2004 Ford F-250 Tires

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F-250 EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH ALL TERRAIN TAK02 TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75/R16. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,600.

WHILE DRIVING WEST BOUND ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 80 EAST OF IMLAY, NV AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH IN LANE #2, THE LEFT REAR TIRE LOST ABOUT 80-85% OF IT'S TREAD IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS, EXTENSIVELY DAMAGING THE UNDERSIDE WHEEL WELL AREA NEAR THE TIRE AND THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER LOST, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS VEERING FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIOLENT LOUD BANGING AS THE TREAD PIECES WERE HITTING THE VEHICLE. THE REMAINING TIRE CARCASS DID NOT LOSE AIR PRESSURE, AND WE MANAGED TO SAFELY COME TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT HIGHWAY SHOULDER. AFTER STOPPING AND DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT FLAT, WE SLOWLY DROVE ABOUT ONE MILE TO THE NEXT EXIT, LEFT THE HIGHWAY AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THE 4 TIRES HAD ALL BEEN PROPERLY INFLATED AND HAD ABOUT 11,045 MILES ON THEM SINCE ALL FOUR WERE PURCHASED IN 2012. THE TIRES ARE B F GOODRICH, LT265 / 75R16, "RUGGED TERRAIN T/A". THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 FORD F-250 SUPER CAB 4X4 PICKUP TRUCK.

2004 FORD F-250. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE DEFINITY DAKOTA A/T SYSTEM FAILURE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE TIRES FAILED FROM AN OUT-RIGHT BLOW OUT OR THE CONDITION WHERE THE TIRE HAD STARTED TO BULGE AND DEFORM OR SPLIT WHICH CAUSED TREAD SEPARATION. ONE INCIDENT LEFT THE FENDER ON THE VEHICLE DISTORTED AND SHIFTED OUT OF PLACE AS WELL AS SOME TRIM DAMAGE. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT OCCURRED WHERE THE TIRE HAD BECOME SO MIS-SHAPED AND DISTORTED THAT WHEN THE MECHANIC PULLED THE TIRE OFF THE TRUCK, HE COULD NOT ROLL THE TIRE. THE TIRE HAD SERIOUS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD F250. WHILE DRIVING 55MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRES BRAND IS COOPER/ATV, SIZE 225/75R15. THE DOT#3D0RC8D4905. THE REMAINING THREE TIRES HAVE CRACKS PRESENT. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WASN'T MAKING PROPER CONTACT WITH THE ROAD PRIOR TO THE TIRE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH THE SPARE. THE COOPER DEALER ADVISED HER TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE THE TIRE IF NEEDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 30000. THE FAILURE IS RELATED TO RECALL#06T016000.

PRO COMP TIRE ON MY FORD F250 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 10 WEST BOUND, I BEGAN TO FEEL AN EXTREME VIBRATION ON THE FRONT LEFT OF MY VEHICLE, THEN A LOUD BANG, AND THE FRONT TIRE WAS TOTALLY BLOWN, WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN, AND THE TRUCK LUCKILY DIDN'T FLIP, BUT THERE WAS MORE THAN $6000 IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *TR

TIRE SEPARATION ON HIGHWAY OF A NEWLY INSTALLED REPLACEMENT PRO COMP TIRE. *TR

WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT USE THE SPARE TIRE, HE DISCOVERED THE TIRE WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RIDE ABNORMAL. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS RIDING ROUGH. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TIRE. TWO WEEKS LATER, LEFT SIDE TIRE BEGAN TO BUBBLE. GENERAL TIRES 2585R16. *AK