1999 Ford Ranger Tires

WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH ON PAVED RURAL ROAD WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS OR SOUNDS, DRIVER'S REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P265/75R15 BLEWOUT. FIRESTONE DOTW29V1PK498 , RECALL #00T005000 TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. CONSUMER HAS TWO TIRES IN POSSESSION. *AK *SLC

THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE. AN ACCIDENT DIDN'T OCCUR, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT INJURY. THE TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE SIDE, NOT ON THE TREAD. MY FORD DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE CHARGE OF A NEW TIRE AND REFUSED TO HEAR MY CONCERNS. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND WANT TO MAKE MY INCIDENT KNOWN. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE FOR EVIDENCE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P22570R15)

PE00 0200; LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. TIRE WAS FIRESTONE,WILDERNESS HT, 1P2049#W2KC. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT, AND FIRESTONE WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK TIRE SIZE WAS P205/75R14, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES, THE FAILED TIRE HAD A TREAD DEPTH OF 3/32 INCH COMPARED TO 7/32 INCH. *SLC

ON MAY 1,2001 I NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL FOUR TIRES. ITOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROBERTS TIRE AND RECAPPING AT 1210 W. STATE STREET BRISTOL TENN. A FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE TIRES AND STATED THEY COULD NOT GURANTEE THAT I WOULD GET HOME WITHOUT TIRE SEPARATION. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND WOULD ONLY PRORATE THE TIRES. I CALLED FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH A SET OF MICHELIN FROM SAM SNEED TIRE IN BRISTOL TENN. I STILL HAD APPROX 40 PERCENT TREAD LEFT ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES. I BELIEVE THE 16 INCH WILDERNESS TIRES WILL FAIL AS THE 15 INCH HAVE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

I WAS DRIVING MY FORD RANGER XLT 1999 PICKUP ON A FOUR LANE ROAD ON 28 JULY 2001. THE ROAD WAS DRY AND AIR TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 80 DEGREES FARENHEIT. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES AN HOUR WHEN MY PASSENGER REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. THE WHOLE TREAD SEPARATED ROM THE SIDEWALLS. I TOOK THE TIRE TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER AND THE EMPLOYEE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A BIG ISSUE AND OFFERED A REPLACEMENT FOR $50. ALTHOUGH THIS TIRE ISN'T ONE OF THE RECALLED ONES, I FEEL THAT THE FAILURE I EXPERIENCED IS SIMILAR TO THE WILDERNESS AT FAILURES. MY CONCERN IS THAT THESE TIRES AREN'T SAFE. I REPLACE ALL THE TIRES ON MY PICKUP AT MY EXPENSE. FORTUNATELY, IN THIS CASE THE ROAD TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP WITHOU APPLYIN THE BRAKES. THE SITUATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERNENT HAD THE BLOWOUT OCCURED FIVE MINUTES LATER WHEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON INTERSTATE 95 DRIVING 70 MILES PER HOUR ON A CROWED ROAD. I AM SUBMITTING THIS REPORT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF TIRES. I DON'T THINK THE FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP DID THEIR JOB AND WEREN'T INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE DETAILS. DAN PIETZ. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UUIPO 10 TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

DRIVING ON I-17 NB NORTH OF CAREFREE HWY AT 75 MPH. TIRE MADE A HIGH PITCHED NOISE, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE WIND BUFFETING THE TRUCK BED. THIS LASTED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND THEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPLODED AND WE WERE IMMEDIATELY DRIVING ON THE RIM. THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD. I HAD PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO GET THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEED. IT FELT LIKE THE STEEL BELTS HAD SEPARATED. THEY OFFERED TO SELL ME NEW TIRES, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE THESE. UNABLE TO AFFORD NEW TIRES I CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH THESE. I HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE FAILED TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

SIDEWALL SEPARATION TYPICAL OF OTHER RECALLED TIRES. PLEASE RECALL THESE ASAP. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225/70R/15)

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY TOWING MOTOR HOME. MOTOR HOME WAS TREMBLING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO CENTER LANE, AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, 16 INCH, DOT W2901RF089,THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK WHEEL WAS DAMAGED SO BADLY THAT ANOTHER TIRE COULD NOT BE MOUNTED ON IT. *SLC

I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO FOR. THEY EVEN REPLACED MY TIRES. NOW THE NEW TIRES ARE CUPPING. I HAVE NOT HAD THE EXTREME VIBRATIONS AFTER MY TRUCK WAS REAPAIRED FROM THE ACCIEDENT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

DEALER/MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REIMBURSE COST OF TIRES SINCE THEY WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO 8/1/2000. IF THEY HAD NOT BLOWNOUT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. UNFAIR ARBITRARY CUTOFF DATE OF 8/1/2000. ALL TIRES ARE COVERED IF STILL ON VEHICLE YET NOT COVERED IF OFF THE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R75X16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R75X16 )

WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO RIGHT AND VIBRATED JUST BEFORE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT. STOPPED VEHICLE AND CHECKED TIRE. NOTICE ENTIRE SIDEWALL WAS BUSTED AROUND WHERE IT MEETS THE TREAD, WHICH WAS STILL WAS INTACT. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, P225/70R15 100S, DOT NUMBER W2UU1P0478, *SLC

THE CONSUMER HAD REQUESTED THE FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY FOR REFUND OF FOUR DEFECTIVE TIRES WHICH ARE ON RECALL P235/75R15, BUT FIRESTONE HAS NOT REIMBURSED CONSUMER YET. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *YH

LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT SUDDENLY FLAT. DID NOT SHREAD. UPON CLOSE LOOK FOUND SMALL CUTS OR SEPARATIONS INTHIS FLAT TIRE AND ALSO IN ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES .FELT ALL SHOULD BE REPLACED AS I DID NOT TRUST THEM. FIRESTONE HAD NO INTEREST IN TALKING TO ME. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R16 )

TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 ,FORD RANGER, TIRE SIZE P245/75R16, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAD 35 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, INSPECTOR NOTICED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DEVELOPING CRACKS ON OUTER EDGE. ALSO, TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON OUTTER EDGE. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH BRIDGESTONE. *AK DOT NUMBER FOR THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IS W2701RF. *SLC

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW, RIPPED THE TIRE, I MANAGED TO STOP WITHOUT INJURY. ARE THESE TIRES UNDER THE RECALL?*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

WHEN ROTATING THE TIRES ON OUR PICKUP, WE NOTICED CRACKS/SPLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS OF THREE OF THE TIRES. THESE TIRES CONTINUE TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE CRACKS/SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS. WE VISITED A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO CLAIMS THE TIRES ARE NOT DEFECTIVE, AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD70 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W270RF059 TIRESIZE: P24575R16)

CHECKED TIRE AND THEY ARE CRACKING BETWEEN TREAD AND SIDWALLS (WAS TOLD BY FIRESTONE DEALER IT WAS NORMAL). *AK (TIRESIZE: P24575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P24575R16 )

RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT TIRES, TIRE SIZE P245/75R16, DOT# W270IRF398. *SLC

THIS VEHICLE WAS OWNED BY MY BROTHER WHO HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO FORD ON A VOLUNTARY RETURN. I HAVE CONTACTED FIRESTONE ABOUT THESE TIRES, BUT THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. ONE OF THE TIRES HAD A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT ONE WEEK AFTER THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED. MY BROTHER BOUGHT 5 NEW TIRES FOR THE TRUCK WHEN FORD AND FIRESTONE BALKED AT DOING ANYTHING. THIS WAS BEFORE THE RECALL CAME OUT. I STILL HAVE THE 5 FIRESTONE TIRES THAT ARE IN QUESTION.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/70R15 )

ORIGINAL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT (P235/75R15) TIRE REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL 00T-005 DUE TO POSSIBLE TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED RECALL REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE TIRE WAS REPLACED ON FEB 9, 2000. *CJ

THE RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT (VDHL1PY508) TIRE FAILED, THERE WAS A PROTRUSION OUTWARD FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TREAD, LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LATER THE LEFT REAR TIRE FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER, CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR BOTH TIRES BUT WAS DENIED FOR THE FIRST TIRE SAYING IT WAS NOT REPLACED AT AN AUTHORIZED FIRESTONE RETAILER. NLM

VEHICLE HAS BEGUN TO RIDE ROUGHER DUE TO CRACKS DEVELOPING IN SIDEWALL OF FIRESTONE TIRES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND WANTS TO CHARGE FOR REPLACEMENTS. *AK

BOTH REAR TIRES EXPERIENCED CUPPING WHICH CAUSED NOISE, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P205/75R14 95S M/S). NLM

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P205/75R14, DOT W2, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE HAS BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL. *AK *SLC