1996 Ford F-250 Tires

TIRES WORE OUT IN ONE SECTION ONLY. THE REST OF TIRE TREAD GOOD FOR ANOTHER 20000 MI. DEALER SAID TIRES WERE MADE INCORRECTLY AND WERE EGG-SHAPED INSTEAD OF ROUND. I HAD TO PAY $137.69 TO REPLACE TIRES THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED REPLACING YET IF THEY WERE MADE CORRECTLY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDOR1WW445 TIRE SIZE: 23585R16 )

FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL RFS P235 85 R16 TIRES EXPERIENCE CONSTANT VIBRATION AND TREAD WEAR. *SLC

ON A CAMPING TRIP I AWOKE ON THE MORNING OF 9/30/00 TO FIND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE FLAT. I INSTALLED THE SPARE AND WHEN I GOT HOME SECURED REPLACEMENT GOODYEAR TIRES AND COMMENCED TO INSTALL THEM. PRIOR TO DEMOUNTING THE RIGHT FRONT I INFLATED IT TO DETERMINE WHERE THE AIR WAS ESCAPING. IT APPEARED TO BE ESCAPING IN AN AREA BETWEEN THE TREAD PATTERN. WHEN I DEMOUNTED THE TIRE I INSPECTED THE INTERIOR AND COULD SEE NO EVIDENCE OF A PENETRATION WOUND AND COULD FIND NO TYPE OF FOREIGN OBJECT. IN MY TWO YEARS WORKING AT A TIRE INSTALLATION FACILITY (SEARS) I NEVER ENCOUNTERED A FAILURE OF THIS NATURE. NEEDLESS TO SAY WITH THE EVENTS OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AT FIRESTONE AND MY SUBSEQUENT TIRE FAILURE MY CONFIDENCE IN THE FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY ERODED. FIRESTONE IS NOW RECALLING SOME SIXTEEN INCH TIRES BUT AS YET HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE 235/85 STEELTEX. I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF ANY FAILURES OF MY SIZE TIRE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SINCERELY RICHARD NEITZEL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNOR1WW365 TIRE SIZE: 235/85R16 )

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FELT VIBRATION INSIDE VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX, #R4S 2358516. HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER , RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIM. THERE WAS A SECOND INCIDENT WHERE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED THE TIRES. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX RADIAL#AT,#LT2358516E HE HAS CONTACTED FIRESTONE. TIRES WERE REPLACED BY COOPER TIRES, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK FIRST TIRE SEPARATION OCCURED AT 25000 MILES. THE REPLACED TIRE FAILED SIMILARLY AT 37OOO MILES, FIRESTONE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE TIRE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *YH

WHILE LOOKING TIRES OVER, NOTICED CRACKS ON TREAD. CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES . *AK TIRES WERE FIRESTONE STEELTEX P235/85R16. *SLC

PE00-040; ORIGINAL TIRE ON FORD, 1996, F250, LT235/85R16 M/S. PASSENGER'S REAR SIDE TIRE TREAD CAME OFF AT 45 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE, INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN ALASKA.*AK

PE00020, ORIGNAL EQUIPMENT ON 1996, FORD, F250, TIRE SIZE LT23585R16. DUE TO A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL DRIVER'S REAR TIRE EXPLODED FROM THE SIDEWALL, WHICH ALMOST CAUSE A CRASH. FIRESTONE PRORATED THE TIRE. *AK

SIDEWALL BOWOUT. NO REASON FOR BLOWOUT. SIDEWALL FAILURE. (TIRESIZE: LT 235-85R)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 235-85R )