1999 Ford F-250 Tires

TREAD BLOCKS ALONG OUT EDGE SEPARATING. DT

WHEN CHANGING A TIRE CONSUMER NOTICED SPARE TIRE HAD 8 GROOVES IN THE SIDEWALL, 3 INCHES LONG AND 1/4 INCH DEEP. THIS WAS CAUSED BY TIRE RUBBING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE.*AK

ON 7-28-02 I WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND WITH MY 26' FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILER ON U.S.90 EAST OF SYRACUSE, N.Y. WHEN I FELT A SLIGHT SHIMMY IN MY STEERING. THE SHIMMY SOON BECAME A SEVERE WOBBLING SO I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AT THE FIRST EXIT I CAME TO IN SYRACUSE. ON EXAMINING THE TIRE I SAW THAT THE STEEL CORE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. I PUT ON MY SPARE TIRE AND THE NEXT DAY CONTINUED BY TRIP. ON 8-7-02 I WAS NORTHBOUND ON NORTH DAKOTA 281 SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN WHEN I FELT ANOTHER SHIMMY IN THE TRUCK NEAR HIGHWAY 34. THIS TIME I DISCOVERED THAT THE STEEL CORE OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD SEPARATED THE SAME AS THE FIRST. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE I CONTACTED LOCAL FORD AND FIRESTONE DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD BY BOTH THAT THESE TIRES ARE NO LONGER WARRANTED AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPLACE THEM.*AK

WHILE PARKED, SIDE WALL OF TIRE EXPLODED AND INSTANTLY WENT FLAT. (FIRSTONE STEELTEX) *JG

AFTER THE FIRESTONE PROBLEM, I NEEDED NEW TIRES ~40K. I WENT TO GOODYEAR, THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN "E" RANGE TIRE IN THIS SIZE SO THEY PUT "D" LOAD RNAGE TIRES ON. AFTER 5000 MILES, FIRST ROTATION, THERE WERE BUBBLES ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THEY REPLACED THEM UNDER WARRANTY. AT THAT TIME THEY START TO OFFER "E" SO I SWITCHED TO "E" RANGE. AFTER 5000 MILES THEY STARTED TO DEVELOP A VIBRATION, LIKE AN OUT OF BALANCE PROBLEM. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE THEM IN BEFORE THE NEXT ROTATION WAS DUE. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE PULLING MY BOAT DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN NEW YORK. I LOST CONTROL WHEN IT GOT DOWN ON THE RIM AND THE BOAT JACKKNIFED. IT SPUN OUT OF CONTROL INTO THE MEDIAN. POLICE WERE CALLED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEABLE. I CHANGED TIRE AND DROVE HOME. NO PUNCTURES WERE NOTED AFTER INSPECTION BY TIRE DEALER AND INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR.. SWITCHED BACK TO FIRESTONE STEELTEX. AWAITING GOODYEARS RESPONSE. OTHER PROBLEMS NOTED AS HAVING OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR, UNKNOWN IF CAUSAL, FOR COMPLETENESS ONLY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ON FRONT END OF TRUCK WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATES VIBRATION IS SO BAD IT FEELS AS IF MAY LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TRUCK CHECKED BY DEALER WHO INSTALLED A FRONT STABILIZER KIT. REPAIR ONLY WORKED TEMPORARILY, VIBRATION HAS STARTED AGAIN.*JBTHE LATEST VIBRATION WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND THE VIBRATION HAS CEASED. CONSUMER SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD. *JG

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, OUTSIDE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT REAR TIRE. HAD TO WAIT UNTIL TIRE HAD COOLED DOWN BEFORE CHANGING. FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT LT265-75-R16 DOT VNW8 1XL - 079E4 - 008062 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR A 1999, FORD, F250. *AK CONSUMER SUSTAINED CUTS AND MINOR BURNS DUE TO CHANGING THE TIRE. *TT

SIDEWALL FAILURE, SPLITS AND CRACKING ON SIDEWALL. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE EXPERIENCED A BULGE IN THE SIDEWALL, TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16, MADE IN CANADA 303 66 EX BM 14474.3, CONSUMER NOTICED THE BULGE WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH IN A 1999 FORD F250, THE LEFT-REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX A/T TIRE, SIZE: LT265/75R16, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 16,000 MILES ON THE TIRE AND IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE HAD THROWN ALL OF THE TIRE TREAD OFF IN ONE PIECE AND THE TREAD HAD BEAT UP THE TRUCK BODY AROUND THE WHEEL. DOT # VNW81XL039. *YH

1ST TIRE FAILED W/ TREAD SEPARATION OCT, 2000. DID NOT REPORT BECAUSE THOUGHT WAS ISOLATED INCIDENT. THEN, ON MAY 22, 2001, 2ND AND 3RD TIRES OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR FAILED WITH TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION WITHIN 125 MILES OF EACH OTHER. WE HAD TO LIMP HOME ON TWO USED TIRES. WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE NO ONE WAS HURT IN ANY OF THE INCIDENTS. INITIATED CLAIM FOR MAY, 2001 FAILURES THROUGH TIRE DEALER. PER CONTINENTAL'S REQUEST, I SENT THEM BOTH TIRES. THEY NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF 2ND TIRE AND REFUSED TO PAY CLAIM FOR 1ST TIRE. THEY STATED TIRE HAD AT SOME POINT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE IN TREAD AREA WHICH HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THIS IS POSSIBLY TRUE. HOWEVER, CONTINENTAL WENT ON TO STATE THIS CAUSED GRADUAL LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE WHICH LED TO UNDERINFLATION WHICH LED TO TIRE FAILURE. NOT TRUE. I RELIGIOUSLY MAINTAINED PROPER AIR PRESSURE IN ALL THE TIRES ALL THE TIME. THEIR FINDINGS ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS WHICH WORK FOR THEM BUT DO NOT REFLECT THE ACTUAL SITUATION. I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN AFFORD ME IN THIS MATTER. WE ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS FROM 7-25-01 BEFORE THEY DISPOSE OF THE TIRE. SINCE THEY REJECTED MY CLAIM, ALL ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE PERSON @ CONTINENTAL WITH WHOM I WAS WORKING HAS FAILED. HER NAME IS KIMBERELY SOMERVILLE AND HER PHONE NO. IS: 704.588.4164.

WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRE P265/75R16 DOT DA217PF136 EXPERIENCED BLOWOUT, A FEW WEEKS LATER, FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS STARTING TO EXPERIENCE TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC

TIRE HAS A BULGE IN ONE-HALF OF THE TREAD APPROXIMATELY 16 INCHES LONG. I NOTICED THE TRUCK STEERING OUT OF CONTROL AND I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE BEFORE IT BURST. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND IT HOLDS AIR BUT I INTEND TO REPLACE ALL MY TIRES WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. SINCE IT HASN'T FAILED I THOUGHT IT MAY BE VALUABLE TO YOU FOR CLOSE SCRUTINY. I ALSO HAVE DIGITAL PHOTOS IF YOU LIKE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THE TIRE WILL BE DISCARDED. THANK YOU. THIS TIRE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PREVIOUS FIRESTONE RECALLS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL129 TIRESIZE: LT265/65R1) (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL129 TIRESIZE: LT265/65R1)

VIOLENT SHUDDER AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY. CONTINUED SHAKING TILL SPEED DECREASED TO AROUND 50 MPH. THE EXTREME TWISTING AND TIRE BOUNCING MADE CONTROL ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, FORTUNATELY, I HAVE A CLASS A CDL AND WAS ABLE T STOP THE TRUCK SAFELY . FORD DEALER HAS TRUCK AND CAN FIND NOTHINING WRONG WITH MY TRUCK ITSELF. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 1231200/S TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY. THE TREAD CAME OFF AND THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE TO REPLACE THE TIRE--THERE WAS NO RECALL AT THE TIME. THE SECOND TIME, 2 WEEKS AGO, THE TIRE TREAD WHIPPED AROUND INSIDE THE WHEEL WELL AND WRECKED MY FENDER AND RUNNING BOARD. I ALMOST GOT RUN OFF THE ROAD AND CAME CLOSE TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I THEN PURCHASED 4 NEW MICHELIN TIRES FOR SAFETY SAKE. I CALLED FIRESTONE AND THEIR "CUSTOMER SERVICE " SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AS THESE TIRES AREN'T UNDER RECALL!! PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE TIRES---PEOPLE WILL GET HURT AND/OR KILLED WITH THEM!!!!! THANK YOU. P.S. AFTER REVIEWING THIS, WE TYPED 0 PEOPLE WERE INJURED OR KILLED, BUT YOUR SYSTEM PUTS IN A NUMBER????*AK (TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)

TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL FOUR FIRESTONE STEEL TEX LT22575R16 MS TIRES AT 30,000 MILES, TIRES REPLACED WITH SAME TYPE, TREAD SEPARATION ON REPLACEMENT TIRES AT 5,000 MILES. *CJ

SIDEWALLS ON FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX TIRES HAVE CRACKS ALL AROUND THEM. CRACKS WERE APPROXIMATELY 1/3 TO 3/8 DEEP. HAVE NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP OR TIRE RETAILER. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, 265/75R16 WITH APPROXIMATELY 38,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. TIRES ARE FAIRLY NEW AND IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.*AK (TIRESIZE: 3057060)

PURCHASED NEW TIRES ON 3/16/2001. ON 4/23/2001 FOUND HOLE ON OUTERWALL OF TIRE. DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD NOT PURCHASED ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY. HE ATTRIBUTED THE DAMAGE TO THAT. PURCHASED AT TOM FROST FIRESTONE IN WARRENTON, VA. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75R16E)

SIDEWALL BLEW OUT ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 72 MPH. LEFT FRONT IS NOW MAKING A SLAPPING NOISE. FORD DEALER SAID TO CONTACT FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE DEALER SAID NO WARRANTY OR RECALL, OFFERED TO SELL NEW TIRES AT 25 % DISCOUNT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL108 TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, F250, LT265/75R16SIZE. REAR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED A SPLIT RESULTING IN AIR LOSS, CAUSING A BLOWOUT FROM SIDEWALL WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

PE 00 040/TIRE FAILURE: WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH WITH ONLY THE DRIVER IN A 1999, FORD, F250 SUPER DUTY; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE LT265/75R16, DOT# VNW81XM019 HEARD A ROARING SOUND. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED A LEFT REAR FLAT TIRE. TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TIRE REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS INFORMED OF SEVERE CRACKING INSIDE SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST.*AK CONSUMER MADE A SECOND CALL TO FIRESTONE AND AT THAT TIME, ALL 4 TIRES WERE REPLACED. *SLC

TIRES REMOVED FROM VEHICLE AND REPLACED DO TO SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT TIRES FAILING DO TO TREAD SEPARATION ON SIMILAR VEHICLES. TIRES SHOW DRY ROTTING OF WHITE LETTERS. ALL FIVE TIRES REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER FOR A COST OF OVER 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: P26575R16)

CAUGHT TREAD SEPARATING FROM SIDEWALL. TIRE APPEARED TO BE DRY ROTTING OR CRACKING ALONG SIDEWALL AND TREAD MEETING AREA. FIRESTONE PRORATED A WARRANTY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL TIRESIZE: 265-75-16)

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET ON 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE TRUCK STARTED TO SHAKE AND THEN THE TIRE THREAD CAP BLEW OFF THE TRUCK DAMAGING RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE FENDER BRACE, MUFFLER, FENDER WELL SKIRTING, AND PAINT. A STATE TROOPER WITNESSED THE WHOLE INCIDENT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: EJLFCCB459 TIRESIZE: LT28575R16)