1999 Ford F-350 Tires

FIRESTONE, STEELTEX AT, SIZE 26575R16: LEFT FRONT TIRE FAILED DUE TO TREAD COMING OFF IN ONE WHOLE PIECE FROM TIRE. PIECE WRAPPED AROUND FRONT AXLE, DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO WIRING AND OTHER PARTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD A BLOWOUT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VEER OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT, THEN STRUCK SEVERAL TREES AND ROLLED ONTO IT'S LEFT AND TOP AREAS, THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ON IT'S TO. (TEXAS PEACE OFFICER'S ACCIDENT REPORT). NLM

WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVERS TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DOT #VNW81XL, SIZE LT26575R16. ORGINIAL TIRES.*AK DURING THE ACCIDENT CONSUMERS WIFE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO LOWER LEGS.*YH( FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT265 75R16)

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE BLEWOUT, THE DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. FIRESTONE CONTACTED (1999 FORD F350, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE LT 265/75R16, DOT# VNW81XL358). *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. WHEN VIBRATION INCREASED CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO SLOWLY PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. PRIOR TO REACHING THE FAR RIGHT LANE A LARGE PIECE OF TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. AN INSPECTION OF THE TIRE FOUND A SECTION OF THE TIRE TREAD MISSING. THE DAMAGED AREA STARTED ON THE OUTER EDGE PROCEEDING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE TIRE AND STOPPING TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TIRE. THE TREAD SEPARATION AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 22 INCHES LONG AND 5 INCHES WIDE. NO SIGNS OF PENETRATION INTO THE CORE OF THE TIRE WERE OBSERVED. FIRESTONE LT, RADIAL, SIZE 265/75R16 RADIAL. *YD THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA # 28203 EX BM 14480-S, LOAD RANGE E. *NM

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS TREAD SEPERATION ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO RIM AND VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 34000 MILES,LT265/75R16, MOUNTED ON A 1999, FORD, F350. *AK DOT # VNW81XM088. *YH

REAR TIRE SIDEWALL SHREDDED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WAS NOT A BLOWOUT, BUT A SEPARATION OF THE TIRE COMPONENTS. PHOTOS AVAILABLE.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT265/75R1)

THE TREAD, IN A 1 PIECE "BELT" SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE; BOTH BEADS REMAINED SEATED ON THE RIM. TIRE DEALER SAID NO TIRE DEFECT AND REQUIRED US TO BUY A NEW TIRE. THEY KEPT THE TIRE.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

THE PICKUPS LEFT FRONT 16 INCH FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE HAD A MALFUNCTION OF SOME TYPE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE PICKUP TO SHARPLY VEER LEFT GOING ONTO THE MEDIAN AND THEN CROSSING THE WESTBOUND LANES, THE DRIVER OF THE U-HAUL (DECEASED) WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE PICKUP CROSSING THE MEDIAN AND INTO THE PATH OF THE WESTBOUND LANES (ATTORNEY FOR DECEASED). NLM

TREAD SEPARATION AT 60 MPH, NO WARNING!*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDIL1XL188 TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 MPH IN HIS 1999 FORD F350, LEFT FRONT FIRESTONE TIRE SIZE: LT265/75R16, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHICH DAMAGED WHEEL WELL/ FENDER, AND RUNNING BOARD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE CENTER AND THEY REPLACED FRONT LEFT TIRE BECAUSE OF TREAD SEPARATION. ALSO, FRONT RIGHT FIRESTONE TIRE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF A LUMP/BUBBLE THAT FORMED ON SIDEWALL/TREAD BOUNDARY. THESE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 46,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK DOT NUMBER VNW81XL328. *SLC

TREAD SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL ON WHITE LETTERING SIDE, ALL OTHER TIRES CRACKING ON SIDEWALLS, SPOKE TO MANUFACTURER THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL, STORE MANAGER SAID IT WAS JUST WEATHERCHECKING. HAVE PICTURES IF NEEDED.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16 )

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY TIRE DEFLATED. STOPPED, BELT HAD SLIPPED AND CUT THROUGH TOP OF OUTSIDE EDGE OF TIRE FOR ABOUT 6 INCHES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75 R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75 R16 )

TIRES WERE CONSTANTLY GOING FLAT. SEVERAL TIMES I PULLED PIECES OF GRAVEL/ROCK OUT TO FIND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LEAKING. I FEEL THESE TIRES WERE UNREASONABLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PUNCTURES . TO HEAR OF GRAVEL PIERCING THROUGH THE TIRE, I REPLACED THEM FEARING THAT IF I HIT A LARGER PIECE OF DEBRIS THAT A SEVERE TIRE FAILURE MAY OCCUR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/75/16)

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 75 MPH RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE, STEELTEX R4S TIRE, SIZE: LT265/75R16, DOT: DA217PF09L EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO 1999, FORD, F350. IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. *AK DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT REAR PICK-UP BED, REAR RUNNING BOARD, AND TAILPIPE, CONSUMER PURCHASED 5 NEW TIRES. *SLC

GENERAL, GRABBER AW, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 25996 MILES, LT235/85R16 MOUNTED ON A 1999 FORD F350. DOT# ADOR1JC458. THERE WAS TREAD SEPARATION ON LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE. AFTERWARDS, VEHICLE TRAVELED OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. *AK *JB

I HAD JUST CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURES (70PSI) PRIOR TO LEAVING HOME. 45 MINUTES INTO THE TRIP, I FELT 2 OR 3 SECONDS OF ROUGH SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN A LOUD NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY A "DROP" OF THE LEFT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACELORATOR AT THE SHAKING AND MAINTAINED CONTROL WHILE GENTLY BRAKING AND WHEN SLOWED ENOUGH, PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOWING A GOOSENECK TRAILOR AND ALL WHIGHTS WERE WITHIN LOAD CAPACITY OF THE F350. THE SEPEAATED TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY TORE UP THE REAR PANEL OF THE TRUCK, TWO ESTIMATED WITHIN $50 OF EACH OTHER; LOWEST WAS $2654. I FILED A CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE TO PAY OR THE REPAIR AND WAS REQUIRED TO SEND THEM THE TIRE REMANTS AS PART OF THAT CLAIM. I THINK THOSE TIRES ARE TOO LIGHT FOR A SUPERDUTY TRUCK RATED AT 3600# LOAD CAPACITY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES WITH THE BLOW-OUT, BUT I CUT MY FINGER REALLY BADLY UNDOING THE BENT FENDER STRUT DAMAGED BY THE TIRE IN ORDER TO GET THE SPARE TIRE ON.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VNW81XL487 TIRESIZE: 265/75R16)

1 TIRE EXPEREINCED BLOWOUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, ANOTHER TIRE ON A DIFFERENT COMPANY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SPLIT ON THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF TIRE, TIRES ARE DENMAN SIZE P285/75R16, SUPER SWAMPER. *SLC

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, LT265/75R16 SIZE, DOT#: VNW81XL119. RIGHT FRONT FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE EXPLODED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TREAD SEPARATED ALL THE WAY AROUND SIDEWALL. FIRESTONE AND FORD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

INSTALL 4 NEW BFG TIRES ON MY NEW TRUCK. ALL 4 FAILED DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION & BLOWOUTS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: BEXFUB1124 TIRESIZE: 33X12.5X16)

FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT REAR PASSENGER TIRE P265/75R16 EXPERIENCED SIDEWALL SEPARATION, CONSUMER STATES SOME OF THE TIRE HAD WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE. *SLC

FIRESTONE STEELTEX R45 TIRES 265 75 R16 EXPERIENCED CRACKING ON THE INSIDE WALL AND A BROKEN WIRE ON THE SIDE. *SLC

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, F350, LT215/85R16 SIZE. TREAD ON THE LEFT INSIDE REAR FIRESTONE STEELTEX SEPARATED AND BLEWOUT . OWNER HAS REPLACED ALL OF THE TIRES.*AK DOT# W10P1XNZ494. *SLC

BLOWOUT ON INTERSTATE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT265/75R1 )