1999 Ford Expedition Tires

AS I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT, MY TIRE WENT FLAT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE TREAD IS PEALING OFF. THERE ARE TWO LONG PARALLEL CRACKS APPROX 2-3 INCHES APART IN THE CENTER OF THE TIRE. THE TREAD BETWEEN IS PEELING OFF AND THE BELT TREADS ARE PUSHING OUT. IF FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. WITH ALL THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST FROM THESE TIRE DEFECTS I CANNOT REST UNTIL ALL MY FIRESTONE TIRES ARE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND. I WILL BE CONTACTING A FORD DEALER TOMORROW IN HOPES OF GETTING CLEARANCE TO GET THESE TIRES CHANGED RIGHT AWAY BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELLING FASTER MY SON AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED LIKE ALL THE OTHERS. I HAVE A HUSBAND AND 3 CHILDREN TO THINK ABOUT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2T61RE318 TIRESIZE: R265S7OR17)

WHILE TRAVELING 75MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE. TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE UNTIL ABLE TO STOP. NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ITS TREAD. SPARE HAD A BULGE. TIRE HAD 41,000 MILES ON A 1999, FORD, EXPEDITION, P255/70R16W2CU. *AK THE CONSUMER PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES AND ONE USED TIRE TO REPLACE THE FIRESTONE ONES. *YH

THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE LOST TREAD AND BLEW OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES.TIRE SIZE P255/70R16 AND DOT # W2CUIRD438. *YH

THE PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING IS THE DEALERSHIP INFLATES MY TIRES IMPROPERLY DURING SERVICE. THE DRIVERS DOOR READS THAT THE COLD PRESSURE FOR THE FRONT SHOULD BE 30 AND THE REAR 35. I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAVE BEEN GETTING MY TIRES SERVICED FOR FREE BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THEY CONTEND MY TIRE GAUGE IS WRONG. ONCE I HAD THEM CHECK THEM BEFORE I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO LET PRESSURE OUT. ALL I WOULD ASK IS THAT THE SITUATION BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT CHECK THEIR TIRES WHEN THEY LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP IS IN A ACCIDENT AND HURT. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

MY TIRES ARE VIBRATING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, ALSO THEY LOOSE AIR CONSTANTLY, I HAVE HAD THEM CHECKED AT LEAST 8 TIMES AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF AIR WAS MISSING EACH TIME!! THE STEERING WHEEL IS VIBRATING MAJORLY AT SPEEDS OF 50 TO 75 MPH PER HOUR! I DID CONTACT THE DEALER BUT WAS TOLD THIS TIRE IS NOT RECALLED!! PLEASE NOTE THERE IS DEFINATELY A PROBLEM WITH MY TIRES AND I AM NOT AN EXPERT. PLEASE ADVISE A.S.A.P. - THANK YOU!*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2CUIRD249 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

LOOKED AT TIRE AT GAS STATION AND SAW STEEL BELTS WHERE TIRE WAS COMING LOOSE FROM ITSELF. FORD DEALER I TOOK VEHICLE INDICATED THEY WERE READY TO SEPARATE ,AND ALL 4 MUST BE REPLACED. NO TIRES FOUND FROM DEALER AND CALLED AND FOUND 4 TIRES AT RETAIL STORE. I STILL HAVE THE FIRESTONE TIRES AND WILL BE BACK HOME MONDAY JULY 23RD IF NHTSA WANTS TO SEE THEM.*AK (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: P25570R16)

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDERS, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR INNER TIRE SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, 25575R15. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WE WERE TRAVELING ON I77 ON OUR WAY TO CHARLESTON,SOUTH CAROLINA. OUR ESTIMATED SPEED AT THE TIME OF TIRE FAILURE WAS 60MPH. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WAS 65MPH. WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE PRACTICALLY EXPLODED AND TORE APART. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS WE MOVED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, I FOUND A DISINTEGRATED TIRE, WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION. I HAD MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE CAR WITH ME WHICH INCLUDED MY WIFE AND THREE YOUNG BOYS AGES 10,5, AND 1. THE AIR PRESSURE IN ALL FOUR TIRES WERE AT RECOMMENDED LEVELS AT THE ONSET OF OUR TRIP, WHAT IS THE EXPLANATION OF THIS MISFORTUNE?*AK (TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

OWNER HAS FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT TIRES WHICH ARE NOT ON RECALL. ALL 4 TIRES HAVE CRACKS ALONG SIDE OF THEM. ALL TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

I TOOK TO FORD AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE BUT THEN STATED THAT TREAD WEAR WAS BEYOND.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/16 )

EVERY MONTH I CHECK MY TIRE PRESSURE. IN CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE ON APRIL 6TH, I NOTICED THAT ON ALL FOUR TIRES, THERE WAS A SPLITTING/CRACK WHICH RAN ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT RIGHT UNDER THE TREAD KNUCKLE WHERE THE KNUCKLE OF THE TREAD WOULD HAPPEN TO MEET THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY FORD GARAGE WHICH IS VENUS FORD IN CUDAHY, WISC. HE TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED FIRESTONE DEALER. I CONTACT MUSKEGO FIRESTONE IN MUSKEGO, WI. THEY INSPECTED THE TIRES AND I WAS TOLD THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE UNSAFE. AFTER I ASKED THE OWNER (KEITH) HOW SAFE THE TIRES ACTUALLY WERE,HE TOLD ME "IF THOSE TIRES WERE ON MY VEHICLE, THEY'D BE COMING OFF." KEITH CONTACTED FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES FREE OF CHARGE I GUESS IN DOING THIS THEY WOULD NOT ADMIT TO ANY DEFAULT WITH THE TIRE OR WITH THEIE WORKMANSHIP. THE ONLY THING FIRESTONE WOULD DO FOR ME WAS TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES UNDER A PRO-RATING SYSTEM. DON'T GET ME WRONG, THE TIRES WERE WEARING LIKE IRON AND FOR HAVING 34,600 MILES ON THEM, THE ACTUAL TREAD WEAR LOOKED LIKE THE TIRES ONLY HAD 10,000 MILES ON THEM. THE DEPTH OF THE TIRES WERE MEASURED BY THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND ALL FOUR TIRES CAME IN AT 10/32. THE TIRES BEFORE COMING OFF OF MY VEHICLE WERE DOCUMENTED BY THE FIRESTONE DEALER ON SOME FORM WHICH I HAD TO SIGN. ON THIS FORM, THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF ALL FOUR TIRES WERE LISTED AND THE THEIR ACTUAL POSITION ON THE VEHICLE. THE REPLACEMENT TIRES FIRESTONE PROVIDED WERE AGAIN THEIR WILDERNESS AT'S AND SAME SIZE. MY COST WHICH INCLUDED LABOR AND TAX CAME OUT TO ABOUT $50.00 PER TIRE. AFTER SEEING THE SPLITS/CRACKS IN THE TIRES I WANTED THESE TIRES REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS MY CONCERN THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE HERE. ESPECIALLY WITH A FAMILY AND THIS FAMILY VEHICLE GOING TO BE USED VERY SHORTLY FOR TWO SEPARTE FAMILY VACATIONS.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/70R17)

LEFT FRONT WILDERNESS FIRESTONE (P255/70R16) TIRE BLEW OUT, TREAD CAME OFF AND THERE WAS SIGN OF DAMAGE FROM A NAIL. *JB

I EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW OUT (LEFT REAR) WILDERNESS AT (P255/70R16) ON A '99 EXPEDITION GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL CAME APART, COMPLETELY SEPARATING FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. THERE IS AN AREA ON THE TIRE THAT HAD CRACKS ON THE TREAD CLOSE TO THE MAIN PART OF THE TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY FORD DEALER IN GRAPEVINE FIRST BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST INSPECTED THE TIRES FOR ME APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO. THEY RECOMMENDED HIGHLY THAT I TAKE THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE, THAT THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO FOR ME WAS TO SELL ME 5 NEW TIRES, COSTING MORE THAN $700 TOTAL. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO MY FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE AFTER I POINTED OUT TO MY TECHNICIAN THE DAMAGE, HE TRIED TO EXPAIN TO ME THAT A BLOW OUT IS "NORMAL" WHENEVER THERE IS DAMAGE TO A TIRE AND THAT THE TIRE HAD BEEN DRIVEN WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE WHICH IS WHY THE SIDEWALL WAS TORN UP. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE TIRES HAVE NEVER BEEN LOW ON PRESSURE, THAT I CHECK THEM MYSELF AT A MINIMUN OF 1 TIME PER WEEK AND NEVER DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I HAVE CHECKED THEM, AND FORD CHECKS THEM APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3,000 MILES AND ROTATES THEM ACCORDING TO SPECS. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED. I ASKED IF MY OTHER 3 TIRES WERE SAFE IN HIS OPINION AND WITHOUT DOING MORE THAN A QUICK GLANCE SAID "THEY ARE AS SAFE AS ANY TIRE". I ASKED HIM AGAIN AND EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD AND ALL I WANTED WAS TO ENSURE THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE, HE STATED THAT "I WOULD BE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT DRIVING A FORD THAN I WOULD BE ABOUT YOUR TIRES". THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AND I FEEL THAT ATTITUDES AND REACTIONS LIKE THIS TO AN OBVIOUSLY REALISTIC CONCERN IS CRIMINAL. I ALSO ASKED THEM TO RETURN THE DAMAGED TIRE TO ME, WHICH I HAD TO REMIND THEM TO DO. I THEN TOOK THE CAR & TIRE TO NATIONAL TIRE AND BATTERY (WHOM I TRUST) AND ASKED FOR THEIR OPINION ON THE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNCU1RD458 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY LEFT, REAR TIRE BLEW. AFTER TIRE WAS CHANGED, FULL SIZED, BRAND NEW SPARE BLEW 300 MILES LATER. *AK (TIRESIZE: P2657UR17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P2657UR17 )

I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH SOMEONE THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED ON MY VEHICLE ON MARCH 21ST .WHILE TRAVELLING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY IN FLORIDA WHEN MY CAR HAD A BLOW OUT AT ABOUT 60 MPH AFTER EXAMINING THE TIRE I FOUND THAT THE TREAD HAD COME APART FROM THE TIRE .ONCE I SAW THIS I TOOK THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE FOR THE SECOND VISIT TO SHOW THEM THE PROBLEM .THEY INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NORMAL FOR BLOW OUTS.I THEN PROCEEDED TO FORD TO SHOW THEM THE TIRE WHO INSISTED THE SAME THING .I THEN BOUGHT NEW TIRES FROM FORD AS I WAS AFRAID TO PUT MY FAMILY BACK IN THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT BEFORE I DISCARD THE TIRE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM YOUR AGENCY EXAMINE THIS TIRE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2CU TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)

WHILE DRIVING, REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEWOUT, THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD PROBLEMS KEEPING AIR IN TIRES, THE DEALER REPLACED THE VALVE STEMS BUT THAT HASN'T SOLVED THE PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RIDE WELL WITH THE TIRES AND VEHICLE HAS HAD A FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT ALREADY (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ATX P255/70R16). NLM

FIRESTONE, STANDARD EQUIPMENT, RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS SECOND TIME ON SAME SIDE. TIRE BLOWOUT CAUSED REAR END AND OTHER DAMAGES. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE, SIZE P255/70R16. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT, AND FOUND TREAD HAD SEPARATED. FORD, EXPEDITION, 1999, P-255/70R16, DOT VNCU1RD259. *AK TIRE IS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC

BLOWOUT ON LEFT FRONT TIRE, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P25570R16, TIRE SENT TO FIRESTONE, FIRESTONE PAID FOR A NEW TIRE, WHEEL AND SHIPPING EXPENSES, IN OCTOBER 2000, OWNER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES OUT OF FEAR, WOULD LIKE FOR FORD OR FIRESTONE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENTS.

VEHICLE HAS FOUR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/AT TIRES, SIZE P255/70R16. ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE BEGAN TO SEPARATE. TIRES WERE LOOKED AT BY A GARAGE AND THIS WAS DETERMINED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TREES, AND ENDING ON OTHER SIDE. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW WHAT COULD HAD CAUSED TIRE TO BE FLAT, AND LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NO DEMAGE TO VEHICLE EXTERIOR, JUST SCRATCHES. THERE WAS NO CURVES ON THE ROAD. *AK

FIRESTONE REFUSED CONSUMERS REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE PURCHASED PRIOR TO JANUARY, 1 2000, THE CONSUMER ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE TIRES OCT 31,2000. NLM

WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE P255/70R16 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, CONSUMER NOTICED A 3 INCH TEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE SIDEWALL, DOT W2CU. *SLC

THIS TIRE DID NOT JUST GO FLAT, IT DISITEGRATED. WE WERE RIDING DOWN AN INTERSTATE AND MY 15-MONTH-OLD WAS IN THE CAR. WE JUST GOT LUCKY THAT WE MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE PROBLEM LOOKS JUST LIKE THE ONES SEEN IN THE 15 AND 16 INCH FIRESTONS TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED. WE SAVED THE DEFECTIVE TIRE AND WE HAVE PICTURES OF IT ON THE CAR BEFORE IT WAS CHANGED. WE WANT TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY AS WE WERE THIS TIME. PLEASE CALL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2T6IRE378 TIRE SIZE: P265/70R17 )

RECENTLY I WENT TO THE BODY SHOP TO GET A ROTATION. BUT WHEN I WENT, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT ALL MY FOUR TIRES HAD SEVERE SIDEWALL CRACKS. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IF I HAD DRIVEN THE EXPEDITION OVER 65 MPH THE TIRES MAY HAVE TORN OFF FROM THE RIMS AND FLIPPED MY CAR OVER. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE PROBLEM PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THE FIRESTONE TIRES. TO GET A SECOND OPINION I WENT DOWN TO A PRIVATELY OWNED GOODYEAR SHOP; THE MANAGER, AFTER INSPECTING ONE OF THE TIRES, WHICH ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES HAD DEFECTS IN THEM AND THAT WE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CALL THE GOODYEAR HOTLINE. HE ALSO HAPPENED TO AGREE THAT THE TIRES WOULD EVENTUALLY RIP OFF AND FLIP THE CAR IF I DID NOT CHANGE THEM. HENCE I CALLED THE GOODYEAR HOTLINE, WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVE PICKED UP, SHE TOLD ME THAT THE MAN FROM GOODYEAR WHO INSPECTED THE TIRES WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE AN INSPECTION. SO THEN, I DROVE TO ANOTHER SHOP NAMED !0JUST TIRES!1 THAT WAS LICENSED FROM GOODYEAR TO GIVE INSPECTIONS. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRES, THE MANAGER AGREED THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE TIRES AND THAT IF THE TIRES WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY REPLACED I WOULD BE ENDANGERING MY LIFE. HE TOO BELIEVED THAT MY TIRES HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS TO THOSE OF FIRESTONE.I HAVE ALSO HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE EXPEDITION. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR, THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR WAS STOLEN; AND UNDER THE WARRANTY, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE IT. HOWEVER, AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THE NEWLY INSTALLED MIRROR STARTED BECAME SOMEWHAT UNRELIABLE. IT ACCUMULATED SCRATCHES EASILY AND WAS VERY FRAGILE. THE VISUALS THE MIRROR GAVE WERE VERY DULL AND VAGUE. HENCE WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER REPLACEMENT, THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US THAT THE MIRROR WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY; AND SO I WAS NOT GIVEN A REPLACEMENT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: PDCUD3ER33 TIRESIZE: P255/70R16)