1997 Mercury Mountaineer complaints

THIS DEFECT INVOLVES SIDEWALL DETERIORATION AND ABNORMAL WEAR. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT WITH 35000MI AND IMMEDIATELY THEY STARTED WEARING. IN JUNE THE FIRST TWO STARTED LOSING AIR BETWEEN THE BASE OF THE TREAD & SIDEWALL. IN EARLY JULY THE OTHER 2 FOLLOWED SUIT. WE REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES WITH B.F. GOODRICH WITH AN LT RATING. ALSO, TIRE PRESSURE WAS KEPT AT 30PSI INSTEAD OF 26 AT ALL TIMES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

THESE TIRES ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT ON A RECALL LIST HAVE A HAIRLINE CRACK AROUND THE SIDEWALL WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAD. THREE OF THE TIRES HAVE THIS CRACK ONE DOESN'T.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75/15 )

ORIGINAL TIRES ON A MERCURY, MOUNTINEER 1997. THERE WAS A SMALL PIECE OF CONCRETE IN THE ROAD, NOT A HUGE PIECE.CONSUMER HAD TO RUN OVER IT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE COMPLETELY CAME APART.*AK BURST AND STARTED TO DELALMINATE AS OTHER PROBLEM TIRES HAVE. THE DEALER CALLED IT A ROAD HAZARD AND THE CUSTOMER PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT. *YH

PE-00-020; TIRES ARE BELIEVED TO BE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER 1997, TIRES SIZE P23575R15 DOT NUMBER BEGIN WITH W2HL, TIRES HAVE 50 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. CONSUMER HAS NOTICE EVIDENCE OF TREAD SEPARTION ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, THE INNER BELTS ARE SEPARATING WHICH IS CAUSING THE TIRES TO WOBBLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING EXCCESIVE TREAD WEAR AND VIBRATION WITH THESE WIDERNESS/AT P23575R15 DOT:VUJ27040. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED.*AK *SLC

PE00020, BOUGHT USED ON A 1997 MOUNTAINEER, P235/75R15, DOT W2HL1PY. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE "DRY ROTTEN" AND HAVE A CRACKED FROM THE EDGE OF THE TREAD,AND WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS, WHICH MAY CAUSE TREAD TO COME OFF IN ALL THE SAME SPOT. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING IT HAS BEEN MORE BOUNCING. *AK THE CUSTOMER WANTS FIRESTONE TO PAY THE REPLACEMENT COST FOR FAILED TIRES. *YH

ALL FOUR TIRES EXHIBIT CRACKS AROUND PERIMETER OF TIRES AT THE BASE OF THE TREAD. TIRES ARE NOT VD OR SUBJECT TO RECALL. THREE ARE US MADE, LAST IS MADE IN CANADA. THE CANADIAN TIRE HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CRACKS. PICTURES CAN BE FORWARDED. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED A FIRESTONE DEALER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235R75 )

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION ON BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

TIRES NOT UNDER RECALL/I FOUND CRACKS AROUND THE SIDE WALL ALL AROUND THE THREAT ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF TIRE, ALL FOUR TIRES ARE THE SAME. I CHECK THE TIRES BACK IN AUGUST WHEN THE RECALL FIRST CAME OUT AND THERE WAS NO CRACKS IN THE TIRES. I WILL BE REPLACING THE TIRES AND KEEPING THE OLD TIRES HOPING THAT THE RECALL WILL BE EXPANED. LOOKING AT THE OTHER FAILURES THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED , I FOUND OTHER THREAT SEPERATION ON WILDERNEES TIRES THAT ARE NOT COVER BY RECALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VHHL TIRE SIZE: P235/15 )

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN DEALER CHECKED THE TIRE HE FOUND THET THE FRIESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES (P235/75R15) WERE RIPPING APART, CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00T-005 AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

PE00-020; CONSUMER HAD INSPECTED THE TIRES AND FOUND OUT THAT ALL FOUR SETS OF TIRES WERE CRACKING ABOUT 1 INCH OUTSIDE OF TIRE NEAR THE TREAD. MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER, 1997; FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P235/75R15, DOT VNHL. *AK

TIRE TREAD ON FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/AT, P23575R15 HAS SEPARATED. CONSUMER HAS NOTICED A BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRES. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK CUSTOMER HAS REQUESTED FIRESTONE TO REIMBURSE COST OF REPLACING FIVE TIRES. DOT # W2HL1PY306. *YH

PLEASE BE ADVISED, I AM A POLICE OFFICER OPERATING THIS LEASED VEHICLE AND I FEEL THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I'VE INDICATED AT LEAST SIX TIMES TO ME IN THE PAST MONTH, THIS VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO EXCCERATE ANY TIME YOU DEEPLY DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS GENERALLY HAPPENS AT A COMPLETE STOP WHEN YOU MAY INADVERTENTLY JUST HOLD DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT ALSO WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF YOU WERE FORCED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, AS YOU WOULD GENERALLY PANIC AND TRY TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT OVERLY CLOSE TO THE EXCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT APPARENTLY THE NORMAL FOOT MOVEMENT FROM ONE PEDAL TO ANOTHER IS NOT FAR ENOUGH TO AVOID DEPRESSING BOTH. I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW SERIOUS THIS SITUATION CAN BE, IT HAS CAUSED SUDDEN BURSTS OF EXCELERATION FROM COMPLETE STOPS, AND CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD DO AT HIGHER SPEED PANIC STOPS. I WOULDN'T DOUBT THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN THE SUBJECT OR CAUSE OF MANY MINOR AS WELL AS HIGH SPEED ACCIDENTS, AS THE DRIVER WOULD ACTUALLY BE ACCELERATING AT THE SAME TIME HE OR SHE IS TRYING TO BRAKE.

THESE TIRES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE HOWEVER WILL NOT HOLD AIR PRESSURE I HAVE BEEN FILLING THEM EVERY NIGHT AND BY THE NEXT MORNING THEY WILL ALL HAVE LOST 2-4 LBS OF PRESSURE. HOW CAN FIRESTONE SAY THAT ONLY THE ONES MANUFACTURED IN DECATUR ILL ARE DEFECTIVE? I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND FIRESTONE AS WELL AND BEEN TOLD THESE TIRES DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. I DISAGREE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: WD TIRE SIZE: P235R15 )

THE TIRES ARE BREAKING AT THE MARRAGE LINE WENT INTO A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP, THE MANAGER AHMAD MADJLESSI SAID THAT THE CRAKING WAS DUE TO OZONE OR SUN EXPOSURE AND THAT HE IS UN ABLE TO HELP, I HAVE ALL OF THIS IN WRITING FROM HIM. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VM TIRE SIZE: P235/70R15 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P235/75R15 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, PRIOR TO FAILURE CONSUEMR HEARD A BUMPING NOISE AND SLOWED DOWN, WHEN INSPECTING TIRE THE BELTS WERE STICKING OUT, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL 5 TIRES. *SLC

PEOO O20; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. RIGHT PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. HE WAS ABLE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. FIRESTONE #ATX, P23575R15. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CONSUMER CONTACTED FIRESTONE, AND THEY REPLACED TIRES WITH THE OTHER DEFECTIVE TIRES FROM #VD PLANT. *AK

PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS NOTICED WITH STEEL BELT COMING THROUGH THE TIRE, MOUNTED ON A 1997, MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P235/75R15, DOT# W1HL1EYO27. FIRESTONE NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TIRE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. ALSO, TIRE AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. *AK

WE BOUGHT OUR MERCURY MOUNTAINEER IN JANUARY, 1998 (MFGD IN APRIL, 1997) SERIAL #[XXX] AND WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR WE NOTICED THE SIDEWALL AND TIRE TREAD WAS PEELING FROM THE TIRE. WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE DEALER'S ATTENTION (HATFIELD'S LINCOLN MERCURY LOCATED IN COLUMBUS, OH) AND THEY DISMISSED IT. WE TOLD THEM THE SUV VIBRATED AND RUMBLED AND RODE VERY, VERY ROUGH. THEY SAID TO ROTATE THE TIRES. IT CONTINUED TO DO IT AND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY (9/13/00). WE HAVE HAD THE TIRES ROTATED MANY TIMES. WE ARE VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND FOLLOW THE NEWS RELEASES CLOSELY SINCE THE TIRE RECALL. WE HAVE HAD MUCH TROUBLE WITH THESE TIRES AND THE GARAGE CONTINUOUSLY DISMISSED OUR CONCERNS. WE TRAVEL CROSS COUNTRY AT POSTED SPEEDS AND THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST FREQUENTLY. WE HAVE NOW MOVED TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AND ARE EVEN MORE CONCERNED SINCE IT IS HOT WEATHER AND DESERT AREA. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE RUMBLE AND VIBRATION IN THE TIRES. WE WENT TO A FIRESTONE DEALER TO CHECK THE DOT CODE AND HE SAID THEY WERE W2. WE CHECKED WITH ANOTHER LOCATION AND THEY SAID THE SAME, W2. HOWEVER, AS WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED, THE PEELING IS VERY EVIDENT INCLUDING THE TREAD LAYER. WE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THESE FACTS. WE BELIEVE A FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE CONDUCTED AND OUR TIRES RECALLED AS WELL. SHOULD ANYTHING HORRIBLE HAPPEN, IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE. WE FEEL FIRESTONE IS RESPONSIBLE AND FORD AND THE NHTSA SHOULD HOLD THEM AS SUCH. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R1

ELECTRICAL LINE ROUTES OVER POWERSTEERING LINE HAD RUBBED AGAINST EACH OTHER, CAUSING A HOLE AND A SHORT, RESULTING IN A FIRE.*AK THE ELECTRICAL WIRE INVOLVED WAS THE HOT WIRE CABLE RUNNING FROM THE BATTERY TO THE STARTER. THE SPARKS CREATED ALSO IGNITED THE POWER STEERING FLUID THAT WAS LEAKING. YH

ONE OF FOUR IDENTICAL TIRES INSTALLED AT FACTORY BUBBLED AND STARTED TO SEPARATE, AT WHICH TIME I REPLACED ALL FOUR. I KEPT THE WILDERNESS AT'S IN MY SHED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ON THE LIST OF RECALLED TIRES, BUT OBVIOUSLY ARE DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS. THEY WERE INSTALLED ON A MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, AND ARE A PASSENGER TIRE, NOT A TRUCK TIRE, WHICH CONCERNS ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MERCURY DEALER AND FIRESTONE DEALER, BUT THEY REFUSED TO ADDRESS ANY PROBLEM, SIMPLY STATING THAT MY TIRES ARE NOT PART OF THE NATIONAL RECALL.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

THERE WERE 4 OF THESE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER WHO TOLD ME SINCE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE LETTERS VD , WHICH INDICATED THE FACTORY NAME, ON THEM THEY WERE FINE. ABOUT L WEEK LATER MY SON WAS EN ROUTE FROM CHARLOTTE TO ATLANTA WHEN ONE OF THESE TIRES SEPARATED. HE HAD TO GO TO THE EXPENSE OF STAYING IN A MOTEL THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING HE BOUGHT A GOODYEAR TIRE AND PROCEEDED TO ATLANTA. LUCKILY HIS LIFE WAS SPARED. WHEN HE RETURNED TO CHARLOTTE ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, HE AGAIN TALKED WITH A FIRESTONE DEALER AND WE CALLED THE HOTLINE FOR ASSISTANCE. WE WERE AGAIN TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THE TIRES HAD NOT BEEN RECALLED. HE DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING AROUND WITH THE 3 OTHERS ON THE VEHICLE SO HE BOUGHT 3 MORE GOODYEAR TIRES. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THESE TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 105SM/S )

HAD BLOW OUT ON RT FT TIRE THEN VEH FLIPPED EMS TOOK JANA TO HOSPITAL IN SEGUIN HOSPITAL LOCATED OFF OF HWY 123. NOTE FIRESTONE HAD PUT 2 NEW TIRES ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, SHE HAD E-ML FIRESTONE ABOUT HAVING PRIOR PROBLEMS WITHT HE TIRES. WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 TREAD PEELED OFF OF TIRE. (CLAIM# 53-C596-670) *MW

TIRE EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING & DAMAGED THE VEHICLE WILDERNESS AT FIRESTONE TIRE #235/75R15 THE TREAD CAME TOTALLY APART. (CLAIM# 16-N131-327) *MW

REAR TIRE BLEW AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND CASING FLEW OFF, DAMAGING CAR. THIS WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY AND MAY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE. (CLAIM# 03-3162-568) *MW

IV HAS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. ONE OF THE TIRES'S TREAD PARTIALLY SEPERATED AND DAMAGED THE IV. LOST OF INFORMATION IN THE NEWS REGARDINGS THESE TIRES. (CLAIM# 17-9136-575) *MW

THIS QUALIFIES FOR FIRESTONE RECALL, VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED W/ AT WILDERNESS TIRES. TIRE BLEW CAUSING DAMAGE TIRE IS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, P235/75R15. (CLAIM# 25-5379-112) *MW

LR TIRE CAME APART AT ABOUT 65 MPH CAUSING OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL OF IV TIRE: FIRESTONE WILDERNESS A/T 235/75R15. OTHER #S: ARE 105S, 027477. (CLAIM# 38-J372-798) *MW

AFTER VACATION CONSUMER INSPECTED THE TIRES, LOOKING FOR NUMBERS ON TIRES, BUT FOUND CRACKS ON THEM. HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE DOT INFORMATION. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P235/75 R15, MADE IN CANADA. *AK

DAMAGED TIRE WAS NOTICED WHILE STATIONARY.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

UPON INSPECTION BY MY AUTO MECHANIC, I WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS NEAR IMEDIATE FAILURE FROM SEPERATION OF THE TREAD FROM THE TIRE CASING AND THAT THE TWO REAR TIRES WERE ALSO NEAR FAILURE. I CALLED MY DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT INVOLVE THEMSELVES WITH TIRES THAT ARE NOT PART OF A RECALL. I MUST REPLACE THE TIRES TOMMORROW FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. PLEASE SECURE THE SAFETY OF OTHER FAMILIES BY ALERTING THE PUBLIC OF THE PRESENT DANGERS. RECALL OR NOT, GET THESE TIRES OFF THE ROAD.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL TIRE SIZE: P2357515 )

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER, P235/75R15 SIZE DOT# WZHL1PY107 AND WZHL1PY296. TREAD ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE. FIRESTONE HAS INSPECTED TIRES. *AK THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE FAILED. THE CUSTOMER BOUGHT FOUR NEW TIRES FOR SAFETY REASON. *YH

I COMPLETED A COMPLAINT FORM YESTERDAY, AND HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TODAY. ONE OF THE DEALERS WHO INSPECTED MY TIRES CLAIMED THEY WERE MADE IN SC; I REVIEWED THE Q AND A FOR FIRESTONE AND AND TIRE WITH "VD" WAS MADE IN DECATUR, ILL. I HAVE ALSO REVIEWED THE OTHER POSSIBLE TIRES THAT MAY BE RECALLED, BUT THE TIRE INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER DOES NOT APPEAR TO MATCH. HOWEVER, I STILL HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE WILDERNESS AT, AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. I AM WONDERING IF THE TIRES I HAVE WERE PART OF THE 1.4 MILLION AFTERMARKET TIRES THEY HAVE DESCRIBED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. RESPECTFULLY, LINDA CATANZARO( DOT NUMBER: VD66 TIRE SIZE: 30X9.50R15 )

CRACK [SEPERATION?] AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE ON SIDEWALLS ,3/4 INCH IN FROM TREAD( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

ABS FAILED AT LOW SPEED , SLID INTO CURB BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP, BROKE WHEEL

PE00-020; P23575R15, DOT W2HC1PY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER WITH 40,000 MILES. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL FROM FIRESTONE , CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE. DEALER INDICTATED THAT TIRES WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL, BUT WASTOLD THAT ALL 4 TIRES HAD SAME DEFECT. TIRES WERE SHOWING EVIDENCE OF CRACKING AS VD PLANT TIRES. CONSUMER HAS TO PAY TO REPLACE TIRES.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

WENT TO FIRESTONE TO HAVE TIRES CHECKED NOT RECALLED BUT NTIRE SHOWN SIGNS OF "DRY ROT" SAID WOULD REPLACE BUT HAD TO USE SAME BRAND. THE TRUCK IS DRIVEN EVERYDAY. THERE SHOULDN"T BE DRY ROTT IT IS SHOWN ON THREE TIRES RIGHT NEAR THE TREADS WHAT IS MY COURSE OF ACTION? *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES. FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE NOT THE TIRES RECALLED. THEY WERE INSPECTED BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY ARE A DIFFERENT SIZE (LARGER) AND THEY WERE MADE AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA PLANT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE TIRES FOR ONE YEAR (JUNE 1999) AND HAVE ONLY PUT ABOUT 13,000 MILES ON THEM WHEN I EXPERIENCED A BLOW-OUT. MY TIRES ARE ALWAYS PROPERLY INFLATED - I WAS NOT IN A HOT CLIMATE - AND I WAS NOT GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I WAS GOING 35 MPH ON A MAIN STREET IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, IN JUNE. MY LEFT REAR TIRE LITERALLY EXPLODED - THE SOUND WAS DEAFENING, LIKE SHATTERED GLASS. FORTUNATELY, MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON WAS NOT WITH ME, BUT WHAT IF HE WAS AND SOMETHING WORSE HAD HAPPENED? ADDITIONALLY, ALTHOUGH NOT RELEVANT TO THE RECALL, THE TIRES MAKE THE VEHICLE HARDER TO CONTROL AND PROVIDE A VERY ROUGH RIDE. IF I ACCIDENTALLY HIT A POT HOLE, I BETTER HAVE BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AND SINCE I HAVE HAD THE TIRES, I AM CONSTANTLY LOSING HUBCAPS - YES HUBCAPS (FOUR IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR). I DID NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE GOODYEAR WRANGLERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE (NO HANDLING PROBLEMS, NO LOST HUBCAPS). THE ONLY "GOOD" THING ABOUT THE TIRES ARE THEY ARE EXCELLENT IN THE SNOW AND ICE. WHAT I HOPE YOU CAN DO IS TO EXPAND THE RECALL. IF A CERTAIN MODEL OF CAR IS RECALLED, ALL MODELS ARE RECALLED REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE MADE. WITH THE BLOW-OUT I EXPERIENCED AND THE CURRENT RECALL, I DO NOT

THE TIRES ON MY VEHICLE ARE THE SAME TYPE AND SIZE AS THE RECALLED TIRES. ACCORDING TO A LOCAL FIRESTONE LOCATION, MY TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED. HOWEVER, FIRESTONE STATED THAT MY TIRES ARE DOING THE SAME THING AS THE RECALLED TIRES AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. IT IS A CONCERN THAT AFTER THE FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS TOLD MY TIRES ARE SHOWING THE SAME SIGNS, THEY DID NOT QUESTION WHICH PLANT MY TIRES CAME FROM. APPARENTLY, THE RECALL SHOULD INCLUDE TIRES FROM OTHER PLANTS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND TREAD STARTED TO SEPARTE FROM THE RIM. TIRE IS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS#AT , 23575R15, #WZHLIPY257. *AK

PE20020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A MERCURY MOUNTINEER. LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75/R15 *MW

PE00-020, TIRE SIZE P23575R15, DOT W2HL1PY, ORIGNIAL EQUIPMENT WITH MERCURY MOUNTAINEER 1997 WITH 39600 MILES. ALL 4 TIRES KEPT VIBRATING EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN BALANCED. TIRES WERE CHECKED AGAIN AUG 21,2000 AT FORD. BUT DEALER CLAIMED TIRE CHECKED OKAY.HOWEVER, TIRES WERE STILL VIBRATING.THERE WAS NO SOLUTION UNLESS CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES AT THIS POINT.*AK

TIRE FAILED AT 60 MPH. SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. I SAVED TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235SR15 )

MY TIRES ARE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO THUMP THUMP THUMP ALL THE TIME. THEY HAVE CRACKS AROUND THE TREAD AREA. THE ONE TIRE (I WAS TOLD BY EXPERT TIRE HAS THE STEEL BELT SHOWING. THE TIRES HAD BEEN ROTATED 2 MONTHS EARLIER AND THAT TIRE HAD BEEN PUT IN THE BACK WHERE I COULDN'T SEE IT. BY SHERWOOD. BOTH PLACES SAY THAT THE THUMPING NOICE IS DUE TO FRONT WHEEL AILGMENT NEEDED. PLUS THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY SAY THE ONE TIRE IS BAD. I FEEL THAT BOTH THESE PROBLEMS ARE BAD ONES AND I NEED TO TELL YOU ALL. THANKS PAMELA S PWHEN I BRAKE (NOT EVERYTIME, BUT A LOT) IT SEEMS THAT THEY DO NOT CATCH. I PUT ON THE BRAKES AND I CAN FELL IT DRAGING. IT CAUSES THE TRUCK TO PULL BUT NOT ENOUGHT TO CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL. IT DOES HOWEVER CAUSES THE TRUCK TO GO FARTHER OUT IN THE STREET AFTER THE STOP LIGHT OR SIGN.THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TO 15 TIMES.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: 235-75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMERS HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RIDE ROUGH, UPON INSPECTION CONSUMERS NOTICED THAT THE TREAD PEELED OFF THE TIRE.

VIBRATION, STOPPED AND SAW ~3 INCH TREAD SEPARATION ON SIDEWALL NEAR RUNNING SURFACE( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE00D20.; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A MERCURY MOUNTINEER, 1997 23575R15. FIRESTONE SAID ALL 4 TIRES HAVE CRACKS WERE TREADLINE MEETS SIDEWALLS, CONSUMER WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT THE TREAD MAY SEPARATE. *AK THE CUSTOMER INDICATES THAT THESE TIRES COULD BLOW UP ANYTIME. SOME FIRSTONE DEALERS HAVE ALSO SAID THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. *YH

NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: VDHT TIRE SIZE: 235R75X15 )

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY SON IT WAS HOT WHEN WE GOT OFF IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE WHEN WE LOOKED THE HALF TREAD AROUND AND HALF WIDTH WAS RAISED WAY UP SO WE TOOK SIDE ROADS HOME. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT'S FIRESTONES PROBLEM ..FIRESTONE TOLD ME TO PAY $58.75 FOR A NEW ONE SO I DID ...NO ONE EVER CHECKED THE REST OF MY TIRES UNTIL I MADE THEM AFTER THE RECALL STARTED ONE TIRE HAD 46LBS. IN IT THE OTHERS WERE WAY OFF TOO. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A FIRESTONE TIRE THATS NOT ON THE RECALL FOR MY SPARE AND I HAVE PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR TIRES TO GO ON MY CAR. I HAVE SENT AWAY FOR THE $400. I SUPOSELY GET FOR THE GOODYEAR AND I ALSO ASKED FOR MY $58.75 FOR THE TIRE THAT ALMOST KILLED US... NEVER BEFORE THE RECALL DID THE DEALERSHIP OR FIRESTONE HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIRES OR THE WELL BEING OF THE DRIVERS AS FAR AS AIR PRESSURE OR A CHANCE OF FAULTY TIRES.........I STILL LOOSE $ ON THE TIRES BUT THANK GOODNESS I DID NOT DIE W/ MY BABY ON THAT DAY......( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PE00020 ;TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65/70 MPH, TREAD PEELED OFF REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. VEHICLE WENT ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY BEFORE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT # URBX074593, ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT ON A 1997, MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP. ALSO, REPLACED TWO TIRES AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER. *AK THE REAR LEFT TIRE ALSO BEGAN TO PEEL AND THESE TIRES ARE UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED, ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOMER. *YH