1999 Ford Ranger complaints

PROBLEM1: LOUD, OBNOXIOUS SQUAWKING SOUND FROM CLUTCH AREA EVERY TIME I ENGAGE INTO FIRST GEAR, AND SOMETIMES WHEN DOWNSHIFTING AT SLOW SPEEDS. FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1998 BUT STILL HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO RESOLVE IT. PROBLEM2: MY REAR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ALWAYS LOCK UP WHENEVER IT HAS RAINED OR SNOWED. I HAVE TO SLAM THEM ABOUT 10 TIMES TO GET THEM TO STOP LOCKING UP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND MY DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL. I DISAGREE BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME ON ANY OTHER VEHICAL WITH ANTI-LOCK BREAKS.

WHILE DRIVING AFTER HAVING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHEN CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE. FORD, RANGER ,1999, P-225/70R15. *AK CONSUMER STATES ONE SIDE OT TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF RIM, THE RIM BECAME BENT.(DOT W2UU1P0119) FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT CONSUMER HAD TIRE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE AND THEY KEPT THE TIRE. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (00T005000), WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO GET REPLACEMENT TIRES FROM THE LOCAL FORD DEALER HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO A TIRE SHOP, CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD AT THE TIRE SHOP HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TIRES AND THEN GET REIMBURSED, CONSUMER STATES HE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE TIRES SO HE IS STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE RECALLED TIRES. *JB

ON MAY 1,2001 I NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL FOUR TIRES. ITOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROBERTS TIRE AND RECAPPING AT 1210 W. STATE STREET BRISTOL TENN. A FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE TIRES AND STATED THEY COULD NOT GURANTEE THAT I WOULD GET HOME WITHOUT TIRE SEPARATION. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND WOULD ONLY PRORATE THE TIRES. I CALLED FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH A SET OF MICHELIN FROM SAM SNEED TIRE IN BRISTOL TENN. I STILL HAD APPROX 40 PERCENT TREAD LEFT ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES. I BELIEVE THE 16 INCH WILDERNESS TIRES WILL FAIL AS THE 15 INCH HAVE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

THROTTLE WILL NOT DROP TO IDLE WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED, OR WHEN IN GEAR AT ANY SPEED. *AK

WHEN ROTATING THE TIRES ON OUR PICKUP, WE NOTICED CRACKS/SPLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS OF THREE OF THE TIRES. THESE TIRES CONTINUE TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE CRACKS/SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS. WE VISITED A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO CLAIMS THE TIRES ARE NOT DEFECTIVE, AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD70 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT SUDDENLY FLAT. DID NOT SHREAD. UPON CLOSE LOOK FOUND SMALL CUTS OR SEPARATIONS INTHIS FLAT TIRE AND ALSO IN ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES .FELT ALL SHOULD BE REPLACED AS I DID NOT TRUST THEM. FIRESTONE HAD NO INTEREST IN TALKING TO ME. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R16 )

WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO ON WHEN TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED OR BY THEMSELVES.*AK

TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 ,FORD RANGER, TIRE SIZE P245/75R16, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAD 35 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, INSPECTOR NOTICED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DEVELOPING CRACKS ON OUTER EDGE. ALSO, TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON OUTTER EDGE. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH BRIDGESTONE. *AK DOT NUMBER FOR THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IS W2701RF. *SLC

TOOK TRUCK INTO DEALER FOR FIRST OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT FORD WAS REPLACING THE 4.0 BECAUSE OF RATTLING NOISE IN LOWER END. 2ND MOTOR WOULD MISS AND FOUL PLUGS EVERY 2 OR 3 THOUSAND MILES SO THEY FINALLY REPLACED IT WITH A 2000 MODEL 4.0L AND THIS SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN THE VERY LOUD RATTLING NOISE RETURNED. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE I LIVE NOW AND HE CONFIRMED THE NOISE BUT FORD WON'T RESPOND TO HIS ENQUIRY ABOUT IT. IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT DID WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTOR AND NOW ITS OUT OF WARRANTY!

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW, RIPPED THE TIRE, I MANAGED TO STOP WITHOUT INJURY. ARE THESE TIRES UNDER THE RECALL?*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE TURNED A CERTAIN WAY IN ORDER TO START VEHICLE UP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

BRAKES HAD BEEN SQEUALING FOR A FEW MONTHS, LOCKING UP AT MOSTLY SLOW SPEEDS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT RETRACTOR SPRINGS ON REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTED THROUGH. *AK

ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED OVER ROUGH TERRAIN PEDAL BECAME HARD , RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE IS DRIFTING BOTH FORWARD AND BACKWARD WHEN PUT INTO GEAR, AND WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. ALSO, BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS TO ENGAGE UNDER WET CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THEN, BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AFTER START UP OF VEHICLE , RESULTING IN A NOISE THAT COMES FROM REAR END OF VEHICLE. *AK DEALER STATES DRIFTING DOES NOT OCCUR WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS USED, FOR A MANUAL VEHICLE DEALER STATES THIS IS NORMAL. BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP AND HAVE FAILED TO RELEASE, ON ONE OCCASION THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD DULL CLUNK SOUND IN THE REAR AXLE AREA AND VEHICLE MOVED AFTER THAT. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE MOVED BACK QUICKLY IN FAST SHORT SPURTS AND THEN GAVE WAY ROLLING QUICKLY BACKWARD, AFTER THAT IS STALLED AND WAS DIFFICULT TO RESTART. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W270RF059 TIRESIZE: P24575R16)

THIS VEHICLE WAS OWNED BY MY BROTHER WHO HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO FORD ON A VOLUNTARY RETURN. I HAVE CONTACTED FIRESTONE ABOUT THESE TIRES, BUT THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. ONE OF THE TIRES HAD A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ONE WEEK AFTER THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED. MY BROTHER BOUGHT 5 NEW TIRES FOR THE TRUCK WHEN FORD AND FIRESTONE BALKED AT DOING ANYTHING. THIS WAS BEFORE THE RECALL CAME OUT. I STILL HAVE THE 5 FIRESTONE TIRES THAT ARE IN QUESTION.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/70R15 )

CHECKED TIRE AND THEY ARE CRACKING BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDWALLS (WAS TOLD BY FIRESTONE DEALER IT WAS NORMAL). *AK (TIRESIZE: P24575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P24575R16 )

OIL GAUGE STICKS IN COLD WEATHER, IT WILL EVENTUALLY WORK. THERE IS A BUMP/CLUNK IN REAR END ON INITIAL ACCELERATION AND VEHICLE SHAKES AT 70+ MPH. *AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOWS CHATTER/SKIP IN DOWN MODE. *AK

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED (UNDER WARRANTY) IN 9/00. I MADE A TRIP TO MARYLAND ON 10/09/00. ENROUTE I HAD TO MAKE A PANIC STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ON NORMAL STOPS THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK FINE. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO CENTURY FORD. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING FINE. OVER THE WINTER MONTHS ON A HARD STOP ON SNOW COVERED ROADS THE ABS SYSTEM DID NOT SEEM TO WORK. I AGAIN REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER. ON 3/9/01 I STOPPED TO GET GAS AND AFTER FILLING UP I PROCEDED TO THE FUEL DESK TO PAY(APROX.25-40 FT.). I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE FRONT BUMPER HIT THE GUARD RAIL AT THE BUILDING. I IMMEDIATLY WENT TO THE DEALER AND ADVISED THE SERVICE DEPT. OF WHAT HAPPENED. THEY SCHEDULED IT IN ON 3/12/01 AND FOUND "LEFT REAR AXLE TOO LONG, DRUM NOT COVERING BRAKE SHOES". ON 3/22/01 THE AXLE AND SHOES WERE REPLACED. THE PEDAL STILL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR ON A HARD APPLICATION. I REQUESTED THAT THE DAMAGED FRONT BUMPER BE REPLACED DUE TO THE BRAKE PROBLEM AND MY REQUEST WAS DENIED. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS TYPE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH REAR AXLE BROKEN. IT WAS LIKE RUNNING OVER A SPEED BUMP AT TIME IT WAS HAPPENING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE REAR AXLE BROKE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. *YH

DRIVING AT 30MPH HAD TO STOMP ON PEDAL TO STOP.. POSSIBLE BRAKE BOOSTER/MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRES, TIRE SIZE P245/75R16, DOT# W270IRF398. *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS ON. CONSUMER TURNS SWITCH IT COMES ON SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEGUN TO RIDE ROUGHER DUE TO CRACKS DEVELOPING IN SIDEWALL OF FIRESTONE TIRES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND WANTS TO CHARGE FOR REPLACEMENTS. *AK

THE ENGINE BLOCK HEATER BLEW OUT LOSING ALL ANTIFREEZE. ENGINE SHOT. INVOICE FROM MANUFACTURER DOES NOT EVEN SHOW THIS AS BEING ON THE TRUCK. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ZERO HELP. HOW MANY 3.0L V6 ENGINES HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM?

ALTERNATIVE FUEL ENGINE VEHICLE. INTERMITTENTLY IN WARM CLIMATES VEHICLE WILL STALLOUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

ALTERNATIVE FUEL ENGINE VEHICLE. INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHO OUT WARNING IN WARM CLIMATES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BOTH REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED CUPPING WHICH CAUSED NOISE, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P205/75R14 95S M/S). NLM

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P205/75R14, DOT W2, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE HAS BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL. *AK *SLC

GAS PEDAL STICKS, MOSTLY AFTER FIRST STARTING VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS TO STEP ON PEDAL HARD TO GET IT UNSTUCK. THEN, IT WILL LURCH FORWARD, RPMS WILL STAY AT ABOUT 2000 AFTER THAT. DEALER UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX PROBLEM, HOWEVER VEHICLE IS STILL EXPERIENCING SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *SLC

I FEEL THAT MY FORD RANGER IS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. EVERYTHING STEMMING FROM HOLES IN THE FLOOR TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE AMONG FAULTY POWER WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.. I JUST WONDER WHAT IS NEXT. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS VEHICLE ESPECIALLY WITH ITS PAST TRACK RECORD. PLEASE SEND ME ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OF HELP TO GET FORD TO BUY MY VEHICLE BACK. MY EMAIL IS [email protected] OR [email protected].

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CORROSION, INBOARD SIDE ROUGH,PITTED. ALSO OUTBOARD SIDES CORRODED . DEALER SERVICED BRAKES AT 15000 MILES , STATED CALIPERS NOT FLOATING IN CALIPER SUPPORTS. SUPPOSEDLY FREED CALIPER . CONDITION RETURNED AT 20000 MILES . BRAKES HAVE BEEN LOCKING UP OVER NIGHT, VEHICLE WONT ROLL IN MORNING UNTILL BRAKES RELEASE WITH LOUD NOISE. BRAKE ACTION SEEMS BIFFERENT AT TIMES , SOMETIMES BRAKES SEEM "TOUCHY" OTHER TIMES BRAKE EFFORT SEEMS EXCESSIVE AS IF BOOSTER NOT OPERATING PROPERLY . POOR BRAKE RESPONSE, TAKES LONGER TO STOP. BRAKE PADS DO NOT SEEM TO BE CONTACTING ROTORS EVENLY ACROSS ROTOR SWEPT AREA. OUTER EDGE OF ROTORS RUSTY, INNER AREAS SHINY. INBOARD SIDE OF ROTORS VERY ROUGH & PITTED. VEHICLE DRIVEN DAILY & GARAGED INSIDE MOST NIGHTS .*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY TOWING MOTOR HOME. MOTOR HOME WAS TREMBLING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO CENTER LANE, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, 16 INCH, DOT W2901RF089,THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK WHEEL WAS DAMAGED SO BADLY THAT ANOTHER TIRE COULD NOT BE MOUNTED ON IT. *SLC

ALL 4 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P24575R16 TIRES ARE READY TO BLOW APART, TIRES NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL (OOT-005). *CJ

WAS TRAVELING 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE "T" BONED RANGER, THIS CAUSED RANGER TO HIT A CEMENT PLANTER AND GAS PUMP, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, CAUSING 2 PEOPLE TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. *AK *SLC

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN IN CRASH AND WIFE WAS EJECTED FROM TRUCK. AIR BAGS ON BOTH SIDES DID NOT DEPLOY. TRUCK WAS TOTALED.*AK

CONSUMER'S HUSBAND HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISON AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

FRONTAL COLLISION AT 30 MPH WITH A TOYOTA CAMRY. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT, AND NO INJURY WAS REPORTED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

IN COLD WEATHER VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE TO START, OTHERWISE, VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THIS VEHCILE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *YH

DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHERE DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELTS, AND AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER STILL RECEIVED HEAD INJUIRES, INCLUDING CONCUSSION. ALSO, PASSENGER AIRBAG SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF, BUT AIRBAG STILL DEPLOYED. *AK

ON PREVIOUS 1997 FORD RANGER I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SLAVE CYLINDER FORD SAID THAT PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HASN'T IN MY NEW TRUCK I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM IN SPEAKING WITH THE REPAIR MAN HE STTED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND IT IS ABOUT EVERY 15,000 TO 25,000 MILES WHEN THE SLAVE CYNDER GOES IT IS A TWO DAY JOB COSTING FROM $700 TO $900. FORD IS BURYING THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND. NOW I AM STUCK WHITH THIS PROBLEM WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH FORD MANUAL TRANSMIN. MANY OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM WITH MY 4X4 IT WON'T GO IN TO FOUR LOW AND WHEN IT DOES I CAN'T BACK THE TRUCK UP NOW IT'S AFFECTING 4 HIGH. IN ADDITION SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY RADIO THE VOLUME F VARIOUS AND THE RADIO IT SELF IF YOU SHUT IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IT SOMETIMES DOESN'T TURN BACK ON FOR A GOOD MILE OR TWO AND ONCE I WAS PUTTING MY POWER WINDOW DOWN AND IT SHUT OFF! THIS IS A BRAND NEW TRUCK IT IS ALL HIGHWAY MILE OF SMOOTH RIDING I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO I STUCK PAYING FOR THIS THING TO 2003 AND I CURRENTLY TRYING TO LOOK AT OTHER CARS. MY 1997 TRUCK STILL HAS THE CLUTCH PROBLEM AFTER IT BEEN REPLACED AND ONCE IT WAS IT WAS FINE FOR 11,500 MILES WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ON IT THEY SAID IT WAS FINE WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THEM THEY SAID IT WAS OVER THE 12,000 MILE AND "TOUGH LUCK"! I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN! PLEASE HELP! *AK

TREAD HAS HAIR LINE CRACKS. NO FAILURE AT THIS TIME. TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA.TIRES WILL BE INSPECTED BY A FIRESTONE DEALER THIS WEEK . JUST FORWORDING THIS INFORMATION FOR ANY FUTURE INVESTIGATION ON ALL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235X75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235X75R15 )

CONSUMER REPLACED FIRESTONE TIRES (P235/75R15) DUE TO RECALL 00T005, HOWEVER HAS NOT YET RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH ON PAVED RURAL ROAD WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS OR SOUNDS, DRIVER'S REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P265/75R15 BLEWOUT. FIRESTONE DOTW29V1PK498 , RECALL #00T005000 TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. CONSUMER HAS TWO TIRES IN POSSESSION. *AK *SLC

FIRESTONE WOLDERNESS AT, P225/70R15, DOT W2UU1P0209, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 41000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERENSS AT TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, DAMAGED WHEEL OF VEHICLE. FIRESTONE DEALER BRIEFLY LOOKED AT TIRE, AND STATED IT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARD. *AK *SLC

ABS LIGHT CAME ON, CAUSING SPEEDOMTER TO FAIL. ALSO, TRANSMISSION/OVERDRIVE LIGHT HAD COME ON, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT AND DOWNSHIFT INTO LOW. *AK

FIRST OFF THERE HAS BEEN NO FAILURE AS YET. I COULDN'T GET THIS FAR WITHOUT SAYING THERE WAS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT ABOUT THE TIRES I HAVE IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES BEING RECALLED? I STILL DON'T HEAR WHY THEY ARE FAILING. IF AS I SUSPECT THAT IT IS THE GLUE IS THERE A DIFFERENT GLUE USED ON 16"? I'M CURIOUS TOO ABOUT WHETHER THE TIRE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FEELING THAT THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL VERY EASILY. I'VE NOTICED IN A COUPLE OF CIRCUMSTANCES OF QUICK BRAKING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT THAT THE VEHICLE LIKE THE CENTER OF GRAVITY IS SOMEWHERE ABOVE THE TOP OF THE CAB. THIS IS NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE THE VEHICLE IS SLIDING SIDE WAYS EITHER. IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT COULD VERY EASILY FLIP OVER. I SEE NO APPARENT FLAWS IN THE TIRES AT THIS POINT AND THEY SEEM TO BE WEARING AS WELL AS ANY OTHER TIRE ON THE MARKET. THEY JUST DON'T FEEL RIGHT AND DIDN'T PRIOR TO THE RECALL ACTION. THIS IS A FYI FROM ME TO YOU AND AT THIS POINT I HOLD LITTLE IF ANY HOPE OF THESE BEING RECALLED. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR ME? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

EMERGENCY BRAKES WILL NOT RELEASE, AND THERE A SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. ALSO, DOME LIGHTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. *AK