JUST EXITED I-70 DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC INTO DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, OHIO. SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 30-35 MPH ON CITY STREET WHEN I HEARD AIR WHISTLE AND AN IMMEDIATE THUMPING FROM LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE. CHANGED TIRE AND DISCOVERED STEEL BELT WAS COMING THROUGH MIDDLE OF THE TREAD. THIS WAS BEFORE ANNOUNCED FIRESTONE PROBLEMS. I WENT TO FIRESTONE DEALER AND HAD IT REPLACED WITH A NEW TIRE OF SAME MODEL. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS PROBABLY A ROAD HAZZARD. THOUGH, I DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING OR HIT ANY OBSTACLES BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. I FIRMLY BELIEVE MY TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY, VERY LUCKY CONSIDERING I WAS AT GREAT RISK TO MYSELF AND OTHER MOTORISTS ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225-70-15 )

NO SUMMARY

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT SEVENTY MILES ON HIGHWAY AND ALL OF SUDDEN LEFT REAR TIRE WENT FLAT. THEN, RIGHT TIRE WENT FLAT. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE #HT P22570R15. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT FIRESTONE.#W2UU. *AK

SERIOUS ENGINE MARBLING/CLATTER WITH 4.0 LITER ENGINE.OWNER DOES NOT EXPECT MOTOR TO LAST MUCH LONGER;ULTIMATE FAILURE OF MOTOR PRESENTS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE SQUARELY IN THE REAR.

BRAKES ARE STICKING, ROTORS WERE TURNED HOWEVER THE STICKING CONTINUES. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 291 AROUND INDEPENDENCE MISSOURI, THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. UPON STOPPING TO ACCESS THE DAMAGE, I REALIZED THE TIRE WAS NOW IN 2 PIECES. THE TREAD WAS LAYING ALONGSIDE THE ROAD, AND THE REST OF THE TIRE WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE WHEEL. I TOOK THE TIRE TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE THEY INSISTED THAT THE TIRE DID NOT MALFUNCTION. THEY SAID DRIVER ERROR CAUSED THE TREAD SEPARATION. I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO PURCHASE ANOTHER TIRE. NOW OTHER TIRES HAVE BEEN RECALLED, AND FIRESTONE TELLS ME MY TIRES ARE SAFE. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS SINCE I KNOW OTHERWISE FROM THIS INCIDENT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRE SIZE: P22570R15 )

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME HARD TO MOVE, CONSUMER HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

NO FACTS INSRD ROLLED VEH. 99 FORD RANGER W/FIRESTONE P235/75R16, 1 SIZE LARGER THAN OTHER TIRES WHICH HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO FAIL. (CLAIM# 02-0428-404) *MW

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE FAILURE- WHILE INSURED DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE, LOST CONTROL AND HIT BARRICADE. ICY CONDITIONS. TIRE CAME OFF RIM AND TIRE IS DAMAGED. TIRE WAS NOT RETAINED. (CLAIM# 27-6071-297) *MW

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRE, 225/70/R15, CLAIM NUMBER WAS NOT GIVEN. NLM

FIRST TOOK TIRES TO DEALER WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED A FEELING OF HAVING A FLAT TIRE. AFTER HAVING TIRES CHECKED, WAS TOLD THAT SHE MAY BE NEEDING TIRES VERY SOON BECAUSE OF CENTER TREAD WAS ALREADY BEGINNING TO WEAR.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS CHECKING TIRES AN NOTICED THAT THERE WERE STRESS MARKS AND TIRES CRACKING ALL AROUND THE TRES. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS #AT, P24575R16 . HE CONTACTED FIRESTONE. *AK

PE #00020; FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. FIRESTONE WILDERNSS HT P235/70R15 DOT# W2UUTIRE'S TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. VEHICLE WAS MOVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. TIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL TIRE PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS A 1999, FORD ,RANGER.*AK FIRESTONE DENIED THAT THE TREAD HAS SEPARATED. CUSTOMER SENT THE TIRE TO NATSA FOR REVIEW. *YH

PE#00020; FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT - P225/70R15 DOT#W2UU. RIGHT REAR TIRE'S TREAD CAME APART. THE ORIGINAL TIRES PURCHASED WITH THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS A 1999, FORD TRUCK, RANGER.*AK *SLC

TIRE BLEW UP AT HIGH SPEED ON HIGHWAY, FORCING VEHICLE INTO MEDIAN, NEAR ROLLOVER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDHI TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE00020; ORGINIAL EQUIPMENT 1999 FORD, RANGER, TIRE SIZE P22570R15, DOT HYUU219. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD VIBRATION WHICH GOT WORSE OVER TIME, AND USUALLY HAPPENED AT 40 MPH, AND GOT WORSE AS THE MPH INCREASED. DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE SHOWED TREAD CRACKING WHICH APPEARED AS IF THERE WAS TIRE SEPARATION. FIRESTONE AND FORD WERE NOT WILLING TO HELP. *AK THE DEALER FOUND OUT THAT THE TIRE ON THE LEFT FRONT WAS SEPARATING ON BRAND NEW LEASED TRUCK. *YH

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, RANGER, P225/70R15 SIZE, DOT#: W2UU110119. LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AT 65MPH.*AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE TIRE HAD SHERDDED. THE CUSTOMER REPLACED IT WITH NEW TIRE. *YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AND COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION OF A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE, SHORTLY AFTER THAT FAILURE THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE ANOTHER TIRE WHICH HAD A SIDEWALL PROBLEM. NLM

PE00020, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999 FORD, RANGER, TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT VN. PASSENGER 'S TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER TIRES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I AM WRITING THIS IN HOPES YOU WILL HAVE FIRESTONE RECALL ALL OF ITS' WILDERNESS AT TIRES, NO MATTER WHAT SIZE THE TIRE MAY BE. I LEASED THIS 99 RANGER 4X4 LAST MAY IN ORDER TO HAVE A SAFE VEHICLE FOR MY SON TO DRIVE TO SCHOOL, FOOTBALL, & HOME AGAIN. NOW THIS RECALL! I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM FIRESTONE STATING THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE ARE NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND SHOULD BE SAFE! SHOULD BE! I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMPLETE RECALL SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME CAN STOP WORRYING IF OUR CHILD WILL COME HOME OR WILL HE/SHE BE THE NEXT FATALITY. PLEASE DON'T LET MORE PEOPLE DIE BEFORE FIRESTONE RECALLS ALL THEIR WILDERNESS BRAND TIRES! FORD NOR FIRESTONE ARE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY DIED, PLEASE STEP IN NOW!! A CONCERNED AND ANGRY MOTHER - ASK THE CEO'S OF THESE COMPANIES - WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IF IT WERE THEIR SON/DAUGHTER THAT HAD DIED BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE GOOD OLD DOLLAR VERSES HUMAN LIFE!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH 2 OF OUR TIRES IN LESS THAN 17,000 MILES. BACK IN MAY OF THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT OUR RANGER BACK TO DEALERSHIP, FOR A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. TURNED OUT ONE OF THE TIRES, WHICH HAS BEEN PROPERLY INFLATED TO CORRECT AIR PRESSURE HAD DEVELOPED LUMPS. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THEY DID NOT WARRANTY TIRES. NOW WE HAVE THE SAMETHING HAPPENING TO A SECOND TIRE. WE FEEL SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, PEACE OF MIND! THESE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND BALANCED ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD REPLY TO THIS LETTER IN A TIMELY MANNER AND HOPFULLY YOU CAN REGAIN OUR FAITH, ONCE AGAIN IN BIG BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/16 )

PE00 020 ; VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTISIDE OF CONSUMER'S HOME. HE WENT TO INSPECT THE TIRES, AND NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD STRESS MARKS AND CRACKS, UNIFORM CRACKS ALL ROUND SIDEWALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE.*AK

2 TIRES ON RIGHT REAR HAVE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH SAME TYPE OF TIRE. *AK THE TIRES TEARS AT SIDE WALL OR DEVELOP HOLES INSIDE WALLS, BUT THERE WAS NO TREAD SEPARATION. *YH

THIS TIRE FAILED DUE A SO CALLED ROAD HAZARD FAILURE DUE TO A SMALL ROCK PUNCTURED AT 600 MILES. I TOOK THE TIRE TO A LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER FO REPAIR WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ROCK HAD CUT THROUGH THE CORD AND THEY COULD NOT LEGAL REPAIR IT .THE LOCAL COLUMBIA FORD DEALER AND THE LES SCHWAB DEALER IN LONGVIEW WASH. BOTH INFORMED ME THAT THE WAY THE GUARANTEE WAS WRITTEN THEY COULD NOT OFFER ANY REMEDY AND THAT THEY WERE VERY SORRY BUT THE GUARANTY AMOUNTED TO SO MUCH TOILET PAPER I HAD HAD AN UNEASY FEELING ABOUT THE WAY THE TRUCK HANDLED WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES ,[KIND OF AN INTUITIVE FEELING AND SINCE THE RECENT PUBLICITY ON FIRESTONE TIRES ,I AM EVEN MORE CONCERNED SINCERELY /PAUL L, EVERDELL AT [email protected]( DOT NUMBER: 00 TIRE SIZE: P265R15/AT )

WIDSHIELD WIPERS START UNEXPECTEDLY ,CYCLE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 TIMES CAN FIND NO PATTEREN AT THIS TIME I DO BELEIVE SOME ARE CAUSED BY TURNING ON DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS. SOME TIME JUST GOING DOWN SMOOTH STRIGHT ROAD THEY WILL START. WHEN THEY DO CYCLE IT IS NOT AT FAST RATE. CONCERNED IT COULD BE SHORT SOME PLACE IN STEERING COLUMN.

ON 08/11/2000, I VISITED THE LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER BECAUSE ALL FOUR OF MY TIRES WERE AND STILL ARE CRACKING ALL THE WAY AROUND ABOUT 2 AND 1/2 INCHES IN FROM THE OUTER TREAD. THE DEALER SENT ME TO THE FIRESTONE FACTORY STORE ON BROADWAY AVE. IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. THE STORE MANAGER INSPECTED MY TIRES AND ADVISED THAT HE THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS A COSMETIC FLAW THAT NORMALLY SHOWS UP ON TIRES WITH 25,000 MILES ON THEM. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES FOR FREE AS WITH THE RECALLED MODELS AND WOULD ONLY SELL ME ANOTHER SET AFTER PRO-RATING THE TIRES. WELL ON 09/03/2000, THE SO CALLED COSMETIC FLAW ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ON MY TRUCK GAVE WAY. FOR SEVERAL DAYS THE TIRE HAD BEEN MAKING A BUMPING SOUND AND ON 09/03/2000 IT BECAME A ROAR THEN THE TIRE WENT. LUCKY FOR ME AND MY PASSENGER IT DID NOT TOTALLY BLOW OUT. THE TIRE ACTUALLY SPLIT APART LAYER BY LAYER AND MUST HAVE BEGAN LEAKING FROM THE CORE, THUS RELEASING THE PRESSURE BEFORE IT HAD TIME TO BLOW. I WILL HAVE PICTURES TAKEN OF THE TIRE FOR MY PROOF AND WILL PROVIDE COPIES UPON REQUEST.( DOT NUMBER: W270 TIRE SIZE: P245-75R16 )

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: NOTICE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING WHILE REFUELING A 1999 FORD RANGER ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT; P245/75R16; DOT# UNAVAILABLE. NOTIFIED FIRESTONE, AND REPLACED TIRE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK TREADS FOR THREE TIRES WERE SEPARATING JUST UNDER THE TREAD LINE. *YH

TIRES DEVELOPED A "HOP" "SKITTER" BOUNCE, MOMENTARY LOSS OF TRACTION, WHATEVER,"PUSHED" THRU CURVES, OR DURING AVOIDANCE MANUVERS. THE SITUATION WAS SOMEWHAT AMELIORATED BY PUTTING THE COLD INFLATION UP TO "MAX" NOT FORDS' RECOMMENDS... THE GARAGE HAD THE PATENT OBFUSCATION READY, "IT'S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST" AND WOULD DO NOTHING. THE TIRES WERE EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER BRAND ALL-WEATHER M+S TIRE, WHICH WAS SPEED RATED (SUSTAINED 130+) TRACTION A, TEMPERATURE A ... DURING THE TRADE-OUT IT WAS DISCOVERED; BY THE TIRE DEALER, THAT A RIM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE POINT BEING THE DEALER; EITHER MADE NO ATTEMPT TO REALLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, OR HIS STAFF WAS INCOMPETENT. THE NEW TIRES PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY, EVEN IN HEAVY RAINS AT HI-SPEED. WE WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT THE WILDERNESS AT AND THE FIRESTONE ATX HAVE WEAK SIDEWALLS THAT FLEX TOO MUCH, ESP' AT THE FORD RECOMMEND PSI' OR LAZY PEOPLE RUNNING THE TIRE UNDERINFLATED AT AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS LEVEL, GENERATING TREMENDOUS HEAT AND FAILURES AT HIWAY SPEEDS, ESP WHERE THE AIR GETS VERY HOT... THERE IS ALSO A "COMPUTER CONTROLLED" ENGINE KILL/SHUT DOWN THAT MANIFESTED ITSELF AT THE APEX OF 7 VEHICLE PASS, ON A 2-LANE AND ALMOST GOT ME KILLED: THE DEALER DENIED ITS' EXISTENCE, FAILED TO SAY IT WAS THERE AFTER A FORD REP ADMITTED IT WAS THERE AS PART OF COMPLIANCE TO MEET CAFE REQUIREMENTS(THIS COULD HAVE ALREADY CAUSED A LOT ACCIDENTS, AND IS FRAUD). FINALLY THE LAST THING IS; MAYBE MINOR, BUT A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTROL WIRES FOR THE X

THESE ARE THE SAME TIRES THEY ARE RECALLING JUST 30 MILLIMETERS WIDER FIRESTONE IS RUDE HUNG THE PHONE UP ON ME. I WANT THEM TO FIX MY TIRES( DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRE SIZE: 265/75/15 )

PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, I SENT A COPY OF AN E-MAIL THAT I SENT TO FORD & FIRESTONE THAT INCLUDED PICTURES OF THE TIRES. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE WEBMASTER FOR THIS INFORMATION AS IT WAS SENT TO THAT ADDRESS.( DOT NUMBER: NOT SURE TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

CONSUMER HAD FOUND OUT CRACKS ON THE TREAD OF THE TIRES AFTER HEARING THAT FIRESTONE TIRES HAD BEEN RECALLED, ESPECIALLY TIRES THAT HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED IN DECATUR, IL. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 245/75 R16 DOT VD70. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT 245/75/R16 *MW

CONSUMER HAS 1999 FORD RANGER. FRONT RIGHT TIRES HAD A LUMP ON THE OUTSIDE. DEALER INSPECTED THE TIRE, AND SAID IT WAS NO PROBLEM TO GO AHEAD & DRIVE ON IT. CONSUMER WENT TO FIRESTONE & THEY CONFIRMED IT WASN'T A RECALL TIRE, BUT THEY WULD REPLACE IT FOR $43. VEHICLE NEEDED ALIGNMENT. CONSUMER GOT A 3RD OPINION & WAS TOLD THAT NO ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED & BUT THE TIRE WAS BAD. DOT# WZVV1PO508. TIRE SIZE P235/70R15. *AK THE CUSTOMER BOUGHT 5 NEW TIRES OF CHOICE TO REPLACE THE FIRESTONE TIRES AND WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED BY FORD OR FIRESTONE. *YH

ACTUAL TREAD SEPARATION. IT LOOKED LIKE THE TIRES HAD CRACKED AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE TREAD AT THE SIDEWALL, AND THE TWO FRONT TIRES LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN "PLUGGED" SEVERAL TIMES PER TIRE. FIRESTONE WANTED TO "SELL" ME TIRES. I FINALLY GOT FORD TO REPLACE THEM.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )